| Thursday, December 23, 2004 |
12:39 - Goodwill toward lunch
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Well, that was a "blog moment" if there ever was one.
Kris and I were getting sandwiches at Togo's. As the sandwich maker was putting together mine on the back counter, warming up the pastrami, another employee asked for the sandwich type, as usual, and rung it up—but mistakenly tallied it as part of the guy's order who was standing next to me. After a couple of minutes of standing there with my $5 bill out, waiting to pay, I noticed that nothing was happening with my order—and the guy next to me looked up from his receipt, startled. "Did I just pay for yours?"
I shrugged cluelessly, then held up my money. "Okay, how much was yours?" But he waved it off with a broad grin. "Merry Christmas!"
Smiles and chortles and embarrassed noises of thanks all around. He repeated the sentiment with a slap on the back as he exited, having dumped a generous tip in the little bucket on the counter.
At least some people know how to spread the kind of holiday cheer that lasts all day.
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Brian Tiemann
