Sandagonal (Adj): How a sandwich should always be cut

There's a small deli by my work that I started going to for lunch.  It's around the corner and not too pricey compared to the froufrou-sheshe restaurants in the neighbourhood.

The first time I went there I was greeted by a friendly Asian woman behind the counter.  As soon as the words "How can I help you?" escaped her lips, I felt uneasy.  She had one of those shrill voices that always ended on a high note.  It was almost as if she was deliberately trying to sound extra perky/Asian/feminine.  I don't know what it was, but it didn't sit well with me.

I rushed through my order so that I could keep our conversation short, but she kept asking me for details like "White or whole wheat" and "Balsamic or Italian" and with every new question she posed, I cringed more and more.  It took will-power not to respond in imitation.

But it was when she started making my lunch, a grilled cheese sandwich with a garden salad, that things changed.  All it took was the cut of a knife in a diagonal motion on my grilled cheese for me to dissolve all hatred towards this innocent woman.

Because anybody who has their head in the right place knows that a sandwich only tastes good when it's cut on the diagonal.  Or Sandagonal, as I like to Ingafy it.

Suddenly,  she was my favourite lunch lady in the world and I've been going there ever since for my yummy and affordable lunches.

It was a sandwish come true.