DD Philosophy

It was Thursday morning - rush hour at Dunkin' Donuts. I was doing a little last minute cramming for my final CLEP, sipping liquid inspiration. I was finding it difficult to concentrate. I was seated near a window, with a good view of the drive-thru. A never-ending parade of fellow caffeine junkies filed past, and I could hear their orders coming through the speaker to the young man working the window. Most were your typical "coffee and a bagel" or "Dunkachino and a donut" orders, and after a while a little game started in my head. As I heard the voice and the order, I began to visualize the drivers before they drove by. It was amusing enough to be very distracting. I decided to turn my nose back to my book when I heard a loud, confident voice broadcast the following: "Yeah, I'd like a medium coffee with Splenda and skim milk" (a lithe, athletic health-nut began to appear in my mind), pause, "and a glazed chocolate donut with chocolate frosting". I was laughing too hard to look at who drove around to pick up this Jekyll and Hyde order.

Upon reflection, my amusement turned to admiration. She knew how she wanted to allocate her fat and calorie expenditures for the day, and she didn't waste time with the unimportant. How liberating to approach life that way! I marvel at how I spend my resources each day - spilling the sugar of my life liberally in many directions, figuring "hey, I'm already over-committed, what's one more starchy filler of an activity going to matter?"

Meanwhile, DD lady is probably just as trim as I first imagined, and her life probably doesn't look as bloated as mine.