Ron Darden had a ritual at FK Your Diet, a restaurant in Fort Myers, Florida.
He would walk in, order cheesy biscuits and gravy, and announce to whomever was within earshot, “It’s payday!”
It was his way of celebrating. Darden, a single father of two teenage daughters, had a demanding job in contract consulting, and twice a month, he would treat himself to breakfast. He had been coming to the comfort-food eatery for a while, and Doug Miller, the owner, had gotten used to seeing him…