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While dining alone might be viewed as a weird, avoidable, lonely thing to do, it does come with its benefits.
People-watching for example, or just straight up eavesdropping.
That's exactly what one solo-diner did recently in Toronto, Canada.
The quiet lunch Ashe Dryden expected to sit down to in her hotel restaurant didn't last long, thanks to a couple in the midst of a row.
omg the woman next to me just confronted the man with her because she found out he's been seeing her while in another long-term relationship
- ashe dryden (@ashedryden) May 1, 2017
"Omg the woman next to me just confronted the man with her because she found out he's been seeing her while in another long-term relationship," she wrote on Twitter, setting up one of 2017's greatest threads thus-far.
she is not having it lol
- ashe dryden (@ashedryden) May 1, 2017
y'all she found out because his girlfriend called her :joy:
- ashe dryden (@ashedryden) May 1, 2017
The guy is nervously shaking his leg and can't look at her while she calmly eats her food and lays into him :joy:
- ashe dryden (@ashedryden) May 1, 2017
I haven't heard him saying anything but stuttered sentence fragments and animal-in-pain noises and shes like pic.twitter.com/hjJDEn9cQr
- ashe dryden (@ashedryden) May 1, 2017
Waiter: are you two thinking about dessert?
- ashe dryden (@ashedryden) May 1, 2017
Him: no
Her: (to him) are you joking rn? (To waiter) yes, a cappuccino and chocolate cake
Do you think it would be inappropriate for me to propose to this woman while she eats her chocolate cake over his tears
- ashe dryden (@ashedryden) May 1, 2017
The guy's excuses, once they came, were hilariously shite.
Her: no I really wanna know what you were thinking.
- ashe dryden (@ashedryden) May 1, 2017
Him: I don't know. It was an accident, it just happened!
Her: I can't believe I wasted my vacation days on you
- ashe dryden (@ashedryden) May 1, 2017
God I love this woman. :joy::joy::joy:
- ashe dryden (@ashedryden) May 1, 2017
That wasn't the end of it, of course.
She's like... not even mad? She's cracking up at this guy as he realizes his whole personal life is now :put_litter_in_its_place:
- ashe dryden (@ashedryden) May 1, 2017
I wish I could covertly record a video of this guy's hands. It's like someone brand new learning to operate a Muppet :joy:
- ashe dryden (@ashedryden) May 1, 2017
Her: you're like, offended by the fact that I found out. What did you think was gonna happen?
- ashe dryden (@ashedryden) May 1, 2017
Him: I don't know, okay, I don't know.
Her: no, look at me. Actually you know what, don't look at me. You're trying to make this about your feelings, I can see it in your reaction
- ashe dryden (@ashedryden) May 1, 2017
Cappuccino has arrived!
- ashe dryden (@ashedryden) May 1, 2017
Her: you actually just said the words "you need to stay" to me. You said that. Do you hear yourself?
Don't worry I just asked for a dessert menu and I don't have the be to the airport for hours :ok_hand:
- ashe dryden (@ashedryden) May 1, 2017
Her: This is gonna sound mean, but I'm gonna find someone new right away and be happy while you'll still be a cheating loser
- ashe dryden (@ashedryden) May 1, 2017
Her: I don't feel guilty at all.
- ashe dryden (@ashedryden) May 1, 2017
Him: I'm very comfortable with who I am. I'm not a bad guy.
She's just staring at him
Her: I'm jumping to massive conclusions here, but I swear I have very little confidence in your ability to be a good guy, Brad.
- ashe dryden (@ashedryden) May 1, 2017
(Of course his name is Brad.)
- ashe dryden (@ashedryden) May 1, 2017
Her: you're aggressively passive aggressive. You're extremely irreverent, cynical guy and every convo we've had is you just undermining me
- ashe dryden (@ashedryden) May 1, 2017
Her: you're a Chief Whatever-the-hell-you-are and still a small, sad man.
- ashe dryden (@ashedryden) May 1, 2017
Her: I like that I never have to worry about you again. What a relief.
- ashe dryden (@ashedryden) May 1, 2017
They walked out together. Those two tables are how close we've been lol pic.twitter.com/8SPgZTkBpz
- ashe dryden (@ashedryden) May 1, 2017
That's even the full thread, which you can read in full here. It's something else. Think of it as a Ulysses for the Twitter age.