"It's after bedtime, sonny."
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This typewriter (not the machine but the woman manning the machine. I mean womanning the machine) reminds me of Laura the Receptionist from Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist. She was voiced by Laura Silverman and is one of my all time top favorite characters of any show ever.
At the Starbucks around the corner from my place worked a barista whom I called Laura Silverman because she looked like Laura Silverman. There was also young George Harrison and 70s George Harrison and Mrs. Beret and the Sugar Pusher and this one guy whom I totally fell in love with because he would call me "Brother" whenever he saw me and I didn't realize how cool it is to be called "Brother" until then. Eventually I actively tried to learn the names of the baristas because I thought that was probably more respectful than making up nicknames based on the way they looked or acted. At least I never made up unflattering nicknames! They were always things I found charming about them or based on what celebrity they most resembled.
It actually got pretty boring after that because then I was always just all, "Hey Dardan!" and "Good morning, Ali!" and "How've you been, Jason?!" and "You look fantastic, Heather!" and "Any free cookies, Sugar Pusher?!"
"sonny"
This section is because I figured I should say something about the text. The first thing that struck me was how this was a "young lady" and yet she still referred to Randolph as "sonny" and referenced "bedtime," a thing which only kids have to deal with. So Randolph looks much younger than I would have suspected, being that he's the captain of the ship and, I'm assuming, the oldest. That must mean Darby must look like a toddler! But then again, I'd expect Randolph to have the face of an angel since he's probably an angel and you only say people have the face of an angel if they look like a flying baby.
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