Opening Shift

“One hundred billion stars in the Milky Way and you’re telling me we’re the only planet with intelligent life?”

Don’t get Luca Tumlin started. In between swiping rewards cards, writing names on plastic cups, and blending up drinks with one shot of this and two shots of that, he likes to pretend he’s an astronomer. Other days it’s a philosopher. Or a paleoanthropologist. He’s under the impression that he’s got a brain bigger than an elephant’s and it’s filled with useless knowledge and strong opinions. He could rant for hours about the various conspiracy theories he subscribes to, and he does. By the end of a long shift, he’s got half his coworkers convinced. At least it’s entertaining. Sometimes.

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