Yesterdog is a hot dog mecca located in the Eastown district of Grand Rapids. It is, according to some, world famous. There are pictures of people wearing Yesterdog shirts all over the world, from the regular joe to the world famous. Although I am not his biggest fan (or perhaps not a fan at all), I was really impressed by the newest addition to their wall of fame: a huge picture of President elect Barack Obama, sporting a Yesterdog hat.
There is an elaborate history on the Yesterdog website, chronicling the hot dog super power, but there seems to be a little piece of history missing. You see, for years, they only ever had huge stacks of napkins on their tables. Napkin holders can just make things messier when your hands are dripping with chili and cheese. Yet, when my brother, our wives, and myselph returned to Yesterdog over Christmas vacation, things were different. There sat a newer napkin holder on every table. Why the switch? It wasn't out of convenience. What led to this change? Well, here's our version of what probably took place...
Four and a half years ago, Sarah and I went out with Dan and Katey to Yesterdog. That wasn't uncommon - after all, Dan eats hot dogs by the handful. Dan had to blow his nose, so he grabbed a napkin and did his thing. He then folded the napkin back like it was fresh from the stack. He put it halfway in the stack of napkins, joking that he was going to put it back and leave it for someone. Before Katey could grab it out of there, I reached over and hit the stack of napkins several times, losing one napkin (booger and all) in a sea of hundreds. So rather than digging for it and inspecting each one, we left it. Someone somewhere eventually got a bad napkin. Perhaps they got their food for free after they realized they had just wiped their mouth with a loaded napkin. Or, perhaps the workers didn't want to believe them at first, but decided to take safety measures (i.e. new napkin holders) just in case they were telling the truth.
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