Personal Narrative: My Experience Of Eating At Applebees

My girlfriend and I enjoy eating at a variety of places, and during one of our dates, we decided that we didn’t want to eat somewhere too casual nor exquisite. We figured that Applebee’s would be that happy medium. I don’t usually go out and eat at Applebee’s because the nearest restaurant is more than an hour away. Nevertheless, my girlfriend had a satisfying experience from the last time she ate at an Applebee’s, so we both agreed to eat there. Although the food and atmosphere were in fact quite suitable, we both learned that timing was more influential to our experience. Right as I turned in the parking lot of Applebee’s, we both knew that there was probably going to be a significant waiting period to be seated. Even so, we stayed because I was rather quite hungry, and my girlfriend already knew what she wanted to eat. Besides,

The server did apologize for the wait, which I found sincere yet necessary. Because I analyzed one of their menus during our wait, my girlfriend and I already knew what we wanted, so we ordered our meals right away. In that moment, we were struck with a temporary sense of contentment. At first, my girlfriend and I were patient with the wait. We still had our appetites, and we had many sporting events that we could watch to distract ourselves from the hunger lurking inside us. However, the smell of the other customers’ meals was too much. I could not stop thinking about the steak and mashed potatoes that I have ordered. Even my girlfriend started to complain of the wait, and she is never the one to whine about anything. Finally, our meals came, and for some reason, I did not receive an apology from the server that I expected. I remember being my meal being quite delicious, but I was so hungry that I could not savor my food as I would have liked. My girlfriend and I did not speak the entire time we were eating because we were too busy scarfing down our