What You Expect Is Not Always What You Get

What you expect is not always what you get

It was my daughter's birthday, and the family decided to take her out and eat. We discussed a few restaurants in town and decided to go with Cheesecake Factory. Considering how the Cheesecake Factory was designed, it was a new experience in dining for me. Upon arriving, the wait was long so we were seated in the waiting area. We had to wait for availability in the restaurant's dining area.

Even though it was a very large restaurant, because of the popularity of the place, it was packed. After being seated in the dining area we were given dinner menus and my family all ordered food of their choice. Since I was not that hungry, I decided to eat something light and simple. While I was still looking at the dinner menu, the waiter came and asked, "What can I get for you this evening?" I decided to go with some kind of salad since I was not in the mood to eat something too filling. I went with the garden salad with shrimp and that was my selection.

The waiter started bringing the food out for my family. All of the food he brought out looked and smelled so wonderful. As the waiter was bringing my salad my family all looked and started laughing at how big of a salad it was. I was just shocked because I did not want too much of anything. The serving size was extremely