Scene: A family restaurant with ordinary food cooked well, at reasonable prices. Hostess: Good evening. Two tonight? Let me show you to your booth.Disaffected Newsletter is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
Ha ha - at first I thought you were relating a recent dinner out with friends, and then ....💡these are the characters in the Steven King novel Carrie. Yep, been a long time since I read it, or saw the movie, but you landed how a restaurant scene would go with Mama and Carrie.
It's humor. You can try laughing. Or not, if it's not to your taste.
Joke. Fun.
Oh, sorry…didn’t understand it was referencing “Carrie” when I wrote that I didn’t know how to take it. 🫣
No problem. I know it's a bit oblique. Dry humor doesn't always work.
Ha ha - at first I thought you were relating a recent dinner out with friends, and then ....💡these are the characters in the Steven King novel Carrie. Yep, been a long time since I read it, or saw the movie, but you landed how a restaurant scene would go with Mama and Carrie.