Small town life

So today I was at a braai (it's a public holiday in SA today) and Gareth & Nicci start sharing about their fish and chips takeaway on Friday night. They were really disappointed with it - they phoned in their order but when Gareth went to collect it they'd given it to someone else, he had to wait for 30 mins for them to make his order and then apparently it only came with like 5 chips.

At this point Jeremy says 'that's funny we had fish and chips on Friday night too and ours was really nice'. Laura chips in 'yeah and they even gave us a side salad which was lovely'. (There's only one place in Clarens that does fish and chips takeaway which is how we can have this conversation in the first place.)

Comprehension dawns on Nicci who says 'how many did you order?'. Jeremy and Laura ordered 3 portions as Laura's mum was with them. Gareth and Nicci also ordered 3 portions as a friend was with them, and Nicci specifically asked for a side salad, something that doesn't just happen to turn up in your order.

Well it turns out Nicci phoned through their order for collection at half 6. Gareth was held up at a guest house so wasn't there quite on time. Just after half 6 Jeremy walks into the shop and orders 3 sets of fish and chips and is told 'they're right here ready'. He thinks 'wow great service I turned up at the perfect time' and walks off with Gareth's order. Meanwhile Gareth shows up late, is told his order has already been collected, waits half an hour for a new one, drives it home, arrives home as he gets another call to another guest house so goes straight out again. So not only were there only 5 chips, but by the time he got to eat them they were cold :-( As he said at least he knows now who to be angry with lol. Meanwhile Jereamy and Laura just high five each other. The joys of small town life.