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A Seafood and Steak Surprise

"Are you sure I look OK?" asked Raoul hesitantly.
"You look fine, Raoul!" said Steve, Raoul's roommate. "You should have left already.
You don't want to be late for your first date
with Marcy!"


"I'm leaving, I'm leaving! See you later," said Raoul.

"Hope you have a good time."

"I hope so, too," answered Raoul nervously.

They'd decided to go out for dinner. The restaurant they were going to was called "Sam's Seafood And Steak House" and was one of a chain of new restaurants. Although neither Raoul nor Marcy had ever been there before, they'd heard that the restaurant was having a half-price student special. "I hope you have an appetite tonight," Raoul told Marcy in the car. "I've heard that this restaurant has a huge seafood buffet and an All-You-Can-Eat Shrimp Special."

"Sounds great!" said Marcy. "I'm starving!"

When they arrived at the restaurant, it was crowded and very noisy.

"I guess we should have made a reservation," said Raoul.

After waiting almost an hour, they finally got a table. Unfortunately, it was in the smoking section. Not only that, but the tablecloth and silverware didn't look very clean.

Finally, the waiter came to take their order. "I'll have the roast beef, well-done, and corn on the cob," said Marcy. "And I'll have the All-You-Can-Eat Shrimp Special," said Raoul.

"Something to drink?" asked the waiter.

"Two mineral waters," said Raoul.

After a very long wait, their dinner arrived.

"This roast beef is awfully rare," said Marcy.

"And these shrimp have a strange, bitter flavor," complained Raoul. "Let's ask the waiter for our check."

On the way home, both Raoul and Marcy had stomachaches.

"It must have been that roast beef," said Marcy.

"And those awful shrimp!" cried Raoul. "If we had just gone out for a pizza, we would have enjoyed ourselves so much more!"

The next day, Raoul saw a review of
"Sam's Seafood And Steak House" in the college newspaper. It said, "We do not have a single compliment for this terrible restaurant! Whatever you do, don't go to "Sam's Seafood And Steak House!"

"Now they tell us!" cried Raoul, holding his stomach.