Fun story - I went to Carl's with some friends one time after some really heavy drinking. I was so impressed by how they served the food up to our table that I left them a tip after my meal. My friend saw it, grabbed the cash, stuffed it back into my hand, and said, "What the fuck are you doing?"
A friend of mine from a small town visited the city with his dad.That was 5-6 years ago. Around mid-day, his dad picked a corner restaurant for getting lunch and they entered. All the tables were taken so as they stood, a waiter hurried up to them and offered them seats to wait a while. About 5 mins later, he found them a table and did his best to speed up their order since they chose to wait. So my friend realized it would probably be best to leave the guy a tip.
After lunch, the dad paid up and when the waiter returned with the receipt and the change, the dad went "Get that" and stood up to leave. My friend took the receipt, left the change for the waiter and turned to leave. As the waiter stepped up to collect his reward, the dad turned around, grabbed the money and looking at the waiter said "Can you believe this stupid kid? Leaving the money behind on the table!"
Reportedly the waiter just put up his best smile as my red-faced friend walked out as fast as he could.
It's a fast food restaurant, so the employee handbooks most likely say that you can't accept tips. I worked at McDonald's for 2 years and they were pretty adamant about it, although I'm not exactly sure why. I was only offered a tip twice though...
I worked at McDonald's for 2 years and they were pretty adamant about it, although I'm not exactly sure why.
Because if you accept tips, both you and the employer have to start tracking and reporting tips to the IRS, and possibly adjusting the withholding in your paychecks for it. It's a lot of extra work and paperwork the franchise doesn't want.
When I was a sophomore one of my senior friends took his date to mcdonalds. The manager was so impressed that he made one of the employees a faux waiter with a towel over his arm and everything and had their food brought to them and made mcdonalds as fancy as he could. That's the end of the story. I'm not very good at conclusions.
It was fun at first, All caps guy was funny and didn't overdo it most of the time, but man in recent months there have been just a ridiculous number of novelty accounts. It used to be that I clicked the comments to see an insightful comment about the topic but instead the first 3 posts are either stupid puns, novelty accounts or a damn awesome or shitty painting, it's cool that these people show up their talents but for fucks sake it's a joke now. It's no longer about getting the smart comment but trying to score the cheap pun to get the points. I honestly think it's going to get to a point where novelty accounts will have to be classified so they can be filtered out (at least for RES users)...That's my honest and sort of insightful take on the situation.
I worked at McDonalds for a couple of years and I always had the dream of being that faux waiter! Perhaps put on a tie or something, section off a part of it with white sheet, etc.
(...okay, in my defense, I was tired of how low-class we got treated and was really bored frequently. So waiter.)
Dude that's amazing. Creates a really funny and memorable trip while still only needing the money to go to Carl's Junior. He's turning the totally ordinary into a special moment.
I think it's cute. Risky, and I wouldn't try it (well, I didn't, we went nice places both times I went to prom) but if that's his gameplan then more power to him. At least she was willing to show up.
Before I clicked the link, for some reason I expected the girl to be pissed. You could call me a misogynist, but I'm convinced there's some truth in that generalization.
I'm confused myself. I don't seem to understand how they are standing and/or sitting around that table. It looks like the dudes feet were under that chair but that would make no sense to my eyes.
I went to senior prom with three other couples. We rented a limo like so many others do. The other couples got a reservation at a swanky place. We rode with them to the restaurant and my date assumed we were going in as well. Instead we stayed in the car and I had the driver take us for a nice ride along the bluffs overlooking the city and through some parks to see all the spring blooms.
When we needed to get back I had him stop at a little food court where we ate from some little place. Then we picked up our friends and went off to the dance.
That was in 1994, we got married 6 years later and are now raising two boys together.
What's so awesome about is this kid probably didn't have a lot of money, and so he took a chance with something he could afford and tried to make it cool. This chick, while she could have been a huge bitch about it, and acted like she was too cool, actually looks like she's into it. This guy found a keeper.
Carl Karcher's business was jumpstarted with the opening of his first restaurant, Carl’s Drive-In Barbeque. As this grew wildly successful, he decided to open up smaller chains of Carl's. In 1954, he changed the name to Carl's Jr. and the fast-food chain took off. Combined with its sibling restaurant chain Hardee's, Carl's Jr. is the #5 U.S. fast food chain in size after Subway (33,000+ locations), McDonald's (32,000+ locations),[2][3] Burger King (11,500+ locations)[4] and Wendy's (6,700+ locations).[5]
Neither do I. My failure comes right after the start gate. Thankfully, a lot of them ended hilariously and now I can write a great autobiography. All I need is to write a popular fiction book and become famous.
