i get so nervous when i lose my retainers.
tonight, i was at chipotle with my girl and we were eating outside at the new one they built by concord mills. i finished and went inside to get another bowl. as i come back outside, i realize i don’t have my retainers.
immediately, panic ensues.
to be quite frank, i start losing my mind lol. what usually happens when i’m out to eat, is that i put my retainer in a napkin until i finish my meal. that’s what i thought i did this time, except i threw it away along with my bowl. i’m thinking to myself of how i have to dig in the trash to look for it. i ask the cashier for gloves, and i begin scuffling thru the two trash cans by the door. nothing. i was pretty sure i threw my bowl out in the outside trash, but it wasn’t there. i go to the same cashier and inquire about the outdoor trash, and she rolls it to me from the back.
i roll it to the door and begin looking. as i’m looking, an older white gentleman is walking out with his chipotle. he playfully says “dumpster diving eh?” i’m like damn man, just make it more obvious as if i didn’t look brazy enough lol. so my girl tells him i threw away my retainer and he tells us the story of his 20 year-old son and how he was so dumb because he would wrap his retainer in a napkin and throw it out. i cry laughed in my head because that’s what i just did. or so i thought, after thoroughly searching the outdoor bin, for some strange reason my girl asks if it could be in the car. i think back, and turns out, i did leave it in the car before we ate chipotle, which is something i never do.
i laughed about that man’s story of his 20 year-old son and how i wasted my time looking thru 3 trash bins on the way home, retainer and all.
-ratha, 9:47pm, 6.6.17