buckshot
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Well, for the time being anyway.
As the result of a bad start to the new year I got to spend a bit of time in the waiting room of the local Canadian Tire store while a pair of tires were fitted to my car this afternoon, and something completely awesome happened.
There was a young french couple there when I arrived, it looked like they had been there a while and that their stay was not going to be over any time soon. There was also another fellow, looked to be in his mid 40s, milling around the room, in and out talking with the service people. About 15 minutes into my stay mid 40s enters the room with a delivery guy from the local Swiss Challet restaurant, and they both unload some food from the big delivery bag. Mid 40s pays the delivery guy and tips him quite well.
After the delivery guy leaves, Mid 40s approaches the french couple and introduces himself as the owner of the local Swiss Challet and explains how he overheard what I'm assuming was a distressed phone conversation that they must have had with friends/relatives regarding their automotive troubles. He then says he's been there himself, knows how hard this sort of thing can be when you've got someplace to be, and gives them the two meals from the takeout bag. He then set about finding some plastic cutlery for them, and returned with some knives and forks momentarily.
Despite having to deal with a flat tire at 5:30 in the morning with the outside temp hovering around -30C, after seeing what happened this afternoon it's been a good day.
As the result of a bad start to the new year I got to spend a bit of time in the waiting room of the local Canadian Tire store while a pair of tires were fitted to my car this afternoon, and something completely awesome happened.
There was a young french couple there when I arrived, it looked like they had been there a while and that their stay was not going to be over any time soon. There was also another fellow, looked to be in his mid 40s, milling around the room, in and out talking with the service people. About 15 minutes into my stay mid 40s enters the room with a delivery guy from the local Swiss Challet restaurant, and they both unload some food from the big delivery bag. Mid 40s pays the delivery guy and tips him quite well.
After the delivery guy leaves, Mid 40s approaches the french couple and introduces himself as the owner of the local Swiss Challet and explains how he overheard what I'm assuming was a distressed phone conversation that they must have had with friends/relatives regarding their automotive troubles. He then says he's been there himself, knows how hard this sort of thing can be when you've got someplace to be, and gives them the two meals from the takeout bag. He then set about finding some plastic cutlery for them, and returned with some knives and forks momentarily.
Despite having to deal with a flat tire at 5:30 in the morning with the outside temp hovering around -30C, after seeing what happened this afternoon it's been a good day.
