The cafeteria underneath Clinton's watch party is so sad

NEW YORK — There’s a dimly lit cafeteria underneath Hillary Clinton’s watch party in New York City and it may be one of the saddest places in the country right now.

As the results rolled in so did the people, seeking a place away from the giant TV screens that kept predicting red states in the crowded event space. Some, in search of booze, a quiet place to cry and, in possibly a few cases, vomit.

“I was feeling a little bit sick earlier and I went to the bathroom and I’m pretty sure that I was not the only one who was in there to potentially vomit,” Steven Peterson, a 35-year-old software engineer said. “I’ve seen all over Twitter that a lot of people are saying that they’re physically sick and I think that’s kind of been going on down here.”

“I went to hide in the stall for 15 or 20 minutes because I needed to breathe. It’s been pretty bad,” Peterson continued.

Two tables away there’s a group of five people, some discarded American flags and lots of beer. They’re staring at their phones and doing math about which states Clinton can still win. Tears start to stream down a woman’s face as the number narrow.

“I am moving tomorrow, out of this country. I just moved a year ago and there’s no f------ way I’m raising my 2-year-old boy here,” Ursula Martinez, 40, a World Bank employee said. “I have citizenship in [Peru] … I don’t need to live here.”

“I thought I was probably bringing my boy to a better society but it’s disgusting,” she said.

Daniyal Nadel, 25, a wealth manager and Alexandra Barand, a 32-year-old entrepreneur are sitting alone at a table drinking wine.

“I don’t know how all of these people think he can do anything for them,” Barand said as her eyes filled with tears. “The polling agencies, they should be discredited. Total waste of time and effort.”

“I thought that it would be a landslide. I didn’t think that it would be close but I thought that goodness and humanity would prevail,” Lani Brandon, a 38-year-old attorney, said

But there’s still hope — no matter how dim.

Brandon said she was “scared and nervous” but “absolutely” holding out hope that Clinton could still win.

“Go Hillary, I will support her always,” Brandon continued.

And as people stood in line to buy potato chips and alcohol there was a bright spot. The women stocking the fridge with beer kept repeating “optimism, optimism, optimism.”

"We have to remember no matter who wins, we are still one nation, under God with liberty and justice for all," one said.