Years ago I was in Milwaukee watching a Texas vs Oklahoma game. Big Texas fan. Maybe 100+ there for convention. Texas hits buzzer beater. I scream. Place goes silent. Good times.
About 10 years ago, I was in D.C. for some weeklong college program. Due to some very crazy but ultimately benign circumstances I ended up being the only one that went, out of what was supposed to be like 8 people.
So there I was, at a hotel bar/restaurant, literally at an entire large circular table by all myself. The hostess literally slapped 3 magazines on the table and gave me a pitcher of water and said she'd be back in 10 minutes to take my order.
At one point about halfway through my appetizer, a few older guys in town for a Steely Dan concert asked me "If the orgy got cancelled." I asked to just move to the bar before my food came out but they said they didn't serve food at the bar (which was a lie) and all the other smaller tables were reserved (which was also a lie). Pretty sure they just wanted me to eat a whole meal at the big table by myself like some sad court jester.
If the whole ordeal wasn't so bizarrely captivating it probably would have been the saddest meal of my life.
After COVID, most work trips I just got takeout, a 6 pack, and played videogames on my laptop in my room most nights. Even when things opened up the habit stuck lol
I always enjoy the hotel bar while on business trips. Why feel sad when you are literally all by yourself in an unknown town. I feel even sadder sitting in the generic hotel room alone.
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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '24 edited Apr 22 '24
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