Andy Crouch: Think Globally, Lunch Locally
I’m all in favor of buying lunch only from people you know. And coffee as well, I might add… Andy Crouch, the author of Culture Making (one of 2008’s best books, IMO) nails it:
[Painful story...] I vowed never, ever buy lunch on a workday from a stranger again. It was a solemn vow that I break only under drastic circumstances. So, now I get lunch from Frank, Art, or Tommy, guys I have come to be friends with who run three different places. I like them. I think all three are funny, and they usually laugh at my jokes, which is key. I don’t see them except for lunch, but that’s fine. I enjoy spending money where I know the people. Lunch is now a little social part of my day, and I feel like I work in a real neighborhood, which it really isn’t. I love being a regular. I love purposefully limiting my choices instead of expanding them. Most of all, I think that I enjoy being loyal just for the sake of being loyal.
I don’t ever hate lunch anymore. I consider lunch one of my greatest triumphs.
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