Unwanted dinner guests

This month’s winner is ROD SMITH of Oskaloosa, Kansas:

My wife and I visited Victoria Falls in 2012. After I did the bungee jump from the bridge that spans the Zambezi River between Zimbabwe and Zambia, we went to the outdoor Bridge Café for lunch.

We sat down at a table, the only patrons, and ordered hamburgers and fries. When the waitress brought our lunch, she took out a slingshot and walked over to the railing. My wife whispered to me, “What do you think she’s doing?” So I went over and asked. 

The waitress said, “I want to make sure you’re not bothered while you eat.” 

“By what?” I asked. 

“Baboons,” she replied, and until we finished eating she stood guard, slinging rocks every once in a while at rustling bushes. It’s the only time we’ve ever had a guard while eating a meal.

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