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You know, I bet it will! But that breakfast will only be part of the solution. I found this problem --and yes, this has happened to me-- goes away as soon as you focus on it. These days I stop at cart at the corner and pick up $3.50 worth of coffee and donuts just before I get to the office. Of course I dont' eat it until I'm at my desk, but the mental effort of smiling and saying "good morning!" to the foodcart man and anyone whom might be waiting in line there is enough to render me more or less polite. I'm sure I'd get the same result by singing a verse of "Yellow Submarine" on the last block of my ride.

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But whatever it takes, I make sure not to repeat what happened a few years ago, at this time of year... I was getting off my bike in front of the office and a pretty girl comes walking out the door I'm about to go in, and I'm standing there, completely slack jawed, totally spaced out look in my eye, and she says "hi!" and I'm I'm standing there, completely slack jawed, totally spaced out look in my eye, and I try to say something, and she's gone, and dammit, I was still standing there, completely slack jawed, totally spaced out look in my eye.