Salads and sidewalks

I thought I’d try something new.

I frequent Sweetgreen, a restaurant that offers healthy foods from local farmers. They have an app that allows you to pre-order your lunch and then pick it up. I gave it a shot.

When I arrived, there was a shelf with all of the lunches ordered via the app. And there was my lunch with my name on it!

After picking up the salad, I asked a woman behind the register if I needed to check in before I picked up the grub.

Her: Nope. Just grab it and go.

Me: What if someone steals my lunch?

Her: (Laughs) We’d make you a new one. But that hasn’t happened yet. And if it does, we’ll tweak how we deliver lunches.

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