I eat a certain Schlotsky's, a lot. In fact, it is my favorite restaurant. They have an excellent veggie sandwich, good service, and a nice atmosphere for studying.

This particular restaurant is run by a middle-aged man from India and his early-20's son. I've often wondered about the sexual orientation of the son. It can be hard to operate my admittedly weak gaydar when someone is wearing the stock uniform of a fast-casual restaurant. But there are still signs. First, he is good looking. Not in the rugged heterosexual kind of way, but in that unnatural kind of way that drives the women wild. Second, he wears a lot of jewelry. Yes, I know, so do a lot of young Indian men, but most tend to limit it to a single, tasteful silver bracelet. This fellow has 4 bracelets and 2 large beaded necklaces. That strikes me as excessive.

So anyway, I eat there a lot. He makes small talk, and asks me about school sometimes. Fine. But today, he rang up my order, and it was less than six dollars. This struck me as odd, because my order is always more than six dollars. I sat down with my chips and waited for my sandwich. There it was on my receipt:

-0.75 COUPON

What should I do? I am not intersted in this guy, not even his gender. But I would like to continue receiving 75-cent discounts. But what about the guilt; what if I feel dirty? OR am I flattering myself? Is he just giving me this discount for being a loyal customer?

I mostly direct these questions to the sassy ladies of Adequacy. Being the wonderful, attractive (I'm assuming) bunch that you are, I am sure you run into this sort of thing all the time.