Conversations Among the Ruins

Listen my bosses
would probably
scare you.

They're a tough lot.
Because they run
a brand

of the best rated
quality in this
town and there is

simply not room
for error
on my end.

I have a great
respect for the
team of people

I work for. The thought
of ever working
in this industry

and not for them
makes me feel sick.

"It's not
for the faint
of heart." So many

have said. Ben and I,
we have Soda Time
most nights,

where we're parched
and exhausted,
and a bottle of pepsi

from the machine
in the back
is like liquid

gold. The machine
has been out of
soda for days.

We complained
to ourselves, and
finally

on Sunday
asked our boss.

"Guys just tell
me to call those
people and they'll

be out here tomorrow."

On Monday
we had our pepsi
so I asked her

if they could
puhleeeezzzee
put dr. pepper

in the machine.
That I'd start
a petition.

Now maybe this
sounds like nothing
out of something or

something out of
nothing but

I walked into work
today and there
was my boss, half

jogging into the
locker room to
tell me that she

brought me a
dr. pepper.

"I was just
looking at it in
my fridge and I

couldn't not bring it
for you."

I have to tell you,
this woman put
the fear of God

into me for a while
when I started, whether
it be that my

shoes were wrong
or I made the
salad wrong.

I worked
very very
very hard

this year
to be accepted
by the best

of the best. Maybe
that sounds
silly to some people

but I can't even
begin to tell you
how many times

I've quietly smiled
over the thought she
gave me with

just a can of pop.

Sometimes,
no matter how small
something might seem

somewhere else, to
someone else

it might just give them
something to be
quiet and

happy
about.

Never
underestimate
that

truth.