Sunday, July 19, 2009

The Cleaner

"NO EXTRA CHARGE FOR FAST SERVICE"

That's one of the signs over the counter at the shop of my new cleaner. I smiled when I saw the sign. Half of the smile was due to the jovial way that this small-statured man of Asian ancestry went to find my suits from the rack. The other half of the smile was due to the reminder that people assume that service is an "add-on" and not the norm.

What is assumed at the cleaners is too often also assumed in the Church.

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