Last week I started a new job at a bank. And this is an old, local, family-owned bank, the kind that has customers going back decades. The kind where the customer walks in the door and everyone yells, “Norm!” On day five at this job an old customer came in, a sweet elderly man, and we chatted for a bit. Finally he asked me if I like doughnuts. I answered, truthfully, that I do. Not more than 15 minutes later he came back with three boxes of Dunkin’ Donuts for the tellers, the call center, and me.
Now, in case you didn’t realize it, glazed doughnuts are not vegan. (This is where my readers all roll their eyes and say, “Duh!”). Under normal circumstances I would never go to Dunkin’ Donuts and buy, well, a doughnut. BUT, in my first week on a new job, with an old, beloved customer in front of me holding out a box of the rings of delight, and having just told him that I like them, I couldn’t very well turn one down. If I had been quicker thinking on my feet earlier I might have said that I like doughnuts but don’t eat them. But alas, it was not so. And there he was smiling and holding out a doughnut. There was really only one option available.
So I took it and I ate it and I liked it.
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Ha! Of course, you could always take one and say you were saving it for later. Then decide later if you wanted to indulge or not. Or maybe do a Bethenny thing and only have a bite or two. Of course, I would probably have eaten it right on the spot. And asked for another. :-)
ReplyDeleteSaying no to those little old men is always hard. (0: I rarely did working at the hospital. For one they don't really understand when you try to explain something like organic eating or being vegetarian. Now if you had an allergy that would be another thing(0: Besides Donuts are SO good!(0: I have an allergy to the gluten but the other day....I had the best donut ever at FROST in mill creek...
ReplyDeleteKaren, I wish you had been there to act as my conscience. The thought never occurred to me that I could take it and not eat the whole thing! What does that say about my eating habits?? Jessica, I've heard of Frost. It sounds like they have some pretty amazing things.
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