Brian and Libby's Blog

Eat at Friendly's, Save a Life

So it's Saturday morning, June 24th, and Brian and I are off to have breakfast with his very nervous friend Kevin, who is getting married at 2 pm, and another one of his groomsmen. My idea of a good vacation is very heavily weighted on the quality of the breakfast I eat, and although this wasn't a true "vacation," and although I much prefer local diners to national chains, I must say, I was very delighted to see that there was a Friendly's nearby (high on the breakfast scale, even for a chain). So we stroll in around 10:30 am and as we walk by this row of booths, this kid in a bright yellow tank top just flails out into the walkway, as though his feet were connected to the seat and his head was just flying out of control. Brian instinctively swoops in and catches the kid when his head is about 6 inches from the tile, and voila - a hero is born.

Ok so maybe he didn't save his LIFE but he definitely saved the kid a trip to the emergency room...that would have been one heck of a headache...or minor concussion. It was kind of wierd. The kid just kind of looked up at Brian, then he sat back in the booth, and I'm pretty sure the kid's mom was laughing ?@#(*&?!

So about 20 minutes later we're sitting in the booth and I'm like...shouldn't she at least come over and say "thanks for saving my kid from a lifetime of minor brain damage" or something? I didn't really sense that she cared too much. And about 10 minutes after that, the kid walks over with this big yellow balloon tied to his arm, stares up at the four of us, and quietly asks "Which one of you saved me?" It might of been the cutest thing I ever saw...or the funniest. So he gave Brian a Friendly's giftcard and we took his picture and history was made. Fun times.

And the moral of the story is, if I hadn't let Brian hold the door for me when we walked into Friendly's, I would have been in the kid's path instead of Brian when he came flying into the walkway, and I would be a hero today. Either that, or my slow reflexes would have resulted in a child with no short term memory, and an entirely different story. Probably better that it was Brian!

posted by Libby @ 9:51 AM