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Order like a man

The moon was out, a full moon to be precise. A candle with a yellow dancing flame sat on each table accentuating the overhead ambient light.

This candle reminded me of a bunsen burner but I did not say? Women would normally call this setup romantic. You know how women operate.

For me it was too dark to see my food. The things restaurants put patrons through to make it special. I had a mind to switch on my phone and illuminate the restaurant because we were eating in darkness.

Anyhow, another couple sat a table away from us. A waitress waltzed over to them carrying two large menus that she left at their table. I do not know how they read the menus in this light but I suspect they had night vision goggles or something.

The waitress waltzed back and the guy ordered for cream of potato soup. He was pretty audible too because I guarantee the whole restaurant heard this guy make this order.

Cream of potato soup? Which man orders that in a restaurant? I was pretty shocked. I squinted in the darkness to see this guy that orders cream of potato soup, but it was too dark. Maybe I do not have a taste for the finer things in life but I think a man should order some real food when he goes out.

Something like a peppered T-Bone steak, or a burger with a side order of fries. “He ordered cream of potato soup,” I mentioned to the wife who answered that it’ is a free world so he can order what he likes.

Man some people are too objective bwana. Anyhow, I just picked away at the darkness trying to find my food.

I was eating like a good well behaved boy. But secretly I wanted to run my fork over the burning candle flame to calculate how long it would take for the heat to conduct to my hand via the handle.

But some experiments you just carry out from the safety of your mind for the simple fear of unnecessary backlash. The man’s cream of potato soup was soon delivered and he attacked it with a spoon.

Sounds funny right? Attack soup. His date had some sort of meat dish. Ladies if your man orders mushroom soup or some sort of vegetable broth on a date, you better watch out.

Those are the chaps that will hide under the bed when thieves break into the house deep in the night. He won’t have the energy to engage those bandits so you will.