Memo from the Booth:
To: Everyone
Re: The coffee pot

There are two acceptable outcomes when you take the last cup of coffee:
1. Make more
2. Rinse the pot.

“I figured someone else would deal with it” is not a third option, it’s a confession.

Leaving half a cup on the burner isn’t “saving it for later,” it’s slow-cooking it into tar. By 3pm the whole floor smells like a tire fire.

I’m not asking. The booth has a window into the break room and I take notes.

That’s all. We’re done here.