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Never Trust Gas Station Food

May 24, 2008 // 5 Comments  // Add yours »

Lately I've been sick.  And as a result I seem to have lost my sense of smell, and all the benefits that come with it.  I've become a bit worried that without my sense of smell my health could be in danger.

Yesterday I woke up a bit late so I didn't get the chance to make any coffee or prepare a lunch for work.  Usually when this happens I'll stop by the Mobile gas station on RT. 34 in Derby and pick up some sort of caffeinated drink and a sandwich.  Now, I've been warned many times not to trust the shady looking pre-packed food that sits on the shelf at a gas station.  But for some reason I keep doing it.  And overall, I've been quite pleased with what I've tried.  In fact, last time I bought this incredible steak and cheese... and that's what I was going for, but then I saw the hot pocket.

Now who wouldn't want a hot pocket?  It was too hard to move my hand away.  So I grabbed it.  Huge mistake.

Lunch-time comes at work so I go and nuke the thing.  This is where my sense of smell really failed me.  Thinking everything was normal I went ahead and took a big bite.. right away something seemed off.  So I took another.  Seconds later I was throwing up and the hot pocket was in the trash.  It tasted as if it had been soaking in bleach for 4 months.  Soon my boss was in the office complaining about the horrible smell the hot pocket was producing. He demanded that I go buy a Gatorade to cure my upset stomach.  The Gatorade worked quite nicely.

I called Nestle to complain and they said they'd send me a check for $1.50.  They said the gas station should have known better than to sell a rotting hot pocket.

Moral of the story: Don't trust gas station food.  And don't eat something if you can't smell it first, unless you can afford to hire somebody to sample all your food before you dig in. 

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Disgusting. Tell your small intestine to hang in there.

Posted on: May 25, 2008 9:19:23 AM

You never could resist a hot pocket!

Posted on: May 27, 2008 10:20:03 AM

But now I can!

Posted on: May 29, 2008 11:29:14 AM

no lie: this makes me really want a lean pocket.

Posted on: Jun 9, 2008 10:03:15 AM

Sorry to hear, man. Clearly you've never seen Jim Gaffigan's semi-famous bit about Hot Pockets:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zewDAa99Ns8

Cheers to a speedy recovery.

cm

Posted on: Jun 13, 2008 8:47:54 AM

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