I'll thank you to mind your own business.

So . . . I was at Taco Bell waiting for my food when an employee called out 187. Mr. 187 was at the soda fountain filling up his drink so he didn't hear his number called. After a couple seconds the employee called out 187 again, but now the guy was searching for the right sized lid, and we all know how obnoxiously difficult that can be, so he still didn't hear his number called.

I decided to be Mr. Nice Guy by getting his attention and saying, "Your food is ready." To which he responded by making a rude hand gesture using the hand-under-the-chin technique.

I was shocked, speechless and ate lunch brooding over the jerky response that guy gave me when I was just trying to be helpful.

Half an hour later, while the stomach acid was starting to creep up my throat, all the puzzle pieces clicked together. Mr. 187 was deaf, and Mr. Nice Guy is blind.

That's why he didn't hear his number called out, and the rude hand-under-the-chin gesture is similar enough to the sign for "thank you" that I didn't notice the difference; I was too busy patting myself on the back for being Mr. Nice Guy to pay any attention to the person I was actually trying to help.

But, the good news is my heart burn is gone.