I just started training at Rat's Restaurant at the grounds for sculpture yesterday, and today I met one of my new co-workers. After a quick name swap, I asked him if my tie looked alright to him.
He looked down at it, and then back up at my uncertain smile, and quickly covered the laugh that was still rather audible behind his hand. Naturally, I sighed, and mumbled my pathetic explanation of how I watched a youtube video that morning to try to learn how to tie a tie, and some how managed to tie one too many knots in it.
Benjamin, clearly amused, was already reaching up to pull my tie off and fix it for me. I thanked him, twice, and he looked me in the eyes and said, " You know, I don't know you, but I want to help you," in his spanish accent. I smiled; I think I actually thanked him again, and he said, " You are a good person. I can tell these things. You stick with me today, and I will show you everything you need."
Yes, yes he did. For four hours, he showed me everything he could cram into my head, with anticipation of more lessons for tomorrow. He told me he looked forward to working with me, and I asked him why he was so nice. He told me that he likes coming to work, and he's happy to be around people that feel that same way. I just kept smiling, until he mocked me for smiling so much.
I told him that I left my last job on a quest to find a place where people felt what he just described. He closed his eyes and nodded his head down and just said, " yes."
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