Spent $18 on a cheap spatula at the truck stop diner near Flagstaff

Got stuck eating scrambled eggs with a plastic fork after mine broke, and now I never leave home without a proper kitchen tool. Does anyone else keep emergency cooking gear in their car for road trips?

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3 Comments

mark36113h ago

Man, you paid eighteen bucks for a truck stop spatula? That's like buying a knife at a gas station and expecting it to cut anything but your hand. Plastic fork scrambled eggs are a nightmare though, I feel you there. Maybe keep a wooden spoon or something cheap in your glove box next time. I'd rather eat diner eggs with a shoehorn than go through that again. Guess you learned the hard way, but hey now you got a story and a slightly overpriced spatula.

walker.max7h ago

Oh man, that's rough. I've been there myself with trying to eat eggs with a flimsy plastic fork and it's just not a good time. Eighteen bucks stings but at least you won't have to deal with that again on the next road trip.

miles9466h ago

Right but hold on, you're basically saying he should have known better than to buy a spatula at a truck stop, but what about the eggs themselves? I mean, were they even good eggs to begin with, or was it just the fork making them a disaster? Because there's a big difference between struggling to eat some decent scrambled eggs with a bad tool and just trying to choke down those watery, pale yellow diner eggs that taste like nothing. I'm betting it was a little of both, honestly. If they were good eggs, maybe the eighteen bucks was worth it for the lesson, but if they were bad eggs, then he just paid a lot for a bad breakfast and a memory.