Have you ever gone to a McDonalds on gone on the playscape? Well going on McDonalds have brought many happy nostalgic memories to kids when they think back to their elementary days. Except the fact that sometimes they are filled with half eaten chicken mcnuggets and disgusting fish fillets left behind by fat cake loving kindergartners, what else could go wrong on these playscapes? Nothing, right? Think again.
On a nebulous day in mid winter as a kindergartner coming back from a relatives my dad stopped at a McDonalds on a highway to grab something to eat. Because the drive through line was way too long he decided to go inside the old school way. Once we got in I looked to my left and saw a sight I never seen before. The biggest McDonalds playscape of all time. This giant playscape of fun was like seeing your first shot go through the hoop as a toddler. I begged and tugged my dads pants to let me run through a few times while he ate. He eventually acquiesced and I ran through that door to the playscape like Precious would have gone through a Popeyes chicken door after not starving for three days.
What I didn't know was what I was about to experience.
Everything was great, it even had a ball pit! I was swimming through a pool of plastic balls for the first time of my life. I eventually climbed up to top of the playscape and saw my dad gesturing to come down. Now, this was not your typical McDonalds playscape, this was a McDonalds playscape on a steroid and protein shake rage. If you were to make an analogy to this playscape you would call it the "Mount Everest of McDonalds playscapes." I turned to my left to start to take my journey down and saw a 150 pound square of a kid munching on two big macs who I had no chance of getting by, mind you I was a 50 pound kindergartner. I then quickly turned to my right and saw a pack of 10 kids rushing up. I was trapped and started to panic, I started screaming and thought my life was coming to an end. I didnt know what to do. Was heaven real? Better yet, do they have McDonalds in heaven? I then decided it wasnt worth the risk and decided to become a man. I ran to my left with courage and mental strength and while I saw my life flashing in front of my eyes I smacked the big mac out of the fat kids hands and somehow lowered my shoulder and ran him over. I kept running and didnt look back as I thought the kid was trying to get me. I eventually made it to the bottom and ran out of there like a Hamptons housewife would have if they ever came close to eating a big mac after a spinning work out.
Ever since then I realized what life was about. I realized sometimes you have to have the courage to get through tough situations, and you need to stay as calm as possible. This gave me a whole new perspective of life. One that was brighter and happier. Without that incident in that playscape, I wouldnt be the man I am today.
Wow, that is quite the life changer! That was quite a story all itself and it could have one a short story contest in my eyes. I like how you can make a memorable in your eyes into a hilarious yet meaningful story. Only if I could have experienced the thrill of a McDonald's playscape, my parents never let me on because they thought I was going to get sick or kidnapped!
ReplyDeleteLove how your life changing even happened at mcdonalds.
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