About halfway through the lunch, I saw my colleague’s eyes open up wide as she noticed someone on the sidewalk. “That’s my mom!” she exclaimed with surprise as she stood up and dashed away.
It wasn’t a huge coincidence - her mother works a couple of blocks from my office and likes to take midday walks - but it was just a cute illustration of what can happen in a city where people spend more time walking than driving. You never know who you’re going to run into.
My colleague brought her mother over to the table, and we exchanged pleasantries briefly before the lady continued on her walk. A short time later, my colleague lamented, “My mom always asks me to have lunch with her when I come to New York, but I never have time.”
“Next time, tell your boss that you’re going to have lunch with me,” I offered. “Then we can cancel, and you can take your mother out instead.”
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