Gift Card Slice of Life

My dad and I went to eat at Longhorn Steakhouse tonight. We used one of my gift cards from Teacher Appreciation week. The food was delicious and we had a bit of an adventure as well. We had eaten our salads and our steaks had arrived. After about 3 bites, the lights all dimmed! Everybody looked around wondering what was happening. There was no storm. It was a perfectly sunny day so it was not really very dark in the restaurant. We all went back to eating. Soon a manager came around and said that a circuit breaker had a problem and they hoped to fix it soon. Since it wasn't really a problem, we weren't concerned. Now parts of the restaurant had lights, other parts had lights that would dim, get brighter and then dim again. The computer station near our table would beep occasionally. When we finished eating, the waitperson came with our bill, so a computer was working somewhere in the building. We paid, finished our drinks and walked out into the bright sunshine. It seemed an odd time for a power surge, but it added a little excitement to our outing. It was a yummy dinner!