With a customer, no. In the middle of a delicate chemical reaction, yes. She looks away from her burner, baffled, and has to lift her goggles to look at him. “I’m sorry, what now?”
And of course the minute she does so, the thing starts to bubble over. “Oh fffuck in a bucket— One sec.“ Hurriedly, she reduces the heat to a simmer. “Oh if that burned in the three seconds that I wasn’t looking I will eat my goggles.”
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Date: 2024-11-23 02:37 pm (UTC)And of course the minute she does so, the thing starts to bubble over. “Oh fffuck in a bucket— One sec.“ Hurriedly, she reduces the heat to a simmer. “Oh if that burned in the three seconds that I wasn’t looking I will eat my goggles.”