Sharing coffee ... over propane
Giving gets you something, sometimes
With WeGoLocal, I’m encouraging you all to buy from local businesses as much as you can.
One local business I support is the propane gas distribution company located in the warehouse district. One employee, a nice fellow called William, is assigned to fill up propane tanks that customers bring in. I’ve been doing that for years.
Because I grill my pizza on the Weber grill, and roast coffee once or twice a week as well, I go through a propane tank in six weeks or so.
Some time ago, William found out that I use their propane to roast green coffee beans, and as he loves good coffee, I made it a point to take a thermos of freshly-brewed java whenever I go for a refill.
Today, when I poured his cup and he took a careful sip, he smiled conspiratorially and said this tank was on him. “Really?!” I asked. “Absolutely,” he replied.
As a way of thanking him further, I pulled out a bagel from yesterday’s batch. This time he smiled with joy. He, like our electrician, loves Everything.
So again I say, make more than you can consume yourself, share some of it, and the universe (in the form of nice people being treated nicely) will return the favor, somehow.