On the heels of tabulating the goodies I snapped up at CVS the other morning, a perky cashier instructed me to input my pin on the ATM machine, select the cash-back option, and what-have-you.
Shortly after I keyed in my ultra-secret 4 digit code in a clandestine fashion, the ATM machine continued on, and screamed out a second personal directive to me from the miniature screen resting at my nimble fingertips below.
"Do you want cash back?"
When I scrutinized the response options offered up, I was slightly taken aback.
There should have been two entries to choose from, right?
"Yes" or "No".
I suppose I'd better put my specs on, I muttered to myself.
If I was not mistaken, there appeared to be 3 (!) distinct choices staring smack dab at me!
Uh-huh!
And, what was the 3rd word etched in line right below the "yes" option.
Si!
I hesitated.
I mean, what the heck?
Was this a prankster's idea of an off-the-wall joke?
Or - the first "baby step" towards surreptitiously introducing "Spanish" as a "second" language - into the mainstream around the country?
Suddenly, a quote from William Drayton sprang to mind:
"Change starts when someone sees the next step."
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