The Story of the Chipotle Blunder

So today, I have a story for you.

This past Monday I was standing in line at Chipotle waiting for my bowl to get loaded with salsa, guacamole, sour cream cheese, lettuce, and…. Well I just made myself hungry.

Anyways the guy in front of me was finishing up his order when the worker at Chipotle began to wrap his burrito up. Like most Chipotle workers I have seen, and trust me there have been plenty, he could not wrap a burrito to save his life.

Now, I will forgive him, as the man in front of me had his tortilla packed bigger than your plate at Thanksgiving. However, because he couldn’t properly roll up the burrito the tortilla ultimately became too tight and began to rip. In the flash of an eye black beans, shreds of chicken, lettuce started to fly everywhere in a hectic tornado of Mexican spices.

The Chipotle worker, looking the destruction he just caused and being a decent human being, offered to either re-warp, or double wrap this guys burrito.

What happened next made me feel sick to my stomach.

The guy awkwardly fumbled his phone in his hands once he realized that someone was trying to talk to him and uncomfortably uttered out a quick and indecisive, “no, it’s okay.”

The Chipotle worker and I froze, looking at each other and telepathically asking each other what is this kids deal. There was a rip in his burrito the size of the Grand Canyon, and this kid said it was “okay”.

The Chipotle worker slowly took his attention off me and placed it back on the guy and said, “ah, okay,” and handed the guy his ripped and messy burrito to go and eat.

That interaction was hands down the saddest thing I have seen in a very long time.

Since when did it become a problem to stick up for yourself and point of a disservice that has been done to you?

I don’t care if it’s some guy at Chipotle, all the way up to your friends and family. If someone is doing something that devalues you, or in this case your burrito, speak your mind and set your boundaries.

It isn’t rude to have standards; it is rude to have people walk all over you. The subconscious effects are even more scary. When you give into the demands of other people instead of holding yourself to your own beliefs and standards you lose confidence in your ability as a human being. Not only that, but by letting people walk all over you, you let others let you down instead of bring you up.

Don’t you think that people who are in your life want to help you and see you grow? Growth in relationships with others and/or yourself only comes when you are honest with people and hold them accountable to being a good friend, parent, significant other, or in this case Chipotle worker.

So do yourself a favor, when someone admits their mistakes or does you wrong, hold them accountable to fix it. It isn’t rude, it is having standards.