When I’m at the office, nearly every lunch I eat is over at the Tokyo Joe’s across the street. I’m a culinary creature of habit, who believes that, having made all those Big Managerial Decisions during the morning, the last thing I want to have to worry about at lunch is making more decisions. Just me, my book, and my regular-chicken-bowl-spicyaki-with-Asian-vegies-and-a-drink-for-here.<\/p>\n
There are certain perqs to being a “regular.” The staff gets to know you. Some become friendly. They ring up the order before you can say it. They ask about your book in a friendly, interested way (as opposed to “Jeez [dorkhead] that must be a really interesting book [dorkhead], huh? [Dorkhead.]”) They maybe give you a little something extra as a regular, like extra punches on the buy-12-get-1-free card, or a free drink.<\/p>\n
I get up to one of the cash registers today and the clerk at the other one smiles at me as I give my order and asks, “Do you always order the same thing every day?”<\/p>\n
I smile, and say, “Usually.”<\/p>\n
“All the staff here knows you.”<\/p>\n
“Hmmm. That could be good or bad.”<\/p>\n
“No, it’s good. Everyone knows ‘The Guy Who Comes in Every Day and Stands in Line Reading a Book the Whole Way.'”<\/p>\n
I guess there are worse reps I could have.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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