Have you ever been hangry? What's that, you might ask?
According to the Urban Dictionary, hangry is defined as:
When you are so hungry that your lack of food causes you to become angry, frustrated or both.
So now that you're informed, you can definitely conclude that you've been there before, probably on more than one occasion.
Being hangry is often also associated with not being able to decide what to eat or having to wait an absurd amount of time for your food. This oh-so-familiar feeling unfolds below in these 6 stages you experience when you're hangry.
Now feed me, will ya?
1. Not being able to decide what to eat
You and your squad are about to roll out to brunch, except no one can decide what they want. You're pretty much down for anything though, as long as it's edible.
[anad]
Even though you're not a picky eater, your friends are. As your crew scrambles back and forth, you feel your blood begin to boil. It's coming.
The lack of suggestions means that you're beginning to get hangry.
2. Going to a restaurant that has an absurd wait time
You finally decided that you're going to hit up Agave to get your boozy brunch on.
Except... there's a forty-five minute wait. Better put your names down now and then look for another spot because after all, this is the West Village and there is brunch to be found on every corner.
Secretly, you fill with rage where you'd rather be full of huevos rancheros.
You'll never make it.
3. Trying another restaurant... with an equally absurd wait time
As you walk to your next brunch spot, you trudge silently with your group because it's now approaching 12:30 p.m., you're hungover, and you need to soak up the vestiges of last night with some home fries and toast.
[anad2]
You walk fifteen minutes to make it to the next spot on the list, but oh hey, there's an hour long wait there as well. Might as well just walk back to the original location...
,4. Isolating yourself because you're about to snap
As you concede and return to plan A, you walk completely alone with a scowl on your face and a rumble in your tummy. You contemplate where to point fingers.
Your friends are soooooo dumb. This is all their fault. Shouldn't they have planned better?
[anad]
No, it's totally the New York City food scene's fault. Why don't these places take reservations?
You look longingly at a random bagel and coffee shop on your walk back to Agave because now you're just so hangry that you're getting completely desperate.
5. Getting your table and ordering food
Finally. They called your group and seated you at the table... thank GOD!
By now, you're friends have totally caught on and either have started to ask you what's up or are just letting you have your hangry space.
Hopefully, this place has bread or tortilla chips to serve at the table before your entrees come out.
That would make things at least a little better, right?
6. Getting your food and thinking, this was worth it
Now that you've got that plate of eggs and a margarita in front of you, you're chill again.
[anad2]
You no longer feel that void left inside you by hanger. You now take that long wait with a grain of salt (actually, that's probably just in your margarita), because it was totally worth it.
And to be quite frank, you just can't wait to be hangry all over again next weekend.
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