Someone I met today was a little kid at Rainbow's Drive Inn.

I was standing in line when I saw this kid inching in front of me. It didn't look like he was trying to cut me, I mean he was also half my size. When the window freed up, he looked at me apologetically and said, "Oh, I'm just gonna ask for a box."

I smiled and nodded at him when he ran up to the counter and asked for a takeout box. The cashier gave him one. I only know that because I was saw a woman at another table watching him. We made eye contact when he ran back to her, his mother.

I remember when I was younger that my mom would make me ask for things I wanted or needed from food places. I hated it back then because I didn't want to and I was embarrassed, but I did it anyway. Why not?

I think it's a good skill. You need to learn how to ask for what you want eventually.