My Two-Cents: The To-Go-Box Dilemma
One of the worst feelings in the world (or at least in the first world) is getting a to-go box for your food and then leaving the box at the restaurant. I can’t even begin to describe the feeling of regret that consumes me after I let my guard down and leave my smash burger and fries box in the booth. Especially since the invention of the air fryer! Those fries could have had a chance at a second life. Those fries could have had their own Easter Morning. Surely this dilemma can't get worse. Or can it -- I can’t really complain to anyone about it. Not only does my mistake make me a stupid bitch, but it also leaves me zero good leeway to bitch! I’ll just sound like an idiot. Whose fault is it I left tomorrow's lunch in the corner booth? Mine. Who cares? No one but me. So I have to take all the blame, and lack of a perfectly good reheated burger all on myself. The to-go box dilemma. What to do?
For one, I to-go box a lot of things besides food. In a metaphorical fashion. I to-go box cleaning my room. I to-go box doing my laundry. I to-go box papers that aren’t due until next week. I plan on to-go boxing my student loans. Usually, I remember to grab these to-go boxes from the booth before I leave (or before the deadline strikes) but every once in a while, I come home fry-less. And then I have to look at my air fryer with longing regret. What’s to take from these times? Will I ever learn to not leave my goddamn to-go box in the booth?
For one, I hope so. But also, I don’t think I will ever completely learn. It’s fun to to-go box things. So as long as I'm to-go boxing shit, I'll probably be forgetting those boxes at the restaurant every now and then. It's just important to not to-go box everything. But you can’t always finish your entire meal at the restaurant. And sometimes, you have somewhere to be after your meal, so it makes logical sense to ask the waiter for a to-go box. I bet I’m batting about .250 at forgetting my to-go box. I think I’ll just have to learn to sit well with that average and find a way to absolve my guilt after I forget the box. That and maybe put a to-go-box alarm on my Gcal.
