• Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Running the gauntlet that was the Sunday, after-church rush at the Golden Corral in the 1990s southeastern US.

    “What does this part say, Grammaw?”

    “This is my commandment that you love one another, that your joy may be–hey! You! Yeah, you! We’ve been waiting here for ten minutes! Maybe it’s siesta time were you come from, but here in America, we work for a living! I expect bread on the table or you can forget about a tip and I’ll be talking to your manager! Now…where was I? Oh, yes…that your joy may be full.”