Friday, Saturday, and Sunday are the days Farmer H spends at his SUS2.5 (Storage Unit Store 2.5). On Fridays, he's usually there for half a day. He does some business, and gets things ready for the weekend. He takes a lunch with him. Then he goes to town for who knows what, and ends up at his buddy's business for the Friday afternoon bull-shooting session with his cronies.
I set out items for Farmer H's lunch the night before. He likes the little 2-packs of mini cheeseburgers, or chicken, or spicy chicken sandwiches that I get in the 5-for-$25 items at Country Mart. The cheeseburgers come with three packs in the box. The chicken has four. I keep track of that, so I know when I shop on Thursdays if Farmer H will have enough to get through the weekend. I make sure they are in the kitchen freezer of FRIG II. I set out a bag for him to carry his stuff, and a mini-bag of chips. That's the routine.
Earlier this week, Farmer H asked for some individual packs of ketchup and mustard to take to his SUS2.5, so he could add it to his mini sandwiches after he warmed them up. I said it's hard to find those unless you order about 500 at a time. He said the bottles are too tall for his mini fridge.
"Uh... couldn't you just lay them down?"
"I guess I could."
"They sell smaller bottles, you know."
"Okay. Get me some mustard. The spicy brown mustard. And maybe if you could find a pack of hot dogs that comes with just five."
"Why five?"
"Because I don't need a whole pack of 10 hot dogs down there."
"First of all, there are eight hot dogs in a pack. Unless I get the skinny Oscar Mayer kind. I think they come in a five-pack, but they're more expensive because they're brand name."
"No. Don't do that."
"Well, you know I can take hot dogs out of a pack, so you can take one or two."
"Oh. That would work."
"From a little cheeseburger and chips?"
"No. I went to the senior center. It was Christmas dinner in July. We had turkey and dressing, and sweet potatoes, and green bean casserole, a roll, and pumpkin cake."
"Along with your lunch you took?"
"No. I can have it tomorrow. So I won't have to take a lunch. Sometimes I eat at the senior center."
That puts us back to the hot dogs. I DID buy them, and buns, and a bottle of mustard. Farmer H said he would take them on Saturday and Sunday. I figured he must have had a pack of mini cheeseburgers in his mini freezer at the SUS2.5. So Thursday night, I didn't set out anything for him to take on Friday morning.
Friday morning at 5:45, I heard a lot of rustling in the kitchen. That was odd. I had not bagged up the trash for transport to the dumpster. What was Farmer H doing?
Turns out he was getting a grocery bag from the stool by the kitchen table. And a 2-pack of mini cheeseburgers from the mini freezer in the laundry room. And a mini bag of potato chips from the pantry.
"I thought you weren't taking your lunch today! So I didn't set anything out. You said you wanted the hot dogs for Saturday and Sunday. I figured you were eating at the senior center."
"Yeah. I did say that. But I usually don't go to the senior center on Fridays. I'm taking something just in case."
Serves him right! His faulty communication style has caught up to him. I looked at the senior center menu later.
Lasagna
Salad
Buttered Peas
Garlic Bread
Variety of Desserts
Do you think Farmer H will be eating mini cheeseburgers?
4 comments:
With that menu he will NOT be eating mini cheeseburgers.
Hotdogs here come in packs of 8 while the buns come in packs of 6. I used to buy three packs of dogs and four packs of buns ot get 24 of each and keep them handy in the freezer, this was when the kids were younger and all still home, one night a week would be hot dog night, with chips on the side (crisps, that ones that come in crinkly packets). With six of us, all those dogs lasted four weeks as we only ever ate one each, plus dessert.
I know that my husband would take the lunch offered, change his mind, eat out and eventually toss the lunch from home, lest I question him about it. Thinking himself to be clever, getting rid of the evidence, he would surely leave some clues behind. then try to turn it around to be something I did when questioned. Like a kid with his hand caught in the cookie jar. His mother found this to be charming. I don't.
River,
You are correct! Farmer H ate lasagna at the Senior Center.
Now most of our hot dogs are in packs of 8, and the buns are also. We come out even, unless I put hot dogs in Farmer H's baked beans. Then I'll use a bun for a sandwich when I have something different than what he's eating for supper.
Kathy,
Farmer H said he was going to give the cheeseburgers to Old Buddy, but Old Buddy had customers on Saturday, and didn't come to the SUS2.5. Maybe he'll give them away today. He took hot dogs again.
I can't believe men get away with crimes. They are NOT good liars!
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