It’s dinner time.
I was given an in-app code for a Panda Express.
I decided I wanted Panda Express.
I download the app.
Oh cool. I don’t have to make an account. I can just use one of my Gmail accounts.
I decide to use my high school Gmail.
This would prove to me undoing.
I fill out my & my wife’s order. I checkout.
It has a place to input my name… but already has a name:
“RANDOM ASS DUDE”
First name RANDOM ASS.
Last name DUDE.
The Panda Express app has pulled my Gmail name that I made in high school.
No worries.
It allows me to erase and change the name.
I change it to my real first & last name.
I put in the order. It tells me it’s ready in less than 15 minutes.
I drive over and come in to the store.
“I’m here for a pickup order,” I say.
“What’s the name?” the female cashier says.
I give her my first & last name.
….
“I’m sorry sir. I don’t have an order under that name.” She says.
“Oh.” I say. “I got a text saying it was ready.”
“What’s the number?”
I give her my phone number. She looks it up.
She looks at me.
She looks around.
“Sir, I don’t have an order under that name. Is it possibly under another name?”
Oh no.
“Uh…” I say. “Well… it could be under RANDOM ASS DUDE.”
Big smile on her face. I’ve been had.
She rings me up, but then gets pulled away by her manager.
A couple minutes later another girl comes over.
“Sorry, sir. What’s the name on your order?”
Oh boy.
“Well…” I say. “It’s probably under RANDOM ASS DUDE.”
Big smile on her face.
“Ah, so YOU are RANDOM ASS DUDE, huh?”
“I guess I am.” I say.
“Here you go. You have a good day sir.”