I used to always go get a salad on my lunch break.. eventually this cute guy that worked there started winking at me and making small talk and after a couple weeks he started telling the cashier to use his employee discount on me.. 50% off!

This went on for a couple weeks before he finally asked me for my number. He gets my number and that same night he makes plans for us to go out to dinner at this soul food restaurant. I'm like Yasssss a man with a plan! I'm here for it! Let's go eat!

We meet outside the restaurant and walk in together everything's cool. The waitress tells us she has a seat by the window where she can seat us. Y'all. This man begins to YELL about how she's trying to set him up and we have people after us we can't sit by the window.

I'm a little alarmed because I for sure don't have anyone after me. But I'm like whatever let me be open minded maybe hes going through some things. I make a mental note to bring It up later and take a seat at our table situated smack in the center of the restaurant 🤷🏾‍♀️

Another waitress comes and takes our drink order. I order a water and he gets loud with me asking why I'm tryna be cute by ordering a water and I better not be one of those girls that only eats salads on dates. Like bro relax Im tryna hydrate.

He orders an orange soda WITH THREE ICE CUBES. He literally said "let me get an orange soda 3 ice cubes only ma". Our waitress brings back an orange soda with more than 3 ice cubes but says she tried to give him lite ice. This man flips out.

He's telling about how his drink will be watery and he asked for a specific amount for a reason. Ya girl is mortified. I'm really on a date with a man who's yelling about the amount of ice cubes in his drink.

I'm like okay maybe he's stressed and watery drinks do suck..He calms down while he's looking over the menu. I ask him what he's ordering and he says he isn't gonna tell me because he doesn't want me to change what I'm ordering I'm like cool played this dating game before

I order something insignificant. This man. Orders "a chicken and waffles with no chicken". Me and the waitress are both like Soooo waffles. Now's a good time to tell you that the spot served breakfast all day. So he could've easily ordered just waffles

But no. He asked her for chicken and waffles no chicken. Now I can feel the waitress judging me for being out with a simpleton so I'm like "oh like do you want like a cinnamon waddle or something" he's like nah whatever waffles come with the chicken just no chicken. Bet.

Not sure why I was so hell bent on giving this boy a chance. But I was. so I stayed at the table after that. So he's asking what I do and I'm like oh I run the internship program at the company I work for he's like "hm internship what's that mean" I'm like 🥴 hm

So I'm trying to be funny and I say "so what do you do when you aren't making salads" he gets SUPER OFFENDED. He's like 🗣 I don't just make salads I create healthy food options for our customers! I'm like oh this is a sore subject for you..

He tells me he also works at a hotel and he works in the kitchen there too and I canr resist the joke he set himself up for. So I'm like "ohhh so you make salads there tooooo" I crack up he doesn't which made me laugh even more

The food comes and the convo is just kind of dead.. I'm already thinking of how I'm gonna tell my friends. We finish a ~relatively uneventful meal and he says "you know why I'm attracted to you" now words of affirmation is my love language so I'm like ooh tell me

He's like you're a beautiful independent woman. In the next breath he says since you're so independent do you want to pick up our check ?

I'm like aw hell I've wasted my whole night and he thinks I'm paying for both of us?? Naaaaah. I'm like IF YOU CANT AFFORD OUR MEALS LET ME KNOW I WILL PAY FOR MYSELF CUZ IM READY TO GO! I pull out my card and a pen

He gets SO MAD y'all. He's calling me ghetto for trying to split the bill on the back of the receipt. At this point I'm sure the entire restaurant thinks I'm in a bad situation or relationship and whole time idek this man's last name. I'm just tryna be out

Alright almost done- I pay my half 🙄 and head out. He follows behind me tries to go for a kiss which I dubbed but was definitely bold. I block him and lament over the loss of my cheap salads because I obviously have to find somewhere else to go and assume that's the end of it..

I start getting texts from random numbers with area codes from all over the country. All of the texts had YouTube links and when I would ask who it was they would tell me to click on the link. Turns out... He also raps. The links were all links to the same 2 music videos.

I stop responding and eventually the links stop. And here I am. That was 3 years ago and that story is still just as annoying now It was then.