We had decided to go to the gym and my daughter and I were going to go swimming while my wife worked out. My daughter had cough so it was decided that she would just go to the kids area. I did not want to work out so I just decided to drive.
A couple of hours earlier I had to make the decision and inform my wife that we should stop looking at houses because we were in no position to buy one. This caused an argument as she was not wanting to put her dream on hold. The argument stopped and we went into the silent phase. At the gym she had just came over to where I was setting and we had begun to talk about the house situation again when I was pinged for a ride.
I pulled up to the main entrance to Apple and noticed two males with dogs to assist them, standing at the drive way. I drove by slowly to see if either of them where the riders and neither looked up to acknowledge me. I decided to go ahead and park to wait for the rider to show up. While parking I received a phone call from the rider describing where they were and what they looked like. I responded to the caller by saying that I was parked right next to him and was looking right at him. The caller said okay we are coming over and that is when it hit me. Holy shit these guys are blind and I am trying to be a smart ass. I immediately rolled down the window and told them to hang on just a moment while I pulled the vehicle up into a better position. I then jumped out to help. One of the gentlemen wanted to ride in front. I asked him to hold my arm and then led him and his beautiful dog over to the passenger side. I then returned to the other side and assisted the other gentleman and his beautiful dog. One the way we had a couple of good conversations. One of those was regarding another Uber ride that they had requested and the driver had a mattress and other stuff in his vehicle and was also delivering food. The rider commented that it appeared that he had several side jobs going on at the same time. I commented that he was probably a plumber also and the passengers burst out in laughter. As we approached the destination, I asked where it was that they were going. They told me Buffalo Wild Wings and even though they had been there before, all they knew was that it was close to Walmart. We circled Walmart and did not see it. One of the men then commented that when he steps out of the front door it is facing a highway. That was the clue I needed and I headed for the frontage road of the freeway. The man asked if I could give him a description of where the restaurant was located so he could better describe if for the next driver. Then, out from behind the trees, I saw it. I immediately shared the location with the riders. We arrived at Buffalo Wild Wings and I assisted them out of the vehicle. One of the gentlemen thanked me and stuck out his hand for a handshake in the opposite direction from where I was. I stepped over in front of him, shook his hand and expressed how glad I was that we had met.
On the way back to the gym I was thinking about how fortunate I was to have my sight but more importantly how fortunate I was to have had the opportunity to be in these gentlemen's lives for a few moments. It kind of made the house thing seem silly.
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