Aleskei
A chapter in the book Kaleidoscope
Dispute 10
The setting is one empty room. One actor plays all the characters.
Me: Rise and shine, Princess! Today is the..
Evil Me: Cut the crap, man, I am awake!
Me: Wow, your majesty I am impressed! You are awake before 11 am, that's a first!
Evil Me: What? I am excited about this job. I finally understand this world and your crappy concept of no work, no food, no rent, no shelter!
Me: By the way, how much are they going to pay you?
Evil Me: Twenty bucks per hour. So if my math is right I can make in one day one hundred in sixty, without taxes. Actually I will not pay any taxes. It will be cash under the table.
Me: I knew it! Ruskia mafia!
Evil Me: Mafia? Since when do you care? We need the money, right?
Me: Yes, but your reputation?
Evil Me: My reputation? Remember what they were calling me in Denmark? I was a drunk head, the crazy, and the spoiled brat!
Me: Okay, you made your point. Go now!
Evil Me crosses the street and talks to the owner. Dobro Utro, gospodin Maksimovici.
The owner: Kak tibia zavut?
Evil Me: Menia zavut, Hamlet.
The owner: A, Gamlet? Ia call you, Aleksei, yeah?
Evil Me: Sure, I will be Aleksei if this is part of my job description.
The Owner: Harasho. Tvoi job is to answer telefoncik.
Evil Me: So, I am not doing any cleaning?
The Owner: Niet. Ti polucish packet!
Evil Me: Okay, I will receive packages and answer the phones. That's easy, peasy Japanese. Any code messages for the receiving portion?
The Owner: Da. When they zvanit oni sprashivaet "wet cleaning ready?", ti answer "dry."
Evil Me: Okay, the code word is wet cleaning and the password for pick up is dry.
The Owner: Yes, and ti open the back dveri.
Evil Me: So, after I say dry I will go to the back door and pick up the package, and then what?
The Owner: Then put packet on the metal shelf and zakroi dveri.
Evil Me amused: I am taking the package and putting it on the metal shelf and closing the door. Then turning to the side, he said : this will be the best job ever. I can add to my resume communication, marketing, controll center and purchasing!
TO BE CONTINUED
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