Until an ant drinks the ocean, xxxxxxxxxx
And a tortoise circles the world.
Michael jumped when his boss suddenly yelled out, he hadn’t heard him coming and the café was still quiet. Setting down a few cups he’d been moving before he dropped them Michael straightened his name-tag and put on an ‘alive’ face. He did have to admit that before people started coming in he went around behind his counter doing things on autopilot. He did the same thing ever morning and most likely could do it with his eyes shut by now so he didn’t put much extra effort into it. It’s Michael, Mr. Blackman.” He’d told the man multiple times that he preferred Michael to ‘Mikey’ but it didn’t seem to get through to him. Maybe he was just too busy to remember, most of the time when he told him that he’d been rushing out of the building or shoving his dog’s leash into his hand and pushing him out the door. Eventually he gave up on correcting him, it was better than just Mike, he hated being called that. Mike just seemed so harsh of a name it had no flow, it just stopped, Mike. Bleh.
The first time he’d been told he had special business to do during his break he hadn’t been sure how to feel about it, though not knowing what it meant and just starting to work there he had an idea that it was some sort of newbie prank. He was relieved when it turned out to be walking Mr. Blackman’s dog. At first Michael got the impression that Maverick didn’t like him very much, on the other hand most pets don’t like being taken someplace by a person they didn’t know without a familiar face. He couldn’t blame the dog; he would like a stranger taking him somewhere and not telling him where he was going. They formed a relationship as time went on and Michael walked him more and more.
As his boss started to head out of the building he went back to work picking up the cups he’d set down for safety. He’d managed to make one trip and was on his second when there was a bark and a flurry of action. He felt the weight of his boss falling into him and luckily had been planted so he didn’t fall over though he had to do a drastic balancing act to keep the stacks of saucers in his hands from crashing to the floor. Carefully stetting down at fixing the stacks he turned in time to see his glare. His first reaction was to look down and away, the best way to avoid confrontation is just to go with it. This was quickly covered by the thought that it wasn’t his fault his dog had too much energy and ran into him. Looking back up he called after him.
“Detergent and vinegar are good at getting out coffee stains.”
There was a hint of attitude in the advice, thanks for letting me keep my job, was what he’d been thinking. Michael was used to his moods, they were unpredictable and usually exaggerated but he’d grown up with four girls and they all had pms at the same time. He could handle moods. Looking at the spilled coffee on the floor he sighed before fetching the mop.
❝Michael Roe Hill❞