Katie Jeffreys
Mystery Conversation
Yo.
I'm here.
You say: how are you?
Don't ask. I'm feeling kinda poor right now.
It just hasn't been a good week for me.
You say: I'm sorry. Anything I can do to help?
Yeah, sure is.
I got real trouble at work. I think I'm going to get fired.
You say: That's not good! why?
Yeah. Well, it's a bad time to be out of work. Especially if my boss
spreads it around that I'm a thief.
He thinks I stole a radio. It was in one of the labs that I clean.
You say: did you?
No.
I never stole nothing in my life. But they always blame the cleaners
whenever anything is missing.
You say: that's not cool
I don't know.
You say: well, what will you do?
Huh?
You say: what are you going to do about it?
I don't know what I'm going to do.
You say: how can i help?
You want help? You're talking to the wrong person. I can't even help
myself.
I got real trouble at work. I think I'm going to get fired.
You say: yuo said that already
Yeah. Well, it's on my mind.
You say: true. so what else is new?
Yeah. Well, it's a bad time to be out of work. Especially if my boss
spreads it around that I'm a thief.
He thinks I stole a radio. It was in one of the labs that I clean.
You say: i know!
You say: What else is going on?
What do you mean?
You say: so how is your wife?
What?
You say: What labs do you clean?
I clean all the labs in the Standish Building, but I only ever had thisproblem in one.
The big one up on the third floor. They do stuff with genes and rats.
Professor Michaels works there.
You say: Is he noce
I don't know.
You say: is he nice?
Huh?
You say: Who is Professor Michaels?
He's some kind of famous scientist. He told me he gets lots of money from
the government and goes to conferences and stuff. He must be pretty smart but
his work sounds dumb to me though. He makes bald rats.
You say: Why?
Beats me.
You say: Do you play withthe rats?
There's a lot of stuff in the lab, but mostly I leave it alone. He only
has a few rat cages. I think he mostly keeps the rats downstairs with the rest
of the animals when he's not workin on them.
You say: What other animals are there? What do you mean?
You say: Are there many animals?
What?
You say: What other stuff is in his lab?
The big one up on the third floor. They do stuff with genes and rats.
Professor Michaels works there.
You say: what kind of genes?
I don't know.
You say: what is in the basement?
Huh?
You say: what other jobs can you do?
I asked him about that once, a few months ago, when I saw him up there
writing on his computer.
I don't understand much about the science stuff they do. He said it was
genes and stuff. He said the government was giving him a lot of money to make
rats with bald spots. I thought he meant he was making them grow that way, so
I was kind of surprised the other night when I saw that he had to shave them
with a shaver. You say: i think he is cheating and lying!
Really? What makes you say that?
You say: he had to shave them to make them bald!
I guess you're right, but what does that have to do with me getting fired?
You say: well, i bet now that you know that he shaves his rats he is afrad you
will tell on him!
Yeah. I think I understand. So what do you think I should do now?
You say: tell the government!
I understand. Thanks a lot. I can get this fixed up pretty damn quick,
now. I'm gonna tell my boss and everyone about this.
You say: good!
I better go now. I got people to talk to. Bye and thanks again.
You say: bye
Bye, now.
End of Conversation