I Wrote the Messages for a Fortune Cookie Bakery

A fortune cookie is a crisp little cookie with a slip of paper folded inside, and every slip has a message about your future. Somebody has to write those messages. On a visit to a bakery in San Francisco, I offered to help. They gave me a pen. Here are my fortunes.

My Fortunes

• “You will meet a tall, handsome stranger. It’s me. I’m in the next room.”
• “Good things come to those who wait. Great things come to those in the fast line.”
• “Your lucky numbers are 7, 7, 7 and 7. Why have four numbers when you can have one great one?”
• “A surprise is coming your way. It’s another cookie.”
• “Today is a wonderful day to agree with me.”
• “You will travel far. Bring snacks.”

The Bakery’s Response

The bakery said my messages were very confident. They explained that a fortune is supposed to be about the person reading it, not the person who wrote it. I said that’s the old way of doing things.

In the end, they kept one of mine: “A surprise is coming your way. It’s another cookie.” I’m told people love it, mostly because it’s true.