There are probably a handful of of deli’s near the office.  I’ve been to two so far.  Previously, I had kept going to this one because it was the closest and cheap.  But I decided to explore the other ones, so yesterday I tried this other deli just slightly farther.  I had read on Yelp that the people that worked there were super nice and knew everyone’s name.  I like places like that, where the owners know their customer’s names.

Yesterday, right when I walked in, I was greeted loudly (HELLO!) by this small Korean (I think) lady.  She had a big fat smile on her face and was so cute.  I ordered and she asked for my name for the order.  Then she used my name twice before the transaction was over.  As I sat there and ate, I noticed that sure enough, as people came through the door, she greeted them happily and loudly by their names.  “Hello Robert!”  “Hi Joan!”  And as people left, “Bye John!”  “Bye Jennifer!”  So awesome.

So I went back again today, the food wasn’t that good, but I liked the atmosphere.  The lady didn’t remember my name from yesterday, and I didn’t expect her to, but when she asked for it, she proceeded to use it 3 times before I was done ordering and paying.

I’m going there again tomorrow.  I’ll probably go there almost every day.  Maybe one day she’ll remember my name.  Haha.  Nice little lady.