Working With Jerks, Wednesday, May 11, 2016 [3rd period]

[heroic_jawline]

Tony and a large cup of coffee were perched on the edge of the desk at the front of the class. Because you could in no way teach without that. "Hello, and welcome to class. This is Working with Jerks--" excuse him while he side eyed his teaching partner a little for that title. "And I'm Tony Stark."

A beat.

"If you know who I am, it's admittedly a little funny." The things that happen when you garner a reputation.

"I meant in general," Steve said, cheeks going a little pink. "Everyone is going to work with someone who's a little difficult at some point in their lives. Class projects, shift work, military training...it happens." He smiled. "I'm Steve Rogers, by the way."

"Uh huh," Tony said, taking a pointed sip of his coffee. "College is the worst for that. You'll end up doing all the work in a group of slackers and contemplate murder a few times before you graduate."

Screw. Group. Projects. Seriously.

"But it's not all terrible! Working as a group also allows you to achieve things you can't manage on your own." Because you guys lucked out on getting the more earnest version of Tony Stark, kids.

Steve nodded, equally earnest. "Working as a team, when everyone's individual strengths become more important than their flaws is something everyone should experience at least once, but it does mean that you need to learn to...well...suck it up and deal with annoyances."

Tony put the coffee to the side and clapped his hands together. "Today we'll be getting to know who you are and seeing how well you handle yourself when your day is thrown off."

"It'll be fun." Steve was so optimistic.

Comments

Scenario

[heroic_jawline]

You weren't in a class run by Tony Stark to get substandard Danger Room scenarios. Welcome to Buckstars, the trendiest coffee shop you've never heard of! Each of you will find yourself behind a counter clad in the most fashion-forward of aprons and hats, preparing for the morning rush at your shop, when suddenly, well.

Ping in and find out. And remember, you're working with jerks.

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[thatwaslucky]

Rey had been to the Perk once! She absolutely thought this would go badly, but she did look adorable in the hat.

Re: Scenario

[heroic_jawline]

Ring ring goes the phone! Do you have a bad feeling about this, Rey?

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[thatwaslucky]

Why yes she did, how did you know?

"Hello?" she asked when she picked up.

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[heroic_jawline]

"Hey, it's Steve," Steve said, "and I know I'm supposed to be at work right now but...yeah, that's not gonna happen, so you're going to be working the shift alone."

And cue thirty people bursting through the door.

Screw you, Steve.

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[good_for_six]

The apron was longer than Isabela's hemline. Whoops.

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[imafuturist]

That was going to end in being scalded by hot milk, Isabela! You know. If this was real.

But look, the phone was ringing for her.

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[good_for_six]

Good thing Isabela was a pirate as opposed to a barista, then.

She picked up the phone.

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[imafuturist]

"Hey, yeah," Tony said like the flakiest person possible. "I'm going to be late coming in today."

As a crowd of people were rushing in through the door of the little coffee shop. Because that was how the hell hole of customer service worked.

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[buzzkillcaptain.livejournal.com]

Dipper was pretty confident he wasn't going to run into any problems with this scenario.

Wearing a hat and apron was nothing compared to when Grunkle Stan would force him to dress up as a "Pre-Teen Wolf Boy".

Re: Scenario

[imafuturist]

But if you throw money at him, he dances!

The phone was ringing once again. Hopefully this run through would go better than the last.

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[buzzkillcaptain.livejournal.com]

"Buckstars. Home of the overpriced cup of coffee," Dipper answered cheerfully. "And where the pumpkin spice latte is really spiced with sawdust."

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[imafuturist]

How dare he disparage the sacred pumpkin spice time! But never mind that now.

"Hey, this is Tony. I know I'm supposed to come help you with the morning rush, but my pet fish died and we need to give him a funeral."

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[sampippy]

"What."

It was safe to say Xanthippe didn't approve of the clothes. At all. Just look at the epic way her forehead crinkled up.

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[heroic_jawline]

Ring ring went the phone!

Xanthippe's day in polyester hell was not about to get better.

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[sampippy]

Xanthippe glared daggers at the phone before picking it up. Ugh, calls. Please, she only did texting.

"What."

See? Terrible phone manners.

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[notfinnyet]

FN-2187 had never been in a coffee shop in his life and had been assigned to rather more janitorial and maintenance shifts than food service. So he looked rather completely lost from the get-go.

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[imafuturist]

Well, maybe he could clean things? But only after the phone rang.

God, Tony hoped someone explained phones to this kid.

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[notfinnyet]

"Um," FN-2187 said, looking around for help. "Something's making noise?" Okay, he could do this. He could track down the noise-making thing.

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[notamascot]

Kaylin had literally no idea what 90% of this stuff was. So she was pushing buttons and turning things randomly, jumping back when she spilled coffee stuff everywhere.

"Ooops."

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[imafuturist]

Why did they get so many kids without a clue? Why?

That would be why the phone was now ringing. And if this ended up like the kid before her...

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[notamascot]

This... did not look like the pocket phone thing she had, but in some of the movie things there were phones like this, so Kaylin picked it up. Okay, so she wasn't holding it right, but whatever.

"Um... Hello?"

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[fckedupx5000.livejournal.com]

Velma knew dead-end jobs. And she knew exaaaaactly where this was going, even before her classmates' phones started ringing. "Dammit," she sighed and grabbed a sharpie meant for misspelling names on people's cups. She had a plan. Probably not a good plan, but a plan.

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[heroic_jawline]

And there went her phone, right on time.

If on time meant "two minutes before the store opened."

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[fckedupx5000.livejournal.com]

"What is it?" Velma sighed, drawing on the various machines with her Sharpie. "Let me guess. Your car broke down. No, wait, your dog ate your uniform. No? You ate your roommate's brownies and now you're high as a kite."