... a guy I see at least once a year at the annual local Transformers convention I help a friend of mine with came into my work. We gave each other acknowledging glances as I was in the back working and he was browsing the comic books. When I was able to, I got to the back counter and he approached me with some sad news. His friend Don, one of the nicest guys I've ever met and a fellow fan of Transformers, passed away at the end of March from a heart attack. He was only 42 years old. I was stunned to say the least. This was a guy who had a passion for everything. I remember running into him at Wal-Mart with our respective wives and he showed off the finished product of a tattoo on his arm that was in the works for a few years. It was a cool dragon with a Decepticon insignia over it. Don also seemed to have an endless supply of cash at CybCon, the Transformers convention mentioned earlier. He always won whatever he bid on at the auctions. But, if a child was bidding on something, even if he really wanted it, he would back off. Don was a class act all the way and CybCon will not be the same this year without him.
Later, I went to Taco Bell for lunch and met up with two of my coworkers by accident. I ordered last and go my food before Terrance, the young man who ordered before me. I started to eat as he went to the counter to see what happened to his order. Now, I'd ordered some new huge box lunch thing, so there was a lot of food on my tray. After finishing the first wrapped cheese thing, Terrance comes back with his order, followed by an employee. She looks at my tray and says, "This not what you ordered, yes?" Confused at what she meant by her broken Engrish didn't help, I stared blankly at her. She proceeded to take a quesadilla and another wrapped cheese thing from my plate saying, "You no pay for this. Is not your order." And walked to the back. I was confused until I realized that they put Terrance's order on the same tray as mine, but didn't call his receipt number, only mine. I wanted to complain about her rude attitude and lack of proper grammar skills, but we all just had a laugh over it instead. Stupid Taco Bell employees.
