I always did that, doesn’t work. The shock of the hot water separates the shell.
I used to eat one a day. Now I got a microwave egg poacher-$7 at Walmart. ‘Hollandaise sauce is $2/packet. Add spinach, paprika-colorful. So I’m up to 2 eggs with an English muffin and ham. Easy to make. I look forward more to breakfast. Perhaps one egg florentine and oatmeal. I dunno these days.