12 Donuts
July 16, 2020 5:15 am Leave your thoughts
Twas a dreary Monday when I awoke to a message that the local donut depository was poppin.
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts did a stunt for their 83rd Birthday. Anyone who had their birthday in “iso” was required to prove it (birth cert/license)and get a DOZEN doughnuts FREE. That’s right, anyone born in the months that the city was under restrictions were compensated for not being able to have a party, go to the pub, have friends over etc.
When I hear about these things, my attitude is usually like “pfft, it must be nice to have spare time to line up for something you barely want or need.”
I swore I wouldn’t do that after 3 harrowing times in my life; once because an ex boyfriend wanted us to camp out for a musical instrument sale, once for Red Hot Chili Peppers concert tickets when I was younger (totally worth it btw,) and another time for an audition for one of those “search the country for a lick of talent” type shows. But this time I thought it would be kind of funny to get doughnuts. It was a day off from appointments and work and I was enjoying a sleep-in after feeling sick the night before…
Despite my goal to limit screen time this year, I still reach for my phone as soon as I open my eyes, and a friend had tagged me in the announcement that free doughnuts were happening. I hastily found ugly clothes, I usually only wear when I go to my mum’s house to sit on the couch and judge everyone on TV, and then I got into the car barefoot. (I’m Aussie, that’s pretty usual.)
I still had creases on my face from sleeping when I arrived. The doughnut place was surrounded by a ridiculous traffic jam. The stipulations said all the giveaway doughnuts had to be distributed in-store but a traffic jam around the drive thru was happening anyway, and there was even a crash! Some poor bastard smashed his crappy car into a Porsche.
I parked my car and lined up outside the store around midday, not expecting to walk out with a box. It was spitting rain when I was nearing the doors in a line that wasn’t too long at all, and then….the precious sweet sugary prize was going to be mine! I had to show ID to prove my birthday and I walked out with 12, count them, 12 doughnuts.
Why is this post about doughnuts, Ever?
It’s not. It’s about a break. My friend who tagged me took the time to do that, she’d probably think it was no big deal, she tagged other people too. She might be surprised I actually bothered to drag my cynical lazy self down there and be part of the loser crowd wanting free stuff, but I’m grateful. I’m sure there were people who had nothing better to do or who were hanging out for free sugar but part of the reason I made it happen was because my whole family and I have been surviving the last few of years, not exactly living. It’s been good for memoir fodder but it’s not really fun. Each of us have been struggling with many subjects, family stress/health/relationships/grief etc. When you are in a tunnel, people tell you there will be light but sometimes all you see is an oncoming train and it’s tough to imagine -a n y t h i n g– normal happening to you, let alone something good.
My speck of light came in the form of icing and calories, and fuck you if you begrudge me or try to make me feel guilty for it.
Free doughnuts meant my mum smiled because something random happened and it was actually positive, for once. It meant that we got to eat something we don’t really spend money on because money can be tight for people I know. It meant I could give a couple to my friend who was working hard in community services with her own physical ailments, a kind person who has recently been through uninvited chaos of her own. It meant my dad who is a grouchy old fart actually got involved with the family and tasted one…and then ate 2!
For me, it was a reason to shrug and smile, thinking “cool, something nice is happening for once,” and it made the start of the week better.
It wasn’t anything amazing, that million dollar lotto win remains to be seen, but it was enough to make a few people happier. It was also nice to see parents in the line taking their kids out into a community atmosphere, everyone being polite to each other and making jokes etc. Random human interaction a lot of us have been denied for most of the year.
The franchise is copping some typical MSM bullshit due to apparent lack of ‘social distancing,’ people were doing outside their stores…as we know, Boogeyman Rona is still keeping some areas of the country a police state heaven. But there were markings on the ground outside to maintain distance, and many people didn’t even leave their cars for the 0.00045% death rate that the Rona has had in Australia.
Relax. Eat a doughnut.
TLDR:
* Someone tagged me in a thing to get free doughnuts
* Doughnuts brought great happiness.
*We all like free shit
*The narratives pushed by MSM still make me lol
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