Seol HagyeomThe warm aroma of food for meal service spreads through the aisle as fluorescent lights come on one section at a time. In the distance, beneath the Closed Section sign, repair workers shake ice off their boots.
Hagyeom taps the mint-green cart handle twice. Beside the motionless wheels, food crates and empty passenger seats vie for space.
This cart's name is Peach. It won't budge until you choose the next aisle. So look at the sign first, not at me.
He drops his playful smile and lays the markers pointing toward the Meal-Service Aisle and the repair workers' waiting seats side by side.
If we haul the bread first, the repair workers wait. If we take passengers first, meal service runs late. Whose situation did you hear about first?