Metaphor of the Day
Why must I insist on eating half of a rotten yogurt before discarding the remaining spoiled portion?
As everyone knows, the standard-issue Trader Joe’s nonfat yogurt is 8 oz of pure yogurt gushiness. An overabundant assortment of flavors (many with “fruit on the bottom”) is what you get with each yogurt purchase. I highly recommend the Strawberry Banana.
I digress…
8 oz is a lot of yogurt; and so, 4 oz is also a decent amount of yogurt. Why then, should it take me 4 oz to confirm what I initially believed when I pulled back the plastic seal… that the yogurt, with its sour smell and tart aftertaste was spoiled. This should have been accomplished in just one bite. Maybe it’s just the Red Raspberry that I’m not accustomed to, I rationalized… or maybe it’s because I just finished a handful of roasted cashews that has made my yogurt taste suspicious, I tried to convince myself.
And so, here I sit, sour-mouthed with an upset stomach looking for some mouthwash. With a half-eaten container of what I’ve now confirmed to be rotten yogurt, I must live with my actions; just another result of my failure to trust my initial gut feeling.
