May 4, 2009
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Swine Flu Be Damned!
On Saturday night, we decided to poo-poo the swine flu and head out to pick up some good old fashioned average-joe Germs with a capital G. That’s right, we packed up the kids, grabbed our wallets and ran for a night on the town at our newly opened Dave & Buster’s restaurant. We didn’t even bring Purell. To an arcade. We’re wild!!!
The Mr. and I had been to another location of D&Bs years ago, and remembered it as a wide open, brightly lit space with lots of different rooms and things to do as a family. Clearly, they have changed their business model. It was small, dark, crowded and LOUD. Even when we (finally) sat down to eat dinner, we had to SHOUT at each other across the table.
We saw a 20something wearing a strapless skin tight gold lamay dress. A single man in his mid-thirties stood behind our son’s NASCAR game, watching the action while swaying with drunkenness at 6:30pm. The rest of the crowd looked like they were Official Graduates of Chuck E. Cheese. Kids, I don’t think we’re in the Bubble anymore.
Except that we WERE in the Bubble. Where did all these characters come from?
I know they didn’t fly in on an airplane, because we all heard Joe Biden say we shouldn’t do that during a swine flu pandemic. In fact, he says we should avoid all confined spaces. Wait a minute — what are we doing in this dark, cramped, crowded arcade-slash-restaurant?!?!
I laugh now, but you see I did have a touch of the swine flu panic disorder earlier last week. Thanks to my not-so-minor hypochondria, coupled with my addiction to the internet — it did not seem like a good thing when the Mr. was sitting on a plane waiting to head to a major city in the Southwest at the exact same moment that the WHO was raising the pandemic threat level to 5. “Pandemic is Imminent!!!!!!!!” Great.
Well, the Mr. has returned from his trip and appears to be entirely free of the swine flu and entirely NOT free of the same spring allergies he had before he left. His company has canceled business travel for now, supposedly due to swine flu but possibly as a cost cutting measure disguised as an employee health concern. Either way, we’re glad he’s home this week. And we can’t wait to see what bugs we may have picked up at the arcade this weekend!
Comments (5)
D&B was so late-80s.
I’ve never been to Dave and Buster’s! Sounds like a place to avoid.
My now-11 year old (then 2 yo) ended up in the hospital with RSV after a trip to Legoland and too much time in those public Lego bins. Guess that anecdote won’t ease any fears for you, lol.
@ordinarybutloud - It did not arrive in the NE (where I lived before) until the late 90s. We can’t keep up with you crazy Podvillians!!
@subarcticsuburbia - Oh, I believe it. I have heard quite a few stories about RSV popping up after run-ins with bins of legos, bins of balls, etc!!!
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