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Stories

Stories from the Bookstore (2006)
Story 1:
Ken: Did you know you can't count to five?
Me: What?
Ken: We were checking the books you stacked, and I was like "Guys, our girl Jenny can't count.
Me: What are you talking about?
Ken: You stacked them in four's and six's.
Mrs. Kubota: Well, she probably didn't know we do it like that.
Ken: No, she did know.
Me: Yeah, Sia taught me earlier. I guess I wasn't paying attention.
Ken: Don't worry about it, I can't count to ten. So, I guess I'll leave you to finish this then [we were sticking the rulers into the school planners].
Me: *looks at the clock* No, I'll be gone in five, ten, fifteen, twenty minutes!
Ken: Oh, you can count by five, but you can't count to five?
Me: Shut up.

Story 2 takes place in the filing room:
Ken: Why don't you just punch them all at once?
Me: Because it'd be too thick and it doesn't work. I have my own system anyway.
Ken: Have you noticed you're the only one who files?
Me: Maybe it's because guys shouldn't file. Maybe Mrs. Kennedy doesn't trust you guys.
Ken: She trusts us. She just gives you all the filing.
Me: Why do you think most of the student council committee chairs are girls?
Ken: I don't know. Maybe girls are power hungry.
Ken: Oops.
Me: What?
Ken: I think I locked it [the cabinet].
Me: How did you lock it?
Ken: I don't know, this thing was sticking out and I pushed it back in.
Me: Ha ha. You should've known it was there.
Ken: Well, obviously I didn't.
Me: You're the one who works here.
Ken: I hope we have the key... the funny thing is, we were just talking about why guys shouldn't file.

[He goes outside to tell everyone what happened and comes back.]
Ken: I was going to say you locked it.
Me: What?
Ken: But I took the blame instead.
Me: Mrs. K would've believed me if I said you did it anyway.
(after-outside)
Me: Ken said he was going to blame it on me.
*Mrs. Todo comes out with the key*
Me, Sia, and Landon: Kenneth...
Mrs. K: Let the guilty person take care of it.

Story 3 takes place in the front of the Bookstore during mail sorting time:
Mrs. Kubota: Let's finish the last bin. [Kenneth was blocking the narrow aisle.]
Kenneth: Well, I have to get out of your way so you can get the bin.
Me: Well, if you would just get the bin yourself then you wouldn't have to get out of my way.
Mrs. Kubota: Why do you guys pick on each other so much?
Landon: Because they like each other.
Me: Don't even JOKE LIKE THAT!

Story 4 takes place with Sala, another scholarship worker:
Sala was sitting on a chair facing me, and I was facing Kenneth who was near the front of the Bookstore.
Restlessly, she turns around and sees him.
She turns back around with a disgusted look on her face and shrugs it off.
We crack up.
If you don't get it, ask me to explain =P. It's easier to imagine vocally.

Story 5 takes place with Sala too:
Mrs. Kubota was looking on the David & Goliath website and saw their section for 'Submit a Stupid Boy Story', and I said: Why don't you turn in the story of Kenneth accidentally locking the filing cabinet?
Mrs. Kubota: No, that was an accident. He was trying to be suave and debonair. Mrs. Kubota: Yeah, he was practicing his womanly charms.
Kenneth: I wouldn't even try because I'll probably sound sarcastic. Actually, I will sound sarcastic.