Bread-and-butter

Minna always started her day with the bread-and-butter test. She always suspected that the method affected the outcome. Is it ever possible to have a good day when you go to work hungry? Forty-five minutes in the car on a single cup of coffee -- only to find that the last remaining office banana had been half-eaten by the ghost of an intern who roamed around the building from 12:31 am until 5:59 am every single morning. Minna drank more coffee and organized meetings about work loads and schedules and courteous office behavior. On good butter-up days, she watered the flowers in conference rooms and hallways and ordered take-out lunch for everyone, including the ghost.