No, Kiwis don't complain!

Now, first of all, I am a fan of Denny's restaurants. But I don't understand the big advertising on the wall asking me if I remember sitting on a veranda, on a hot lazy Sunday afternoon, drinking a root beer float. Because, no I don't remember. We sat on the porch. It was hot yes, but a root beer was something you had had the previous night, being Saturday night, if you had in deed had gotten a root, and therefore needed a beer. Still, Denny's is a cheap place with reasonable food. Me? Budget breakfast, eggs over easy and a side of sausages thanks, oh and keep the coffee coming. Now where is the morning paper? Ahhh relax.

Trouble began when the food arrived and the normal sized sausages where replaced with tiny ones. About polony size that you use for finger food at parties. What no more decent size sausages? I got on with eating breakfast until, about half way through, a staff member always comes by and asks
"Everything alright then?"

I decided to respond.

"Sausages a bit miserable aren't they?"

"Sorry, you not happy?" Almost in tears I might add.

"Well, the sausages used to be normal size, these are very small, why is that?"

"Oh, I will find out"

Off she disappeared. Shortly the manager arrived.

"Everything alright then?" he asks.

"Yes fine thanks" I responded.

"I thought you were unhappy with your meal? Is everything OK then?"

"I said to your staff member that I thought the sausages were a bit miserable. Smaller than before. Much smaller."

He ran off to find out why. How he was not aware of this I was unsure. He came back.

"We have had a change of supplier." He told me with a smile, and somewhat triumphantly I thought. He left it hanging, so I guess I had to fill in the blanks.

"The new supplier is supplying much smaller sausages, and I assume your management are aware and happy about the new size and it is out of your control?"

"Yes" he beamed. I understood. He was pleased.

"OK" I replied.

"So, everything alright then?" he asked.

 I took in his hopeful gaze and decided to let him off the hook.

"Could do with a coffee top up" I replied.

"Oh yes, right away" and he hurried off to find the pot. 

I went back to the headlines. 'Gunman runs amuck in crowded store in LA'. I started to see how these things get started.

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