Pizza and a cell phone
"What a wonderful world..."
Sometimes I look at today's society, and I just shake my head in disappointment and laughter.
I'll start off from the beginning of my evening, in leaving for the arrival at the new restaurant my sister works at.
We got there, and my sister greeted us, (as that is her job) with a warm smile, and reassurance that the vegetarian meals were cooked on separate areas, with separate utensils, and I smiled and nodded my head in approval. I thought it was very nice of her to go out of her way to check the place out for her brother, it's something that I appreciate dearly, and I am not sure anyone can know how much.
You can say you care any day, but showing it is truly beautiful.
The waitress that attended us was very nice, a fun personality, and she worked well with my mother, who is a very personable person. Which made the beginning of the evening receive a nice air about it.
I was a little reluctant to order anything, what with my beliefs, but I settled for a cup of tea. I spoke in sort of an accent on accident at the beginning, because on the way there I had been reading from a Hebrew sidur. So instead of embarrassing myself, I just talked like that for the rest of the night. When I received my cup of tea, equipped with side dish of water, tea bags, and a container of honey, I poured the water, and snatched a bag from it's holder. Before I opened it, I read the package, and noticed a nice 'Kaph K', a Kashrut symbol, assuring me the product was preferable for my standards. After having steeped my tea, I picked up the honey, and noticed an Orthodox Union stamp, now this just caught me out of nowhere, because I was not prepared for so many kosher products for the evening, so before I poured my honey into my wonderfully kosher tea, I looked up, and said Boruch HaShem (Blessed is HaShem) under my breath. This event made me smile, and later on the waitress asked us for our appetizers, to which we all ordered salads. She came to me and asked me what I wanted for my dressing, and I showed her the honey, and asked her to inspect her inventory of dressings, and see if she can spot one of "these little symbols" on a bottle, and bring that. She asked me what it was, and I explained that it was the orthodox union symbol, informing me that it was Kosher.
Unfortunately, she returned empty handed for me, merely bringing the required salad, as there was no salad bearing the symbol.
This was fine, as I don't particularly enjoy salad dressing too much.
After a few moments, she returned, questioning whether we had completed the inspection of the menu, to decide whether we were prepared for ordering. We all were, and I ordered a vegetarian pizza, which I ate with delight.
Skipping on, we decided to do our shopping after we had departed from the restaurant. We arrive at wal mart, and I decide to do a little bit of perusing on my own account before joining them in picking out kosher products for myself. I walk around, and receive the usual stares and profiling. Fast forwarding through the evening, as I am in the bread section, I notice a taller, dark/light skinned individual, semi overweight wearing a red hat, red short, shorts, and sneakers give me a more dedicated look. He assumed my character from hat to shoe, and I just looked him in the eye, and decided whether his intent was kind or not as I generally do. Continuing walking we finally compile our items and decide to hit the road. In the checkout lane, I am standing with my father conversing over Rosh Hashana, and as I gather in my surroundings, I notice the same individual as previously mentioned holding a cell phone about 4 or 5 aisles down. I decide that it would be within my best interest to watch him, but not allow myself to blow my cover. So I am nonchalantly talking to my father, and I notice he is taking a video of me. My dad looks at me, and before he says anything I say "I know. I am watching him too", and he just smiles and we pause our conversation momentarily. To prove the theory that he was taking video, I decided to move around a bit to see if I had a "following eye". As I was correct, moving about, the cell phone followed me. My father says that I should design some receipts that say I charge $75 for pictures. I laugh and I just continue about my whatever it is I was doing that was so interesting to the guy. I thought about saying something, obviously, since it isn't everyday I am volunteered for an involuntary movie production. We pack our bags into the cart, and he and his mother and sister(?) get through a little earlier, and they walk by me. I just stand completely still, and let them pass behind me, I decided it was best not to inquire, the last thing I need is for someone to be anti-semitic, start a fight, and then have a newspaper entitled "Jew beats down guy in wal mart".
In any event, it made my night interesting, nonetheless. Now I am sitting here in a chair, typing this to the avid nonexistent readers of this dull blog. If you have any similar occasions, email me!
