"Think of it, in just a few days this place will be covered in grime and dirt, young couples will be making out on our upstairs sofa, we'll have to continually fix the expresso machine."
"Homeless people will have conversations with our baristas about whether or not World War 2 happened."
"Drunk passerbies will vandalize our windows! If we're lucky, we'll get some graffiti."
Charlie wiped down the counter. It felt like moving into a new apartment. Other than the rent check, which was more and didn't include heat or electric. And all of the annoying certificates they had to file for.
John opened up a UPS envelope and pulled a plastic sign out that read "Now Hiring".
"Seriously, you ordered a sign online? That's an unnecessary expense."
"But look, it's nice."
"Write that into our budget." Charlie said, drawing out a sign on a piece of computer paper that said "Now Hiring", and placing it next to the plastic one.
"Welcome to the neighborhood." A man wearing a suit with the pant legs rolled up said, extending his hand at the door.
"You've been here for awhile?"
"Yeah, I run the bar across the street."
The sign read "Bar and Coffee Lounge." This was a massive oversight. They had direct competition across the street.
"I think we can coexist. My clientele is mostly college kids. They'll get bored of my store and go to yours, then get bored of yours and come over to mine."
"We better open earlier than him." Charlie said to Damian.
They changed the "open" sign to 6:00 AM. That was a full two hours before the Bar and Coffee Lounge opened.
"We should probably have a more interesting name for our little shop than his, too."
They produced a sign.
"Homeless people will have conversations with our baristas about whether or not World War 2 happened."
"Drunk passerbies will vandalize our windows! If we're lucky, we'll get some graffiti."
Charlie wiped down the counter. It felt like moving into a new apartment. Other than the rent check, which was more and didn't include heat or electric. And all of the annoying certificates they had to file for.
John opened up a UPS envelope and pulled a plastic sign out that read "Now Hiring".
"Seriously, you ordered a sign online? That's an unnecessary expense."
"But look, it's nice."
"Write that into our budget." Charlie said, drawing out a sign on a piece of computer paper that said "Now Hiring", and placing it next to the plastic one.
"Welcome to the neighborhood." A man wearing a suit with the pant legs rolled up said, extending his hand at the door.
"You've been here for awhile?"
"Yeah, I run the bar across the street."
The sign read "Bar and Coffee Lounge." This was a massive oversight. They had direct competition across the street.
"I think we can coexist. My clientele is mostly college kids. They'll get bored of my store and go to yours, then get bored of yours and come over to mine."
"We better open earlier than him." Charlie said to Damian.
They changed the "open" sign to 6:00 AM. That was a full two hours before the Bar and Coffee Lounge opened.
"We should probably have a more interesting name for our little shop than his, too."
They produced a sign.
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