Letter to the Restaurants Owner

 Dear Proprietor,

  My "Better Half" and I have brought several new patrons to your restaurant in the past two years. My wife and I always comment on how personable and completely professional you are. Your upbringing must have been memorable, as we can tell what nice polite people must have been in your past. Thank goodness you share "Good Food & Joy" among the people of Venice at your restaurant.

 In my haste to share "What a great service you Provide" the last time we had lunch, "I was impolite by side-stepping an elderly woman who had just paid her check." If I would have waited 6 more seconds, you would have smiled and said "Thank you for coming in today, how was everything." Instead, you accepted my literature and put it to the side with very little eye contact with me.

 Thank you for pointing out my impoliteness without embarrassing or even telling me so. There is much to be learned, over what you didn't say in words.

My apology, Mr.Blankinship