casualfriday

Rhonda’s egg salad was a hit. She lovingly whipped her mayonnaise using farm-fresh eggs, paper-thin cucumbers, and soft potatoes. And gazpacho. Gazpacho was key. Chilling the soup was a pleasure. She enjoyed wrapping the bowl in clear plastic, so the red heart color shone through, and placing it in the middle shelf of the fridge. The next day, she would take it out to show everyone. Cold Soup was always welcome on a warm summer day. And it looked magnificent against the gingham print. She would then raise a finger for an antioxidant announcement. Antioxidants were key to a healthy constitution and everyone likes to keep their ticker humming. And casual Fridays spread good morale among her staff members. She believed in good morale. She would look at her employees eating her food, their mouths going, wiping with napkins from her private collection, and felt excited and safe. She imagined an invisible army going to work in their bodies, erasing disease, killing all the free little radicals.

photo: Alec Soth