Danial is doing the dishes while his mom's boyfriends is smoking.
Danial Complains about the Dishes.
I hate doing the dishes.
Danial asks Jeff why he's still doing the dishes.
Because you complain.
Why am I still doing dishes?
"My mother’s then boyfriend instilled a loathing of that task by making me scrub the Teflon off a cookie sheet, believing that it was grease, while he sat on the couch and smoked cigarettes."
Danial and the Pizza Hut staff going rafting together.
"I hated every minute I spent on dish duty, and I wasn’t afraid to let everyone around me know it."
Jeff sends Danial home to apply for college before it's too late.
"I asked Jeff when I could do something different. “Do you know why you’re still doing dishes?” he asked. “Because you keep complaining about it.” Nobody likes to work with a complainer, he said."
Jeff and Danial continue to meet up where they have lunch together.
"We had all-day staff parties that started with rafting trips and ended with dinner and movies."
" He opened a drawer and took out an overnight envelope. He told me to stop what I was doing, leave work and send the application immediately. I protested about the expense of overnight postage."
What about the overnight fee?
Go home, and send the application.
"I have kept in touch with Jeff over the years. We usually meet for lunch when I’m in town. Sometimes we even have pizza."
