Niceness...

"Have a lovely day!" exclaimed the burly, surly looking elderly man wearing a "veteran" hat and a pretty gnarly tattoo. I looked up and without hesitation cried "you too!"  He'd ordered his coffee, walked over to the sugar-and-cream island and gruffed his way through stirring his coffee. I had barely taken notice of him, save the tattoo and hat combo and focused on my work. But as he closed the cap of his to-go cup, he lifted his eyes, turned toward me and smiled...my day has been lovely ever since.