I checked in at Wilder
/ Portland / OR
i’m out reading a book and there’s another solo diner at the bar waiting for his food but he isn’t doing anything. ANYTHING. like not even looking at his phone. he’s just sitting there and it’s deeply unsettling
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Admirable. There’s someone who allows themselves to be bored, to not feel the need to connect with the world and just get lost in their own thought. Kudos.
I used to do this and it was absolutely the best way to have other people start conversations with me. Sometimes waitstaff would just hang out and chat between other tables when it wasn’t busy
Ah to be young again, when loneliness was more powerful than social anxiety
i know, i know. and i know people used to have no choice. but it looks so out of place now!!