Untold Story

I was going to tell you a story about the other day, about the other morning at Einstein's. I was going to tell you about how we waited in line to order our bagels and how we were excited that we had filled up our Sandwich Club card and had a free one coming.

I was going to tell you how we wondered whether they'd give us my ham and egg and cheese sandwich free or whether they'd give Trudy her bagel and cream cheese free, because it was the less costly of the two.

I was going to tell you how Trudy said, Certainly not. It's a Sandwich Club card, after all. But how when we got to the register the guy rang up both the sandwich and the bagel (and our two coffees). And how Trudy watched the register like a hawk and watched him ring up the discount.

I was going to tell you how he rang up a discount for the less costly of the two -- a free bagel and schmear. But how Trudy saw him do that and blurted out, Ohh no. A firm statement of fact, as if to say, I don't think so. And how the guy realized his mistake as she spoke, but it still looked like he was trying to charge us for the less costly of the two.

Ohh no, she said, as if to say, I don't think so.

I was going to tell you about that.

But then she found out (because I told her I was going to tell you). And she thought it unfair -- unfair that I tell all these stories about her, and she has no forum in which to tell her (many) stories about me.

She thought it unfair, and she was right. So I changed my mind, and I won't tell you that story, after all.

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