Reputation Defender? Or a scene from Momento?

Went to lunch today at a sandwich place I haven't been in almost a year. I like their food; it is original, flavored well, filling but kinda expensive.

The last time I went there I was a little sick with Crohns. I had also just had a MRI and was starting to have a reaction to the contrast. Or was it the MRI to check my brain out? Funnily enough, I can't remember.

What I do remember was puking twice while leaving the establishment. Once right at the front door and once at my truck. So you can see why I stayed away, even though it was clearly my fault and not theirs for the up-chuck. It's not you, it's me.

Killer and I are eating our lunch when the owner stops abruptly and says to me, "Hey I know you, right? You look super familiar to me." As odd and atypical (finally huh Super D!) as I look I'm always surprised when this happens. I am not a memorable, movie star like tall dark and handsome. I replied with, "Well where do you think you know me from?" As he sat puzzling it out I prompted that I had been to his place to eat a few times before.

He then called me by my first name, probably got it off my debit card, and asked if I'd been to their old farmers market location. I lied and said I had. He smiled and seemed to accept that and then went on about his day. I didn't want him to remember me as "Oh yeah, you're the guy who puked all over last time you here!"

POSTSCRIPT
I do remember an earlier interaction with the owner as well. I think I'd mentioned online, while I was sitting in their place, how I was unhappy they had something prominently advertised but then said it wasn't available for my second visit in a row. He must be good at monitoring his online presence as it was pretty easy to figure out who at the only occupied table probably just posted. We had a good discussion and he reasonably explained what was going on. It was a model example of how that type of scenario that could of been fraught was handled deftly and everyone was happy at the end.

UNLIKE that stupid bodywork repair place and my Porsche that I'll never go back to or recommend to anyone with a nice car!