I was in a restaurant with a man I met online. He insisted on bringing me my coffee, but the waitress entered unexpectedly and spilled it all over the table. My date became angry.

The waitress leaned in as we left and whispered, “I did it on purpose. “He was cheating on you.” I looked at her, puzzled. She went on, “I saw him flirting with another woman earlier.”

I thanked her, unsure whether to confront him or simply walk away. In the end, her telling me the truth prevented me from wasting any more time on someone who did not deserve me.