While Salazar was building up a relationship with Buck, her colleagues didn’t understand how she could constantly serve their most difficult customer with a smile on her face. Every day she welcomed him in enthusiastically. She didn’t have the same image of him in her mind as the others did. He even smiled back sometimes.
Buck wasn’t the only regular at Luby’s, but his colorful personality set him apart from the others. After seven years of coming in every day for lunch, everyone noticed immediately when he didn’t come in one day. Even the employees who would have wanted to avoid him. Nobody was truly worried – except Salazar…