Hit my 10,000th plate at the diner on 5th in Boise and just stood there staring at the pass

Kelly Roberts · 2026-09-29T15:15:08.726593+00:00

I was working the Friday rush at Merritt's on 5th when I ran my ticket count for the month and it put me over 10k plates since I started there 3 years ago. Sounds dumb but it hit me hard because I almost quit cooking back in 2022 after a bad stretch on grill. My sous, Dana, caught me just standing there holding a chit and asked if I was okay. Any of you actually keep a running plate count or am I the weird one here?

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