The local Safeway was having its weekly “Cheep Cheep Chicken” promotion. It’s a bag of fried chicken parts that sell for about a dollar apiece. It’s an inexpensive, quick, and filling lunch.
He’s a big, older white guy. He joined the line behind an Asian and a Latino. Shortly after, three more white guys joined the line.
When the deli manager asked who was next, one of the three white guys moved towards the front of the line. The big guy said, “He’s first,” pointing to the Asian, and “He’s next,” pointing to the Latino. “I’m third, then he’s next, then him, then him,” pointing to each of the three white guys.
The white guys glared at him, and the Latino said very quietly, “Gracias, amigo.”
It really doesn’t take much.