After hearing complaint after complaint of how everyone kept working long hours to fix the never ending onslaught of problems with the network, Kevin decided to treat everyone to a burger buffet at Blue Batman* as a token of appreciation for all their hard work. As Kevin watched his employees help themselves to burger after burger, he noticed with some concern that Charles was sitting alone at the table and not eating.
“Charles!” Kevin approached the table where Charles sat, “Help yourself to a burger. You’ve earned it.”
“No thank you,” Charles replied.
“Aren’t you hungry?”
“I am starving.”
“Then have a burger!”
“No thank you.”
Then the other employees returned to the table with plates piled high with hamburgers and fries before sitting down to begin devouring them. Kevin watched them eat before turning his attention back to Charles, hoping the sight of everyone eating would change his mind.
“Good burgers, Robert?”
“They’re the best,” Robert replied with his mouth full. “Come on Charles, go get a burger.”
“No thank you,” Charles insisted.
“What’s wrong, Charles?” Kevin asked. “I know you’ve been spending long hours at the office, away from home and family just so you can keep our network going. I really appreciate your efforts and this luncheon was way overdue. Come on Charles, let’s get you a burger.”
“No thank you,” Charles was getting annoyed.
“I thought you said you were starving.”
“I am freakin’ starving.”
“Then help yourself to a burger!”
“ALL RIGHT!” Charles pounded his fists on the table with such force that burgers, fries and drinks jumped from the table. “I’LL GET A FREAKIN’ BURGER!”
Charles stormed to the burger bar and returned to the table with a single burger on his plate. Opening his mouth wide, he ate the entire burger in a single bite before washing it down with his iced tea. Everyone at the table could not believe their eyes.
“That wasn’t so bad, was it?” Kevin asked incredulously.
“That’s not the worst of it.” Charles replied calmly.
“What do you mean?”
“Burgers give me really bad gas.”
As if to punctuate his point, Charles let out a deafening belch while letting out a loud, long fart. The entire table trembled from the noise and other diners stared at Charles in disgust. Then the waitress stormed up to the table and yelled at him to leave, but her words could not be heard above his continuous belching and farting that ensued, one right after the other. Finally Robert and another employee had to escort Charles outside to the parking lot where he continued his gaseous outburst that showed no signs of easing. But the damage was done. Everyone in the restaurant were staring at Kevin and his employees as if they were to blame for causing the commotion. Meanwhile they could still hear Charles belching and farting outside from the parking lot. Everyone quickly paid their checks and left, leaving Kevin and his staff still seated at the table and listening to the noise from outside.
Kevin and his staff were banned from ever eating at Blue Batman again.
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