FF – First Date Mishap
Here is my story for Friday Fictioneers, hosted by Rochelle. This week’s photo appears to be a beautiful painting by Rochelle herself 🙂
“Goodness, a home-cooked meal!”
“I like to make an impression on a first date!”
“I’ll just add a bit of salt, pepper, some ketchup…”
“What are you doing.”
“Huh?”
“You haven’t even tasted it yet.”
“I, um…”
“Let me take a quick photo of you (snap) I just need to send a text, one sec…”
tappity tappity here is photo of target tappity tappity usual terms tappity tappity make it look like an accident tappity tap send
“… there we go. So, where were we? You were telling me about your job? It sounds fascinating!”
“Um.”
“Eat up!”
“Um.”
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If only had known about this service sooner! 😀 I once cooked dinner for a guy and he asked for salt and pepper before even tasting it.
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The cad! You’re all set for next time 🙂
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Snicker. That’s one way to deal with unimpressive dates.
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A bit over the top? I think not 🙂
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Who knew choosing ketchup could be so perilous
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Good job he didn’t go for brown sauce. That would have a been a fate worse than death.
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Gee. Someone’s judgmental! They didn’t even discuss dessert…
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Dessert seems to be a bit of a waste on him at this point… 🙂
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Yes this individual needs to learn some life skills, always taste first,
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That lesson comes too late for this chap, sadly.
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Nothing I hate more than when salt and pepper are added before tasting!
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The very height of bad manners!
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Exackery.
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Haha! Verh good one, and interesting style…her time’s up m’ afraid…
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I like how you saw her as the transgressor – I deliberately didn’t identify who was who to see what people thought!
Yep. it’s game over.
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Never offend the cook!
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Best case scenario you’ll never get another meal, worst case… well!
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Sacré bleu! Zut alors! Mon Dieu!
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That’s all the French I know!
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Merde!
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Oh yeah. And that word!
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Now there’s the sensitive one…
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A real catch!
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I fully support liquidating people who like ketchup. Yuck!
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They could be liquidated into ketchup (cue Zeeba)…
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My goodness was the food that bad?
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Not once he/she’d ketchupped it. Sadly, his/her last meal.
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Dear Ali,
Nothing is more irritating than someone adding to a dish I’ve made before tasting it. I’d say first date = last date in this case. 😉
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle,
I think we can safely say it’s their last ever date 😮 🙂
Ali
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Oh wow. Well done.
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Someone’s in for a shorter evening than they expected.
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Well, my word. That’s a pretty gruesome kinid of test at which to fail! I wonder, would he still have been offended if she had tasted first and THEN asked for condiments?
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Ha, that sounds even worse! I never reach for condiments for a home-cooked meal unless the other person does first 🙂
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How many times has that ever been said over the dinner table – you haven’t even tasted it yet, as someone starts tapping in the salt!? Good story.
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Yes, I have been guilty! Not on a first date, though 🙂
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i wonder what’s for desserts. 🙂
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Hopefully something nice for the “last meal”!
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Compliments before condiments, please!
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You have the right of it. You might survive the evening!
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Hilarious hyperbole. That’ll teach him!
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A shame he won’t be around long enough to properly learn the lesson 🙂
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It seems to me she’s quite offended. Maybe overly sensitive? Haha. Nice one, Ali!
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Well, she did slave over that meal for hours, only for him to immediately smother it in ketchup… 🙂
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If she didn’t want him to add condiments, she should have left them off the table! Unless it was a deliberate test, of course…
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True, but you could be right. Very cunning!
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A friend of mine puts ketchup on roast dinner, used to drive his parents crazy. I’m sure they were tempted to take this course of action on several occasions.
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Ketchup on a roast? Dearie me 😮
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I’d have him take a picture of her texting while trying to enjoy a date. Howsaboutthat tit for tat???? Eh?
pax,
dora
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True, they’ve both been a bit rude, haven’t they?
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Yes, it’s pretty bad when a person adds condiments to a meal without first tasting it. Poor woman. She went to all that trouble. Her good meal was wasted on him.
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At least she got her own back, having him assassinated and all 🙂
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Oh dear, their date was definitely doomed, better not to eat any of it and leave.
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I’m afraid his fate was sealed the moment the ketchup hit the plate.
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It must have been really a bad date! Ketchup with roast? I might have shown him my front door rather than entertaining him any further 🤣. I feel sorry for her.
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I love condiments but even I wouldn’t go that far 😮
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