A guy at McDonald's grabbed my sandwich

[abcdefz]

Amazing.

My backpack was sitting there and I paused halfway through the sausage biscuit to get a refill on my soda. As I was walking back to my table, the guy walking ahead of me grabbed my sandwich as he passed by.

I shouted, "Hey!" at him and he turned around, the half-eaten sandwich in his fist. I said something else -- "What're you doing!?" maybe -- and he dropped the sandwich back onto my tray. He shrugged, saying "I thought someone left it there" and I pointed out that my bag was still there. He shrugged again and said he figured someone just left it there, and he went back to his table.

I had a stomach churning moment deciding whether to eat the rest of it or not, but I was still pretty hungry so I did. I should have just made rice and chicken at home rather than eat out -- let alone at a McDonald's -- but I was hungry for cheap food, I guess.

Still. Eww.

[Helvete]

Did he look the sort that would need to take someone's apparent leftovers?

[abcdefz]

Borderline. I mean, the half-eaten sandwich in hand was probably a dead giveaway, but if I'd just seen him without that context, it could've gone either way.

[roosta]

what's a sausage biscuit?

[Bob]

http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&source=imghp&q=sausage+biscuit&gbv=2&aq=f&aqi=g2g-m1&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=

i prefer croissants

[ericlee]

Man, that's fucked up. I have a short temper so I would have probably caused an even bigger scene but you did a good job.

I wrote a thread about this old guy that I'm sure passed away. He would walk into the atrium and dig through the trash cans and eat and drink whatever was in them and he wasn't homeless or poor at all.

Once, there was a study group and they had some pizzas sitting on one of the pillars and this guy walks right up to the boxes, lifts up the lid with his cane and grabbed a slice and walked away. They were all looking at him like wtf? but didn't say anything.

He would take our drinks if we set them on the window ledge where we usually do and he'd just help himself to it.

[b i o n i c]

i think i would have to let him have it, mos definately not finished it myself.. if dude was that desperate id think he reeeeally needed it (y)

[kaiser soze]

a-z, from this and the ATM crap it looks like the dredges of society are getting up in your shit.

fight back man, don't take it - next time break out the judo chop

shitty people (n)

[Echewta]

Yea, sorry about that.

[Adam]

I'd no way of eaten that. Someone who is ok with taking left over food in public probably doesn't have the greatest of personal hygiene. Touched your food dude - I hope that is a lesson never to use fast food again.

But I am borderline which is worse, a mcdonalds sandwich or the non-service public touching my food.

[abcdefz]

Yeah, it was probably a bad choice all around. I could have been more kindly. I have some food still at home, but that was the last of my money for a week and I was hungry. I'm sure he was hungrier, though, so I should have let it go. It bothers me to know that my instincts at this point are so selfish.

[Bob]

that guy went about it all wrong. you don't just grab the food, you grab it and immediately take a bite. that way there's no way the other guy's asking for it back.

i mean he should have at least licked it, jeez