Taco Generosity - Who Says There's No Such Thing As A Free Lunch?

by Brad Castro
(Austin, Texas)

A couple years back, while running some errands at lunch, I stopped at a fast food restaurant and ordered some tacos. I won't embarrass myself by stating the quantity, but it was truly more than I needed.

On the way back to work, I was at a red light. I'll be honest - it's extremely rare that I give anything to panhandlers or the homeless at intersections. But this day, I just really felt compelled to give the guy there one of my tacos.

I did, he was grateful, the light turned green, and I drove back to work and didn't think about it again.

A few weeks later, I was again out running errands at lunch when I decided to stop by the same fast food restaurant and order some tacos again (I hadn't been back since that previous lunch).

When I returned to the office where I worked and began eating my lunch, I discovered that there had been a "mistake" - I'd been given an extra taco. I double checked the receipt. I'd been charged correctly for the tacos I'd ordered, but I'd been given one taco more than what I'd ordered.

OK - not the spookiest story out there, but it still made my day. Sometimes our invisible accounts balance and reconcile quite nicely.