Blowing & Drifting

Forecast: Significant blowing and drifting, with the possibility of heavy accumulation in rural areas.

One of the Chutzpah Cookies, Please

On our little jaunt with the girls to Rochester on Saturday, we went to a nice Panera Grill-type sandwich place. The food was good and the kids were charming, so all went well. As we were winding up, I went back to the pick-up counter to get a take-out box for Shannon, who was fulfilling her part of our longstanding dining-out arrangement: she always brings food home, I never do. I was carrying Genevieve, who attracted some grandmotherly attention from a woman waiting for her order.

While we chatted, I noted her husband behind her, munching on one of those saucer-sized cookies that every coffeeshop sells nowadays. When the person behind the counter called their number, the woman politely broke off our conversation and turned to grab their food. As she did so, her husband stuck his three-quarters-eaten cookie in her hand, muttered, "This was supposed to be chocolate chip, but it had raisins," and walked away.

Without missing a beat, she presented the quarter-moon of the cookie to the worker and repeated his complaint; the worker instantly scuttled off to get a replacement. I was boggled: I can see eating one bite or maybe two before realizing he had the wrong cookie, but the man essentially ate the whole thing, and then wanted the "error'" corrected. I guess that one's way to have your cookie and eat it, too.