Hello, everyone. This is more like a sequel or a Part 2 to the 1st one.
Candy Is CANDYING!
https://gangstalkedcreoleauthor.blogspot.com/2025/06/candy-is-candying.html
For the Part 1 version, I admit that I need to go back & revise some mistakes made because of my sleep deprivation.
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The "Merry-go-round" restaurant was SO good that on 1 of my off days from work, I went back. There was a hostess who was cleaning off the menus. Her name is Mrs. Regi. (Pronounced REE-jee), not like Reggie. Yes. Short for Regina. She remembered me from the last time.
When I was there the previous time, Mrs. Regina overheard my coworkers jokingly & mockingly talking about me "Candying".
She started laughing before I even opened the doors. She was saying, "There she go. She Candyin'!" The workers were standing around, snorting & giggling. Other customers were confused.
Mrs. Regi walked me to my table & asked me, "How we durn today?"
I said, "Fine."
She said, "You ain't been Candyin' lately, have you?"
She made me laugh.
I said, "No."
She tapped the table & said, "Alright now. Your server will be here with you shortly."
I said, "OK."
It took 20 minutes for my server, Glendell Tucker to come over to the table & take my order. She had a gold braided updo hairstyle. People were calling her "Lite Brite".
She walked up to my table & took my drink orders. I ordered water & also the same drink that I ordered the last time. The one with the passion fruit, plum, coconut water & kiwi. Yes, the non-alcoholic version.
She told me that they're running a special since it was Taco Tuesday. Every Tuesday, you get 1/2 off on the tacos, but on the last Tuesday of the month, you get 3 tacos for the price of 1. She recommended that I order the falafel lamb tacos. It was like as if a gyro was more like a taco, & it had where you can choose if you want Korean kimchi, sauerkraut or coleslaw on it. Or if you wanted the regular Mexican fixings on it, like cilantro, onion, radish, jalapeno, salsa, etc. They did not disappoint. I chose the coleslaw. The tacos were SO good!
Glendell came back over to check on me to see how I'm doing. I said, "I'm fine."
1 of the managers, Tasha, interrupted me & Glendell's conversation & whispered something in her ear. Glendell laughed EXACTLY like this, "Pwahahahahaha!" & then they both were laughing.
They were both asking me questions about my life & my job. They kept laughing at almost everything I was saying. Tasha shrugged her shoulders & said, "That's Candy!"
Mrs. Regi walked over & said, "She ain't just being Candy. She is LITERALLY Candying!"
When I jokingly tried to defend myself, "She jokingly replied back, "I'm so sick of you, wit'cha Candyin' self!
We talked some more, while I was eating. Mrs. Regi said, "She Candyin'! She. Is. Candying!"
I was done eating my tacos & was offered dessert. Tasha BEGGED me to try her signature strawberry tiramisu dish. I hate strawberry flavored desserts, & I've never tried tiramisu before, but tiramisu sounds like something that I know I would not like. Come to find out, I didn't like it. They thought it was just me Candying again. But no, seriously! I didn't like it. So, I ordered simply some vanilla ice cream with nothing on it. It was good.
Glendell went to check on other customers at their tables, while Mrs. Regi was doing her hostess job. Tasha was leaving the restroom as I came in. I came back to my table, & an anonymous customer had already paid for my food. I double-checked to see if this was real, & if I was good on everything. It was confirmed that another customer, named Jason, did pay for my food.
Glendell came back to my table, impersonating Mrs. Regi, on down to the wig, eyeglasses, goofy mannerisms & everything. She was even SOUNDING just like her! She had everybody DYING laughing!
She jokingly kicked me in the buttocks to get out of the restaurant & said, "If you don't get your Candyin' self outta here!"
& on the way out, Tasha gave me a $100 gift certificate & said that she would love to see me again. She also sent me a heartfelt letter, telling me that I'm 1 of her best customers. In the letter, she said that I'm a beautiful soul, full of light & purity, & that the Lord will continue to spread his wing over me. She encouraged me to pray & read Psalms 23, 27, 51 & 91. She also encouraged me to read my favorite scriptures. Galatians 5:22-23. I was happy that she quoted the King James Version, rather than the fake "new" versions.
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