November 15, 2004

The Devil's Lunch Order

Today I got a salad and soup and some chocolate milk from the MGH cafeteria. When the cashier rang me up, the total came to $6.66. She gasped and said "Oh no, I can't believe I did that!" Then she made the sign of the cross and charged me an extra penny so that I didn't owe 666. "You can't have that karma following you around all day."

Posted by rhode at November 15, 2004 04:48 PM
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Oh sad. Now I feel bad that I've cursed people with Chinese food before. Hopefully the curse hasn't been anything that a little Tums can't fix, though. :-P

Posted by: Amy at November 15, 2004 05:52 PM

i can't believe she actually did that. she charged you an extra penny for her own superstitions! if she had a cent for every time she did that...

Posted by: sheeva at November 15, 2004 05:56 PM

DAMIAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: ann at November 15, 2004 06:59 PM

Why didn't she charge you $6.65 in the interest of saving your soul and your money? Fucking capitalist pigs.

Posted by: Foonyor at November 15, 2004 08:19 PM

You know, I briefly wondered that too.

But I mean, it's a penny... I don't really care.

Posted by: Erin at November 15, 2004 09:18 PM

My friend Walter K. W. paid his annual auto insurance for about three years walking around and asking each person he met whether he could borrow a penny -- sometimes asking me several times a day.

At one time...Walter owned two 1956 Chevy BelAires -- one just for parts; and at another time, of only 50 Jowett Jupiters (British) he owned two, one for parts: he paid for these cars with (you guessed it!) pennies.

Posted by: The Good Saver at November 15, 2004 09:48 PM

A soul saved is a penny...spent?

Posted by: MRhé at November 16, 2004 02:07 PM

Christmas is coming,
the goose is getting fat.
Have you got a penny
for an old man's hat!

If you haven't got a penny,
then a ha'penny'll do.
If you haven't go a ha'penny,
the God Bless You!

See how everything is connected? Snow!!!! and the Devil's Lunch Order...

Posted by: russ at November 17, 2004 12:12 PM

Quite amusing story!

Posted by: Lisa at November 17, 2004 02:37 PM

That's really funny, because a few minutes ago i was going through this huge database of grant funds, and there was one grant for $666,000. i must say, i was a little freaked out. the rest of the grants are for like 500,000 or 250,000.

Posted by: Lisa M at November 18, 2004 04:28 PM