Comments on 'You Had Me at Appetizer'My rents would be approaching soon, but I had arrived first. The hostess showed me to my table, reserved for three.
Knowing I had a short time before the waitress confronted me, I had to decide. Was I hungry enough for an appetizer. And if so. What kind of appetizer?
Chicken wings? Nah. Too cliche. Mashed up corn mess deep fried into nugget form. You gotta be desperate to eat that. Fried okra. I don't get okra, but frying makes it more in common with my vernacular.
You know what. Maybe I wasn't that hungry for an appetizer.
"Hi, hon," she said. "Can I get you something to drink before your company shows up?"
Sure, I rattle off my usual thirst quencher request the same way she came to my table--without looking at her.
"Do you want to order an appetizer while you wait?"
To stall, I asked what appetizers they offered, even though I knew they fell into two categories: too cliche or too weird. But I felt a pang in my stomach when she mentioned onion rings.
"Oo. Gotcha," she noted.2008-04-04T21:25:12Zhttp://ficlets.com/feed/story/862Comment on You Had Me at Appetizer<p>awsome personallity for the waitress</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/862?basename=543942008-04-04T21:25:12Zi live NYLSChttp://ficlets.com/authors/josieComment on You Had Me at Appetizer<p>Very funny. I thoroughly enjoyed it.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/862?basename=534852008-04-01T01:32:16ZLaine P. Greyhttp://ficlets.com/authors/lainegreyComment on You Had Me at Appetizer<p>He’s a very interesting and relatable character.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/862?basename=531602008-03-31T14:41:57ZAlexa ♥http://ficlets.com/authors/alexa1018Comment on You Had Me at Appetizer<p>haha i really like this!<br />LoA</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/862?basename=522462008-03-28T15:28:38ZFlute Loop<33http://ficlets.com/authors/sashaComment on You Had Me at Appetizer<p>I like this story , the dialogue is good!</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/862?basename=514982008-03-25T16:35:56ZNissakithttp://ficlets.com/authors/nerissaComment on You Had Me at Appetizer<p>I love this story its so true.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/862?basename=512382008-03-24T19:58:15ZRamyhttp://ficlets.com/authors/coolishComment on You Had Me at Appetizer<p>This guy’s funny. And so very casual. Restaurants make me kind of goofy, too. I like this. I like him.<br />LoA</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/862?basename=511902008-03-24T15:44:42ZStorykeeper of Faehttp://ficlets.com/authors/smileComment on You Had Me at Appetizer<p>I like this story. The dialogue with himself sounds funny.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/862?basename=510452008-03-23T22:24:23ZJ.B. Williamshttp://ficlets.com/authors/user_5182Comment on You Had Me at Appetizer<p>I like it! Chicken wings, to cliche. Lol!<br />LoA</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/862?basename=509942008-03-23T16:07:57ZBlusparrowhttp://ficlets.com/authors/blusparrowComment on You Had Me at Appetizer<p>I love onion rings.. good choice. good ficlet.<br />Cool internal dialogue.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/862?basename=509462008-03-23T02:40:27Z Kermitgorfhttp://ficlets.com/authors/kermitgorf