Expierences and Lessons

These first couple blogs are my beginning strides and I will not disappoint later in the race (unlike Big Brown). So I went to the Rockies game tonight, (even though Joey T. still thinks I didn't go, so don't tell him!) and I met a very good man. It was the third inning and I was enjoying the game and all of a sudden my stomach growled extremely loud, to the extent where most of the stadium looked to the sky for thunder! Anyways, I wanted some seeds too and for some retarded reason they aren't sold anywhere in Coors Field. I got up from my seat and remembered a very solid hot dog stand outside of left field which also had seeds! I thought I would swing by there and kill two birds with one stone (hot dogs and seeds in one place!) I walked to the hot dog stand and saw the man with the plan, the best vendor in LoDo named Joel. I ordered two hot dogs, a drink and a bag of seeds for an unprecedented price of $5!!! He fulfilled my order and gave it to me and I get ready to pay the man until...................I reach into my pocket and only have a credit card. I told him I didn't have cash and we nervously exchanged stares for a few seconds. Then he said, "Do you come to many games?" I replied, "Yes!!!".
So then he said, " just pay me later". I was really in luck, Wow what a relief! So I told him I would pay him back this week fo' sho'. He smiled and said, "My name is Joel, whats yours?" I replied, "Shaun!!" We then shook hands and a friendship was born. I plan to pay him back with interest for his extended courtesy.
You may be thinking why Is Shaun blogging about this? Well, This incident taught me a very important life lesson; If you are ever in LoDo around the time of a Rockies game, get a good hot dog from Joel the vendor, and doing that little extra thing goes a long way. He could have just rejected my order and told me to get lost. But no, he openly accepted me and gave me the best deal in Denver. He gave that little something extra that made all the difference. Joel is a very good man and I plan to become a regular around his street corner. He didn't have to do this, but he did, and that's what needs to happen more often in the world. People doing good things for others expecting nothing in return, just like Joel did for me. Thanks for your time.

Until Next time,

-Shaun Hicks