OK, lemme see if I have this right...
Karen starts badmouthing the staff.
She and Homicidal Maniac now get after it.
Homicidal Maniac now stabs Karen’s HUSBAND, who as far as we know was only trying to calm everyone down if not staying out of it altogether.
This is a scene straight out of a screwball comedy - except for the bloody part, maybe.
Or....exasperated lady makes totally true remark about really bad service.
Woke nitwit, who has no investment in the situation, decides that anyone who would complain about their food being dropped and then scooped back on the plate and then plopped in front of paying customer is a racist, sexist, bigot, homophobe.
And then the fight starts.
I would say about 50/50 either way.
Have seen customers being real jerks and servers being, to put it politely, unprofessional.
OK, lemme see if I have this right...
Karen starts badmouthing the staff.
She and Homicidal Maniac now get after it.
Homicidal Maniac now stabs Karen’s HUSBAND, who as far as we know was only trying to calm everyone down if not staying out of it altogether.
This is a scene straight out of a screwball comedy - except for the bloody part, maybe.
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I had to read the story about half a dozen times trying to figure out what was going on. I think you’ve got it right. Wicked confusing writing.
Nice analysis.