Kiddo

Recently a regular customer greeted me with, "How you doin', kiddo?" Now if anyone else had said that, I would have been offended. But he and his wife are always so nice, if a little odd. The age difference definitely makes me a 'kiddo' to him--he's close to my grandfather's age. After I helped him find something he updated me about an issue from a few weeks ago. He had a problem that I tried to help him with but was unable to solve. He took my advice to go to the expert (and spend a little money) and it all turned out how he wanted it to. I'm glad when things turn out well for customers like him.