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In an extremely important post to the Taco Bell subreddit, a user named BobsicleSmith shares an inspiring tale of Taco Bell innovation:
So late one night, after drinking copious amounts of alcohol, my friends and I got our DD to take us through the Taco Bell drive thru. Somehow, in my inebriated state, I was not only able to sufficiently explain to the clerk what the hell I wanted, but I was able to convince her to actually make the damn thing. Behold my Taco Bell pièce de résistance: the Cheesy Gordita Triple Decker Taco!
Wow.
Look: Some of us are lucky enough to get tours of the Taco Bell test kitchen, but for the rest of Taco Bell patrons, conceiving new Taco Bell things is mostly a theoretical pursuit (even if, Taco Bell will tell you, the app offers plenty of room for experimentation). BobsicleSmith’s ability to both invent the Cheesy Gordita Triple Decker Taco and convince a Taco Bell employee to make one for him represents a triumph of the human spirit, and This Week in Taco Bell salutes him or her for his dedication to the craft of making up new Taco Bell stuff.
Adorable children build dope Taco Bell fort
Craig Smith’s daughters, Riley and Cara, like to build Taco Bells at home. Who can blame them? After posting a photo of his adorable children in a makeshift Taco Bell fort, Smith explained to the company that they also construct Taco Bell drive-thrus out of Legos and blocks, so Taco Bell hooked up Riley and Cara with uniforms and a proper Taco Bell playhouse:
Taco Bell is just out there, scouring the Internet for people in need of upgrades to their Taco Bell stuff. Let this be a lesson.
Man held at gunpoint and forced to drive to Taco Bell
Here’s a terrifying story from West Virginia:
Police say a young man was at the Sheetz gas station in Hurricane around 11 p.m. when Michael Smith and Kasey Kincaid approached him offering oral sex, drugs and money in exchange for a ride to Charleston.
When the young man declined, he told police he was held at gunpoint and was forced to start driving on I-64….
“For some reason, they ended up back in Hurricane at Taco Bell,” (Hurricane, W.V. policeman Timothy) Duran said.
While Smith and Kincaid were distracted, racking up a $60 bill, the young man escaped and ran inside the Taco Bell. Managers called 911 and Hurricane police arrested the two.
Somehow, the craziest part of the story might just be the $60 Taco Bell bill for two people. That’s an astonishing amount of Taco Bell. I honestly didn’t even know the Taco Bell registers went up that high.
Inspiring Taco Bell employee also killing it with cookies
FoodBeast shares the story of Jason Mercado, a one-time homeless drug addict turned burgeoning cookie magnate. Mercado started his business while washing dishes at Taco Bell, and still works there part-time as he manages his cookie company.
Read the Taco Bell origin story
For those of us who own autographed copies of Taco Titan — Glen Bell’s authorized biography — there’s not much new in this KCET.org story on Bell’s founding of Taco Bell. But it’s a good refresher, and great background reading for all those who haven’t yet had the chance to read Taco Titan.
