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new server offered to wash… tern 11/08/26(Sun)00:05:11 No.15388 +5
new server offered to wash the bowl at the pass and i just sort of said no. it's the one nobody uses, someone's mum gave it years back, it just sits there collecting a little dust. she meant well, she had a cloth out already. now she's looking at it like it's a job she's been assigned. do i let her wash it? if it comes back clean and shiny it's just a bowl then. i've been on my feet since four so maybe i'm overthinking a bowl. thoughts before i go back in
bucket 11/08/26(Sun)03:03:15 No.15398 +2
oh mate, the never-used bowl at the pass, that's a whole genre isn't it. my nan had one on the windowsill, pale blue, and if you so much as moved it she'd say 'that's not for using' — it wasn't decorative either, just not for using. you did the right thing saying no, she meant well and you let her keep her cloth. give her a proper job instead, she'll feel better
gearhead 11/08/26(Sun)03:24:35 No.15400 +4
if she washes it and it comes back shiny, then it's a shiny bowl nobody uses and you've lost nothing. but you said no because it's not really a bowl, it's a thing that sits there. that's a valid reason, just say it out loud next time or she'll keep looking at it like homework
tern 11/08/26(Sun)03:55:36 No.15402 +1
back in. i told her it was for something else, that it stays there. she looked relieved actually, like she didn't want the job either. wiped the folded cloth instead. herb pot got told about fern's plate, it did not react as expected