ALARM FORK

ALARM FORK

In a luxury restaurant called Future Life I was served a mysterious alarm fork. At the beginning I had no idea what it is good for. So I took it and tried to stick it in a potato. Immediately, a deafening alarm was set off: “HOT, HOT, HOT,” the fork yelled. A bit embarrassed about the fuss I was causing, I checked if other people in the restaurant had observed my accident.

There were two buttons on the fork. What I wanted to know was what will happen when I press the red one. As soon as I had touched it, the fork began to blink and a choir was singing : “WATCH YOUR WEIGHT, EAT LOW CALORIE FOOD AND ENJOY FITNESS.” People around me curiously turned their heads and began to guess about my body mass index. I desperately tried to switch this stupid alarm off but the more I pressed the bottom, the more often the slogan was repeated. Suddenly, the red button began to blink and a loud accusing voice said: “ THE FORK RECOGNIZES THAT YOUR PALMS ARE DIRTY. PLEASE WASH YOUR HANDS BEFORE EATING. OTHERWISE INFECTIONS CAN BE SPREAD.” Deeply ashamed I threw the fork onto the table. Stupidly it landed between my potatoes and with it shouting “HOT, HOT, HOT,” I furiously ran out of the restaurant straight ahead to the next McDonald.

Written by Regina Steiner