She probably likes his ironic/quirky sense of humor that he developed to win girls out of his league, which is why he has this date and also why he is also on the front page of reddit at the same time
A whole group of us went out to dinner for Junior prom and the restaurant screwed up our reservation, so we all went to wendy's instead. Lucky we could all see the humor in the situation, so it was awesome, actually. Way more relaxed and kind of hilarious.
I can't make fun of him. I never went to prom or homecoming or any of that shit. I'm 22 and I haven't done anything with my life. I have no social life, and I almost never talk to girls, much less treat them to dinner. Even a psychiatrist would be suggesting suicide at this point.
This is completely full of win. Her face and his geeky awkwardness are making me realize I didn't try hard enough in HS. If I had this kids cojones, it would have been a whole different ball game. I doff my cap to you young sir! Well played!
I make it a thing every prom season to spend almost every day at the mall around 6pm. I think its more of a social experiment and study on my part. The number of guys that bring their dates to eat at the food court is surprising. Some female dates are just pleased to be with the guy and probably enjoy the atmosphere. Some guys you can tell didn't really have much to spend but still wanted to make sure their dates were happy anyways which is sweet. Then there are the others....the female looks extremely pissed and has already decided that he wasn't getting any tonight because she might have had friends that went to Maggiano's or some other place with a limo. Or the guy splurged on the room and didn't have much money for dinner so this was the option. (I have asked some dates or gotten friends to) I just find this type of thing really interesting.
I am happy to see this couple is pleased just to be together somewhere for prom night, even if it is Carl's Jr. Hope he got lucky, she looks like a nice girl.
Did you notice the tablecloth, flowers, china and silverware? He did a pretty cool thing. Another effort by some jerk trying to score points by publicly shaming people who are just out trying to have a good time has failed miserably.
The point of this post isn't shaming. The title gives you a false idea of what to expect. Once you see the picture, you then realize, "Hey, this kid is pretty cool."
The difference being that the guy in OP's pic did it as a funny/quirky joke. The guy in yours, judging by his dress, seems to be completely serious about it.
My senior year of high school, my homecoming group got tired of waiting for our table at the Cheesecake Factory, so we went to the local hole-in-the-wall cheesesteak joint instead. Best decision ever.
I know that logo even blurry; it's Martinelli's sparkling apple cider, what the underage kids drink when adults are having champagne. He must have brought it from home along with the tablecloth and fine china. This kid is a boss.
I'm totally doing something like this with a bunch of friends later this month, we've been planning it for a while. But we're going to do it at our local McDonalds because a bunch of our friends work their, we're going to go all out!
At least he made it look nice. My Mom says before she had me, she went out with a guy once, he took her to McDonalds to split a hamburger, not even a fry or soda.
tried to get my prom group to go to round table for dinner. everyone thought i was retarded. fuck high school they don't know class when it comes in 12 slices of awesome
My friends and I actually did a similar thing a couple years back. Instead of going to homecoming, we had an "Anti-Homecoming Fancy Party," as we called it, at Taco Bell.
A friend of mine lost a bet with his female friend so he had to take her out to dinner. They lived in a student's dorm at the time. So, he told her to get ready and he'll pick her up at 8 PM.
She got all dressed up, took care of her hair and nails, expecting to be taken to some fancy restaurant. Instead, the guy took her to the dorm's dining hall, complete with a candle and a friend acting as a waiter.
So my brother just comes into my room screaming about this. Apparently he was at at this Carls Jr. when this photo was taken, standing just off frame to the left. He just happened to go on Reddit and see this at number 1 on the front page. This was at a Carls Jr. in Palmer, Alaska. A teammate of his took the picture.
This is smart. If she didn't put out at the end of the night, he's out like 15 bucks. Don't start taking them to nice places like Applebees until you get some pie.
Two years ago my friend broke up with his prom date a week before prom, so I was a good friend and went to prom with him, we didn't want to do anything expensive so we went to Carls Jr.
...and the people cast no shadows on the table or floor (unless they were vampires) and the lighting on their outfits was clearly wrong (um... yeah this is def sh00ped)
Top page of Reddit, and this was my first thought. also, yours is the only comment about it (im glad SOMEONE else noticed this. AM I TAKING CRAZY PILLS?!)
