Last night Rick and I went out to eat and then saw the movie Lilo and Stitch. One of my now-granddaughters loves Stitch, I'd never heard of him before and wanted the cultural literacy.
Rick bought the tickets before the meal. The only ones he could get that late at night was for the VIP section of the theatre with fully reclining cushy seats, free sodas, icees, and popcorn.
We arrived just before the movie started. As we entered the empty VIP lounge a lovely young man asked if we wanted popcorn and came back with two bags full. He motioned towards the drinks machine, said to help ourselves, and motioned to a separate machine and said "water."
I don't drink soda so I got one of the huge drink cups, put in ice, and wandered over to the water machine. The water came out in a slow but persistent stream. It seemed to be taking a ridiculously long time to fill up the cup. I waited, noticing how the pale yellow of the cup was reflected in the water now just rising above the level of the ice.
Out of the corner of my eye I saw that the young helper had come out of the service area, paused briefly, and then walked on. My mind was off and away in dream-land anticipating the coming movie.
Then I thought, I can't wait for this cup to fill up, lifted my finger off the lever and took a deep swig.
It was warm. It was thick.
It was revolting!
Ugh!
Double and triple ugh!
That's when I noticed the young man's horrified face. "It's butter!"he said. "Butter for the popcorn!"
Obviously I had misheard him when I thought he told me it it was the water spigot.
The young man said he thought it was unusual when he saw me pouring butter into a cup. But he said he thought I would then empty it into my bag of popcorn. He couldn't believe his eyes when he saw me drink the glutinous stuff.
As I got real water and ice and walked into the cinema, I observed, to Rick's handsome grinning face, that I'll never be sophisticated. And that at least we gave the lovely young man a story.
And yes. The movie was great.
Dinner, new story, and movie. A delightful, thoroughly enjoyable trio!