Wednesday, May 09, 2007
The Tribute
MEMBER
Old Oakey is totally pissed at you!
MANAGER
What else is new? What great cause this time?
MEMBER
His table! Every Thursday evening for forty years!
MANAGER
Well the employee dinner is much bigger this year, so we need
the largest room. Oakey can have his dinner in the grill.
It's one day a year! Then he can talk about it for the remainder.
MEMBER
Why is it mushrooming so? I don’t get it.
MANAGER
We have a tremendous number retiring. From the greenskeeper to
Lilly, the famous waitress. About twenty in between. Anyway, Mac
came up the hard way, and...
MEMBER
Our president! Half-admired.
MANAGER
Anyway, he wants a bash for them.
MEMBER
Well, Lilly won't stop talking about her grandson in Iraq.
Won't be sad to see her go. That gets tired.
