/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Something terrible happened today.

There I was at the local butcher. I planned on buying four steaks. One for me, one for my brother, one for my father, and one for my mother. Nice ones. New York Striploin.

After waiting in front of the meat, a lady with attractive features "greeted" me.

"Yes?"

"Hey. Can I get four steaks?"

"I could tell you like to eat, but I didn't know you could eat that much. Why don't you just take two?"

She stared at me straight faced. No emotion. No joking smile - this was no laughing matter. I stumbled over my sentences in my head.

"All right".

And I left. I had to drive back home in my Jeep and tell my parents there would be no steak tonight. I offered to order pizza.

Do I really look that fat? Why would a complete stranger, albeit a beautiful one, criticize someone like that out of the blue?