Turtle & Canary, Wednesday
There was a blinding flash of purple light in the back room, and suddenly two figures stood where before there had been only empty space. There was another flash -- apparently, just in case you had missed the first one -- and a sound sort of like "WUMMMMMMMM".
And then the Cheese Panda leaned over and threw up on the floor.
"Didn't I tell you not to touch it?" Mike sighed. He felt like ralphing, too, but like hell was he going to show it. "Next time I tell you not to touch something, how about you try not touching it?" He shook his head. "Oh, you're worse than my granddaughter."
The panda did its best to convey just how sorry it was.
"Yeah, I'm sure you are," Mike replied. He pulled his phone out of his pocket and glanced at the the time. And then the date. "Well, shit. So, here's what's going to happen: You are going to come out to the front with me, while we figure out how things have fared in the days that we've been missing, and then you are going to come back here and clean up this mess you just made."
When they walked out into the store, Apu had an angry glare for them. "Next time you go on vacation," he insisted, "you will do me the favor of putting it on the calendar!"
As always, there was a NOW HIRING sign on the door.
Today's Squishy flavors: Timewarp, Disappointment, Red
[No OCD today, because it was swallowed in a flash of purple light.]
And then the Cheese Panda leaned over and threw up on the floor.
"Didn't I tell you not to touch it?" Mike sighed. He felt like ralphing, too, but like hell was he going to show it. "Next time I tell you not to touch something, how about you try not touching it?" He shook his head. "Oh, you're worse than my granddaughter."
The panda did its best to convey just how sorry it was.
"Yeah, I'm sure you are," Mike replied. He pulled his phone out of his pocket and glanced at the the time. And then the date. "Well, shit. So, here's what's going to happen: You are going to come out to the front with me, while we figure out how things have fared in the days that we've been missing, and then you are going to come back here and clean up this mess you just made."
When they walked out into the store, Apu had an angry glare for them. "Next time you go on vacation," he insisted, "you will do me the favor of putting it on the calendar!"
As always, there was a NOW HIRING sign on the door.
Today's Squishy flavors: Timewarp, Disappointment, Red
[No OCD today, because it was swallowed in a flash of purple light.]