Sometimes I look at today's society, and I just shake my head in disappointment and laughter.
I'll start off from the beginning of my evening, in leaving for the arrival at the new restaurant my sister works at.
We got there, and my sister greeted us, (as that is her job) with a warm smile, and reassurance that the vegetarian meals were cooked on separate areas, with separate utensils, and I smiled and nodded my head in approval. I thought it was very nice of her to go out of her way to check the place out for her brother, it's something that I appreciate dearly, and I am not sure anyone can know how much.
You can say you care any day, but showing it is truly beautiful.
The waitress that attended us was very nice, a fun personality, and she worked well with my mother, who is a very personable person. Which made the beginning of the evening receive a nice air about it.
I was a little reluctant to order anything, what with my beliefs, but I settled for a cup of tea. I spoke in sort of an accent on accident at the beginning, because on the way there I had been reading from a Hebrew sidur. So instead of embarrassing myself, I just talked like that for the rest of the night. When I received my cup of tea, equipped with side dish of water, tea bags, and a container of honey, I poured the water, and snatched a bag from it's holder. Before I opened it, I read the package, and noticed a nice 'Kaph K', a Kashrut symbol, assuring me the product was preferable for my standards. After having steeped my tea, I picked up the honey, and noticed an Orthodox Union stamp, now this just caught me out of nowhere, because I was not prepared for so many kosher products for the evening, so before I poured my honey into my wonderfully kosher tea, I looked up, and said Boruch HaShem (Blessed is HaShem) under my breath. This event made me smile, and later on the waitress asked us for our appetizers, to which we all ordered salads. She came to me and asked me what I wanted for my dressing, and I showed her the honey, and asked her to inspect her inventory of dressings, and see if she can spot one of "these little symbols" on a bottle, and bring that. She asked me what it was, and I explained that it was the orthodox union symbol, informing me that it was Kosher.
Unfortunately, she returned empty handed for me, merely bringing the required salad, as there was no salad bearing the symbol.
This was fine, as I don't particularly enjoy salad dressing too much.
After a few moments, she returned, questioning whether we had completed the inspection of the menu, to decide whether we were prepared for ordering. We all were, and I ordered a vegetarian pizza, which I ate with delight.
Skipping on, we decided to do our shopping after we had departed from the restaurant. We arrive at wal mart, and I decide to do a little bit of perusing on my own account before joining them in picking out kosher products for myself. I walk around, and receive the usual stares and profiling. Fast forwarding through the evening, as I am in the bread section, I notice a taller, dark/light skinned individual, semi overweight wearing a red hat, red short, shorts, and sneakers give me a more dedicated look. He assumed my character from hat to shoe, and I just looked him in the eye, and decided whether his intent was kind or not as I generally do. Continuing walking we finally compile our items and decide to hit the road. In the checkout lane, I am standing with my father conversing over Rosh Hashana, and as I gather in my surroundings, I notice the same individual as previously mentioned holding a cell phone about 4 or 5 aisles down. I decide that it would be within my best interest to watch him, but not allow myself to blow my cover. So I am nonchalantly talking to my father, and I notice he is taking a video of me. My dad looks at me, and before he says anything I say "I know. I am watching him too", and he just smiles and we pause our conversation momentarily. To prove the theory that he was taking video, I decided to move around a bit to see if I had a "following eye". As I was correct, moving about, the cell phone followed me. My father says that I should design some receipts that say I charge $75 for pictures. I laugh and I just continue about my whatever it is I was doing that was so interesting to the guy. I thought about saying something, obviously, since it isn't everyday I am volunteered for an involuntary movie production. We pack our bags into the cart, and he and his mother and sister(?) get through a little earlier, and they walk by me. I just stand completely still, and let them pass behind me, I decided it was best not to inquire, the last thing I need is for someone to be anti-semitic, start a fight, and then have a newspaper entitled "Jew beats down guy in wal mart".
In any event, it made my night interesting, nonetheless. Now I am sitting here in a chair, typing this to the avid nonexistent readers of this dull blog. If you have any similar occasions, email me!
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