Our third Thanksgiving-Palooza post involves a recap of the past two RACs I’ve done yesterday and today. Aunt Bethany here, and I will still be serving as your host for this post, and for the upcoming fourth and final entry to our Thanksgiving-Palooza series.
My Wednesday RAC was by no means anything spectacular. It actually piggy-backed off of my Tuesday RAC, so, in many ways, it shouldn’t have counted. Still, it’s an action I wouldn’t normally have done, so, it counts! RACs are kind of like horse shoes and hand grenades: even if you’re close, it counts!
As I was picking up a Little Caesar’s Hot-N-Ready pizza on Wednesday, I was met by a rather pleasant and amiable cashier, who looked liked he had just faced a rather difficult rush of lunch orders. Still, he approached the counter refreshed and with a smile on his face. In fact, he even took the time mid-transaction to ask me how I was, a question which usually is placed at the front of conversation and without much thought. “How are you today?” has become as normal as just saying “Hello” to someone…you do it without thinking, but just how much do you really wish to know how someone is?
So, hearing this question mid-conversation kind of threw me, in a good way. I think I was so surprised to hear that come out of his mouth that I almost didn’t know how to respond. I was able, however, to come up with something, because my hands eventually found their way to my wallet and handed $6.95 to the cashier. “How are you?” goes” at the BEGINNING of the conversation, goddamnit! Cannot compute, cannot compute, cannot compute…
I was just about to pick up my steaming box of goodness when I glanced down on the counter to spy a mostly empty tip jar staring back at me…
How can you say “no” to eyes like that?
Miracle on 32nd Street 