I've taken to beating the maitre'd to the inevitable query by saying "There'll be fewer than three at my table."
Stops'm cold!
I don't mind eating alone at a restaurant, and no, I don't loose myself in a book either, at least not if the food is good. But ONE is a respectable number. In fact, all the other numbers depend on it. Without ONE, you can't have two or 100 or 1000! It is never JUST, in any way.
Now if I could figure out a way to stop the waiter from briskly removing the other place settings, always with an air of disappointment or resignation, or is it realization that the tip will be smaller at this table with "just one" diner sitting there?
I'm pretty good company, to myself or to others. Join me?
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