like a winding sheet
... they don’t get rested quickly. The conflict or problem that develops between the woman boss and the man. It starts with the woman calling over the guy and asking him why he was late. He counters by telling her about his legs and then all of a sudden she gets crazy and starts yelling about how the shifts are late and how the African Americans are the worst offenders and calls him the “N” word. That was the word that the man didn’t want to ever hear. He gets mad and when the boss sees how mad he is, she backs off and tells him to continue working. When the guy hears what she said, he steps close to her, with his fists doubled. His lips were drawn back in a thin narrow line. If you looked at him, you would see a vein in his forehead standing out. Having a cup of coffee in that restaurant is so important to the man. It made him feel better, and he noticed that workers in his shift stopped acting tired and had conversations and laughter. The coffee was like a medicine that didn’t make any of them tired. The smell, the sound of laughter, and the voices helped his aching legs a little. The man hits his wife at the end of the story is because his leg was a reason why he exploded and because o...