To the very sick but very lovely girl behind the counter at the drug store: Even though your eyes and nose were red as hell and you looked tired and possibly pukey, you were smiley, polite and really nice to talk to about our coinciding colds. You made buying bus tickets the nicest part of my day, and I thank you for it. I feel better now and hope you do too! -Sinus Headache
This article appears in May 29 – Jun 4, 2014.


I hope you used some purell after your interaction, OL.