5:12 pm – Scoop departs home to cover the 5:30 pm City Council Meeting.
5:13 pm – Scoop feels hunger pangs and begins running through options for a quick snack as free food and drink is not offered to members of the media at City Council Meetings.
5:15 pm – Predictably, Scoop pulls into the KFC Drive-Thru and waits behind a Ford Explorer. His keen eye for detail tells him that he is fourth in line overall, second in line to place his order.
5:16 pm – Scoop orders a two-piece chicken (leg and thigh) and biscuit with a medium pepsi to drink. Answers “original recipe” when asked. Readies $5.38 for payment. Pulls ahead.
5:18 pm – Scoop pulls forward to window and pays with three $1 bills and $2.38 in change, including 28 pennies. Receives dirty look from cashier.
5:19 pm – Gets order and pulls into the street. Considers opening box, but shows patience.
5:22 pm – Arrives at City Hall. Decides to eat chicken leg. Uses first napkin.
5:23 pm – Decides to eat biscuit. Checks clock. Drinks pepsi.
5:24 pm – Decides to eat thigh. Drops it in his lap. Uses most of second napkin. Checks glove box for more napkins, with no luck.
5:25 pm – Finishes thigh. Leaves one-half of the biscuit in the box. Cleans original recipe skin from pants and car seat.
5:26 pm - Licks fingers.
5:27 pm – Uses rest of second napkin and part of an old newspaper to finish cleaning pants and car seat. Uses rear-view mirror to inspect teeth. Worries rest of pepsi will be water-logged on return, decides to drink remainder.
5:28 pm – Belches loudly. Exits car.
5:29 pm – Enters City Hall.
