Cuphead is a game about the old ways.
A long time ago I worked at Little Ceasars for about two weeks. High School wasn't working out for me, I was crashing where I lay in the 209 and needed the cash to get around. I was issued two Little Ceasars branded t-shirts, a branded dad cap, and branded bib. I liked the bib, there is something about wearing a bib at work that makes it so official, I thought at the time.
The boss was a dick, I also thought at the time. I'm older now and realize the boss wasn't a dick, kids are just idiots because they think they know everything without having actually experienced anything.
We all wanted the world to change by end of day, he just wanted the place to not catch fire, and go home to his wife and kids. Such is life.
I had all these ideas and a big mouth. I would pitch the ideas to him constantly, which he would constantly shoot down. I would run up to him (during rush hour service) and say things like, "Yo! We should arrange the pepperoni's into cool designs on the pizza's!" He would (without dropping eye contact with the customer he was attending to) respond "Please go back to your station."
I didn't get it. I was literally giving the man fire. I was putting fire in the man's hands that he could use to light the way into the new age. Who cares that it would take forever to create hundreds of bespoke pizzas a day, and the restaurant is a fast food organization, the whole premise is getting food to the customer fast.
I felt he was shackled in the chains of logic. Work was across the parking lot from Hammer Skate. After my shift, I would go play the Simpsons beat em up or watch the cool kids Rexing in the center rink. I couldn't figure how to move the ball forward with this simple man until one day it hit me like a bullet, I knew what I needed to do.
The next morning I walked into Little Ceasars, threw my bib over the counter toward him and yelled, "Nigga I Quit!" He caught the bib like a cheetah, with eyes like Willy Wonka's when Veruca fell into the egg chute. He replied, "Good luck, don't forget to return the shirts and cap."
I hope information is well. Sorry I have been off comms and can't make it to Turkey Day. But I'm back at it, let's get it. Also JOBS.
The Protoculture Mixtape : Issue : People : Sedimentary
