*This piece was originally written and submitted as a response to [this prompt](https://www.reddit.com/r/DirtyWritingPrompts/comments/kuy0xi/wp_the_restaurant_you_work_at_took_a_page_out_of/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app) by u/Squidtalker.*
*All characters – featured and mentioned – are 18+*
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“I hate this job.” Claudia sighed as she backed out through the swinging kitchen doors.
She felt the initial *vwrrr* as the RF tag reconnected. The kitchen was shielded – a radio dead-zone – and signals from elsewhere in the restaurant couldn’t reach in… But, the moment she stepped back into the dining room, she was reconnected and *it* buzzed each time it lost or regained connection…
She was all but used to that, by this point, though. She felt that *vwrrr* at least a hundred times every day. It was an annoyance, and it made her jump and wriggle a bit as she walked, but she walked nonetheless.
“Here are those jalapeño mozzarella sticks you ordered,” Claudia said as she reached to set the hot plate on the table between two customers. “Aaand two beers… Will there be anything else?”
“No, thanks.” One of the two men smiled at her, ruffling through his jacket pocket and producing a crinkled one-dollar bill.