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Her response was to send me this meme:

“An offering,” she said, handing me a plain white bag with a green ribbon.

Inside is this:

my anxiety: ur coming off needy. isolate urself and handle it. all u need is U!

Elderly woman in the drive thru that insisted her meal should be free because the total cost was the same as her birth year. 

Obligatory group of shirtless frat boys. 

Guy who pulled me aside and demanded to know if we wash our floors with grease because the (freshly mopped) bathroom floor was slippery. 

Soccer mom that intentionally poured a large strawberry milkshake onto her son’s head as punishment. She asked for a new one.

Kid that stood on a table and sung Let It Go uninterrupted from start to finish. She received a standing ovation from everyone in the restaurant.

Teenage girl that paid for a to-go order, about $45 total, entirely in singles. 

College-age girl that asked if it was true that we were handing out free sandwiches to gays and, if so, if she could have one. I told her we weren’t doing that promotion at our location, but I’d buy her a sandwich if she gave me her number. She politely declined. 

Prank caller asking if we wanted to buy weed. The manager replied by saying we had a guy that sold to us for 10$/quarter and to call back when he could match that

Multiple instances of kids pooping in the playplace.

Another prank caller asking if we sold burgers. The manager (a different one) told them there was a Five Guys across the street, so why on earth bother looking for a burger here anyway?

That time Arthur Darville came in.

Drive thru guest who regularly asks, very specifically, for “coke zero, NOT diet coke with extra ice’

A basketball team from a local high school got banned for using their trays to slide down the slide.

This happened to be the same night that the staff all stayed an extra 20 minutes after the doors were locked and took turns using a tray to slide down the slide. 

Guy with a southern accent that addressed me as “you with the tits,” shoved his sweet tea under my nose for a refill and then, upon noticing my murderous expression, said, “Service with a smile, darlin’,” winked, and walked out.

Woman who told me in a watery voice, upon observing my name tag, that her recently deceased daughter’s name was Emily too. She comes back and chats with me occasionally. 

My coworker, Tyquan once finished his conversation with the guests by saying “Love, Peace, and Chicken Grease!” It is now a meme and basically all of our customers know him. 

That time I was explaining to one of the girls what Rocky Horror Picture Show was and this elderly couple leaned across the counter with wide eyes and exclaimed “You’ve never heard of Rocky Horror!?” And proceeded to yell their favorite audience participation lines. 

Guy who’s on the security staff of a local college frequently comes through the drive thru on his segway. We are all on a first name basis with him.

A skinny fuckboy who consistently, for over two years, has always come in wearing a trilby, carrying a copy of hamlet, and ordering “Coca-Cola” instead of coke. 

Some redneck-type guy with no front teeth that asked me if almost everybody on the staff is “saved” (they are.) He then asked me how old I was and if I was a nice Christian gal (I’m not).

Guy who geek-checked me for my Keyblade necklace. He didn’t play the spinoffs.

I went into the low fridge one day and the stack of juice boxes had toppled over, basically burying everything else. I asked the manager what happened, and he looked at me dead in the face and said “it was an appleanche.” 

Stoners calling to ask if we delivered.

Guy who said, in a deadass tone: “If you guys call it Chick-Fil-A because the staff is all chicks why don’t y’all wear more revealing shirts?” And I honestly didn’t even know what to do because a) our staff is not all women and b) Sir do you realize that this is a heavily Christian establishment I mean christ.

Unknown guest who left me several napkins with pictures drawn on them, labelled “tip.” To date it is the third tip I’ve ever gotten and by far the best.

That time we traded four large strip trays for eight cases of White Castle.

Woman in the drive thru that demanded to speak with the owner because we told her that she could not get six large cups of ice for free and would have to pay for a bag of ice instead.

Guy in a full replica batman cosplay. He came in, walked around, took some pictures with people, and left.

There was a baby boomer that screamed literally right in my face because his nuggets were cold. I had shit to do though and his breath with nasty so after six whole minutes of this (I timed it) I burst into tears and told him it was just my first day. Later the manager told me that she saw the whole thing and that she almost peed herself from laughing so hard and that I wasn’t allowed to do that anymore. 

And finally…

A/N: sorry for the bad writing and the terrible grammar, I’m just not a very good writer and English isn’t my mother language but I just had to write this, so I hope it’s not too bad :)

Imagine being at 5sos’s last concert. The guys play all the songs they’ve ever written and the long concert reaches its end. Before the final song, Ashtons grabs his mic and starts to talk.

‘This song means a lot to us. It’s one of the first songs we’ve written and even after all these years I still love this song so much. It’s called Unpredictable.’

Tears stream down your face as soon as you hear the first notes. This is your song. This is the song you fell in love with. You scream out your lungs until the chorus, when you notice the small changes the guys made.

'Hey we’ve taken on the world, we took you where you wanted to go. Picked you up when you fell to pieces, we were the one to save you’

And that’s true. They really did save you. They were there for you when others weren’t, they loved you when you didn’t love yourself, they taught you to dream and to never stop pursuing those dreams. They are the reason you’ve become the person you are right now. When the song finishes, they walk to the front of the stage, mics in their hands. Luke starts to talk.

'I don’t really know what to say to be honest, because I just can’t find the words to describe what I feel right now. I’m just so, so grateful for everything you’ve done for us. I’ll love you forever.’

The crowd starts to cheer and then Calum begins talking.

'You are the reason we’ve come this far. You made our dreams come true. Without you we wouldn’t be where we are now. I love you guys so much and I’ll never, ever forget you.’

Tears are still streaming down you face as Michael takes a small step forwards.

'I just wanna say thanks to every single person who believed in us, who supported us no matter what and who was there for us until the very end. I’ll always love you.’

Ashton’s the final one to speak.

'Thank you for coming to this show. Thank you for listening to our music. Thank you for supporting us. Thank you for just being you, because you are so strong and beautiful, ever single one of you. Don’t ever forget that. I’ve loved you guys since the start of this band and I always will. Just… Just don’t forget about us, okay? I love you so much.’

You will never, ever forget about them. And it hurts to know that you can’t tell them, that you’ll always be another fan in the crowd, another tweet on their twitter, another dm on their instagram. But even though they won’t know who you are, you will always remember them. No matter what.

Then Luke starts to talk again. He sighs, fighting back the tears.

'I’m Luke.’

'I’m Calum.’

'I’m Michael.’

'I’m Ashton.’

You can hear the pain in their voices while tears are streaming down your face. Then the guys put their arms around each others shoulders, quickly nodding before they bow and say those words that you’ve heard so often for the final time, but now with a slight change.