After I placed my order for an iced coffee and an everything bagel, I took a seat at a table by the front window. As I pulled out my computer and started writing out my to-do list for the day, one of the coffee shop’s regulars, an elderly lady named Janet made her way to the front door to leave. As she got closer to the exit, she pulled up her hood on her coat, getting ready to face the pouring rain outside. But before she could walk out the door, a man with an umbrella walked up behind her and asked if he could walk her to her car.

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