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Text appeared on the screen: “We were excited to support a local café.”
I appeared, speaking over my shoulder: “We don’t do that here.”
Which wasn’t even what had happened.
Then a shot of customers lined up at the counter with text on screen: Guess we’re lucky we didn’t have to wait like these people did.
The video cut to a shot of me looking down at something while standing behind the counter.
Text on screen: Whatever she’s busy with is clearly more important than her customers.
I’d been looking at the order tickets. Doing my job.
Cut to the boyfriend, looking down at his plate, a skeptical look on his face as he examined his food.
Then a shot of me standing at their table.
The video cut to the woman sitting in her car.
We called her over because there was a hair in Simon’s food, and she just went off on us, saying we must’ve planted it there.”
She paused to wipe at her eyes.
A lie. A complete, deliberate lie!
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