[ And just like that, Kimiko finds herself juggling two handfuls of free food.
They're just samples, but she's gone hungry in the past and isn't about to look a gift cabbage dumpling in the, uh, wherever you look to make eye contact with a cabbage dumpling. This is where things are going to get weird for Joel, though. Rather than say thanks like a normal person, Kimiko balances the cups precariously between her elbow and the corner of her ribs. With both hands free, she's able to cycle through a few slips of paper she has folded up in her coat pocket—opening one, scanning it quickly, tucking it back into her pocket, moving onto the next—until she finds the right one and offers it to Joel. He's left waiting a few seconds.
It says: Thank you!, with a rightside-up smile to punctuate, like so: 😊 ]
free samples
They're just samples, but she's gone hungry in the past and isn't about to look a gift cabbage dumpling in the, uh, wherever you look to make eye contact with a cabbage dumpling. This is where things are going to get weird for Joel, though. Rather than say thanks like a normal person, Kimiko balances the cups precariously between her elbow and the corner of her ribs. With both hands free, she's able to cycle through a few slips of paper she has folded up in her coat pocket—opening one, scanning it quickly, tucking it back into her pocket, moving onto the next—until she finds the right one and offers it to Joel. He's left waiting a few seconds.
It says: Thank you!, with a rightside-up smile to punctuate, like so: 😊 ]