Bizarre LA Occurrences
So, I am sure anyone reading might be thinking that this event has something to do with alcohol or bars, but it actually does not.
Ok, so we were staying in a hotel in El Segundo (and no, none of us left our wallets there) which served a free 'hot' breakfast. Now, I am always one who can appreciate a free meal and apparently I was not alone. Molly and I went down around 9am to see what was available and very quickly noticed a woman who seemed to be asking a number of questions to the workers who were stocking and cooking the food. I immediately thought that 'this woman is going to be high maintenance.' Boy, I didn't even know what I was getting myself into.
To describe her on this day is to say that she was wearing an all black ill-fitting suit and even more scary was the fact that her shoes appeared to be at least 2 sizes too small. While Molly and I were enjoying our fine breakfast, we noticed that this woman seemed to be spending an awful lot of time collecting food. Our eyes travel to the table where she was putting all of her food and were greeted with what can only be described as the largest amount of food one could gather from a free buffet. I kid you not, there were at least 4 rows of plastic containers, piled 2 high...that is 8 containers, filled with food people! And, she was just getting started!!! Not only did she get four of everything that was readily available...eggs, bacon, cereal, muffins, bagels, toast, fruit and french toast, she also took the 2 minutes and 30 seconds a piece that it took to make 4 Belgian waffles. She then proceeded to get 4 of each type of drink. We are talking about mass amounts of food here.
So, throughout all of this, Molly and I are watching in amazement b/c first and foremost, we can't imagine there are enough people to even eat all of this food and this was only one lady. We finally determined that she must be getting stuff for either the entire week or she had some other people with her. If the latter was the case, how was she, one person going to be able to transport it? A luggage cart, that is how. She piled that thing up with 5 rows of containers, all at least 3 containers high! We seriously could not believe it. We wanted to see her accomplish this task, but we had already spent 30 minutes watching her amass this feast, so we finally had to leave. When we got back to our room, we told Lucy and Molly's brother about it and I don't think they really believed us, but luckily...or unluckily...for Lucy, when we went to breakfast the next day, this lady was back to gather the same amounts of food for her as yet unseen companions. Only this time, she was wearing all white--with the exception of her colored underwear which pretty much made all of us lose our appetites.
This time we considered possible actions we could take that might hinder her from taking all the food from the entire buffet. Perhaps we could take the luggage cart so she couldn't transport it, I believe I suggested. It was then observed that she had completely bogarted all of the waffle mix. This was too much for Molly who boldly went up to the buffet and just took a mix. The lady got very upset and stated that she was making 4 waffles. Molly said ok and came back to our table with her lone dixie cup of waffle batter. (can I also point out at this time there were at least 3 people in the dining area not wearing shoes...that is so gross. Hygene people!)So, we politely waited the 10 minutes it took for her 4 waffles to be made before we could make ours. Now, of course, Molly didn't really want a waffle, it was the principle of the thing so I ended up eating it and it was good. So, we gathered up ourselves and headed back to our room.
As we arrived back at our building, we noticed that the lady was taking her luggage cart upstairs, but we didn't know which floor. I bounded up the stairs as all three of us go into Nancy Drew mode to catch a glimpse of what we expect to be the fattest most sloth-like people in the world b/c seriously, who makes one lady go down to the buffet and gather all of that food while they just rest on their laurels? Or, is there actually no one with her and she just goes back there and eats herself into a stupor until the next day? All these unanswered questions.
I reach the third floor just as the elevator is closing and nonchalantly read my paper as I peer around the corner. I see her enter her room, but unfortunately don't get to investigate much further around the door as housekeeping is in the area and I don't want to appear suspicious and stalker like...I know, too late. A few seconds later, the lady emerges and it appears to me is going to return the cart. So, that was the most bizarre thing that happened while I was in LA...no celebrity sightings, no major drunken shenanigans. Just the story of this woman who felt it was necessary to gorge herself and her companions (if they exist) on all the free food the hotel had to offer.
Posted by Morgan
at 4:43 PM EST
caffeinated
party time!