so the other day, i was in bucks county coffee, doing my usual thing: i go inside and just sit there, doing work. i'm not sure if i'm expected to purchase anything. regardless, i don't. unfortunately, this behavior has earned me the scathing looks of the baristas at the counter as i drink my solitary bottle of poland spring. ah well, so is life.
anyway, as i was sitting at the farthest table from the counter, my attention was caught by the women who were ordering their drinks. the first was an asian women with long black hair, dressed in a lavender nurse's uniform. she seemed in quite a rush, struggling with a packed-to-bursting tote bag and a smaller, gucci purse. she was so frazzled that she couldn't find the 23 cents that she still owed the cashier. at this point, i noticed two black women standing near her. one was wearing jeans and a regular black t-shirt with a name tag around her neck. and this woman can only be described as boisterous. her chatter and laugh filled the entire room, and this was certainly a large room. the other, smaller woman was dressed in pink velour pants and a cropped denim jacket, holding a fake gucci purse at her side.
upon seeing that this nurse couldn't find her change, the loud woman instantly presented her with what she needed. needless to say, the nurse appeared to be better off than the other woman, but the louder woman had no problem offering her change. and the nurse gratefully took it, and paid for her coffee.
this little scene really did make me feel all warm and sunny inside. it did restore some of my faith in people. faith that was never lost; faith that was never there to begin with. i'll admit that i handicap humanity when i judge them so that i am not disappointed when i find out that yea, they can be as bad as they seem. but this little incident made me think different for at least that day.
of course, as soon as the nurse left, the other two women began to make fun of her. ah well, so is life.
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