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.

Bol to Pedro prvý deň v novej práci. Prišiel dvadsať minút skôr. Kancelária bola na štvrtom poschodí budovy pri rieke. Niekto mu ukázal jeho stôl a dal mu laptop. Potom zmizli na stretnutí.

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 si sadol. Stôl bol čistý. Na rohu bol jediný keramický hrnček, prázdny. Myslel si, že je to možno uvítací darček. Nepil kávu, ale bol smädný.

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.

Šiel do malej kuchynky a naplnil hrnček vodou. Keď si znova sadol, vo dverách jeho kóje sa objavil muž s bradou. Muž sa na hrnček pozrel na dlhú sekundu.

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

"To bol môj hrnček," povedal. "Sedel som tam predtým." Usmial sa. "To je v poriadku. Vitaj. Ja som 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 sa začervenal. Ospravedlnil sa a ponúkol hrnček späť. Diego sa zasmial. "Nechaj si ho. Považuj to za svoj uvítací darček. Ale najprv sa opýtaj na kávu. Stroj je zložitejší, ako vyzerá."

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

Neskôr mu Diego ukázal, ako kávovar funguje. Trvalo to desať minút.