The closest Taco Bell is in perhaps not the nicest part of town, but they are fast and surprisingly accurate with the orders.\u00a0 When a quick dinner is called for, I heed the toll of the bell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last evening, I was at The Bell and had placed my order at the kiosk. This is one part of the pandemic that I didn\u2019t care for at first, but a kiosk that is set up well is pretty nice if you are a little picky about your order. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I stepped to the side to let someone else order while I waited – and of course I had paper with me to fold. I had started a crane when a guy came in to pick up a door dash order. He was black, mid-twenties I\u2019d guess, and dressed like he was working on a burgeoning rap career. Hat off to the side, large gold chains, gold teeth, etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I describe him only to paint the very different pictures between us\u00a0 – me being the standard-issue Old White Guy.\u00a0 Of course there is more to meet than meets the eye and the same can be said for this guy as well – but we both did what everyone does in these circumstances in that we just left each other alone and waited for our food.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Except that the motion of a \u201ctest-flap\u201d of the paper crane caught his eye and he looked up from his phone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDid you just make that?\u201d he asked, surprised, and I nodded and handed it to him to see it. He put his phone in his pocket to try to get the wings to flap. I gestured that he should hand it back so I could demonstrate – then handed it back so he could try. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When he got the wings to gently flap, his eyes lit up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat is raw!\u201d he said and while I don\u2019t really know what it means in this context, I\u2019m assuming that it was positive because he was really excited. He repeated it a few times too, for good measure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He flapped the wings a few times and then tried to hand it back to me. I shook my head and told him to keep it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
You would have thought I\u2019d handed him a million bucks.\u00a0 He was absolutely delighted and held it up – saying he was going to hang it from a string over the dashboard of his car.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He sincerely thanked me and I said he was welcome. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My food arrived and as I left I wished him a good evening. He returned the well wishes – still marveling over the paper crane. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019ve said before how lucky I am to have stuck with this hobby – and that trip to Taco Bell just confirmed it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He and I might never have spoken except for the gentle flap of a paper bird\u2019s wings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Instead, I made his day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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