The sweetest thing

"Hey, hey, hold on a sec," said the driver this evening on the #151 Sheridan bus headed north out of downtown. He stopped the bus at an intersection near the Lincoln Park Zoo.

"This will only take a second. I just want to wish all the ladies here a happy Sweetest Day."

And with that, all the women collapsed into a puddle of "AWWWWW". One of the four men on the packed bus cleared his throat.

One of the women at the front asked, "Excuse me, do you have a girlfriend?"

I really needed that after the week I've had (lost luggage on United and so forth).