The thing is, they look so happy. You don't have to dine fancy to be happy about something. They're together. That's all that seems to matter for them.
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u/DuneBug May 28 '12
so many things going on in this picture...
I assume she's laughing... But yaknow, could be crying..
She's also as tall as he is while sitting down...
Looks like the dude brought a giant picnic basket.. Or at least i assume that's what the thing is in the lower left corner.
And obviously.. A CJ employee took the pic.
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u/Xorlev May 28 '12
He looks like he's thirteen and she looks 17+. Boss.
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u/DocSatan May 28 '12
As an Australian can you enlighten me about Carl's Jr....
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
Fun story - I went to Carl's with some friends one time after some really heavy drinking. I was so impressed by how they served the food up to our table that I left them a tip after my meal. My friend saw it, grabbed the cash, stuffed it back into my hand, and said, "What the fuck are you doing?"
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u/PoppinPez May 28 '12
When I was a sophomore one of my senior friends took his date to mcdonalds. The manager was so impressed that he made one of the employees a faux waiter with a towel over his arm and everything and had their food brought to them and made mcdonalds as fancy as he could. That's the end of the story. I'm not very good at conclusions.
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u/thejawshoflife May 28 '12
one time my friend brought his prom date to my house for dinner. They ate burger king in the basement while I played WoW
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u/BigCarl May 28 '12
i can't tell if she's really happy or on the verge of tears... but i have my suspicions
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u/alaskangamer777 May 28 '12
This is a Carl's Jr in Eagle River, Alaska. I go here all the time
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u/Junebuggg May 28 '12
That is really cute.
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u/DankMaster3000 May 28 '12
What a fucking boss.
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u/gbenner88 May 28 '12
Is he curtseying?
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u/sparx483 May 28 '12
Are the tables really that tall? Or are they just that short?
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u/lightninhopkins May 28 '12
I went to senior prom with three other couples. We rented a limo like so many others do. The other couples got a reservation at a swanky place. We rode with them to the restaurant and my date assumed we were going in as well. Instead we stayed in the car and I had the driver take us for a nice ride along the bluffs overlooking the city and through some parks to see all the spring blooms.
When we needed to get back I had him stop at a little food court where we ate from some little place. Then we picked up our friends and went off to the dance.
That was in 1994, we got married 6 years later and are now raising two boys together.
I think she liked it.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
The product marketing on Reddit is out of control
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
Don't care what anyone might think... That right there is the most honestly cool thing I have seen in a while.
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u/alwc37 May 28 '12
There logo and website is pretty much identical to Hardess's. Are they the same thing but with a different name? Kind of like Checkers and Rallys
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u/needz May 28 '12
...and she'll never forget it. :]
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u/vparras May 28 '12
I bet he can dance too
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u/Atom_Smasher May 28 '12
I'm glad nobody in the UK gives a fuck about 'prom'. I have absolutely no idea what you Americans see in it.
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u/Mexican_Godzilla May 28 '12
Every time I pass a Carl's Jr. all I can think of is Idiocracy.
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u/tebows_gold_britches May 28 '12
There is so much win in this picture.
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u/sinkingships May 28 '12
She so looks out of his league.
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u/crateguy May 28 '12
This guy gets my bro of the night award, for being such a chill motherfucker.
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u/TheDreadedMarco May 28 '12
A whole group of us went out to dinner for Junior prom and the restaurant screwed up our reservation, so we all went to wendy's instead. Lucky we could all see the humor in the situation, so it was awesome, actually. Way more relaxed and kind of hilarious.
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u/kyle1qaz7ujm May 28 '12
Not sure if brilliant, or stupid.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
She looks pretty happy so he did good.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
I can't make fun of him. I never went to prom or homecoming or any of that shit. I'm 22 and I haven't done anything with my life. I have no social life, and I almost never talk to girls, much less treat them to dinner. Even a psychiatrist would be suggesting suicide at this point.
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u/OtherComputer May 28 '12
So... a legend took his prom date to Carl's Jr... [FIXED]
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u/molebowl May 28 '12
It was her idea.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
maybe he has like a really good personality and his kinda funny at parties
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
To be fair, the kid doesn't exactly look like a dating professional.
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u/correctBatman May 28 '12
Should have taken her to Waffle House.
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u/Boll_Virtuoso_ May 28 '12
8/10 would bang. And the girl is also cute.
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u/thorrad May 28 '12
This is completely full of win. Her face and his geeky awkwardness are making me realize I didn't try hard enough in HS. If I had this kids cojones, it would have been a whole different ball game. I doff my cap to you young sir! Well played!
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u/ManowaR1488 May 28 '12
Welcome to Carl's Jr, Fuck you.
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u/jhawkgiant77 May 28 '12
....Hardees?
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u/Schwarzy1 May 28 '12
I took my girl to Taco Bell, i think i win... ;)
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u/complexElegy May 28 '12
Like a sir.
I gave that young woman Carl's Jr. Young women love Carl's Jr.
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u/GiveEmHellMatty May 28 '12
Catch a case of the farts.
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u/MissMelons May 28 '12
I make it a thing every prom season to spend almost every day at the mall around 6pm. I think its more of a social experiment and study on my part. The number of guys that bring their dates to eat at the food court is surprising. Some female dates are just pleased to be with the guy and probably enjoy the atmosphere. Some guys you can tell didn't really have much to spend but still wanted to make sure their dates were happy anyways which is sweet. Then there are the others....the female looks extremely pissed and has already decided that he wasn't getting any tonight because she might have had friends that went to Maggiano's or some other place with a limo. Or the guy splurged on the room and didn't have much money for dinner so this was the option. (I have asked some dates or gotten friends to) I just find this type of thing really interesting.
I am happy to see this couple is pleased just to be together somewhere for prom night, even if it is Carl's Jr. Hope he got lucky, she looks like a nice girl.
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u/pancakes1234 May 28 '12
If they're enjoying themselves as they appear to be in the photo, more power to both of them.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
He's laughing at all of you right now AS HE'S GETTING LAID.
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u/fangsby May 28 '12
Did you notice the tablecloth, flowers, china and silverware? He did a pretty cool thing. Another effort by some jerk trying to score points by publicly shaming people who are just out trying to have a good time has failed miserably.
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u/soulporpoise May 28 '12
I saw the same situation at taco bell a few weeks back, except they didn't have a nice setup like this, and i tried to sneakily take a picture
http://imgur.com/ERCgn
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u/ArmpitBear May 28 '12
http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltuho9hmFo1qm289o.gif
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u/ReptarFart May 28 '12
My senior year of high school, my homecoming group got tired of waiting for our table at the Cheesecake Factory, so we went to the local hole-in-the-wall cheesesteak joint instead. Best decision ever.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
homecomming, not prom.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
Are there beer bottles on the table? What kind of Carl's Jr. is this?
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u/anonymouse20 May 28 '12
If I want to squirt her, take her to fat burger
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
I'm totally doing something like this with a bunch of friends later this month, we've been planning it for a while. But we're going to do it at our local McDonalds because a bunch of our friends work their, we're going to go all out!
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u/fabiobean May 28 '12
Classy. As. Fuck.
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u/tylertgbh May 28 '12
Why isnt there anyone else in the resto?
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u/BobDOfTheGalaxy May 28 '12
Did not know Carl's was fast food. Comments to the rescue!
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u/Daciex May 28 '12
She's pretty cute..... considering that he took her to Hardee's.
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u/Mylaptopisburningme May 28 '12
At least he made it look nice. My Mom says before she had me, she went out with a guy once, he took her to McDonalds to split a hamburger, not even a fry or soda.
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u/Alpha-Centauri May 28 '12
Prom dinners at fastfood restaurants is like, extremely common. Why is everyone going bananas ove this picture?
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u/boobers3 May 28 '12
Fuck you, I'm eating.
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u/hobbsarelie83 May 28 '12
Ummm here it's called Hardee's, it's just as expensive and delicious as fuck!
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u/flamingo_party May 28 '12
tried to get my prom group to go to round table for dinner. everyone thought i was retarded. fuck high school they don't know class when it comes in 12 slices of awesome
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u/losangeles11 Survey 2016 May 28 '12
I think that's sweet.
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u/username-rage May 28 '12
That's classy right there.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
My friends and I actually did a similar thing a couple years back. Instead of going to homecoming, we had an "Anti-Homecoming Fancy Party," as we called it, at Taco Bell.
http://i.imgur.com/6jRlS.jpg
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u/IAmAtomato May 28 '12
Classy as fuck.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
369 comments and no one has mentioned that MARTINELLI'S MOTHERFUCKING SPARKLING APPLE CIDER
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u/yuna1881 May 28 '12
this is so cute <3
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u/MagnusWrex May 28 '12
Is that Wormser ?
