The personnel nightmares continue at Palmyra, anyway, which demand far greater attention than anywhere else. As much as can ever be the case in this high overturn industry, the other two locations remain stable – and in fact, it’s not uncommon for Liberty to go months without a single change. Some of Palmyra’s vagaries are explained away as the result of hiring college kids, in a college town, though this only accounts for so much.
One mild mannered kid, hired to work in grocery, everyone seems to agree has great potential. He’s quiet, he’s smart, and he works hard. Until the afternoon where, with a long cart full of product from a recent delivery in the aisle with him, which he is busy stocking, and Trudy conversing with another employee a little further down that same aisle, without any apparent provocation, he inexplicably yanks his apron off. “I can’t TAKE this shit anymore!” he shouts, slams said apron to the ground and walks off the job.
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://jasonmcgathey.wordpress.com/2021/03/22/tales-of-a-scorched-coffee-pot-chapter-27/
