So last night I'm pulling through the Taco Bell drive-thru and I am feeling super psyched to destroy two of the best menu items that have ever been available at the fine franchise. Of course, I'm referring to the newly re-instated Beefy Crunch Burrito and the Cheesy Gordita Crunch (it's crun-chew-eesy). Just pretend that the guy in this video is me. It pretty much sums up how I feel.
It's about 10:30 on a Thursday night and this particular drive through seems a tad bit backed up. I pull up behind a big dually pick-up that is at the ordering intercom. After the order is completed, the truck begins to pull forward and the back left tires get up on the curb, then they start scraping a plastic protective bumper post in the grass. I think to myself "This guy has never driven a big truck before.....or he's half in the bag." I was erroneous on both counts. This drive-thru is a tad tight around the corner to the pick-up window. It has a retaining wall that butts up against the side of a hill, so there is definitely potential to scrape the wall if you turn too wide, or have a nice curb check if you turn to tight. This truck was already hugging the wrong side of the curb and had no chance at its current position to make the turn with out jumping the curb and running over the NEXT plastic protective bumper (which I do believe has an actual concrete or metal pole inside the thin candy shell, I'm surprised you didn't know that).
The next thing I know, both tires have hopped the curb and now the truck is trying to back up, but the mirror is hitting the bumper on the way back. I've already ordered and there is another car pulled up behind me. I am thinking that my chances of getting my order from the window have gone to zero and the chances of my car getting backed in to have gone to 99%. Then some kid (presumably her son from a car back?) walks up to the truck and starts talking to the driver. Then the driver almost gets out of the car and by golly it's a nice middle-aged lady..... Now I understand what's happening here. After some discussion, the kid begins directing her as she backs and then as she goes around the turn. It was fairly successful, I began taking a video of it just in case something exciting happened.
The kid then stops to talk to me and explained that she asked him to drive the truck through AND that he did not know that woman at all. He also said she looked "high as fuck." It was pretty entertaining, even though the ordeal took an extra 15 minutes. I thought it was a neat little story to share, considering I've never seen anything like it. I once tried to back all the way out of a Taco Bell drive-thru because it was taking too long and we had 'borrowed' my friends truck over lunch and were running out of time. I subsequently smashed the front quarter panel in to a light pole as I backed up rather hastily.... To be fair, I was only 16 and this story isn't about MY driving, so let's just get back to the real story.
I get my bag of food and head home. As I pull out my first item, thinking it must be the gordita crunch since it doesn't feel like a burrito, I come to find out it isn't a gordita OR a burrito. It's a freaking Chalupa Supreme! Now I frantically dig through the rest of the bag to see what else I had. One more Chalupa Supreme and a hard shell taco. I carefully reviewed my receipt, it clearly has MY order on it. I also remember being specifically asked if the items on the order screen were correct, to which I replied a resounding "YES!" My order was two Beefy Crunch burritos and one Cheesy Gordita Crunch. As I scratched my head and made this face, I didn't become mad, angry, irate, furious, or pissed off. Not because I am a forgiving person and I can't bring myself to get angry at Taco Bell employees for their incompetence. (Sidebar: I used to hate lettuce on any of my taco bell food and would basically throw a shit fit and pout if there was lettuce on it when I specifically always say NO GODDAMN LETTUCE, but then I turned 29 and grew up so it's all good now) It was because the food I got looked pretty freaking good! I never order Chalupas because they are more expensive, I think? (can't really be sure because I never order them!) As for the other item, who am I to scoff at a crispy hard shell taco?
I told one of my favorite Taco Bell eating partners about my experience and how I wasn't really mad. Yes, I consider one of my friends a Taco Bell eating partner, it's not weird. We just happen to eat Taco Bell almost every night we've ever hung out and share a passion for food. He restated my situation with the silver lining that had just come to fruition upon eating my meal, "The good thing is it's tough to be too disappointed, no matter what you pull from a tbell bag." Which led me to having an even greater appreciation of Taco Bell. It's not just a fast (usually), inexpensive place to enjoy fritos mashed up with cheesy beefy goodness. No, Taco Bell is so much more than that. It's a place where friendships are formed, memories are made (3rd and 4th paragraphs), and taste buds are delighted. This night at the drive-thru (sounds like a bad Ben Stiller movie title) brought me to realize one more thing that makes TBell a pretty unique place, because it's not just anywhere you can get the COMPLETE wrong order and still have a very delicious and satisfying meal. Here's to you TBell. Live más!
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