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How often do take the time to just sit and chat with a friend?
Mom and I
decided to sit at a local fast food restaurant in her neighborhood and work on
a couple of projects. As we chatted and worked, mom reminded me that there was
a 30 minute time limit for paying customers. The policy was in effect to deter
people from just loitering at the establishment.
In order to
be in compliance (as a paying customer), we made a purchase. When the cashier asked what we wanted I spoke
first, “I’ll have an orange juice.”
“What size?”
Mom chimed
in, “Give us two large orange juices.”
I guess I
took too long to respond.
“That will
be $5.91.”
I looked at
my mom as I handed the money to the cashier. “$5.91?! Is that fresh squeezed,
are they using a bag of oranges? I can get a half gallon of orange juice for
less than that.”
Mom just
smiled, “I didn’t think it would cost that much. I don’t normally buy orange
juice.”
We took our
seats, sipped our orange, and chatted about our current works in progress. We
laughed, we reminisced and part of the time we did nothing at all. By the time
we left the restaurant, it was two hours later that we initially walked through
the door.
We had
broken the rule of the 30 minute limit. I told mom to just consider the cost of
the orange juice as our booth rent. $5.91…a small price to pay for time well
spent.
When was the
last time you spent quality time with a friend or loved one? Do it now.
