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New cell phone number: $10 fee, plus time and effort

Paycheck: $580

Effort to collect money for group lunch: more than it’s worth

Orchestrating said lunch, collecting the money (a mere $73 total) from the agents, lying to the manager, telling them that you can’t give the money to them because you have already ordered the sandwiches from a different store than was originally discussed, changing your cell phone number to avoid attendance sharks when you decide to skip town with the $73, lose your job, and forfeit your last paycheck (the pay period for which had just ended—checks sometime next week)—PRICELESS.

Just a reminder that little stories that bring some small measure of joy can be found all around us.