USA. A Mexican restaurant. We had not yet ordered anything, and the food was already arriving.
Chips. Salsa. Unrequested. Free.
I stopped the waiter. "We have not earned these."
"They just come with the table, man."
They come with the TABLE. In my land, hospitality is a debt. Every gift creates an obligation, weighed carefully, returned in the proper season with interest of feeling. Here, the gift arrives before you have even proven you can pay for dinner.
This is not an appetizer. This is a declaration: we trust you. Eat.
I ate with the gravity the moment deserved. And then — I must report this calmly — the basket emptied, and a new one appeared.
"Did we…?"
"Refill," the waiter said. "It's bottomless."
Bottomless. They have wells of salsa. The supply lines of this nation are beyond anything my ancestors imagined.
My friend warned me. "Don't fill up on chips, dude."
Too late. I had accepted three baskets. Honor demanded each one be finished — an unfinished gift is an insult. By the time my actual food arrived, I was a ruined man.
I was not hungry. I was not comfortable. I had been defeated by a courtesy.
Generosity that arrives before the request cannot be repaid. It can only be survived.
I know the rule now. I have made my peace with the basket. One basket. Two at the most.
Who am I deceiving. There is no number of baskets I would refuse. The trust of a nation is in that salsa, and I intend to honor all of it.
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Don Lemon has just been illegally ARRESTED by federal officials in connection with the church interruption. Hear’s why that’s illegal
1. The first amendment protects your right to interrupt a religious service with speech. This is necessary to preserve the separation of church and state
2. Federal officials cannot arrest him unless he crossed state lines. As a Minnesota resident, he did not, and only the local police can arrest him
I expect these charges to be dropped
@Spencer_Linton Can't risk getting beat by a "lesser" team when you just whined for weeks about beating every team in the CFP rankings. Gotta preserve the illusion.
@ByPatForde Notre Dame can't risk getting embarrassed by a lowly B12 school in a bowl game. Smart move. This keeps their perfect hypothetical matchup record safe.
BYU was projected to win 6-7 games this year. They finished 11-2 with their first conference championship appearance in almost 30 years. Well done @BYUfootball. TT might be the best team in the country. Go win in all @TexasTechFB! #TexasTech#BYU