I’m at Starbucks seated at one that has a counter, enjoying my collection of birthday gift cards.
I’m having cookies with my Tall, Dark Blend, 3 in a pack.
An attractive, professional looking lady in her 40s is next me with one seat between us.
Suddenly she slyly sneaks a dollar in my direction.
I look at her curiously.
“Can I buy one of your Madeleines,” she quietly says, my cookie of choice.
I mull this over as if it were a pass she just made at me.
“No, you can’t,” I finally say, “but how bout I give you one?”
I then slide the one remaining over while her dollar languishes, like a naughty sailor, on the counter. 
She finishes before me, leaving the buck in her wake, that I graciously leave for the barista.
SB
I look forward to the Best Story of the Week as it is often about kindnesses and connections that are easy to miss unless actively seeking the goodness in others. Keep the stories coming!
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Only in New York would someone pay for a coveted cookie. It’s pretty funny when you think about it since, by the looks of her, she could have well afforded her own. But you just never know what a girl’s sweet tooth is up to, now do you? 🙂
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Maybe she was assuaging her conscience by buying one cookie rather than three. Your reply to her request was classic Susannah. Love your life stories!
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The day I start selling cookies, short of being a Girl’s Scout, will be the start of my decline. 🙂
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Ha! Ha! I hope you decline is never.
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Me too…:)
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No sure why she didn’t buy a pack for herself. Then again maybe she was trying to control how much she ate! The barista lucked out!
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Women, they’re enigmas. Believe me, she could afford her own but mine were just a little handier. It was funny to me actually, and I got an essay out of it. So worth the cookie. 🙂
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That’s funny. It sounds like an espionage exchange. That would put me in an awkward position if I did want them all. You’re very kind though.
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You’re right, very 007. 🙂
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You’re as sweet as any cookie!
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Madeleines are my favorites aside from Oreos of course, the Star Spangled Banner of cookies. 🙂
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Susannah, you must have made eating the cookies seem awfully compelling. You weren’t moaning were you? I agree that your neighbor didn’t want to be tempted by an entire pack. She probably relished the taste of that single cookie all day.
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They are so good Skinny. No wonder Marcel Proust made them famous. I wish I had one right now…sigh
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That is a best story!
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It’s cause your a cookie and understand why she just had to have one. 😀
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BTW…I loved the…hurry up and wait…piece. Gandhi, whose patience was legendary, would have too. 🙂
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I’m laughing at the dollar left there like a naughty sailor. That is surly the best story of the week.
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Would that happen in Philadelphia, I ask you. Only in New York.
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