Lunchtime Horror!

I went to Sonic today for lunch (I know, I know - the burgers are no good for my diet), I was sitting in quiet comfort of my car - listening to some Radiohead and enjoying my burger when...

Knock! - Knock! - Knock! "MISS! MISS! YOU WANT TO BUY SOME?"

Standing outside my window was a homeless man, who was obviously drunk (stinking drunk - I could smell him THROUGH the CLOSED window), probably on a great deal of crack (per the size of his pupils), and holding a dead rose.

"No. Thank. You."

Not more than 30 seconds later, and into the next bite of my burger, I shit you not, his buddy (equally as drunk, cracked out, and dead dead rose) "MISS! YOU WANT TO BUY SOME?"

"No. Thank. You."

Once I recovered from my SHOCK and locked my doors, pushed aside the fear, here comes the anger.

I have to say - I am not a prude, but I do not expect this sort of crap from a Sonic, I mean seriously - don't most corporate chain fast food restaurants have RULES against loitering????
SERIOUSLY! San Antonio does have a big problem with homeless people. Me and the man man really do try to help, we donate our time, our money, and plenty of stuff to the goodwill and ronald mcdonald house. I don't feel like I should have to donate any time, money, or stuff while I'm on my lunch break at the Sonic.

So, I call the manager of the Sonic. Here is what our converstation was like:

"This is 'the manager'"
"Hi, my name is Lisa and I am currenly sitting in stall 12 enjoying my delicious sonic burger. I wanted to let you know that there are a couple of drunk homeless guys out here haggling your customers." (Being the socially conscious person that I am)
"Oh, uh, were they really haggling you?" (like I did something wrong!)
"Excuse me?"
"Well, um, I talked to them earlier, um, and, um, they seemed pretty harmless, um, so I said, um, they could try to, um, sell, um, their flowers."
"Are you kidding me? You don't think that it's dangerous to have 2 obviously drunk and obviously cracked out homeless people in your driveway? In addition, it's extremely uncomfortable when two homeless guys are foaming at the mouth trying to get a buck off of me" "Well, um, they ARE homeless, and, uh, a little, um, wacky, but I don't think they are drunk, or um, threatening."
"Are you kidding me? I can smell him from here."
"Well, um, they just need to make a buck or two like everyone else."
"Listen, I work downtown, I come here a couple times a week (I can't believe I just admitted to that), so that I eat my lunch in the quiet and peace of my own car primarily so that I don't have to deal with PEOPLE for the measly 1/2 hour that I get for my lunch break and you are trying to tell my that I should have to deal with drunk-ass homeless people trying sell me some shit - because they are trying to make a buck or two? WTF! It is extremely uncomfortable and YES, I do feel THREATENED and NERVOUS with them knocking on my window! I imagine the other 10 people parked here with scowls on their faces feel the same way"
"Well, um, I told them it was okay"
"Well, maybe you should tell them it's not okay - kinda scary for us folks trying to enjoy our lunch. Don't ya think?"
"Well, I think you 'll be okay"
"Well, if the manager at Sonic thinks its okay then I must be all wrong about the two cracked out homeless guys that are stinking drunk - who are currently STARING in my front window. I'd like the number to your corporate office please."
CLICK!

The audicity of of that man. Did he forget that I was sitting right outside in the parking lot? If I wasn't seriously concerned about being accosted by these two men, I'd have marched right in there and unleashed hell. Serioulsy. So I went back to the office, got on the Sonic website and told them my little story. Let's just say they were none too pleased.

Now I am (and everybody I know in San Antonio) boycotting the Sonic. (Which kinda sucks cause how am I going to get my burger fix?) Seriously!