Tapes One To Know One

(I frequent a fast food chain location because it’s near my home. I’ve made friends with an employee just a couple of years younger than myself who works there. However, he’s very flighty and has gotten in trouble because of it. I go in one night and notice he’s not working.)

Me: “Hey, [coworker of his], where’s [my friend]?”

Coworker: “Oh, he’s on suspension. They caught him one night letting a customer sit on the register counter and eat food. Have it on tape and everything.”

(I order my food and stand aside just as a customer comes in, who greets the coworker as his sister. As the fry cook completes my order, I watch the coworker grab several fries, make the customer a burger plus three other items and puts them all in a bag. He’s handed the bag and walks out, but no money is exchanged. The coworker eventually hands me my own bag as if nothing happened.)

Coworker: “Have a nice night!”

Me: “So… everything on tape, huh?”

Coworker: *smile slowly fades*