Thursday, April 7, 2011

Unforgettable Scene in the Restaurant

I was with my friend at this fine Italian restaurant enjoying our
meal when a couple walked in. They were seated at a table next to
us. For some apparent reason, the man was in a sour mood.
Accidentally, I overheard fragments of their conversation, and the
man confessed to his wife that he was not satisfied with the
restaurant she had picked.

Meanwhile, the wife was enjoying herself and she placed an
order for wine and the main dish from the menu.  Moments later,
the waiter served them their meal and left. The man took a first sip of
his soup and he realized that he needs to add some salt and pepper
 to make it taste better. Then he sprinkled some salt and pepper and
started to stir his soup.  Suddenly, he saw a fly in the soup and
exclaimed to his wife to take a look.

It was obvious that he was very upset and screamed at
the waiter to come to his table immediately. He demanded to know
why he had not seen the fly  before he served it to a guest.

 Then he started insulting him openly and said that he was
a stupid waiter. He demanded to talk to his manager right away.

Eventually the wife got so nervous because the man had created
an ugly scene in the restaurant. At that point, she tried to calm him down
by pulling his arm. However, the man had evidently made a mountain
out of a molehill.

  Nevertheless, the waiter didn't mind the situation at all. In fact, it
seemed like he had been looking for an excuse to leave his job.
The waiter told him upfront to his face that he quit his job and told
 him to enjoy his soup. Then he took off his apron and left the
restaurant.

The wife got so upset and embarrassed because the man
had ruined her dinner and caused such a big commotion in the
restaurant. She got up and walked out on him while the man stood
there with a baffled expression on his face. I wondered if he had even
 realized the fact that he had not just ruined her dinner but ours, too.

1 comment:

  1. I like you described each movement clearly in second paragraph. Also you use " a mountain out of a molehill" to express the man's anger is very interesting. However, we have different opinion about the waiter. The picture gave me the feeling about resentment from the waiter. Yet you felt that he used the man as an excuse to quit his job. That is also surprise me too.

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