A few years ago, the company, that my wife works for, sponsored a shopping trip to Chicago. Since this was just a one day bus trip, everyone was responsible for there own meals.

Now, one of Kathy’s co-workers, who was on the trip with us, was a young woman whos’ growth was stunted at a very early age so she was shorter than the rest of us. And even though she was short, she was able to keep up with the rest of us.

But, her size became apparent to us when we sat down to eat in a restaurant. While the waitress brought the rest of us regular place mats, she brought the woman a kiddy place mat and a box of crayons.

We all sat there in a silence of embarrassment until to woman stated that she was used to such mistakes. Unfortunately, the waitress didn’t notice the error until the woman ordered a beer. After checking the womans ID, the waitress realized the awkwardness of the situation and offered to bring a regular place mat. The woman passed.

The waitress didn’t get much of a tip from us.