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It's a funny place. I do not mean that the people who work there are funny. I mean the actual place itself is funny, for it is filled with quite a few silly-funny signs. See for yourself:
In addition to being funny, it’s also a smart place. I mean it has to be smart or else how is it that it’s able to keep its lines long even in the midst of freezing December. Don’t get me wrong. I am most definitely not disregarding the fact that some people enjoy and prefer ice cream in cold weather, but the majority of us do not. (Right? Forgive me if I am wrong. I shall further investigate this claim.) So I guess that is why it is always hot (not warm, but hot) in there: to keep people’s ice cream appetite up. Oh how tricky! Another reason why I say it is smart is because it has the ultimate solution to the problem of indecisiveness. To help out customers who, like me, cannot make up their minds, Pollyann has a beautiful wheel of ice cream fortune,.With one spin, one can determine the flavor of ice cream to get and thus, the painstaking task of deciding can finally be taken out of us indecisive people’s hands and be left in the hands of fate instead. 
I have decided that I am never going to this place again! But I suppose I shall start with why I had gone to this place for so long up until this point. It has mainly been because of its food. The sushi here is like no other. Fresh. Satisfying. Simply delicious. Even these descriptions, however, barely capture the essence of the sushi. No exaggeration.
This is why I have always, with no exception, ordered more than I can eat. Simply, the thought of their sushi makes me want to eat, eat, eat and eat, but when it comes to the actual eating, my stomach unfortunately has a limit.
What makes the entire eating experience even better is the sushi’s perfect mate: the tea. This tea, which I have always assumed to be green tea though I may be wrong, is light enough to not cover the taste of the sushi but strong enough to not be bland. In of itself, the tea is also quite delicious, and it carries this uniquely soft, smooth texture that exists in no other tea.
Alright, now that I have betrayed my bitterness towards this place with so many compliments, I shall explain what has happened to turn my love into semi-hatred. Today, I decided to pay a visit to this sushi place in order to refresh my memory for the storytelling-beyond-the-page assignment. Like usual, I went in. I ordered. I ate. The waiters, also like usual, were not too friendly with me. But that never really mattered because their food is so good that they’re allowed to have bad service right? When it came to the check, I paid, they gave me the change, and I left the tip. Unfortunately, I did not have enough money and was two dollars short of the 15% tipping rule. This was the first time I’ve not given the full tip. Yet, when the waiter saw, he started talking to me harshly, if not yelled at me. So I explained and apologized. He, however, was not satisfied, and he went on to clean the table while cursing me right in front of my face. And I always thought that tip is supposed to be determined by the quality of customer service...
Whenever I enter Quickly, I always feel obligated to try something new, so I would always take a look at their pretty, orangey menus on the wall. Yet, after a few seconds of checking out what they offer, I always settle back on my usual drink - milk tea tapioca, which indeed is pretty delicious. However, I secretly think that continually picking that drink has more to do with my my fear in taking risks than with the actual drink itself. Nonetheless, once I take a sip of that yummy milk tea, everything about trying something new becomes nothing, and I go on drinking with no guilt.
Besides drinking, the other most pleasurable part of the Quickly-experience is watching the constant replays of Taiwanese music videos, which usually involve some extremely cute dance steps danced by some adorable, flawless girl. The last time I went, they showed ai ni by Cyndi Wang the entire time I was there. When I'm alone, these music videos tend to come off as charming and even mesmerizing. Yet, when I’m with a group of friends who mock the exaggerated cutesiness, these videos suddenly become silly and ridiculous. Either way though – whether I admire or make fun of them – these videos are still a great source of entertainment and enjoyment. I guess that’s why they play them.
In addition to being funny, it’s also a smart place. I mean it has to be smart or else how is it that it’s able to keep its lines long even in the midst of freezing December. Don’t get me wrong. I am most definitely not disregarding the fact that some people enjoy and prefer ice cream in cold weather, but the majority of us do not. (Right? Forgive me if I am wrong. I shall further investigate this claim.) So I guess that is why it is always hot (not warm, but hot) in there: to keep people’s ice cream appetite up. Oh how tricky! Another reason why I say it is smart is because it has the ultimate solution to the problem of indecisiveness. To help out customers who, like me, cannot make up their minds, Pollyann has a beautiful wheel of ice cream fortune,.With one spin, one can determine the flavor of ice cream to get and thus, the painstaking task of deciding can finally be taken out of us indecisive people’s hands and be left in the hands of fate instead. 
