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A quiet truce was struck between the frontline and the back-of-house this afternoon as a local deli attendant disappeared into the coolroom for what insiders describe as a private indulgence.
Employees at Gooch Brothers Supermarket in Betoota Heights say 27-year-old sandwich technician Dylan Mullot was last seen wiping down the bain-marie before casually slipping into the coolroom with the same look in his eye as a tradesman parking near a bakery at 6:58am.
“I’d just heard the ‘Come And Feel The Gooch Difference!‘ jingle on the intercom,” said checkout supervisor Nikki Wilson.
“Next thing, Dylan’s in the coolroom with 400 grams of triple-smoked gypsy ham and a blank stare.”
Mullot, who has worked at the deli for six years and earned his current role after outlasting three Christmases and a brief listeria scare, says it’s his right to eat one or two slices on shift.
“I’m not hurting anyone,” he said, from a milk crate deep in the coolroom, surrounded by shaved meats and broken dreams.
“It’s not like I’m eating the Wagyu pastrami. I’ve got class.”
A Gooch Brothers spokesperson confirmed to The Advocate that “employees are expected to uphold the Gooch Difference,” but declined to say whether casual thievery of cold cuts fell outside that definition.
Mullot later emerged with glistening hands and a renewed sense of purpose.
“Just needed a little me-time,” he said.
“You wouldn’t understand. You work in media.”
More to come.
