The next day at work I could hardly wait for Ms Depping to get there. I was expected to be in early to unpack the newly arrived boxes of books and get them scanned into the computer. Holly generally showed up around opening time and spent the first our or so of her day sipping a latte and ordering around the cashiers.
As I worked I tried to think of some good pranks to play on my chubby boss. I figured if all else failed I could strip her again, but I wanted to spin things out & make her squirm a bit.
Sure enough, she breezed in a few minutes before 8 AM, latte in hand. She was wearing a cardigan over her usual shirt and slacks combo. It wasn't especially cold out, so I wondered if maybe she'd thrown on the extra layer thinking about her "dream".
"Joe! Where are Sara and Jen?" Ms Depping glared at her watch and then the clock over the counters.
"I don't know, haven't seen them yet."
"Well, are you done scanning yet? If they're late you'll have to run a register." Holly tapped her foot. If anything she was being a bigger bitch today than usual.
"A big order came in; coffee table books for the holiday crowds. There are a lot of different titles and I'll have to scan in each one, could take another hour or so."
"Jesus. Of course they'd be late when we've got more work than usual." She frowned then waved vaguely at me. "You'll just have to keep an eye out and ring people up between scanning." Holly grabbed the top book off my stack and flopped herself down in a chair to flip through it.
Of course she wouldn't stoop to actually waiting on a customer; that's what we employees who actually did things were for. I scowled as I grabbed the next book and slapped it under the scanner.
"If you damage any of those it's coming out of your salary." Ms Depping called without looking up.
"I wish that coffee would have you running to the can every 10 minutes or so." I muttered. I felt something change, not in the coffee cup but in my bitchy boss!
Another wish, silent this time that I'd know just what my wishes change, and I discovered I'd shrunk Holly's bladder to about the size of a ping pong ball; with the caffeine in her system it'd be full to bursting about every ten minutes!
I grinned to myself, Holly was going to be in for one uncomfortable morning all right.