pommes frites . pompeii

quote:
The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it.
Karl Marx

Last week, on my way out of a local Burger King in the morning, (I have long been obsessed with their breakfast menu), I noticed a Burger King employee was outside the front entrance on a ladder, where I park my bike. Usually Burger King people don't leave the building, or if they do, it seems they have the sense not to be in uniform, and at least the sense not to be in uniform on a ladder. I couldn't help myself but look up at the employee on the ladder in the morning as I unchained my bike. As I looked up I noticed the ladder was next to a flag pole, and the BK employee asked me,
Do you know how to put this up correctly? (referring to the flag).
I took a minute to acquaint myself to my milieu (I use this word instead of "surroundings" obviously because anything outside a burger king is very fancy) and realized that a man in a pick-up truck, just past the drive-thru window was yelling at the employee on the ladder about how the flag should be put up properly. It was at this point that I decided this situation was definitely worthy of my time. As it turns out, he refused to pay for his food until the American flag was properly hoisted about the building. The great part is, someone in Burger King decided to actually try to satisfy his request. To my knowledge the flag looked pretty normal, though it was a bit saggy, perhaps from a lack of wind. I shrugged in reply to the employees' request for help, at which point he continued,
I don't know how to do this 'properly'. It's not like I fuckin' killed people for this country.
I watched a few more moments of the man in the truck gesturing and yelling out the window, the employee struggling and cussing in full uniform, and rode off.

I wish every morning could be so educational.

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