Free cheese and chili - and dreadlocks

Ate lunch at the Speedway gas station parking lot. Did you know they have free cheese and chili? You pump them onto your hotdog. Sounds gross, but DON'T CHA LOVE AMERICA? They also have fresh cut onions...

I also got a haircut. A guy with a multi-colored knit cap and long dreadlocks burst in the door, and with a big smile on his face said, "Can a black guy get a haircut in here?" (it isn't the type of place I think many black people get haircuts). Continuing to joke around, the barber put his arm around the guy's shoulder, and said the jokester was his "brother" (obviously NOT the case, due to the nature of dominant and recessive genes).

Anyway, the dreads were just a wig attached to the cap, and he looked quite normal. Turns out he was there to wash the windows. The point I'd like to make (and I know stories are more interesting if they have a point) is that this smart entreprenuer took the extra minute to be funny and chummy. He didn't just skulk in and out. And when his competition comes a-knocking, I'm sure that they'll have a hard time beating him out of the job on price alone. In other words, he can actually charge more...