I was working at the coffee shop today - woke up at 5:15AM after going to bed around 3AM. It's $2-Latte Day which means the line of customers looking for their fix is forever and ever. The lack of sleep destroys me on Latte Day.
There was this older gentleman that came in. He was a cyclist and wore his helmet, shades, biker spandex, the whole shebang. He ordered a coffee instead of the mainstream choice ($2-latte). It was a dreary day but right as he came up to the counter I glanced at his riding gear, took a quick look outside and saw that it was sunny for the first time. I smiled and mentioned how nice it was that the sun came out out, not really caring about the sun but more to make conversation and to affirm his choice to ride his bike, especially since the weather seemed to be clearing up. Then he said the most lovely thing in his slow, wobbly voice:
"The sun's always out."
I had to stop and process and eventually realized that this was entirely true. I said, "You are so right. The sun is always out - I guess it's the clouds that roll away." And then he says:
"Yep. It's always burnin'. Have a fun day."
I'm going to my interview now. Over and out.
