
The one thing that will fix anything
She walked in and grabbed the only open table.
The local coffee shop, bustling with students and entrepreneurs, offered a quiet haven for her to work.
She slid the chair out and plopped her bag on the table. To her dismay, it wobbled from side to side, like a ship at sea.
There was a reason it was the only table left, no one wanted to work on an unstable surface.
She paused, calculating her options.
She could go to a new coffee shop. She could ask to sit at another cramped table. Or she could sit, and do nothing.
She did the unexpected.
In one swift movement, she flipped the table over, exposing the brass leg with three animal feet, and the lose nut causing all the trouble.
With a vice-like grip, she tightened the nut and swung the table back over, planting it firmly in place. Not a wobble. Not even a quiver.
The patrons looked on in wonder.
“I almost did that,” said one in the corner.
Almost didn’t fix the wobbly table, prompt and deliberate action did.

