This past weekend, I had the pleasure to visit one of my best friends who lives near the Austin area.

As it was my first time seeing the beautiful capitol of Texas, we wanted to make my experience memorable. My cousin, who has lived in Austin for years, highly suggested a restaurant called Crepe Crazy. As a food fanatic and an adventurous eater, I was excited to try something new.

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My best friend, Kristin, and I step into the restaurant. We immediately are floored by how quiet our surroundings are. No music, no talking... Just the workers quietly cooking and working behind the counter. Kristin and I gave each other an uncomfortable look. We were judging the place based on the fact that it was such an awkwardly silent restaurant.

After a few moments of quietly studying the menu, we stepped up to the cash register where an employee met us to take our orders. She didn't greet us, but instead, when Kristin asked her about items on the menu she pointed to her ear and then to the menu. While ordering our meals, we quickly realized that every worker in the restaurant was deaf. And our idea of the entire place changed right then and there.

We were so quick to judge because we were ignorant of the actual situation, when in reality, there was a reason for the silence. We ended up ordering with ease, even without words. Despite our uncomfortableness in the beginning of our little food adventure, we ended up truly loving the restaurant. The food was incredible and the overall eating experience was so peaceful. I would definitely go back to Crepe Crazy because of how tasty and fun the experience was.

My favorite part of eating at Crepe Crazy was realizing something important about my personality: despite what I tell myself, I am too quick to judge. I thrive on trying to live non-judgmentally, and yet when a real life "judgable" situation was thrown in front of me, I immediately had an opinion. I walked in feeling awkward, almost wanting to leave just because a restaurant was silent, when actually the restaurant spoke louder to me than I could imagine. Not everyone is as privileged as I am to live a completely normal life. The employees were working successfully in an environment that they were comfortable in, and I think it is beyond cool that they are able to grow together in this way. Crepe Crazy gives people who aren't able to hear such an awesome opportunity to just make a living and to do so with people who are in a similar boat as them.

My eating experience at Crepe Crazy was incredibly delicious, but more importantly it was informative. It taught me just a small life lesson that I can pocket and keep for the rest of my life. I can always strive to be as open-minded and accepting as possible. Take a moment when you step into new surroundings, and allow yourself to just not judge. It is honestly the best way to live.

Thank you, Crepe Crazy, for teaching me my little life lesson.

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