Merrill asks us to write a poem of any style about a restaurant.
Going out for some fast food I often find myself
looking for the best of deals, no package off the shelf
I want my food cooked right there so I can see it when its done
Watching people cook up food can be a lot of fun
When I’m at a Mcdonald’s I see the patties cooked
I wonder if the cooker’s cares that I just took a look.
At the nearby steak place I smell and see the grill
They tell you that it tastes so good and usually it will
I used to do a salad bar before I heard the facts
People do not wash their hands or cover up their hacks.
When I think too hard about the food I get when I am out
I start to gag near hurling too, trying not to shout
“Go back home, this place is gross, they drop things on the floor
Grab your stuff but leave your food and head right out the door!
Bugs are here, the grill is burnt, oh God there is a hair!”
I grab my stuff and pay the bill to end this whole nightmare.
©2022 CBialczak Poetry
Stine Writing 
Love it!
I worked in a fish and chip shop when I was a student and I still eat fish and chips. But then deep frying is pretty good for killing germs. 🙂
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Get out of there if its nit going right.
A credible and sensible poem.
Thanks fir dropping by to read mine.
Much💖love
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When dining out, it’s better not too think too much about what goes in the kitchen!
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I know but isn’t that sad? When I worked in restaurants I honestly never saw or did anything gross.
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Well, this makes me want to never have food from a restaurant again! 🤣
But–fortunately– I haven’t really had any bad experiences like that.
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I’ve worked in quite a few restaurants and I have not really seen anything bad…or at least nothing I remember!
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Good to know! 🙂
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I’m just recovering from food poisoning. That’s the problem with getting delivery. You can’t be sure of the hygiene. I love the light hearted tone of your poem. It made me smile.
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Wow, feel better. Food poisoning is the worst. A few years back me and my kids went out to dinner on Thanksgiving, it was the year my husband\their dad passed away. We went to this restaurant that is inside a casino. Shortly after dinner I started getting stomach pains. Next thing I know I am in the bathroom trying to decide which end gets the floor and which end gets the bowl! No joke! To make a gross story short and detail free, I did make a horrible mess of the stall but covered it as best I could in paper towels. Oh, and FYI, I’d rather throw up on my clothes than poop my pants!
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I once sent a steak back to the kitchen because it stank. My plate was returned to me with a trimmed steak, same one, that had been sampled by the kitchen chef who said it was fine. I left it, paid the bill for the other meals but refused to pay for mine. They didn’t push it. A few weeks later we noticed they had been closed by health and safety.
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better safe than sorry and lucky you did that!
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