Today was relatively boring at work considering that everyone is gearing up for the upcoming Holiday. Most of us, even though we had plenty of work to get done, hung around and goofed off for the majority of the day. I certainly did my fair share of doing nothing. I did quite a bit of work in the beginning of the day, but after lunch, well, it was screw off time.
I was hanging out at the front counter around 2:00PM, showing Chief how to make a paper football when Container Girl came up to me to ask for a cigarette. I was just about to run down to my office and grab my smokes when the phone rang and she answered it. So Chief and I continued our football game for a few minutes. When she finally hung up, I walked over to her desk and leaned over the fence...I had lost the football game anyway and Chief and Pennyman had started their own game. Container Girl started talking about some guy she had worked with years earlier, and how his son was coming in to pick up some materials. She mentioned his name and my jaw dropped.
"Did you just say Zeke," I asked her.
"Yeah, why you know him?"
"Well, not the father. But I know his son, I think."
We got into a conversation about Zeke, and I was pretty sure it was the same guy. I told her to call me up to the counter when he came in so I could say hi to him.
"Go get a cigarette," she reminded me.
So I ran down to my office, grabbed my smokes, and came back up to the front counter. We headed out and lit up, yes right in front of the front doors. We talked a bit about how she worked with Zeke's father, and I worked with Zeke. It had been years since I had seen him. Just as I put my cigarette out, a green pick up pulled into the parking lot.
"That's him," she said.
"Yes, it is."
We stood out front while Zeke got out of his truck. As stepped onto the front stairs he picked his head up and looked at Container Girl, then looked at me and his jaw dropped.
"Oh my God," he said. "How are you? It's so good to see you!"
Zeke came up to me and gave me a big hug and kiss! I think he was just as shocked to see me as I was to see him! We talked for a minute until he grabbed my hand, "Come out to my truck. You have to see my new puppy!" he said with a huge grin on his face.
As we walked around the corner to where he had parked his truck, I just KNEW that I'd be hearing about this for the rest of the day! I didn't care though! I was just glad to see him again!
We stood out at his truck for a few minutes, playing with his Golden Retriever and the new Husky puppy that he had bought his wife for Christmas. She was darling! The puppy, I've never met his wife! When we walked back inside so he could pick up his order, the first thing I noticed was how crowded it had gotten at the front counter. When Container Girl and I had gone out for our cigarette the only people at the counter where Chief and Pennyman. Now, Chief, Pennyman, Hummer, Grimy, Dave, Diva, Boss Hogg, and a couple of the guys from the shop! They're so nosey and pathetic!
Zeke and I talked for a few more minutes before he left, but before he left, he gave me another kiss and hug. It was really nice to see him again, and hopefully we'll see each other again.
Of course, I had to endure all the comments, and the questions, and the stares...all because Zeke gave me a hug and a kiss. Screw them all! I'll let them keep guessing about who he is!
NOTE: The husky puppy is not Zeke's puppy, but it's still cute none the less!
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