Nicely done.
My girlfriend taught writing and would suggest just that activity… to learn what NOT to do. People meander and are nigh incomprehensible at times. You can write in a naturalistic style, but you can’t write like people actually talk.
Wrong! Isn’t my hubby a tomato? 
Not to digress further, but I think David Mamet (and to a lesser extent, Brian Michael Bendis) have built writing careers on this.
David Mamet does as good a job of writing like people actually talk of anyone I can think of… Norman Mailer, too. That’s a very different thread, but an interesting one.
I was one of the funniest replies I’ve read in a really long time. Good one. 
That, whatever. :smack:
Don’t forget the geese in bonnets, and the rental audiobook versions of the Left Behind series.
For good, heavy breakfast, I greatly prefer a local chain called the Egg Platter, but on the road when I need biscuits and gravy – and sometimes, you just need biscuits and gravy – Cracker Barrel it is. However, their corporate response to this might just change that. We’ll see.
I stopped eating at Cracker Barrel several years ago, after they were shown to be firing anyone found to be lesbian. If I want an elaborate breakfast, I can go across the road to Bob Evans or Waffle & Steak. If I want a great breakfast, I’ll go to the locally owned Eva’s on Broadway. Eva’s puts those franchises to shame.
It seems that every time I think Denny’s has learned its lesson, they get sued again by some black family that sat there for an hour without anybody taking their order. I don’t think I’ll be getting a Moons Over My Hammy any time soon.
Larry McMurty is also brilliant at writing dialogue.
And yeah, Cracker Barrel food is basically lard on a plate, covered in gravy, then drizzled with bacon fat. I feel sorry for anyone who has to work there, I doubt they can ever get the grease out of their hair and clothes after a day in that joint.