Saturday, November 01, 2008

Chivalry...........not dead

So today was just like any other day. Mark is out of town so the kids and I got up and left to run some errands. "Errands" to Emily means breakfast from the Golden Pantry. Sounds terrible- I know. I should have gotten up and made eggs, bacon, pancakes, waffles, and muffins. From scratch, of course. Anyway we head to Bishop to get our biscuits. As I head into the store (still a bit sleepy) a very nice man is coming out. He looks me dead in the eye and holds the door open for me. There are 2 very cool things about this event. 1) People generally suck, and he was really nice. Many times folks will not only have you open your own door, but will then scoot out before you can get in. 2) It was Bill Berry- Rockstar. Bill "I used to be the drummer for R.E.M. but now I am a hay farmer" Berry.

Now, I am not sure what his motives were. He could have taken one look at me and thought "Oh man, this lady REALLY looks like she needs me to open this door for her." But I like to think he was thinking "Hey- I remember this girl! I think I ran into her one night at the 40 Watt in 1989. After they closed down on Broad Street and moved to that hole off Clayton. I'm gonna open this door for her....."

That's what I'm going with. The last one. That or he was just being nice.