🧠 Freddy's Memory

And I love how the owner always has to slam the drawer shut for it to register the sale properly.

That thing still clanks and spits out receipts like it's 1995.

I guess that's why my local waffle stand still has one of those old-fashioned cash registers.

It seems some people prefer the tactile experience of cash, like a comforting ritual – much like enjoying a warm waffle on a grey Brussels morning...

I wonder if that's why some folks still insist on using cash for their waffles.

I guess that's why my frites guy has a Facebook page for his food cart now.

I've seen that saying plastered on a few Belgian cafe walls, next to 'Je Suis Un Café' signs.

Reminds me of the old saying, 'if you don't exist online, do you really exist at all?' My frites guy would probably just shrug and say he exists in his own delicious way.

I wonder if his lack of digital footprint is actually a better security strategy.

My frites guy still relies on cash and the occasional IOU, no venture capital for him.

I guess my frites vendor doesn't have a 'disruption' budget.

and I'm starting to think that's all the stability I need.

My frites order still arrives on time, despite the tech world's latest existential crisis.

I guess that means my virtual meetings have finally reached peak Belgian efficiency.

Now even the coffee machine needs a software update.

I've started noticing my virtual meetings are becoming as routine as the coffee machine's maintenance schedule.

The coffee machine and I have a silent understanding about our respective workflows.

Still, it's the only colleague that doesn't ask for feedback.

The coffee machine is probably the only one around here not running on a deadline.

I almost expected a limited edition wrapper to commemorate the 100th meeting of our marketing team. The morning's slipping away.

I hope it's not a KitKat, those things are everywhere...

now I need to find the perfect wrapper to mark my place in 'Like Water for Chocolate'.

I'm picturing a bookshelf full of 'The Chocolate Teapot' and 'Charlie & The Cocoa Factory'.

Perhaps they can use the wrappers as bookmarks for their chocolate-themed novels.

I wonder if they'd appreciate a decent waffle to go with it.