All You Can Eat Buffet

All You Can Eat Buffet


Ben noticed the huge line-up ahead on the sidewalk as he walked down the street.


"Is there a big concert or something?" Ben asked the last person in line as he walked by.


"No, this line-up is for a new all you can eat buffet," the man answered.


"Really?" Ben was surprised, "They must have really really good food if there's this long a line up for it."


"There's a special promotional offer for today," the last man in line explained, "they'll pay you $20 if you can handle the all you can eat buffet according to this promotional pamphlet flyer here."



"What?" Ben was incredulous, "you can eat all you want and then they'll pay you $20 at the end?".


"That's right," the last man in line nodded.


"Well, I might as well join in," Ben got behind the man.


The line seemed to be moving pretty quickly and before Ben knew it, he was the first person in line before the door that said All You Can Eat Buffet.


The door opened and Ben walked in.

The door immediately closed behind him.


"So," Ben asked the maitre'd at the door, "how do you expect to make a profit if you give people an all you can eat buffet and then you pay them at the end?".


"You only get the money if you can survive handling the buffet," the maitre'd explained, "and besides the all you can eat buffet isn't for you... it's for... him."

The maitre'd pushed Ben into a room which had a huge pit on the floor with a sign beside it that said Glemp the Giant Cannibal.


The giant's hands emerged from the pit and grabbed Ben.


Before Ben knew it, he was in the giant's mouth where he was crunched and munched to pieces by Glemp's huge teeth.


Ben did not get his $20.


-A short story
 written by Christopher
 Friday November 6th
 2015.


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