Word: counterman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...read Harper's because of Kinsley will probably throw up their hands in disgust and join great Harper's writers like Wilfrid Sheed and David Owen in jumping ship. But the new Harper's is not hopeless or craven, just different. It's still witty and informative, and the counterman at Nini's Corner reports that it's selling very well. At the very least it deserves a chance to prove itself...
...with the crossbite puts down his cup. "Nineteen twenty-eight? Fifty, sixty...sixty-two, sixty-four years. That taxi driver's been here sixty-four years." The counterman looks outside: there is no taxi in sight...
...German man has finished his last piece of toast, and he looks over at the other two customers. They are starting straight ahead. He eyes the counterman, who is back on the pay phone--"It's four in the morning, we can't deliver to Brookline," he is saying. "Yeah, we got salads." The German man puts on his raincoat and scurries out the door. "Hey!" the counterman yells, letting the phone drop and dangle above the ground. He dashes out onto the street, still yelling, and disappears...
...minutes go by, and the counterman returns, alone and out of breath. He goes back behind the counter and starts scraping the grease off the grill. The man with the crossbite reaches for a napkin. "Somebody ran out on you?" he says. "That's OK, somebody ran out on me tonight...
...counterman goes to a sink by the pay phone to wash his hands, and the man with the crossbite drinks down the rest of his cup. It is now 4:15--time to leave the Tasty--so the other customer finishes off his lime rickey, pays his bill, and walks out the door...