Newbie

My charming writing partner has emerged from her hiatus to send this story:

Corner store, paying for purchase when young girl from pizza joint next door walks in with an empty pail. “I need a bucket of steam, they told me you had some over here…”

Poor new kid. She didn’t even think through the uses for a bucket of steam at a pizza parlor. At least when we harassed the new guys at the picture framing shop we would at least think of something halfway plausible. Cut the glass too short? The Glass Stretcher is in one of those boxes in the storage closet. Need to put together a frame cut from German moulding? You’ll need the metric nail gun. It’s in one of those boxes in the storage closet too.

Mechanics and builders have asked the new guy to find a left-handed hammer/wrench/screwdriver since the origin of harassment. You’ve busted the new guy’s chops. Comments, please.

Your pal,

bob