McDonald's People
Nearly every day, I go through the McDonald's drive-thru after dropping the little hellions off at school. Call it a celebratory tradition, call it a lame attempt to pamper myself, for once (you moms will understand this) or call it an obsession, but I just have to have my medium Diet Coke in the morning. It just doesn't taste the same from a can. So naturally, I've befriended the drive-thru staff over the years. I know them all by name, who their boyfriends are, how their kids are doings and even what their hopes and dreams are. In turn, they call me "Mom." (God, I feel old.) On Easter I bring them a huge basket of candy. On Christmas I bring them chocolates and candy canes. And so on. Ya see, I think we spend too much time adulating the rich and famous, politicians and even scoundrels. We extol doctors and lawyers (okay, I'm sure that happens in some places in the world) and sing praises for celebrity gurus. But what about the people that affect our lives everyday? What about the crossing guard that keeps me from plowing down kindergarteners when I turn into the carpool lane at school? What about the postal carrier that keeps promising to leave the mail order catalogs and dump the bills? What about the paper delivery person, the dry cleaning staff, the grocery store sackers and cashiers? I mean, they have more of an affect on our lives than the other guys! So let these people know how important they are in your life!!! Tell them how life wouldn't be the same without them. Adopt a couple of them as your surrogate child, for god's sake--anything. Everyone needs a little love.