Uncanny | Jillene Stark

An older man always comes into the restaurant I work in. He orders the same thing and he reads the newspaper, when you walk up to talk to him he always will look you in the eye and tell you, "You are a great person and I would be the best friend you would ever want if you would give me the chance." Then he will go back to reading his newspaper while eating his food, and then he pays and leaves.

I always wonder why he would say that to every waitress? It doesn't matter their age or what they look like, he wants to be every ones friend. I have told him I would be his friend but nothing changes the next time he comes in he tells you the same thing over and over again. This has confused because he remembers my name but he won't remember that he already asked me the same question.

I started trying to understand the meaning of why he would say that specific thing. I thought maybe it is a saying that will brighten anyone’s day; maybe he is lonely and needs to know that people will still be his friend, or he is just crazy. I asked every waitress he has talked to how the reacted to his comment and they all think he is crazy but after they talk to him it does seam as though they feel much better about their work. I think that this old man says what he says to be nice and brighten our days because even though it sounds crazy and creepy, sometimes people just need to know that they have a friend.