Many restaurants have changed operating hours due to the pandemic. The drastic reduction of customers hits hardest in the overnight hours, meaning places that formerly would have operated 24/7 are now closing for some number of hours overnight to save money.
Clearly Denny’s don’t like their eggs poached, so they scrambled an employee to eject the paltry thieves. Police were ready to shoot as soon as they saw the whites of their eyes but when they drew their weapons those bad eggs went over easy. One was a local stool pigeon, the other a chick in a coupe.
About 20 years ago my husband decided to buy a really expensive bottle of wine, just to see if it was that much better. Before we had a chance to drink it our house was broken into (while we were home, asleep upstairs!) The thieves stole our entire chocolate stash, our quarter jar, and all the booze in the cupboard over the fridge, including the expensive wine! The police actually laughed when we called and said to look in the recycling of any neighbors with teenagers over the next week to find out who it was.
Ha! I tried the “poke a hole” thing after reading that post (unsterilized thumbtack ) and was disappointed in the outcome. It wasn’t the perfect peel I’d been led to expect. But it was a good egg.
Back to the Denny’s story: I suspect it may have been past or current line cooks. I can’t imagine just some rando feeling comfortable in a commercial kitchen like that, but maybe I underestimate my fellow humans.