Regular Customer [Voice: Japanese]
[There's a small click of the device turning on followed by the satisfied sigh of someone who's just made a lot of progress on something, like, say, putting the finishing touches on setting up a store.]
Almost done, huh...?
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...it reminds me of that time. Back then, when I first said, "we should open a coffee shop!" I can't remember what made me think of it at first, but Owner must have agreed that it was a good enough idea...now that I think about it, it's kind of the same now, isn't it? I really didn't think about everything in advance. After Cube suggested it, I just sort of went ahead without planning again. Maybe that wasn't the best idea, but oh well! It's been fine so far, so I'll just have to see how it turns out.
Of course, I wonder if we'll even get any customers to begin with...heh!
[A minute of thoughtful silence follows. Then she speaks again, in a quiet, almost melancholy tone.]
...was I always this sentimental? It seems like...how many people have passed through my place? How many have I served and spoken to over the years, never knowing if I would see them again after they left? And I would just smile and say "thank you for coming"...I don't know what I've been thinking lately, but for some reason...it seems harder when the people I meet here finally leave.
I guess that's what happens when you speak to them more often than once every few years...if I get to know someone who doesn't leave right away, my mind begins to feel like they'll always be around, maybe...
I wonder if having a shop again will change any of that? Maybe it's wishful thinking, but I might start to see things in that same way again. Wouldn't that be easier for everyone? It's not like distancing myself again. Not...really. It's a matter of perspective.
Going back to seeing people as "customers" instead of "friends"...
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Almost done, huh...?
[Private: hard to hack]
...it reminds me of that time. Back then, when I first said, "we should open a coffee shop!" I can't remember what made me think of it at first, but Owner must have agreed that it was a good enough idea...now that I think about it, it's kind of the same now, isn't it? I really didn't think about everything in advance. After Cube suggested it, I just sort of went ahead without planning again. Maybe that wasn't the best idea, but oh well! It's been fine so far, so I'll just have to see how it turns out.
Of course, I wonder if we'll even get any customers to begin with...heh!
[A minute of thoughtful silence follows. Then she speaks again, in a quiet, almost melancholy tone.]
...was I always this sentimental? It seems like...how many people have passed through my place? How many have I served and spoken to over the years, never knowing if I would see them again after they left? And I would just smile and say "thank you for coming"...I don't know what I've been thinking lately, but for some reason...it seems harder when the people I meet here finally leave.
I guess that's what happens when you speak to them more often than once every few years...if I get to know someone who doesn't leave right away, my mind begins to feel like they'll always be around, maybe...
I wonder if having a shop again will change any of that? Maybe it's wishful thinking, but I might start to see things in that same way again. Wouldn't that be easier for everyone? It's not like distancing myself again. Not...really. It's a matter of perspective.
Going back to seeing people as "customers" instead of "friends"...
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