Recently stopped in a gas station and paid with cash –
something I haven’t done in ages – because I’d just gotten a refund from items
I returned to a store.
As I was waiting for the gas station cashier to ring me up,
I glanced down at the register and noticed there was an open book beside it.
“What are you reading, if you don’t mind my asking,” I
ventured.
As it turns out, this young man was very literate and
recommended two interesting books that I plan to check out from the library – a
fiction book called “Ishmael” by Daniel Quinn and a nonfiction book called “The
Tale of the Shaman’s Apprentice.”
I have to admit, I never would have guessed from initial
assessment of this guy, who had tattoos going up his arm, was that he was a
very literate person. Just goes to show you can’t judge a book by its cover.
