opened into a shared hallway.
He actually stopped to think about that.
Seriously.
As if the distinction mattered.
Then he said,
“Probably split the difference. Get the medium-density one.”
And then he walked away.
I bought the medium-density weatherstripping.
I also lingered in the aisle for several extra minutes hoping he might come back.
He didn’t.
But a week later, I saw him again at the same store.
He recognized me immediately.
“Did the weatherstripping work?”
I admitted I hadn’t installed it yet.
He offered to help.
His name was
