raised an eyebrow. “Come. Show me!”
William grabbed a VHS tape, shoved it in the rewinder, and pressed the button.
“Well, you’ve been coming here every Saturday for the past four months. I guess you
could have picked something up,” Dave said, sounding defeated.
“I guess I still learned from the best,” William said, hoping to cheer him up.
“Yes! Yes, you did,” Dave said with exaggerated triumph. “Ed!” he shouted, then
added, “William's trained now.”
Ed approached the counter, eyeing the pile of videos on the floor. “That’s all well
and good, but who’s going to train you?”
“Ed, I am untrainable. No matter how many Wee-Wee pads they put on the floor, I’m
still going to piss all over the place.” Dave stormed out from behind the counter.
“I'll be in the break room if you need me,” he called out as he walked into the
Adults Only room.
“Dave, you know there isn’t a break room!” Ed shouted. He turned to William. “It’s
a fairly easy job, but most of the work is dealing with Dave.”
William chuckled.
“I’m not joking, William,” Ed said, picking up the fallen tapes. “Check on him if
he doesn’t come out in the next couple of minutes.”
“Okay,” William replied.
“But close your eyes if you have to go in there. There are some things you can’t
unsee,” Ed warned as he walked out from behind the counter to return the videos to
the shelves.
William stood alone at the counter when David walked in.
“Hey, William.”
“Hey, David. Have you come to harass me on my first day at the Video Coop?”