The Day Chipotle Added Brown Rice

I love Chipotle. Anyone who knows me also knows that I love Chipotle. I love the way Chipotle looks. I love the way Chipotle smells. I especially love the way Chipotle tastes when that warm burrito just melts in your mouth. Best of all, I love the how Chipotle gives you extra cheese with no extra charge! Mind bottling! I know! I even love the word “Chipotle” and how it just rolls off the tongue. With ease I can proclaim to others my favorite fast food restaurant, “Chipotle is the b b b b best of the b b b best” of course Chipotle will always come out with ease, regardless of my stuttering.

Ordering food is the best part of Chipotle. Now if you don’t know, for people who stutter, ordering food is a nightmare within a nightmare (if that makes any sense). On a weekly basis, I usually order a soda that I never drink just because it comes with the meal. Telling the clerk that I just want water rather than a coke is just out of the question. I would rather eat my meal and be thirsty than change the whole order and go through the fight of asking for water. I will, however, fight with all my strength to ask for no mayo.

So when I first ordered at Chipotle, I loved it! All the pointing I could do was just unbelievable! And the one-word answers were just like heaven on earth!

“What would you like today sir?” Burrito!

“What kind of beans would you like?” Pinto!

“What kind of meat?” Steak!

“Salsa?” No Salsa, I’ll take cheese. Wait a minute…extra cheese!

“Would that be it?” Yup!

There you have it, the best of the best! As simple as can be! I can order a whole meal with just saying a couple of words, words that I could actually say fluently. Then they added brown rice. Now they ask me what kind of rice I would like and of course “white” or “brown” are words I can barely say. The word “wh wh wh wh wh wh white” just leaves me breathless, gasping for more air and “b b b b b b b b b b brown” blocks my air flow leaving me completely silent, awkwardly contorting my face.

Even though ordering food at Chipotle has become more difficult, I still love it. There’s a sense of pride and victory I feel when I fight through my stutter and order the meal I want. Sometimes it leaves me never wanting to go back but there are those rare moments where I feel stronger and glad that I was able to get through it.