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.

Hari itu adalah hari pertama Pedro di pekerjaan barunya. Dia tiba dua puluh menit lebih awal. Kantornya berada di lantai empat sebuah gedung dekat sungai. Seseorang menunjukkan meja kerjanya dan memberinya sebuah laptop. Kemudian mereka menghilang ke dalam rapat.

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 duduk. Meja itu bersih. Ada sebuah gelas keramik di sudut, kosong. Dia berpikir mungkin itu hadiah selamat datang. Dia tidak minum kopi, tapi dia haus.

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.

Dia berjalan ke dapur kecil dan mengisi gelas dengan air. Ketika dia duduk kembali, seorang pria berjanggut muncul di pintu biliknya. Pria itu menatap gelas itu selama beberapa detik.

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

"Itu gelas saya," katanya. "Saya duduk di sana sebelumnya." Dia tersenyum. "Tidak apa-apa. Selamat datang. Saya 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 memerah. Dia meminta maaf dan menawarkan gelas itu kembali. Diego tertawa. "Simpan saja. Anggap itu hadiah selamat datangmu. Tapi tanyakan dulu tentang kopi. Mesin itu lebih rumit dari yang terlihat."

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

Kemudian, Diego menunjukkan cara kerja mesin kopi. Butuh sepuluh menit.