Thursday, May 28, 2009

Scenes from the Teller Line

We've had a table set out in our lobby for customers all week. It has different goodies on it, including some cookies, for our customers. Everyday at about 3 pm, the same scene plays out: one of our slacker back-room employees comes into the lobby, and looks at the table as if she'd never seen it there before- literally, she does an exaggerated double-take. Then she peers closer at the table and, lo and behold, cookies! Her hands fly to her cheeks, surprised and pleased, like a tiny child on Christmas morning. She takes a quick glance around the lobby, shrugs her shoulders so high they touch the tops of her ears, and picks up and napkin. Here, the acting gives way to greed: she quickly loads the napkin with one of each delicious cookie variety (there are 4 total) and shuffles off with her head down, probably to avoid the looks of disgust and incredulouness that she knows us front-liners are giving her.
The funny thing is, she has done this for three days straight. The same charade played out to the same audience at around the same time everyday. Give it up, lady.

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