Cruel, cruel joke

There are evil people in the world. Evil, cruel, heartless people.

I went to a new grocery store and while walking down one of the aisles, I saw a bag of Chips Ahoy. Yes, Chips Ahoy. I stopped in my tracks and couldn’t believe it- here in front of me was a bag of chocolate chip cookies (many bags actually). I glanced to my left and right and wondered why the other shoppers in the store weren’t running for this aisle and fighting over the cookies. I felt like I had found the holy grail.

I very calmly took a bag from the shelf, put it in my basket, paid for my purchases, went to my waiting taxi and rode home. (And yes, I left the store as soon as I had the cookies, because really, what else do you need to eat other than chocolate chip cookies?) Like a kid waiting for Christmas morning, the taxi ride took an eternity. (I thought the taxi driver may find it a little offensive if I ripped opened the bag and proceeded to stuff my face with cookies while in his car.)

Upon walking into the house, I took my first bite of a chocolate chip cookie in 6 weeks. It was heavenly. It was glorious. It was wonderful.

So I had another bite, only to realize that it really tasted nothing like a chocolate chip cookie should. The rest of the cookie and two subsequent cookies confirmed the fact that it really wasn’t a chocolate chip cookie.

But how could this be? The bag says Chips Ahoy and they really are made my Nabisco. But upon closer inspection, I discovered that they’re made in South Africa. And the bag says “chocolate flavoured chip cookies”.

Chocolate flavoured chip cookies?????

Somewhere, someone very, very evil is laughing hysterically knowing that he/she played a very cruel joke on a poor, cookie-loving girl. (Johnnnnnny…?) Discovering that there are in fact no chocolate chip cookies in Dar was like discovering that there really is no jolly guy in red that delivers packages.

Heartbreaking

Absolutely heartbreaking