Nice. I read it nearly to the half-way before I figured what the troops are. Used theme, as such, picture roaches or ants as soldiers, invading fields of plenty or whatever, but I have to say, you deliver the joke pretty well, I laughed while I read this. I would think twice if I would use again the services of a restaurant which has a cockroach problem. Anyway... Good read, I enjoyed this a lot. Good work.

I never went back..but I did eat there that time. I think the funniest part was how the person wiped away the cockroach as if it was no big deal and was surprised that we were still concerned about it.

Liked it, eh? I'm glad to see you still stop by from time to time, supersquarwk.

My pleasure, I assure you.

I shouldn't have read this during my break. It took me awhile to figure out what the troops were as well, but I think the idea was intriguing and fresh. I just used the word "fresh" with this story. O.o Still, what bugs me more is that it's based on true events. And now I used the word "bugs". I'm on a roll.

You're on a roll? Just like that roach wanted to be!

I've eaten in places almost as classy as that.

I went looking for it over the weekend since I was in the neighborhood; the whole strip mall it used to be a part of is vacant, except for a discount movie theater that specializes in movies played in Spanish, a smoke shop, and a cowboy hat store.

Where is this, again? Nevada or something?

Arizona.

Ah. That also makes sense.

Oh lawdy. Yeah, the joke was clever and well-presented. Nothing like cheap ass Chinese buffets. The worst one I've ever had the pleasure of visiting was in Tennessee.

I wonder if someone could write a "50 Awful Chinese Buffets, One for Each State" travel guide.

That would be the best worst travel guide ever.

This is a nice spin to the story I heard from you. Yuck.

Glad you liked it enough to +fav it. Thanks!

Some phrasing problems- using the word "parts" twice in a single sentence, once in the immediate next, made for clunky reading, but I got the ants reference pretty quickly and enjoyed the humour in this. Interesting how the points of view suddnely switched around, too.

As for that restaurant, I am seriously glad it's now gone. That sounded purely revolting, and I wouldn't have ever eaten in a place with scavengers already there, no matter what the "convenience"-factor. Cheap in money, certainly, but the other costs? Just the mere though of it makes it difficult for me to keep my gorge down... O____o Ugh.

now that was a gross out.... yuckooooooo..... very well done....

V.

I'm glad you're peeking in at some of this older stuff...you're very committed. :>

And yes..it was very gross when the events that this was based on took place.

and I ate at a Chinese buffet tonight!

*hugs...

V.