It happened a few nights ago. I was out delivering an order at some apartments that had kind of a screwy numbering system that made it difficult to find a certain number apartment. In addition, the plaques displaying each buildings apartment numbers were poorly positioned or poorly lit.
So, I drive around a bit looking here and there for apartment #91. No luck.
In one of the parking lot divisions were a couple of kids, roughly 9 years of age, just hanging out around some of the landscaping. I pull up and stop to look for another numbers plaque and possibly ask the kids for directions.
As I'm looking at the buildings, I hear a li'l squeaky voice, "I like your car!"
"Thanks," says I, "I like it, too. Maybe ya'll can help me out." That's right. I say ya'll. "I'm looking for apartment 91. Do you know which building it might be in?"
The boy looks about and points. "I think it might be in that building there."
"Cool, thanks." And as I'm pulling closer, I hear the girl say, "He told you the wrong answer! I know where it is!" Turns out the boy was just visiting, and pulling a wild guess out of his ass.
After asking if she was sure she knew, and getting an enthusiastic confirmation, I follow her as she hops on her (or the boy's) bike. Sure enough, I was way off and she leads me right to it.
I take the food to the door and on the way back to my car I pocket $2.00 of my tip, drive back to where the kids are hanging about, and pull up to them again.
I feel a little creepy as I ask what the girl's name was. "E***" she tells me.
"Well, thank you, E***," I tell her and hand her the two dollars. "Ya'll have a good night."
As I'm driving off I hear her squealing and giggling. Both yell a thank you as I pull out of the parking lot. Hearing her excitement over the dollars kind of made my night. I definitely think kindness should be rewarded, especially when no reward is expected.
My biggest hope is that she kept both dollars and did not share with the boy.
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