He is getting ready for a date while Albert busies himself recharging used batteries in the oven.

Albert suggests Harold invites Roxanne home for her dinner - which he does.

After clearly spending a great deal of time preparing for the evening (including lace tablecloth, bread rolls, a candelabra, asparagus soup and two colours of wine), by 8.25pm Roxanne has failed to show and is now almost an hour late

Albert baits Harold throughout - reinforcing that they are better off without 'birds'. Harold becomes angrier and angrier until his disappointment and frustration erupt and he wrecks the dinner table.

Harold answers and, after telling her she is late, angrily shoves a plate of rescued fish and chips at Roxanne. Slamming the door in her face, he tells her to go away.
The scene closes with Harold staring out of the window hopelessly questioning "who did she think she was"? Meanwhile, Albert reveals himself the manipulator