Chapter 13
There were days when Scooter felt like a fraud; between the new computer system and the work that Andy had done to get the books and inventory processes down to a neat science, there really wasn’t as much work to do that required Scooter’s personal attention. The long hours Scooter used to spend hunched over the ancient computer were whittled down to almost nothing.
Scooter still had a lot of administrative work, especially customer management. There was always someone who wanted to talk to the owner. Designing the seasonal menus and negotiating contracts with suppliers. Oddly, he found himself enjoying the time in his office these days.
It was somewhat past the lackadaisical lunch hour; Memorial Day itself had been hectic, but lunch the rest of the week tended to be slow, an
