Heartwarming Anecdote of the Day

[aggienaut]

   Today I was up in Merced, California, meeting a member of the ASUCM Supreme Court for coffee. There were a bunch of people milling around about where the line should be but most of them seemed to have already ordered and shortly they wandered off. The guy in front of me ordered and then there was me and this grouchy looking old guy standing there.
   "Were you here first?" I asked him, stepping back. He really looked sour, I was almost afraid to say anything to him, but I also am not about to cut off an old guy.
   Without really answering me he steps up to the register. "I'll have a a drip coffee, and whatever he wants" he said indicating at me. "Sometimes it pays to be polite" he said with a smile as he paid for my iced coffee.


Unrelated Picture of the Day

Picture from Epic Roadtrip 2007 I don't THINK I put up yet.
While this picture is from a sunrise in Wyoming, I did drive past similar windmills and a similar looking sunset today.

Comments

[jnel.livejournal.com]

I love those windmills...they look so crazy up close.

[baxaphobia.livejournal.com]

That was really nice. Enlarged the pic so I could see it. Nice! My husband loves Wyoming with a passion. He lived there for 6 years prior to us meeting.

[yummymummy88.livejournal.com]

Thats a gorgeous picture, I really like it.

[millysdaughter.livejournal.com]

I am very impressed with the way you handled the coffee shop gentleman.

[theafaye.livejournal.com]

My heart's cockles are truly warmed by that story. It does indeed pay to be polite. Most of the time.

[boxsofrain.livejournal.com]

My heart is certainly warmed. The thing is, this world needs more nice people. People like you.

California also needs to let gay people marry....oh wait, wrong topic.

[lunabee.livejournal.com]

That is really awesome. I should do that for someone else sometime.

[alycewilson.livejournal.com]

I call that story instant karma.

[jinx.livejournal.com]

I really like hearing stories like that, no matter how small and everyday they are. Thanks for sharing it!

[wagrobanite.livejournal.com]

hi, I just wanted to comment. You added me as a friend, which is fine but my journal is friends only... so you won't be seeing much. Just an FYI...

[guabili.livejournal.com]

twenty awwww points

--

[whitelabeldemo.livejournal.com]

Lovely pic! ^_^

[britishcowgirl.livejournal.com]

just wanna say hi new friend dude - alright if I return the friending?

[fsk8ing-judge.livejournal.com]

Yep, it sure does pay to be polite. :)