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My wife had today off from work and met me for lunch.
We went to a Chinese buffet near where I work. It was fairly crowded and
we were given a small table near the back.
We ordered our drinks and the man at the table next to us turned to look at
us.

“Frank and (my wife)?” he asked. “Is that really you? It’s me! Rick! I
used to be your manager at McDonalds back in 1986!”

It was indeed our manager from 26 years ago. He was the good manager that
we liked. Last we knew he was a dentist. Now it turns out he is a medical
researcher and might need some robot freezers for his lab.
Strange how things work out.

The last time we saw him was at the McDonalds on route 9 in Northborough.
We went through the drive through and I gave my order to the speaker.
“Frank? Is that you?” the speaker asked.
When we pulled around to the window, it was Rick. He climbed out the drive
through window and into our car to talk to us.
That was some time in the 90’s, I forget which year. Although a dentist,
he was working at McDonalds weekends because of the stock options.

It was nice, if a bit strange, to run into him again. We exchanged contact
information. We’ll see if he stays in touch this time…