As I pressed the button on the espresso machine that instantly began to boil up a customer's order, I thought about how technology has changed all of our lives. Before this machine was invented I would have had to grind the beans, heat water, filter that water through the beans, add cream, foam, sugar, all sorts of crazy shit. Now, I merely press a button and bam instant coffee.
Yeah technology can do everything for us. Including make us as people better. In theory. A few decades ago, scientist found a way to map the human genome, then they figured out how to take that genome and twist it, shaping it to whatever they wanted. This alone allowed them to remove genetics that were all together harmful, such as genetic based diseases. It was wonderful. Until a few years later when they took that science and moved it beyond ethical uses.
You see they didn't settle for just eliminating genetic disease, no they saught to make mankind better. They crafted genes for beauty, intelligence, even fine details like hair and eye color. Soon a new race was born, people were being born for the first time in history "perfect".
Yet there was a cost. Mankind playing god, didn't always go so perfect. Things went wrong. Not all the time, mind you, but about one in every six of these perfect alterations malfuctioned. Usually not horribly, but the genetics would sometimes twist and corrupt themselves. This can result in allergies, brittle bone disease, poor eyesight or hearing. Any number of problems that cause someone to not technically be "perfect".
As such society has split, there are the "perfects" the beautiful, smart and easily successful people. And people like me, "Imperfects". While the Perfects get to easily become doctors and lawyers, or CEO's and such. While the shitty people, Imperfects like me, get to have the glorious job of spending all day getting Perfects coffee.
Perfects tend to get irritated when I mess up their order, or take too long to make coffees. Which I suppose brings me to my Imperfection. My name is Jake Gibson and I have poor short term focus, I believe it was called ADD at one point. Basically I lose my focus sometimes and can end up dazed or staring blankly as my thoughts roam.
Other than that there is nothing wrong with me. I am not a bad looking guy, and yet perfect people seem to smell that there is something wrong with me and they treat me like such.
"HEY!" A loud voice jerked me from my thoughts.
I blinked and looked up, "Yeah?"
The Perfect man in a suit pointed a finger at me, "What's taking my espresso so long? