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It was a beautiful day, bright sunshine, temperature in the 70’s, and a perfect day for the beach. So I headed out, camera & briefcase in hand, and took the short drive to Jones Beach. After a great walk, and getting some interesting photos, I returned to my car to get my briefcase thinking I would sit on a bench & get some work done.
But first – lunch.
I stopped into one of the boardwalk restaurants (Friendly’s has the franchise now for food on the Boardwalk – UGH Something just not right about a Friendly’s at Jones Beach). I know it’s not the healthiest thing in the world, but heck, I was at the beach, and the beach is a place to have a hot dog. So I ordered my dog, slathered it with mustard & then headed outside. I was holding the hot dog in one of those little paper plates shaped like a bun, balancing it on my palm along with a container of catsup for the fries I ordered.
I had not taken more than a few steps when a seagull swooped down and GRABBED MY HOT DOG! He came down, got his beak onto that dog without even touching the bun – a perfect heist! It was like a surgeon using tweezers. He flew away, straight to the sand, holding that dog right at its center – a few inches of hot dog hanging out of each side of his mouth. He was quickly joined by about a dozen other gulls, no doubt fighting over MY HOT DOG. I was dumbfounded! I could not believe what I just witnessed. THE GULL STOLE MY HOT DOG!!!!! With the precision of a skilled surgeon. I looked around to see if anyone saw this happen, thinking to myself “No – that didn’t REALLY happen, did it?” It looked like no one saw it. I just stood there, looking at my empty bun.
Do I go back into the restaurant & show them my empty bun & ask for a replacement? Not a chance! I don’t think anyone would believe me – and I’d be too embarrassed anyway. (“Excuse me, a Seagull stole my hot dog. Can I get a replacement?” The kids working there would be hysterical)
WHY ME? I saw someone a little while later walk out with 4 hot dogs on a tray, and no birds stole their dogs. Others were eating hot dogs, hamburgers, popcorn, fries – they were not robbed of their food. Gulls were all around, but they were stealing only MY food. Could it be because my lst name is Weiner? Could it be because I was GULLible?
I looked around the boardwalk to see if the bird dropped the dog – I saw no sign of that hot dog anywhere. I looked down at the area in the sand where the gulls gathered to feast on my dog. No sign there either. They probably ate the darned thing. Even with all the mustard. I sure hope there are some seagulls out there tonight with a bad case of heartburn from all that mustard.
I did find that bird later, and have a picture of him. After eating my wiener, he took a shower with a friend.
And these 2 chairs were empty for hours - I wonder if that bird got these people, too?
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Originally Posted by coachgns
