I was at the grocery store today when an older African-American man stepped out from behind the seafood counter and said “excuse me, ma’am”. I was with both kids and Emma was careening around the aisles with one of those toy shopping carts, so I think I thought for a split second that we were in trouble.

Instead, pointing to my iPhone he said “How do you delete an app off of that?” I think I might have done a double take. It was so far from what expected to hear that I was caught completely off guard.

I explained how to delete an app and he said “Great, thanks, I just have a bunch of apps on there that I don’t want anymore.” “I hear ya’” I said and took off down the spices aisle after Emma.

The whole encounter made me feel warm and squishy inside.

Now, is there an app to help me choose the right fish for dinner?