Notes from Shapiro's Deli

No doubt about it, working in a restaurant is hard work.  The hours are long, your body aches, and sometimes no matter how hard you try you just can't seem to make people happy.  And then there are days like today when you have the honor of meeting a person of distinction who treats you like gold and makes it all worthwhile.   Today the honor was ours as Mr. Gene Keady was in the Indianapolis deli for lunch.  Currently an analyst for the Big Ten Network, he is most notable for being the head basketball coach at Purdue University for 25 years, from 1980 to 2005.  He was most obliging when we asked for a photo.  That is me on the left and our manager, Cecilia, on the right.  I just happen to have a child who graduated from Purdue, so this is a big deal at my house.  You just never know who you may run into while having lunch at Shapiro's Deli!