A Pleasant Trip - Fortune Cookie Message
I went to a Chinese place for lunch today, and the fortune cookie said "You will have a pleasant trip". I don't think I ever got that message, and it's pretty cool to get that message the day before I drive to Charlotte.
Are fortune cookies fresh enough to be "seasonal"? Example: Would it say "Love is in the air" around Valentine's Day, and say "You will have a pleasant trip" around Thanksgiving? Or do Chinese restaurants buy in such bulk that the fortune cookies stay in their back rooms for months and months, and it's just a coincidence that I got one at the right time?
Are fortune cookies fresh enough to be "seasonal"? Example: Would it say "Love is in the air" around Valentine's Day, and say "You will have a pleasant trip" around Thanksgiving? Or do Chinese restaurants buy in such bulk that the fortune cookies stay in their back rooms for months and months, and it's just a coincidence that I got one at the right time?
Labels: Random Experience
posted by Paul Zhao | 11/21/2006
6 Comments:
As someone who worked in a Chinese restaurant for 2+ years, the fortune cookies didn't stay in the restaurant more than 5 days probably. As far as what happens to them before they get to the restaurant, I have no idea. But I would usually eat at least 2-3 cookies a day during my shift when I got hungry, and I never noticed any "seasonal" fortunes (although I had quite a few repeats and several fortunes that made absolutely no sense whatsoever). I guess it was just your destiny to get that fortune. :)
Hmmm.........very insightful. I've had some repeats too in the past, the funniest one I got was "Beware of cookies telling fortunes", only got it once.
I guess it's my destiny to have "a pleasant trip".
I'm just suprised that you got one with an actual fortune in it. What happened to those?? Nowdays I just get ones that say "You have a beautiful personality". Well thanks and all but that really doesn't tell me much about my future ya know. odd.
Fortune for Allison:
Help! I am being held prisoner in a Chinese bakery.
Just in case you want to save your fortunes electronically: I save my fortune cookie fortunes at fortunekookie.com. There is a page on the website where I can view all the fortunes and see what has come true.
@CR I've had a look at Saving and Sharing my fortune cookie messages at FortuneKookie.com, nice site! I've created an account... I really like the mobile version I get on my BlackBerry, too. BTW, I asked the manager at a Chinese restaurant in Schaumburg (near to Chicago), he said they go through about 1000 fortune cookies a day! Wow! He also said he had not seen any seasonal messages, either.
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