"You have a beautiful day, sweetie!" Birdie calls after the departing customers, features split into her typical megawatt smile and tucking ration cards into the register in front of her. "Andrew, honey, the soda machine is gettin' stuck again on the red-punch nozzle, you mind takin' a look at it this time? I tried t' fix it all by myself and made a right mess of the counter underneath it- and I promise the walkway's good an' clean enough for you to take a break once you help me out." She informs with a hum, closing the register. "You all don't have to look busy for me, you know, 'long as the shop's clean and our customers are happy you should all take whatever time to sit you need! Catch up on a book or something, or just take a load off! No need to wear yourselves out pretendin' to get stuff done when stuff's done and dusted!" She glances over her shoulder at the soda machine again.
"I swear it's got it out for me- the High School's copy machine was the same way."
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