Popeye's + A Fire Extinguisher = Welcome to VA!!!

So I survived week 1 in Norfolk. Naw-folk? Nawr-folk? Naw-fuk? Nawr-fuk? Idk. Anyway, I finally have internet and cable which is good. I can finally tell u about some of the random things that have happened.

Well the first day that I got here me and my mom decided to go to Popeyes for dinner while my dad checked into the hotel. This is something that I thought only happened in movies. So, that's how I'm gonna tell it ...

Scene 1:
[J. Pumpkinseed and Claire enter the local Popeyes as Cashier, Drive Thru Girl, The Chef, LaShonda (Manager) are working]
[The Chef grabs some french fries and sits down at one of the dining room tables on his break.]

Cashier: Hi, how can I help you?
Claire: Hi, I'd like a #2 and a #3. Both Spicy
J. Pumpkinseed: I'd like the bonafide chicken and shrimp combo.
Cashier: For here or to go?
Claire: To go.

[Cashier walks off to bag the order and put more shrimp in the deep fryer. J. Pumpkinseed, Certified Superhero and Claire pay and wait.]

[5 minutes go by. Then a look of confusion comes over Cashier's face.]

Cashier: Shonda this thing is on fire.
LaShonda (from the back): What?

[All of a sudden the flame doubles in size. It is now face high.]

Cashier: Shonda! It's on fire!!!

[The Chef silently gets up from his chair and walks outside.]

LaShonda(running from back): What? Oh my God! Oh my God! I can't believe this! Get some water!

[LaShonda then proceeds to run around in circles.]

Claire: No! You don't put water on a grease fire!
Drive Thru Girl: Hahaha!
LaShonda: I don't know what to do. Help me! Help me please!
Drive Thru Girl: Maybe we should call 911.
J. Pumpkinseed: That would be a good idea.
Drive Thru Girl: Actually the fire department is across the street. Hahaha.
Claire: Well do you have a fire extinguisher?
Drive Thru Girl: Oh, yeah. (Gets fire extinguisher and places on counter.) Here it is.
LaShonda: I don't know how to use this. I've been asking them to show me how.
J. Pumpkinseed: You just take the pin out and spray it.
LaShonda: Can you do it? You can come back here if you want.
J. Pumpkinseed: Nah, I'm good.

[Mom unties the zip tie. J. Pumpkinseed removes the pin and sprays it to make sure it works. Then J. Pumpkinseed hands it back to LaShonda.]

J. Pumpkinseed: Here you go. Just spray it on the fire and you should be good.

[LaShonda puts out the fire. The Chef silently sneaks back in.]

Everybody: Hahaha.
LaShonda: I'm so glad ya'll were here. I don't know what I would've done.
J. Pumpkinseed (to Claire): I do. They woulda let this place burn down.
LaShonda (to Cashier): Give them whatever they want.
J. Pumpkinseed: I hope this means I get free chicken whenever I come here.

[J. Pumpkinseed, Certified Superhero and Claire exit Popeye's with a bunch of free chicken.]

And scene ...

Pretty crazy huh? True story tho. I guess that was my welcome to Norfolk. It was either the Popeye's Fiasco or the lady I saw on the median the other day.
She was an older lady wearing horizontal stripes and hula hooping on a grassy median to the boombox she had so carefully placed in a nearby tree. She waved at me. Actually she waved at all the cars that drove by. But I guess that could count as a welcome.