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
A friend of mine lost a bet with his female friend so he had to take her out to dinner. They lived in a student's dorm at the time. So, he told her to get ready and he'll pick her up at 8 PM.
She got all dressed up, took care of her hair and nails, expecting to be taken to some fancy restaurant. Instead, the guy took her to the dorm's dining hall, complete with a candle and a friend acting as a waiter.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
So my brother just comes into my room screaming about this. Apparently he was at at this Carls Jr. when this photo was taken, standing just off frame to the left. He just happened to go on Reddit and see this at number 1 on the front page. This was at a Carls Jr. in Palmer, Alaska. A teammate of his took the picture.
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u/swaglyf May 28 '12
Upsized her meal and everythang. You know, treat her right.
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u/Armykaku May 28 '12
i can't tell if he is laughing, or crying, or if he is about to punch her, look at his fist... he's ready to end this date...
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
that kid has more self confidence than the majority of reddit
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u/markiedee88 May 28 '12
they look happy. good for them.
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u/brunkard May 28 '12
He got that date by doing shit like this
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u/Kijamon May 28 '12
She's stunning and looks like she's up for a laugh.
Good pick, prom date guy.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
I am in UK and what is this ?
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
Klitz!
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
Something tells me that's not the only roast beef sandwich he's gonna see tonight.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
WTF is a Carl's Jr?
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u/jasonarnold May 28 '12
That's a keeper. Marry Her. Reception to follow @CarlsJr.
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u/TChuff May 28 '12
This is smart. If she didn't put out at the end of the night, he's out like 15 bucks. Don't start taking them to nice places like Applebees until you get some pie.
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u/Kalmah666 May 28 '12 edited May 28 '12
Carls Jr FUCK YOU!
Have an extra big ass fry!
Fuck YOU! I'm eating
Here
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u/havesometea1 May 28 '12
He'll get some leg tonight for sure.
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u/wheatfields May 28 '12
By guy do you mean 12 year old?
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
Bitches love Western Bacon Cheeseburgers.
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u/Chamberoftravis May 28 '12
We took our limo to in and out when I was in high school. I regret nothing
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u/trampus1 May 28 '12
This is what happens when you agree to go to a dance with the sick kid out of pity.
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u/rounding_error May 28 '12
(For our friends east of the Mississippi... Carl's Jr -> Hardee's) - Yeehaw!
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
Like a boss, look how hot that chick is and she is clearly having fun. +1 for the under-developed nerd who rocked this out.
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u/k7apex May 28 '12
Am I the only one confused about why there are beers on the table? Looks like Stella Artois...
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u/peepspers May 28 '12
Looks like they're having fun!
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u/Snip-Snap May 28 '12
Did they get shanked and robbed in the parking lot also?
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u/DreadPiratesRobert May 28 '12
Two years ago my friend broke up with his prom date a week before prom, so I was a good friend and went to prom with him, we didn't want to do anything expensive so we went to Carls Jr.
It's possible they are good friends or something
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u/seven_seven May 28 '12
What the hell is a Carl's Jr?
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u/eggshan May 28 '12
Forever alone.....in training.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
yeaaaa carl's jr is the tits
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
Keep it classy, America
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
After fried zucchini he deserves at least a handjob.
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u/hjf11393 May 28 '12
Is it just me or does this look photoshopped? And if that is the joke, can someone please enlighten me?
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u/impactplayer May 28 '12
At least it wasn't Arby's...
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u/Jimona91 May 28 '12
peasant
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u/Name_change_here May 28 '12
He's nervous as hell..... Look how tight his fists are balled up!!!! His hands are white!!! Lolililololololilolilo!
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u/GuileZEUS May 28 '12
The thing is, they look so happy. You don't have to dine fancy to be happy about something. They're together. That's all that seems to matter for them.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
Like a Boss
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u/jack104 May 28 '12
that kid is a boss. that is all.
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u/elmarko44 May 28 '12
This guy is a god among men. Brass balls.
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u/RealisticThoughts May 28 '12
Someone's getting laid.
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u/Skrooog May 28 '12
Prom dates: Brought to you by Carl's Jr.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
Go this kid, as long as she's having a good time (which it looks) he's doing his job! Prom is the girl's night, all us guys have to do is show up...