Day 168 – Eating Alone

It is a day-night doubleheader today so that meant I had to catch the 11:05 train, the only one before it was at 8.

The US Anthem before the 1st game may have been the worst one I have ever heard. The singer was trying to stretch out every single word and show off how wide a range of pitches she could reach. The anthem had absolutely no flow to it.

After the 1st game I went to one of the nearby restaurants. The wait was at least 30 mins to get a table. The whole area was very crowded since you had so many people who were only going to one of the 2 games. That meant you had all these people still hanging around after the first game while many people were showing up early for the 2nd game.

I got into a conversation w/a nice couple at the table beside me who had driven down for the day from Maine and were going to the night game. It made for a more enjoyable meal. That is probably the worst thing about traveling alone is the meals can be pretty boring. It is why I have enjoyed finding places to eat that had TV’s in them.

One thing I do notice when eating alone is you either get a waitress/waiter who will stick around and have a conversation with you or they basically ignore you the whole time your there. There doesn’t seem to be much inbetween. I guess some figure it is only 1 person so it will be a small bill and therefore a small tip while others see it as this person is probably bored and could use someone to talk to. I’ll tell you what I have no problem giving them no tip or very little when they basically ignore you. I strongly believe in the Mr. Pink theory about tipping (if you don’t get this, go watch Reservoir Dogs). My tipping starts at 0 and goes up as they do good things.

After taking the 1st game of the doubleheader the Jays had control of the 2nd game but slowly the Sox crept back in it late and came back to win. The day was looking so promising and now even w/Halladay starting tomorrow even the hope for a miracle no longer seems like it will be enough. It was a depressing trek back to the hotel tonight.