The World's Most Effective Diet Pill

If you get a queasy stomach, don't read the rest of this article – every single word is true....

Yesterday, I spent the day getting some reading out of the way, and I decided to go and get my very favorite drink on earth – a wild berry smoothie. I used to have to trek down to Caribou Coffee to get my drink of choice. These days, however, I can get it at McDonald's, which is much more convenient.

So, I'm taking a break and decide to get a small smoothie to end an otherwise perfect day and as I open up the car door it happens – a rat jumps out from under a van parked nearby, grabs a piece of a sandwich which was dropped on the ground near the front door and hops back under the van.

So much for the smoothie. It's true, you can't always get what you want....

So at this point I'm trapped in my car. An intelligent person would have put the car in reverse and driven to the next McDonald's but as you can imagine, eating anything under the Golden Arches wasn't about to happen after that encounter. I guess that was a sign that I didn't need to get a smoothie anyway. I wasn't even hungry anymore.

As I sat traumatized in the relative safety of my car, people are walking in and out of McDonald's and no one seems to be all that concerned about the fact that a rat is darting in and out of the path to the doorway and getting a free meal to boot. I finally pulled myself together and drove home, vowing never to set foot in that parking lot again!

I guess this sort of thing can happen anywhere, but that doesn't make me feel better about it. I understand that worse things can happen to you, and I'm not trying to tempt fate, but why did my night have to be ruined?? I guess civilization hasn't stretched as far as I had hoped. Last summer I had a client check out a terrific condo in that area and the only thing he noticed were the two guys smoking a joint in the vacant lot next door. I guess that will dampen your desire to drop $200k on a place when Tyrone and Pookie are hanging next door, with nothing better to do than watch your every move.

Anyway, it's not all bad. This evening after coming from my workout, I noticed that a brand spanking new McDonald's was built much closer to my home. It's as if they were reading my mind. I haven't stopped by there yet – it's probably going to be a while before I can get this image out of my mind, and I apologize for putting it in yours, However, the next time you're trying to avoid that fast food craving, read this article and your craving will cease!