It’s 11pm. You just got home after a long, stressful day. You have a $60 UberEats gift card. What are you ordering?

Well, there have been a few nights when I was hungry and craving something to eat at the end of a work shift. This was when I was still working the previous process and I would usually do a 5:30 pm to a 2:30 am shift or a 6:30 pm to a 3:30 am shift. Dinner was usually at 9 pm and on days where it as not substantial or the cafeteria food was bland and not tasty, I would get some cravings at around this time. Infact a lot of my colleagues would buy food either on their way home or order in or have some food waiting for them – cooked or ordered in.

So I would check for what food can be ordered on (since we don’t have UberEats) Swiggy or Zomato. Usually it’s a handful of cafes that stay open late and then 3 fried chicken places – Chicking, KFC & AFC. No KFC and Chicking will close by 3 am but AFC works 24/7 so usually that is the one I used to order from. I’d come down to the building lobby after shutting down for the day, book my cab via Uber or Yatri and while I wait for the car to arrive, I would order the food to be delivered to my apartment. Usually by the time I reach home, the food delivery would be 5 minutes away or would have just reached.

I collect the food – usually a chicken sandwich, a Coke/Pepsi and a piece of chicken – then go to my room and change. After that I sit on my bed, eat the food while I watch some tv. This is a melancholic but still an enjoyable time of the day. I have since changed my shift timings and now work mostly from home.

Prompt from Journaling Prompts from The Coffee Monterz Co . Com