The Obits

<b>Two strangers - both retired - get off on the wrong foot over a favorite table at the cafe.</b><p></p>Joe celebrates his first day of retirement by stopping into the cafe for a cup of coffee and thenewspaper. He doesn't realized that he has chosen the seat and the newspaper of longtime regular Eddie who is a creature of habit. Marlene the cafe's matriarchal waitress diligently tries to talk Joe into moving just as Eddie shows up and makes a scene.<p></p>Joe bites his tongue on Marlene's account and moves to the other table leaving Eddie to read his beloved obituaries.From this awkward beginning an unlikely friendship develops.