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CharismaKid16 wrote: GonkhNation wrote:

Thanks for bearing with me through my wall of text Charismakid. I know my post might have come off a little anti-Mordecai and Rigby, but for what it’s worth I was cheering for them to get the burgers during the episode too. Like you said, they’re just being themselves and I wouldn't have it any other way.

However I respectfully disagree with the notion that Mordecai and Rigby didn’t do anything wrong relatively speaking. Yes in terms of overall damage, this wasn’t the worst they’ve ever done, but the way I see it that doesn’t put them in the right either. That’s like me asking my lecturer to drop the late penalty on my essay because I burned down the auditorium last week. Thing is, in this case I don't think it's even about the damage or the unfinished work (which I agree, Benson would probably be use to by now). It's the attitude Mordecai and Rigby's adopted.

In episodes like Just Set Up The Chairs the major damage is usually completely unforeseeable, sometimes even a result of good intensions, and almost all of these times Mordecai and Rigby acknowledge their mistake one way or another and try desperately to fix it. In cases like The Best Burger In The World and say a similar episode like Peeps, there’s never any acknowledgment that what they’re doing (or failing to do) might be wrong. In fact, both these times Mordecai and Rigby either do all they can to prolong their slacking or avoid the consequences of their slacking.

I think that was what got to Benson rather than him just being mad at the slacking itself. That being said, whether he reacted appropriately in both these times is another matter. I’m not saying he was completely in the right either and I can understand why some would find his behaviour harsh by comparison to other episodes.