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902 I’m 66 and I eat breakfast at the same diner every Saturday and the waitress knows my order before I sit down — and last week she was off sick and the replacement asked what I wanted, and I realized the meal isn’t why I come here, the meal is just the cover charge for being expected somewhere by someone who notices when I don’t show up

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Tommy Baker @ Silicon Canals · 04/21/2026 00:30 EDT

I’m 66 and I eat breakfast at the same diner every Saturday and the waitress knows my order before I sit down — and last week she was off sick and the replacement asked what I wanted, and I realized the meal isn’t why I come here, the meal is just the cover charge for being expected somewhere by someone who notices when I don’t show up

For two decades, he thought he came for the eggs over easy and crispy bacon, but when his regular waitress was gone and a stranger asked for his order, the truth hit him like a punch to the gut.

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