Time: Saturday, 8:35 pm It was a quiet night, and a welcome one at that. Friday night had been an absolute nightmare; it had been me, a returning college student, and three new hires working, and I'm fairly certain everyone in a thirty mile radius had decided to come out. So a quiet night shift … Continue reading Tales from the Café: Man in the Mirror
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Time: Thursday, 6:47 pm We're a fairly common place for meet-ups, I've noticed. It makes sense: we're in a very central location, easy to find, right off the main drag. City Square is a decent sized hub for the Expressway, and between all the restaurants around, we've got good amounts of parking. So I've seen a … Continue reading Tales from the Café: Blind Date
(Alternately titled: You Probably Think This Post Is About You) Time: Friday, 8:55 pm It was finally almost closing time after an incredibly hectic day. Zöe had locked the front door, and all but the last few tables had filtered out. Despite the chaotic nature of the evening, I was in a good mood. None … Continue reading Tales From the Café: Familiar Faces
Time: Thursday, 1:15 pm "Hey Hunts?" Zöe walked up behind me, and I looked over my shoulder. "86 arugula." I blinked. "We're seriously out of arugula? How did we run out of arugula?" She shrugged. "I have absolutely no idea. I don't even want to know. But just make sure that you let people know. … Continue reading Tales from the Café: Love It or Hate It
Time: Thursday, 3:14 pm I stifled a yawn behind my elbow, running a hand through my hair as I blinked hard. It had been a long day, and I was ready for my shift to be over. Just a little less than an hour and I'd be home. I'd just start doing a bit of … Continue reading Tales from the Café: Item Unavailable
Time: Monday, 1:48 pm I was scheduled to come in at 2, but I figured jumping in a bit early was never going to be a problem. The rush was slowing down, and I could tell it had been a doozy, just from how much still needed to be done and cleared. James, our general manager … Continue reading Tales from the Café: Tabula Rasa
A/N: Incredibly fitting for the moment, as the past few days before I write this have been rife with Internet problems at home... Date: Wednesday, 12:38 pm The lunch rush would be here any minute, and all I had to do was make sure my best smile was on my face and we'd be fine. … Continue reading Tales from the Café: Page Cannot Load
Time: 2:35 pm, Monday Mid-afternoons are slow under the best of circumstances, and this one was even worse. I wasn't sure what was keeping people away from the café, but that was the way things went. Honestly, I didn't mind the slow afternoons. It meant that I had some time to get caught up on … Continue reading Tales from the Café: Flat Whites and Macchiatos
Time: 12:46 pm, Friday I took a deep breath, looking out at the line as I slipped behind the second register. "I can help the next person in line!" I called out, looking down for the next customer ready to order. We'd been dead all morning, and now it was like everyone in town had … Continue reading Tales from the Café: Lunch Rush
I've been thinking for a long time that I should share tiny flash fiction stories about where I work. There's a lot of great characters--both for good and for ill--and I've often been told that I should write about them. Obviously, for legal reasons, names of people/places/food items will be changed to not point a … Continue reading Serial Story Intro: Tales from the Café
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