An old diner in Houston, Texas.
"They told me it would be salty," said the stern man in the black suit with the well-trimmed facial hair, "but I've never had lobster that tasted like this. This is inedible." He gestured disgustedly toward the shapeless pile of pink on his plate. "You really should just take it off the menu."
"Well," the kind waitress explained, "we always warn the customers that it is very salty."
"They did warn me, but this is just silly. This is just stupid. You should really just raise your prices 50 cents and take it off the menu."
"Hold on just one minute." The waitress walked away, and was eventually replaced by a jolly short man with blue eyes and a little beard (the owner).
Man in suit repeats lobster comment, but aggression has subsided a bit.
Writer has shifted to present tense, story has become considerably more sparse.
Writer is unusually meta-aware of story, but continues as if he has not written this sentence or the one above it, both of which pertain to the wording and tone of the story, rather than the actual content, and therefore might subtract from the overall effect of the story, but the writer doesn't care, though he has noticed that he is now writing in full sentence format, and he is also very aware that he is making a substantial effort to keep this as one run-on sentence, rather than multiple sentences, so that the earlier part of the sentence will still be true, but now the writer is a bit worried because the run-on sentence is taking up more space than he thought it would, and is afraid that it will ruin the story and that the reader will not want to read all of this meaningless crap, but is also aware that the reader might be drawn to anything out of the ordinary, which means that this might come as a breath of fresh air to the reader, which is a good thing, so let me remind you of the diner in Houston so that you will understand the next sentence; also, for the sake of preserving the effect of the story, let us pretend that you did not just read this sentence or the last (refer to two sentences ago for a reminder if necessary).
Owner handles situation with much jolliness, explains that many people enjoy eating the lobster, and that they are making money from it.
Man quietly restates suggestion to remove lobster from menu, but has clearly lost whatever motivation previously drove him to complain so profusely.
Owner makes appropriate kind comment and walks away.
Man stands up, pays, leaves. Lobster sits on plate, uneaten.
(Entirely true story.)
