sechan19 | In which random kindnesses brighten my day.

Last night I felt like I just had to have pizza for dinner. So, I got on the horn and placed an order.

I gave my number and address, specified that this was an order for delivery, and then I requested a medium pepperoni. The woman taking my order (her name was Donna) asked me, "And what would you like on that?"

And, seriously, folks. My mind blanked.

There was a brief silence and then she said, "Oh, yeah, pepperoni. Duh!" And we both laughed.

"Oh boy," she sniggered.

"It's okay," I told her. "These things happen."

"Yeah, well, sometimes people respond with a 'uh... pepperoni?' when I say that."

"No, no," I replied. "You see, I'm right there with you. When you asked me what I wanted on the pizza, I honestly thought to myself, 'what do I want on the pizza?'"

And we both burst out laughing again.

As the giggles subsided, she read my order back to me and asked if I wanted anything else. I told her that that'd do it.

"Okay," she said. "Your total's $14-- no, it's $11.13. I'm giving you a $3 coupon for making me laugh."

Well, naturally, I was surprised and pleased. And most of all, I was really happy that she found this small thing I had done so nice that she felt moved to give me a little discount for it.

I thanked her by name and asked her to have a good evening, and she wished me the same.

It really wasn't much, but it wound up being a bright point in my day. I guess we haven't completely lost it as a species yet.

Yet.