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daily nebraskan
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"Sir, you are funny. Do you writoyour
own stuff? Next, can I take your order?"
"Yeah, 1 a, Yeah, I'll have a , a . . ."
"Rijht."
This eventful night caught mc by sur
prise. I was looking at many of the same
faces who frequent Taco Inn after they fre
quent the bars. I knew what they were
going to order before they opened their
mouths. In five minutes they would be sit
ting at their table or perhaps on the floor
eating a deluxe burrito "with no sour
cream, lettuce, tomatoes, or cheese . . .
hold the meat and a cup of coffee on the
rocks." Har, har, har.
After 12:30 a.m. the line is always to
the door. Your only goals at that point arc
to get the orders out and watch for anyone
standing dangerously close to t he counter
with that oV flu look on their face.
"Sir, can I take your order?"
A rather tall guy with glasses, a receding
hair line ami a pair of red eyes replies,
'Yeah, I'd like (hie -cup) sorry, I'd like
(hie -cup) excuse me, I'd like three tacos."
"Would you like anything to drink. . .
I mean will that be all?"
A younger man, 22 or 23, makes his
way to the counter. He stands a bit shorter
than the first man but he too has red eyes.
"Hey, this guy cut in front of me."
Addressing the cuttee, "Oh, sir, you
should have waited your turn in line.
There arc no cutsics here at Taco Inn."
And to the short red-eye: "I'm sorry this
had to happen to you and I can reassure
you it won't happen again. Now can I
take your order?"
"Aren't you going to make him go to
the end of the line?"
"Listen, 1 know what has happened 1 ere
is a very unfortante thing indeed. But there
is a line to the door, everybody wants to
eat. He ordered three tacos, may they rot
in his stomach 1 know of what 1 speak.
You will lose three to five minutes max.
What cun I say? The world is an ugly place.
Now can I take your order?"
"Yeah, I'd like this guys's face."
"I'm sorry, it doesn't seem to be on the
menu. Would you like something to eat?"
"I'm too angry to eat."
"Fine," turning to the next in line,
"how about you sir, are you too angry to
eat?"
"Yeah, I mean no, I, a, yeah, I'll have
a, a . . ."
The first two men moved on down the
line. The young man disturbed beyond eat
ing never once took his eyes off the first.
Finally, the first, the "cuttee" picked up
his three tacos only to have them knocked
out of his hand by the second man. Natur
ally they started fighting. Suddenly they
both crashed through the huge plate glass
window, skidding onto the sidewalk. I
stood for a moment in total disbelief.
"Oh, God, that men should put an
enemy in their mouths to steal away their
brains."
I looked around, Frank was on the
phone to the police. Tim in all his pain,
was moving towards the cooler faster than
I thought possible. Billic was at the cash
register acting as if nothing had happened,
"That will be 54 cents please, 54 cents."
No one really knew what to do. Some
people were laughing uneasily. Others
wanted to get in on the action, just fight.
Some were totally oblivious to the whole
thing, "Did you say 54 cents?"
Their sober spirits were replaced by
little imps and the devil was dancing
through the broken glass out into the
night. His order was to go, too.
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