Cookie Evasion
On Wednesday, I trained Ed - who works in the juice bar at Angelica Kitchen - to do my job, which is making to-go orders in the kitchen and answering the phone. One of the great things about working with Ed is that when it comes to customers (the entire reason that we’re there), he’s kind of a nihilist. His main goal is amusing himself. If taking something seriously is going to stress him out at all, he’ll find a way around it.
For instance, one customer called to ask if we had any cookies left from the day before, since day-old cookies are cheaper. Ed had no idea how many we had. We could have had anywhere between 0 and 10, but rather than endure the minor hassle of going around the corner and checking, Ed concocted a line that kind of seemed informative if you’re not paying attention, but was actually completely insubstantial, containing nothing that he could be held accountable for:
“We may have one cookie. But I can’t guarantee we’ll still have it by the time you get here.”
6 years ago