there are restaurants in brooklyn that i've been to once and never have been able to find again that is why i hate Brooklyn and that is why i hate the food service industry since i was sixteen i've made my money by giving people things and taking them while they try hard not to make eye contact with me. sometimes couples go to restaurants and sit next to each other on the same side of the booth this is a phenomenon in casual dining that i witness quite regularly and i hate it but when i am in a mexican restaurant and it is the summer i am wearing shorts and we are sitting at the counter and i cannot imagine eating a meal without our knees knocking together and the back of a hand on my thigh and making faces close between meal and check, breathing through our noses because we haven't brushed our teeth yet and we're both self conscious. i hand two plates to two people who are facing the wall away from me and they are kissing two coworkers close to my age say they wish they grew up in the sixties i'd live anytime it was cheaper to fill my gas tank it is winter and i am driving and trying to follow the subway stops and trying to find the places i've been to once and never have been able to find again.
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