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Mealtime

September 16, 2021 8 Comments

By Coco Jane

Linda took a deep breath before entering Canni’s restaurant for her first day on the job. She was thrilled that they’d hired her so enthusiastically.

She waited while the maître d’ silently scanned a satisfied patron’s credit card with a white-gloved hand.

In the dimly lit dining room, a solemn tuxedoed waiter murmured to a diner, “Shoulder roast with red gravy. Very good, sir.”

“Follow me,” said the maître d’. He led Linda to the kitchen.

The chef, cleaver in hand, did not look up. He said, “Please give me your hand. The ladies at table 19 have ordered finger sandwiches.”

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Comments

  1. Paul Lewthwaite says

    September 16, 2021 at 3:38 am

    Gruesomely funny! The finger sandwiches bit got me laughing out loud. Brilliant fun.

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  2. Bob Ellis says

    September 16, 2021 at 8:33 am

    Unlike at Selfridges, where they would have to open a new whale!

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  3. Kelly Louisa Balliu says

    September 16, 2021 at 8:43 am

    The fact that they’d hired her so ‘enthusiastically’ had me wondering (!) Good stuff

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  4. b says

    September 16, 2021 at 11:07 am

    As always, great ending twist.

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  5. Valli says

    September 16, 2021 at 11:28 am

    Oh wow… I didn’t expect the ending… well done…

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  6. Elden Buck says

    September 16, 2021 at 12:26 pm

    I didn’t expect it either. You got double and triple out of those few words.

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  7. Coco says

    September 17, 2021 at 10:47 am

    Thanks for the comments. Horror is not generally my thing, but this was fun to write.

    Reply
  8. Grant says

    September 22, 2021 at 6:03 pm

    Eek. Creepy but funny. Well done.

    Reply

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