Nice Man at the Cafe

Just a quick little story about one nice man at a cafe. I suppose this could happen anywhere but it certainly would never happen in Philadelphia and it totally took me off guard.

Abby and I went to meet Jason at Hyde Park in the CBD tonight for a picnic dinner. Jason has been working really long hours to finish a project and hasn't been able to see much of Abby. So, he had dinner with us before having to head back to the office for a late night. I picked up some cheese and crackers and salad at the food court in the basement of David Jones (one of the big department stores) and we were going to stop at the outdoor cafe next to the park for drinks.

Side Note: I found a section in the food court that was all USA Foods stuff. It was like being at home again. There were UTZ pretzels, French's mustard, Aunt Jemima syrup, and there was even candy corn left over from Halloween. It just felt like home!

I asked the guy at the outdoor cafe if they took Visa because I had no cash and he said, "No, sorry, but what are you after?" I told him a Coke and asked where the nearest ATM was. He said,"It's okay, take one, you can pay me back", as though we were old friends. I just laughed, said thanks and walked away to look for the ATM and to wait for Jason. I sat on a bench in the park and about 2 minutes went by and the man from the cafe comes over with a Coke and said, "No, really, I meant it, you can pay me back."

A couple of things to note about this story -
1) A cafe that doesn't take Visa! There's alot of that here. I've been trying to carry more cash but I'm just not good at it.
2) We were in the heart of the CBD (same as downtown Philadelphia) where people are usually just not as nice as the country folk, probably because they've been hardened by the number of jerks that they typically come across.
3) The nice man from the cafe left his cafe unattended to come up the walkway into the park to bring me a Coke I wasn't even paying for.

Well, I took the Coke but as soon as Jason got there I ran back to the cafe to pay him back. Jason is much better at carrying cash! Thanks nice man at the cafe!