Today's OneWord: Unsalted

The steak was bland and unsalted, and no amount of extra on-the-surface seasoning could salvage it. I called over the waiter, but he seemed more interested in ogling my girlfriend than fixing my meal. When I left a five cent tip, the guy caught me at the door and went berserk on me. I sincerely thought he was going to stab me with his own pen before an old lady whacked him, hard, with her purse. "Don't you hurt her for your shitty service!" she admonished him.

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