Cereal.
We like our breakfast cereals. They're a quick item on any breakfast menu, just about anywhere. Perfect goodness when you are rushed, or simply not sure how much time you will have to sit down and enjoy a quick hunger fix. But let me tell you, I absolutely hate it when I'm hungry in the morning and I have a huge craving for cereal, rush around like crazy in the kitchen, go through all the trouble of getting the cereal... the spoon and the bowl, only to realize that there's no damn milk in the fridge. What??? No moo-juice??!! Then, I am forced to stand there like an idiot not knowing what to do with the cereal.
And while we are on the topic of cereal, who the fudge monkeys decided that cereal should be so buoyant? Seriously? I'm talking about cereal that rises out of the bowl when you pour your milk in the bowl. I mean, you put the cereal in the bowl and you're thinking to yourself that this will work perfectly... add some milk, only to end up with a disaster. Seriously, cereal maker people at Kellogg's or General Mills or even Quaker Oats, or Nestle... can you not just make cereal that is heavy enough to withstand a little milk?
Yup, we usually have a fair amount of cereal stocked up here at the station. Cereal is always available on the breakfast menu. But hey... why is it that as soon as I take a mouth full of food, does someone feel the need to strike up a conversation? I have to stop crunching in order to hear what they are saying and it's annoying having to sit there, for a minute or two, with half-chewed food in my mouth. I.AM.EATING.
And... who ever is putting their wet teaspoons in our nice clean sugar bowl and leaving those nasty lumps, which I have to pick out before putting the sugar on my cereal, KNOCK IT OFF. We have loads of teaspoons in the cutlery drawer, they don't take ages to wash up so please, go ahead and use one to stir and one to take sugar. Use four if you have to, I'm not worried. Heck, I'll even wash up the spoons myself. It's just bad manners, I mean, would I go into the bathroom and dip the toilet roll in the toilet water before returning it to the holder and expect you to use the sopping wet tissue?
And... why is it so hard for some people to open cereal boxes the right way? Instead, they rip all the flaps off the top of the box and it is impossible to close right. Or even worse, they rip the inner plastic down the side so the cereal is all over the place in the box, and makes a mess when you try to pour it. There shouldn't have to be instructions on how to open up a cereal box.
And... why do people have to say things they know will make someone else laugh while they are easting. Then, that person bursts out laughing and sprays their half eaten food all over the place and laughs with their mouth hanging wide open or they end up choking on their food and coughing for the next 5-10 minutes. I only have two words to say. "I'm sorry!" But at least the milk didn't come out my nose... that time!
And you all though that enjoying a nice bowl of cereal would be an easy and simple concept, didn't you?
Apparently, not at this station.
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