The 10 year old and I went down the street to the local Cosi to grab some lunch a while ago.  What with our chatting together, it wasn’t until after we had already picked up her pizza and my buffalo bleu chicken sandwich and got up to the cash register that I noticed the signs informing customers that the store’s credit card system was currently fubar and it was cash-only in the meantime.

“Uh, oh – Is that right?” I said to the cashier, “I didn’t even notice the sign and I don’t have any cash.”

The cashier took a look at me, took another look at the gel, printed out a receipt, smiled and said, “Y’all have a good one.”

The gel later cynically pointed out that I probably would not have got such treatment had I been there on my own.  Perhaps she’s right, but as I pointed out, it was still an awfully nice gesture.