I’ve been mentally revisiting an interaction I had recently. An interaction that still has me smiling. A few days ago, I was standing in line at Whole Foods. There were three lines, already with single customers, and I just picked the first one. After a few seconds of standing, the signal for the customer in the third line came on, and so that person headed off to a register. This left that third line empty. This all unfolded on the periphery of my right eye’s line of sight. I noticed it but didn’t think too much of it. Now, the guy in line #2 looked at the newly vacated spot, and then looked over in my direction. A few seconds later, new customers joined the line and stood directly behind him, leaving line #3 still empty. When I finally made eye contact with the guy, he encouragingly gestured his head towards the empty line in a manner that had me laughing and appreciating his sweetness. I laughed because it reminded me of the head gesture the guitarist gives Rivers Cuomo in the Weezer video, Perfect Situation— the one that encourages Rivers to come out on stage to sing. And it was sweet, because it was. He didn’t have to signal to me, but he did. And this meant I was now third in line to be called to the register as opposed to fourth. It’s funny sometimes the things that stay with us :)