Five minutes to closing at my favorite Chinese takeout in Quincy. I had just left the nursing home after visiting a friend and decided to surprise my husband with some egg foo yong. As soon as I had ordered, I could picture my credit card sitting on the bureau at home. I was about to leave when a beautiful young lady said, "I'll pay." As I said "Thank you, but no," the clerk was adding my bill to her tab. She slipped out the door and was gone in seconds, leaving behind one grateful 75-year-old.
Pat Schneider
Milton
Staying Out of It
I was standing in line at a store in March when the salesclerk had problems ringing in the purchases of the man in front of me. She called the head cashier over and after several tries, the brunette head cashier said, "I'm having a blond hair day." The gentleman looked at the blond salesclerk who was originally helping him and said, "That wasn't very nice." Then three faces turned to me, and there I was with a scarf wrapped around my head. "Don't look at me," I said. "I'm having a no-hair day."
Rosemarie Hartnett
Salem, New Hampshire
