The Empty Mug

It was Pedro's first day at his new job. He arrived twenty minutes early. The office was on the fourth floor of a building near the river. Someone showed him his desk and gave him a laptop. Then they disappeared into a meeting.

Byl to Pedrovo první den v nové práci. Přišel o dvacet minut dříve. Kancelář byla ve čtvrtém patře budovy poblíž řeky. Někdo mu ukázal jeho stůl a dal mu notebook. Pak zmizeli na schůzce.

Pedro sat down. The desk was clean. There was a single ceramic mug on the corner, empty. He thought it was a welcome gift, maybe. He didn't drink coffee, but he was thirsty.

Pedro se posadil. Stůl byl čistý. Na rohu stál jediný keramický hrnek, prázdný. Myslel si, že je to možná uvítací dárek. Nepil kávu, ale měl žízeň.

He walked to the small kitchen and filled the mug with water. When he sat back down, a man with a beard appeared at the door of his cubicle. The man looked at the mug for a long second.

Šel do malé kuchyňky a naplnil hrnek vodou. Když se vrátil ke stolu, objevil se ve dveřích jeho kóje muž s vousy. Muž se na hrnek dlouho díval.

"That was my mug," he said. "I sat there before." He smiled. "It's fine. Welcome. I'm Diego."

"To byl můj hrnek," řekl. "Seděl jsem tam předtím." Usmál se. "To je v pořádku. Vítej. Jsem Diego."

Pedro turned red. He apologized and offered the mug back. Diego laughed. "Keep it. Consider it your welcome gift. But ask first about the coffee. The machine is more complicated than it looks."

Pedro zčervenal. Omluvil se a nabídl hrnek zpět. Diego se zasmál. "Nech si ho. Považuj to za uvítací dárek. Ale nejdřív se zeptej na kávu. Ten stroj je složitější, než vypadá."

Later, Diego showed him how the coffee machine worked. It took ten minutes.

Později mu Diego ukázal, jak kávovar funguje. Trvalo to deset minut.