These Tortillas Are To Die For

(My mom is driving. We have just picked up food from Casa Garcías, a well known Mexican restaurant chain.)

Me: *talking about something*

Mom: *brakes suddenly because of idiots in front of us*

Me: *instinctively dives towards my feet to catch the tortillas that almost fell out of the to-go bag*

Mom: “What are you doing?”

Me: “The tortillas were gonna fall.”

Mom: “[My Name], you could’ve seriously injured your head on the dashboard. Or if we hit those jerks, the air bag would’ve exploded and you would’ve died! The tortillas are not worth losing your life.”

Me: “But, Mom! It’s Casa Garcías tortillas!”

Mom: “I don’t care!”

Me: “That’d be an interesting headline, though… ’21-year-old dies to save tortillas.'”

(My dad got a kick out of it.)