Not a King

Patron, at 4:50pm: …and that’s not a king. There is no king. That’s a musketeer. And there’s three of ‘em!

Me: God dammit I’m so close to going home.

Patron: Oh hey there blue eyes. Ooh, you’re so handsome.

Me: Hel-

Patron: You play ball? You like to fist fight?

Me: No-

Patron: That’s okay, I don’t like ball players anyway.

Me: Coo-

Patron: So hey can I renew this?

Me: It was due a month ago. You have some fines to pay before I can renew it.

Patron: But I never took that out.

Me: You just showed me the receipt.

Patron: Yeah but I never took that item out. I remember looking at it and… anyway here’s the fine.

Me: That was easier than I expected, thank you. Do you want a new receipt for the new due dates?

Patron: Yeah

Me, throwing the old receipt away and handing them a new one: Here you go.

Patron: Yeah! Throw that away! Practice that ball skill. Longhairs like you need that. You need it. Play ball!

Me: It is 4:52 PM please let me leave

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