Here’s the scene. I’m standing in line at the local Bagel store. They have the best Bagels(fresh, not doughy) and I LOVE their coffee. The line moves up and as it becomes my turn I look up and there is a woman with a bad skin rash on both sides of her mouth. ” may I help you she says” and as the last word is released from her mouth she reaches up and with her platic gloved hand ( didnt matter what hand) she rubs the rash. I’m frozen. I can’t respond. What should I do ? I wanted to say ” What the hell was that” but I was shocked and scared and didnt want to embarass her. ” Embarass her ? Am I high ? So I casually calculated my choices. Bagel ..No ! Coffee ..No ! Aaahhh..yeah the newspaper.. Yeah that’s it ..I turn to pick up the paper but their is none ..Ugh. No what ? I turned back to her and said .” Just a plain bagel please..nothing on it” She knew something was up , but couldn’t respond..” Yeah sure..” she drawled. She plopped the bagel in a brown bag and mumbled..$ 1.25 I gave her 2 and waited for the change like Dorothy waited for the sand to run out of the hourglass. each second was like a single grain of sand..until she handed me the .75c. Another dilema( to be continued)
