In an effort to save money, I called my mom to ask if she knew of any restaurants offering free meals for kids. She mentioned one place near us, that offered free meals to kids on Sunday from 4pm until 9pm. Thanks Mom!

To confirm, I called the place.

“Hi, do you all offer free meals for kids?”

“No.”

Confused, “You don’t offer free meals to kids?”

“Only after 5pm.”

Irritated, “Ok, so you do offer free meals to kids?”

“Yeah, between 5pm and 9pm.”

“Is that for today?”

“Yeah.”

To be thorough, “So, you all have free meals, today, between 5pm and 9pm.”

“Yeah.”

We arrived at the place at 430pm and since we’d never been there before, Jase went inside to make sure the menu was desireable. He came out and said it was good. To pass time, we drove across the parking lot to get gas and came back at 445pm. Jase went inside again to see if we could still order for the free meals even though it’s 15 minutes before 5pm. The hostess informed him that, at the start of September, the restaurant stopped offering free meals for kids on Sundays.

Oh the joy of living with human beings.

So, we paid more and ate somewhere better. Whatever.