Tuesday, August 12, 2014

a simple challenge

Whenever I go to the office I stop and pick up a large coffee from a nearby Korean grocer.  The prices are cheap; the coffee is good; and the cashier who always waits on me knows exactly how much half and half to add.  I've been going to this place for a few months now and I've yet to see this girl smile.

So I have given myself the task of trying to get her to smile.  It's been my secret little game.  The other day, for instance, she was reading The Post.  "Any good news?" I ask.  She impassively responds, quite literally, "I don't know; I just started reading it."

Another day I smile and say, "You always get the amount of half and half exactly right.  You'd be amazed at how many people don't."  She looks at me with deadpan eyes and says, "It's not that hard."

Today I confess.  "You know, everyday I try to see if I can get you to smile, and so far, I haven't been successful."

She looks up and says (without smiling of course), "By the time you see me I'm tired."  I don't bother pointing out that I see her at all different times.

I'm fairly confident this is one challenge I can conquer.  I mean, it's not like I'm trying to get her to laugh.  That, I think, would be impossible.

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