I almost walked past it.
Just another street stand.
Just another sign.
But then I saw it:
“Left-Handed Tacos – 50¢ each”
“Right-Handed Tacos – 2 for $1”
I stopped.
Looked again.
Did the math.
Then laughed.
Because… it was the exact same price.
A guy next to me shook his head.
“Man, that’s messed up,” he said jokingly.
“Why they charging left-handed people more?”
The vendor just smiled.
Didn’t say a word.
I ordered two tacos.
“Right-handed?” he asked.
I nodded.
He handed them over.
Same tacos.
Same everything.
I stepped aside and watched.
People kept coming.
Some laughed.
Some complained.
Some didn’t notice at all.
But almost everyone… reacted.
That’s when it hit me.
This wasn’t about tacos.
It was about perception.
We see two things that look different…
and immediately assume they are different.
We don’t question it.
We don’t check it.
We just… believe it.
Just like in life.
We judge people by labels.
By appearance.
By what we’re told.
Without ever looking closer.
That little taco stand?
It wasn’t just selling food.
It was exposing something.
How easy it is to trick the mind.
How quick we are to assume.
How rarely we stop and think:
“Wait… is this really different?”
I finished my tacos.
Turned back one last time.
And the vendor caught my eye.
He smiled.
Like he knew exactly what I had just realized.
Sometimes…
The lesson isn’t in the price.
It’s in the way we see things.
