Maccas Madness

Well, well, well. I haven't really posted up anything wierd or funny recently. In fact, I haven't really posted much at all. So here is a little segment to tie off those who have been watching my website and have been bitterly disappointed with its rate of updates.

So there I was at the Maccas drive-through, just entered, and noticed that the car in front of me had left the ordering window and just shot straight through. Didn't even bother to stop at the collections window. Odd, but not entirely abnormal... I guess. So anyway, without dwelling on this further I continued on.

Next, I was hovering outside the ordering window in my car. A kid. He was playing around with the electronic cashier in front of him and looked quite lost. He looked as though he was pressing way too many buttons for normality. It was just a bit odd. "Just a minute, be with you in a sec" was the first words that came out. Alrighty then. Time to fiddle with the change and get the required amount ready.

Medium six-nuggets meal. That's what I was thinking. Some more kids entered the ordering booth, and a quick conversation followed - still while the first kid was pressing away on the electronic cashier.

Some kid - "What happened with that lady? She just drove through."
Button pressing kid - "She didn't have enough money"
Some kid - "Really?"
Button pressing kid - "Yep. Not enough"

That was the entirety of the conversation, fairly riveting stuff. Now it was time to order. Good. I ordered the medium nuggets meal and then paid the required amount. "Thanks, and have a nice day" was the closing statement from the Maccas kid.

Now the collections window was where it was at. Here the intrigue begins. I pull up to the window and look through. More kids. Wow. Looks like it's the day where all the young 'uns come out to work. Good on them, though. Much better than sitting at home playing computer games or watching TV all day.

Looking about the place I notice that there is a chain of drinks next to the drinks dispenser. All large, and presumably, all Cokes. (The drink, nothing more). Kids everywhere. More kids were having a bit of a discussion and then I heard "just give it to him". Soon enough a large Coke was given to me. Riiiiiiiight. Can't complain, I guess.

So I thought that i'd get a free upsize - something like that. Oh no! What did I end up getting? A bag full of burgers and fries. Errr.... what the? It got even more interesting. The kid at the collections window told me to wait in the waiting bay. I diligently did so, hoping that my nuggets will arrive in the next batch. Nope.

After a couple of minutes the collection window kid came out with another bag full of goodies. Absolutely packed. Chips, Quarter Pounders, Big Macs, you name it. Bloody strange. "Thank you and sorry about the wait" is what was said to me. OMG.

So off I went home with about 4 packets of chips and a dozen burgers. No nuggets. Damn kids. LOL. An interesting adventure indeed.

Easter and the Queen's Birthday

Easter. Wow. It's been an age since I posted last. Busy, busy, busy. Looks like I managed to post again after the four day weekend. Heh. Ah well, it was a nice relaxing four days off. The highlight of the long weekend would have to be the Qantas v Ansett Social Cricket Cup. Oh yes and Happy Birthday to our Queen. Jolly good show!

So the cricket. Saturday. The inaugural Qantas vs Ansett Shield Cricket Match. Bwhaha. Why? Well one of the guys works at Qantas and during a clean up at the office they found this unused shield. Yoink! (Well not quite - cost him something in the order of $50).

Ten players for Ansett, and eleven for Qantas (includes one female). And the rules? Retire on 20, everyone gets a bowl (max 3 overs), immunity on Zero and no LBWs. Neat! It turned out to be a down-to-the-wire match. Unlike the Jason Gillespie double ton slaughter unleashed upon the Bangladesh Tigers.

Qantas scored 8-203 after the 30 overs. Not a bad effort at all. I ended up with 1-22 off 3 overs, got owned - but that happens. Meh, a catch was dropped in one of my overs as well! (Then again, I dropped one, so I can't complain). Top score for Qantas - 39 runs.

Ansetts turn. Off to a flyer of a start with 30 runs being scored in the first three overs - however things slowed right down and at 15 overs we were struggling to keep pace with our required run rate (95-odd runs at the end of 15). What was humorous about our innings start was that Dinesh was out three times before heading back to the pavilion on one run. Just wasn't his day.

When it was my turn to bat in it was approximately 4-120 . As it was immunity on zero, I decided to maximise the situation. First ball, gave my self some room and let loose. The ball sailed over the long-on boundary for a solid six. Solid hit indeed. I put on a great partnership with Dillan (who retired on 20) and Derrick (who retired on 20 after I left) before I had to leave the crease... yes on 20 not out. A good solid rear guard action by the three of us!

5 overs to go and there was still 30 to get - and by this stage I was a spectator. Who would have thought! Some good planning by the Qantas team meant that the final overs were being bowled by the most experienced bowlers in their side. However, Tom and Ant destroyed their bowling. Clobbering 18 in one over to effectively seal the match.

Ansett defeated Qantas with 5 wickets in hand (and 2 overs to spare). Go Ansett! The good news is that there is another Ansett/Qantas clash planned for the Queen's Birthday weekend. So i'm looking forward to it!

Speaking of the Queen it is her 80th birthday today. The reigning monarch of the Commonwealth. Happy Birthday! She's done an excellent job as Queen, and she deserves a mention in todays entry.