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26 September 2003 - 9:29 pm
Today I decided to violate my longstanding policy of not eating lunch with my coworkers. I haven't made a bigger mistake in quite a while.
Things started out around 11:00 when I was told that a few guys in my department were going to go to the Galleria for lunch. I initially declined, but later changed my mind and went along with them. The trip there wasn't too bad, although the guy driving insisted on digging through all of his CDs to find a CD of some "fusion jazz" for us to listen to. It was a guy singing and playing a bass guitar. The lyrics to the song involved yelling "BASS GUITAR." I was not amused.
Once we got to the Galleria, however, things took a turn for the worse. We had originally decided to eat in the food court. But first we had to wander around the mall so Pete could find a store that would sell him a lighter. Then we went down to the food court, but Pete didn't seem too keen on any of the stands down there. He's on the Atkins diet, and apparently all he is allowed to eat on this diet is cheeseburgers (sans bun, of course), but the place that sold burgers wasn't up to his standard. So we went back upstairs where we consulted a map of the restaurant, and Pete decided he would eat at the Pasta House Co. So back down to the food court we went. Pete checked out the menu at the Pasta House, but decided it wasn't acceptable, so after wasting 30 minutes, we (by we I mean Pete) finally decided to eat in the food court.
The meal went pretty well, but when we were walking back to the car, Pete decided he couldn't wait to smoke, so the other three of us had to stand around in the parking garage for five minutes while he smoked a cigarette. Then we drove back and listened to more bass guitar shit. As soon as we got out of the car at work, Pete had to light up another cigarette, so I got back to work reeking of second-hand smoke.
Lets just say that I'll stick to skipping lunch in the future.
Posted by on 26 September 2003 at 9:30 PM
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He decided on Pasta House despite the fact that pasta is the #1 no no on the Atkins diet? Interesting...
Posted by Chris Hill Festival on 26 September 2003 - 11:06 PM
I have a friend on Atkins and he seems really, really desparately deprived of bread.
The greek place in the Galleria food court is perfect for Atkins. Your colleague could get a decent salad with grilled chicken and lo carb dressing on top. I'm not an Atkins guy but like said salad a lot anyway.
Next time, enter the Galleria near Casa Gallardo and you'll pass GNC where your colleague (or maybe you in defense) could pick up some Atkins bars in case you want to eat somewhere he doesn't.
And of course, the warm fajita salad at Gallardo's is unparalleled. I'm getting hungry just posting about this...
Posted by rkc on 27 September 2003 - 5:07 AM