25. Partnership Test
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There are five reasons why rich people prefer restaurants over fast food chains.

Food, facility, decor, service and ambience.

So, when Xavier offered Cesar and Lewelyn to eat breakfast with him in the “Dine&Dash restaurant”, they thought they will eat in a comfortable and elegant place. But as soon as they stepped inside the crowded place which is similar to cafeteria they see in school or office, Cesar and Lewelyn were shocked.

The chairs and tables are ordinary looking and there are no tablecloths for the table. The background music volume level was set way too loud, causing the diners to yell at each other. Without carpeted floors, the wood chairs scraped noisily at the vinyl floor.

A man like Cesar, who will run for Mayor, hates places like this, and he swears this kind of business will never see him again.

‘I couldn’t believe he invited us to this kind of sh*t!’ Cesar complained inwardly while standing at the entrance of the dining place.

There was nothing wrong eating in this pl
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