The firemen were eating supper when the odor began drifting upstairs.
“Dammit, we got another burner. Always at supper. Just ruins my appetite.” Ron shoved his plate away and threw his napkin across his plate. The guy standing at the stove shook his head.
“Shit, why isn’t the exhaust working? I spent two hours making chicken cordon blue just to have it contaminated with that godawful smell.” He turned the stove exhaust fan on.
“No, no, turn that back off. All it does is draw in more stink.” The man closest to the door stood up to close it, but Jake filled the frame before he got there.
“I just got off the phone. I put a call in as soon as I heard the flames in the cremation box start up, told them the whole damned building reeks of human soot. I told them we aren’t supposed to have to smell that, but we always do. They say they’re going to come fix the leak tomorrow.”
“Right. Just like they got the a/c fixed the next day when it quit.” This from a burly guy in the back. “I’ll believe that when I can’t smell death burning.
“Dammit, we got another burner. Always at supper. Just ruins my appetite.” Ron shoved his plate away and threw his napkin across his plate. The guy standing at the stove shook his head.
“Shit, why isn’t the exhaust working? I spent two hours making chicken cordon blue just to have it contaminated with that godawful smell.” He turned the stove exhaust fan on.
“No, no, turn that back off. All it does is draw in more stink.” The man closest to the door stood up to close it, but Jake filled the frame before he got there.
“I just got off the phone. I put a call in as soon as I heard the flames in the cremation box start up, told them the whole damned building reeks of human soot. I told them we aren’t supposed to have to smell that, but we always do. They say they’re going to come fix the leak tomorrow.”
“Right. Just like they got the a/c fixed the next day when it quit.” This from a burly guy in the back. “I’ll believe that when I can’t smell death burning.