back in my catering days,

we hosted a party in a very small, yet charming victorian house.

it was for a women’s group,

a lovely luncheon that began with tray-passed appetizers.

as i made my rounds through the rooms,

squeezing past people engaged in little groups,

i offered up tray after tray of beautiful bite-sized food.

and one woman ignored me the entire time

and continued her conversation,

she wouldn’t even look at me or make eye contact at all.

and never took one thing from me.

until finally –

she reached down and popped one into her mouth.

and i was sure she did it just to appease me

and hoped i would go away.

but –

she had grabbed the flower on the tray instead of the appetizer.

and it was not an edible flower.

and she put it in her mouth and chewed it.

and got a strange look on her face.

and delicately deposited it into her napkin.

and went back to her conversation.

and i hurried to the kitchen to let the chef know.

who asked if it was the woman in the pink sweater.

and i said yes and wondered how she knew.

and that was when she told me

that the woman in the pink sweater was blind.

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The food here is terrible, and the portions are too small.
 Woody Allen