I am a bison, only greener.

Dining...

Or so they thought when they sat down for a nice meal at the local Deli. Maybe they should have known when they saw the deli's name, but they cant be blamed for thinking "666 People Killed So Far", the name of the deli, was just a pun.

"I sat down to eat, and something awful happened" said Martha Nosurname, diner, about the fateful day she and her husband went to have dinner. "I picked up one of the bean rolls and wanted to take a bite when I saw my husband, Teddy, look at me with an expression of pure fear", she said. "He stared at me, and muttered 'Those ROLLS'. Needless to say I was panic stricken. I got up on the table and started shouting. Teddy would later tell me I was making a noise similar to bagpipes and a lemur".

The 42-something Martha, is a short stocky woman with a slight beard and a major spleen. According to her, Teddy is still recovering from what happened at the deli, but declined to comment further on the state of her husband. "He's such a strong person, and an excellent 'Snakes and Ladders' player", she would announce regularly and proudly during the course of this interview.

Was this a fluke occurrence, or is this event indicative of the current poor state of our hospitality industry. Similar reports have been coming in almost on a basis than can be considered monthly. It is up to us, the dining public to take back the rights we have. To stand up and say "Beverly is that you!?", so that we can publicly announce what we think of restaurants like the evil deli mentioned above. Are we as a movie going, masticating public going to stand for this? Are we simply going to stand by while people die at similar restaurants? Generic rhetorical question, essentially meaning nothing?