Went to P.F.Chang's today for lunch.

I felt a little out of place...........the joint was swarming with business dressed people talking into their little glowing boxes.

Anyways.........the wife and I and Jessie ate..........and then the manager came over and told us he was taking care of the check.

Cool.

That is cool. Any particular reason?

He saw that B&W photo of andy and his uncles/brother, etc. and thought he was the mob.

Well.........yes..........I think so; but they lied about it and said it was just something they did every so often at random.

You see...........my daughter is bald as a billiard ball. She is four years old.

She does NOT have cancer or any other life threatening condition.........she is just bald and there's not a **** thing that can be done about it.

Also, we were dressed down.........we had no intention of ranging out into the city today; but ended up there.

I was wearing a "dickies" hoody and flip flops in a room full of white shirts and ties.

I'm guessing someone figured our daughter was sick and thought they'd give us a break..........but nobody has the balls to call it what it is.

I thanked them. I thought I'd let them know that everything was "fine"..........but who am I to ruin someone's karmic investment?

(shrug)

^ don't you wish they'd tell you it's on the house before you order..??

^I told the manager to send over some champagne.

He giggled.

We talked a while about out favorite Asian foods and then I thanked him again and walked out.

I don't mind......I have paid for strangers' dinner out of the blue in the past for whatever reasons.

They make a really good hot & sour soup.

It was actually unfortunate that I was in a thrifty mood.......and just ordered a plate of noodles.

I was sort of keen on getting a 1/2 duck........but talked myself out of it.

the duck was prolly happy too...

Let people think what they want to think. In this case, you happened to get a nice break. I hope you enjoyed it.

My FIL tells this story of an old man that was dressed in overalls and went into this exclusive hotel. They wouldn't let him enter, even to eat. Come to find out he was the largest pork producer in the world. He bought the hotel and fired everyone there that was involved.

Appearances can be deceiving.

^ that was one of the first lessons I learned once I got a real job. I do estate planning and live close to farm country.

Same day had one client drive up in their nice car and dressed to the nines.

Had another client pull up in their 15 year old truck and in overalls.

the nice car couple had a lot of stuff, but in debt up to their eyeballs.

The other, well, had an an housing project or two in the closest college town, few hundred thousand acres of farm land, few thousand feet of lake front property, few houses, etc. zero debt.

This theme plays over and over again.

Around here, the richest people are most often the ones in the beater trucks and work clothes. One guy drives a pinto and dresses like a cowboy.......he is a multi-millionaire who lives in a trailer.

People driving nice cars and sporting stylish duds are generally viewed as living beyond their means. I don't subscribe to such prejudice but I have known it to be true quite often.

I have a relative...sort of distant in blood but close in proximity.

She and her husband have a beautiful home, acreage, new luxury SUVs, the best of the best.

We found out a while that they were in debt so badly that they had to "un-retire" in order to get their heads above water......and they will struggle into their golden years.

don't judge a book by its cover

#4 Yeah, I knew that about your daughter and wondered if that might have been the case. I've seen you mention it several times on here. She's cute as hell, though. I have 2 girls and they have their quirks. It makes them more special 🙂

And I know this sounds gay, but that is the one thing I wont joke about. Kids.

^that's a good policy.

I don't even notice the hair until she gets around other kids and I am anxious about the inevitable situation where some kid starts making fun.

Kids don't know any better but when the parents allow the behavior to go unchecked, I get bristly.

They don't tease her because of the hair. They tease her because her dad is a jackass.

Andy, send me an email, have same situation with our Daughter she is 7 years old, we know why,if you or your wife would like to discuss we would be happy to, we are from the Scranton/Wilkes Barre area PA.

[email protected]

^email bounced back

andytv

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Cool for getting a free lunch. As far as I'm concerned, our kids will always be beautiful and we need to teach them to walk with their heads tall, full of confidence, and the rest will fall into place.

^that's the plan.....but kids can be SOOOOOO mean.

Hard to know if she'll be able to hack it later when she is in school.