rubbed him the wrong wayhe deemed
it common sense
anwhen his common sense was defied he was short
hed been too long in customercare
to tolerate faults he quickly remedied them
the young man had his back to him
leaning against the counter before the cash register talking on his cellphone
had he worked for him hed be taking
his act on the road good thing he wasnt ever
moved to join management or head a bevy of greedy underlings whose first priority
was themselves Teamwork Suck my dick he managed to work himself into standalone tedious work no matter having to work was always tedious an given his headnobody looking over his
shoulder he performed nearly flawlessly head an shoulders above his cohorts
Excuse me Lance bout jumped out of his
skin might teach him not
to stand with his back to the door
he turned rapidlybugeyed
Ohshit, man! you startled me.
Startled Good I could have brained you It come in
Come in? Come in? buying
time buying time like a myna bird or an echo wasnt buying him shit
What
come in?
Wha we discussed over the phone three
days ago Five o nine You were in at Four
I gave you time to get things in order for your shift before I called before
the afterwork rush
Three days ago?
You took my email Said youd email the following day
he shook his head as if trying to
ward off unconsciousness from a nearknockout punch clutching the ropes with
both arms only the referee between them keeping him off
Email?
Knee Deep Hop-Deranged
Ooh shiit.
Lance he
felt like he was going into dialog from Fight Club The first rule about Fight Club is: you do not talk about Fight Club The second rule about Fight Club is: you DO
NOT talk about Fight Club . . .
Understand
this in your capacityyour job Do not
make promises you cannot keep Anif you fail
your promise I did not solicit it you ought to be mortified apologetic come up
with something fifteen seconds ago about how yare rectifying it
Poor
poor Lance Out of his league
You have my email When it comes in Im buying two the second
halfprice Rectified
Got me
I got you . .
.
. I thought you had me
Im
disappointed Have a good night
short an sweet
fingers
crossed memorable
2236, Day-between-Two-Ts, 29 12.
21
1657, Thursday,
30 12. 21
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