Serious grumblings nearly escalated into violence at the doughnut shop this morning over excruciating wait times to get served. Witnesses report customers began to grow hostile after a series of large doughnut orders frustrated and enraged patrons waiting in line.
Tempers flared as yet another customer ordered enough doughnuts to feed a biker rally.
“Okay, I’m going to need eight dozen. Give me two chocolate frosted, one with sprinkles. I’ll take a cinnamon glazed, two double chocolate, one apple spice, two long johns…”
“With or without cream filling?” the doughnut lady asked.
“One with, one without. Okay, where are we at?”
“Nine down, only 87 more to go.”
Patrons let out audible groans as they glanced at their watches, mindful of the time left before the start of work. The next customer in line stepped up to the counter.
“How many please?” the attendant asked.
“I’m going to need an even dozen dozen.”
A chorus of protestations and curses went up from the waiting throng.
“For the love of God, man. Are you trying to feed every police and fire station in the county?” someone shouted.
Trying to be helpful, a man at the back of the line calmly asked the doughnut lady if they might open an express lane for people ordering 12 doughnuts or less. The request fell of deaf ears.
“Please, sir. Please think of my children,” a mother implored the gentleman ordering 144 doughnuts. “Their energy level is quite diminished and they need a chocolate frosted with sprinkles before they go to school. Could you please find it in your heart to stand aside for a moment and let them be served?”
“Fat chance!” the man grumbled.
After several more gargantuan orders, it became apparent that the stacks of trays that once contained a seemingly limitless number of doughnuts, rolls, and fluffy pastry now appeared mostly sparse. Panic set in as the realization hit that the day’s supply of doughnuts was close to running out. A number of patrons raced for the door, desperate to get to the next doughnut shop. Others pushed to the front of the line shouting out their last orders.
“Please, I just need a twister!”
Then the doughnut lady, who had been toiling since 2:00 in the morning, thanked her customers and closed up shop having sold all her doughnuts before 9:00 a.m.
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