You Had Me at Appetizer

by teleject

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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.

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Average Reader Rating: 5.0 stars out of 5

  1. You Had Me at Appetizer

    Kermitgorf's Buddy Icon Kermitgorf

    Posted about 1 month ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    I love onion rings.. good choice. good ficlet.
    Cool internal dialogue.

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    Blusparrow's Buddy Icon Blusparrow

    Posted about 1 month ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    I like it! Chicken wings, to cliche. Lol!
    LoA

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    J.B. Williams' Buddy Icon J.B. Williams

    Posted about 1 month ago

    I like this story. The dialogue with himself sounds funny.

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    Storykeeper of Fae's Buddy Icon Storykeeper of Fae

    Posted about 1 month ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    This guy’s funny. And so very casual. Restaurants make me kind of goofy, too. I like this. I like him.
    LoA

  5. You Had Me at Appetizer

    Ramy's Buddy Icon Ramy

    Posted about 1 month ago

    I love this story its so true.

  6. You Had Me at Appetizer

    Nissakit's Buddy Icon Nissakit

    Posted about 1 month ago

    I like this story , the dialogue is good!

  7. You Had Me at Appetizer

    Flute Loop<33's Buddy Icon Flute Loop<33

    Posted about 1 month ago

    haha i really like this!
    LoA

  8. You Had Me at Appetizer

    Alexa ♥'s Buddy Icon Alexa ♥

    Posted about 1 month ago

    4.0 out of 5 stars

    He’s a very interesting and relatable character.

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    Laine P. Grey's Buddy Icon Laine P. Grey

    Posted about 1 month ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Very funny. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

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    i live NYLSC's Buddy Icon i live NYLSC

    Posted about 1 month ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    awsome personallity for the waitress

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