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There is a DD two blocks from my desk at work, and until recently I was going there daily for my #1. This particular DD is located inside an Exxon gas station on the corner of Park Drive and Boylston street in Boston. Many of you might recognize gas station as it uses it's land for a parking lot during Red Sox games. Things were going well until just before Halloween this year. I entered and asked for the usual.
"I'll take a number one, coffee medium/regular, with a Boston Creme and a French Cruller (pronounced cur'-ler)," I said.
"I'm sorry, we don't have French Crullers right now. We have replaced them with pumpkin donuts," replied Trevor from behind the counter. Poor Trevor. I really let him know how sad I was that of all the donuts they made chose replace my favorite. And I don't even like pumpkin flavored anything. This poor shmoe was just the messenger!
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Fortunately for me, Trevor was a very customer service oriented kid and he spoke to his manager for me! Next time I was in there there was a small number of crullers specifically waiting for me! Woohoo!!! Unfortunately, I began to put on weight and had to cut down on my donut intake. I stopped going to DD's every morning. Instead, I began to walk up all of the stairs at work (44 flights a night) and only treat myself to DD on Fridays. I felt bad that Trevor had gotten me the crullers and then I stopped buying them all the time, but it was necessary to avoid gaining weight.
Well, this morning is Friday so I went down to DD's to get the regular. When I did, the kid (Isaiah) behind the counter told me the french crullers were considered "manager specials" and were not included in the #1 since they cost more. I looked at him, dumbfounded.
"No, their not," I replied.
"Yes, they are," he corrected me.
"Since when," I asked?
"They've always been. I didn't know it until recently when I got in trouble for selling them at the regular price."
"I think you need to re-check your facts," I insisted. "I've been ordering the same thing for over 20 years and the french cruller has never been anything other than a regular donut." I pointed at his co-worker, Zorah. "She sells them to me all the time! She knows!"
It was to no avail. I ended up getting a "Low fat" blueberry muffin instead. As it turns out, the muffin was far more fattening than my donut. 1 French Cruller has 150 calories. 1 "low fat" blueberry muffin has 400 calories, about 2.7 times the calories in the cruller. Aaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!
Someone at this DD has something against either me or the french cruller. I intend to do some serious investigating. Or do I?
This whole stupid situation has filled my night with a considerable amount of cognitive dissonan
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I'll keep you posted. I'm sure you'll be waiting with baited breath.
2 comments:
How many calories in the Boston Creame? DD is right next door to my store at the mall. I'm a #1: hot tea, milk/extra sugar and 2 sprinkle donuts (or 2 glazed, but they have to be 2 of the same to avoid fights)kind of girl. The sugary tea is to keep me awake at work and the 2 donuts are for the kids in the morning. I usually only do this on Thursday nights for a Friday breakfast treat.
There was a kid in there for a while that would give us free donuts before he threw them out. He's not there anymore. Hmm.
That's hilarious. You poor, traumatized soul...
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