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Doc, What are your thoughts on Xisuma?
Doc: He's a good manager.
Doc: I'm happy to let him run things independently in my absence.
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Xisuma: He said that, did he?
Xisuma: Wow.
Cleo: High praise from the boss man, that is.
Xisuma: It is, It is.
xisuma does you guys have a stamp card thing where if you buy a certain number of coffees you get one free
Xisuma: Yup.
Xisuma: 8 stamps and the 9th is free.
Xisuma: ...
Xisuma: I had to haggle Doc down from 10 stamps before that.
Xisuma: And that would only get you 50% off your next drink, too.
Xisuma: I'm not sure it was even about the money for him. I'm pretty certain it wasn't.
Xisuma: I've since worked out that he enjoys making my job a little bit harder, just to see where I draw the line and say no.
Xisuma: It used to be a hypothesis, but I'm pretty certain about it these days.
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Doc: What can I say?
Doc: The kid has gumption.
Doc: I enjoy our talks.
Doc if you’re taking questions, why did you decide to own a coffee shop?
Doc: [shrugs]
Doc: I like coffee.
Doc: ...
Doc: ...
Doc: And money.
To Cleo
Have you ever caught Bdubs trying to steal a cookie or two
Cleo: The one time Bdubs tried to steal a cookie, I immediately ratted his ass out to Doc.
Cleo: Thankfully he's learnt his lesson on corporate theft now.
Cleo: Haven't you, Bdubs?
Bdubs: Oh, absolutely. The most important rule about stealing is that
Bdubs: If you're gonna steal from your place of work, make sure you get enough for both you and your mom.
Bdubs: Otherwise you've really screwed the pooch on that one.
Cleo: Exactly.
Cleo: But, you are forgetting one vitally important detail in all of this, Bdubs.
Bdubs: Oh?
Bdubs: Pray tell what might that be?
Cleo: I'm not your bloody mother.
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Doc: ... I don't really care, it's a cookie.
Doc: It costs peanuts to me.
Doc: And besides, watching them scramble in the group chat has far more entertainment value.
Doc, I know you haven't been present much, yet, but do you read the group chat? Or do you have it silenced, which, tbh, would be very fair.
Doc: I trust X to tell me if anything happens that I should be aware of.
Doc: ...
Doc: Although, sometimes - on the odd occasion - I will emoji react to a message to provoke fear amongst the staff.
Doc: As a treat.
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Tango: Oh yeah, that happened to me one time and I nearly quit on the spot.
Cub: Yeah, man, Doc sure does know how to set everybody on edge.
Cub: Although the worst time was when he sent everyone a bottle of *real* champagne, just off the cuff.
Tango: Oh, yeah. For our "Hard work and dedication."
Cub: It was highly unsettling.
Cub: There was nothing to prompt it, either. I had to read back through my messages in the group chat to see if I'd said anything that would upset him.
Tango: Freaky. For. Real.
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Doc: ... What can I say?
Doc: They are fun to play with.
