There is such a thing as a free lunch

Our team went to Wendy's today for a little lunch and something awesome happened. I became so engrossed with our conversation in line that I failed to realize that I didn't have my bank card with me (my wife stole it to purchase something specific and I never thought to get it back). That's not the awesome part. I went ahead and ordered a combo meal, and when it came time to pay I whipped out my wallet only to find a gaping space where the bank card should've been. "Crap," I said under my breath as I realized I couldn't pay. What do you say in a situation like that? "Yeah... um, go ahead and cancel that order, I'm sorry... I forgot that I'm broke." Something similar to that came out of my mouth and I awkwardly sidestepped the line so that people with real money could actually order their food.

In the confusion I turned to my ACD and, seeing what was going on, he graciously offered to pick up lunch for me. I started to relay this to the gentleman taking my order when the manager came over and said, "Hey, do you still want this #1? I mean, it's already made and we'd just have to throw it out anyway." I insisted to pay - "No no, he'll pick it up" *pointing to my ACD*, but she also insisted. "It's no big deal, it's actually already paid for." My tiny brain couldn't wrap my head around the concept momentarily. "By who?" I asked. "Oh, I charged it to 'manager', it's all good."

Thanks local Wendy's. You rock.