Hello. Hello. How are you?

I'm okay. How are you? All the better for seeing you.

In person. Let me tell you something. I went to this cafe this morning. I mentioned it before.

It's called Costa Coffee, which I think we said people might think, does that mean the coast of coffee?

No, it doesn't. It's a fellow called Mr. Costa who opened it. Somebody told us. I don't think it's the one from Blue, but maybe it was. Anyway, so I go to this place this morning, and that's what I say. I go, hello, how are you? To the man behind the counter. And that's what he says to me. He goes, all the better for seeing you.

That's such a nice thing to say to you, a stranger, yes.

Yes, because I am a, you might be listening to this and thinking, what a nice thing.

You're a familiar face, a regular, and he's glad that you've turned up today.

No, never seen him in my life before.

Oh, wow.

And he said, all the better for seeing you.

All the better for seeing you.

Do you think he says it to everybody?

Oh, sorry.

Why?

You just look really hurt there.

Yeah.

Is that the thing that's been keeping you going, like, all day?

Yeah, because, you know, I sometimes think,

I'm not one of these people who spreads joy around the world. I'm not a Pied Piper. I'm not

somebody who is enchanting or charismatic as they move through the world. And yet this guy said all the better for seeing you.

And I thought, I don't know what your life is like, but it's a Tuesday morning.

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