contact with the powerful grocery store toaster

the time i accidentally hacked a toaster at the grocery store

so one time at the grocery store, which is already the most chaotic place on earth in my opinion, i did something. i touched a wire. no context. just reached out and made contact. big mistake. because that wire was connected to a toaster. a powerful toaster. and that toaster decided it was time to upload my brain files.
ok hear me out. i didn't consciously do anything. i literally just brushed my hand against it while reaching for the generic snacks. but the moment contact was made, the toaster and i had a connection.
it started warping my brain files. not kidding. i saw everything. the last three bad lunch ideas i had. they all involved one ingredient that i refuse to admit i use. instant download. like compressed files but worse because it involves bread (ironically). 73 bad lunch ideas in 0.003 seconds. and then the toaster went quiet as if nothing happened but i KNOW too much now.
so i walk away. pretending like i didn't just have an existential experience with a toaster. but i'm different now. i have 73 bad lunch ideas downloaded involuntarily. the toaster won and i respect that. shouldn't have touched it. shouldn't have gone to the store in the first place.
mood for this post: burnt.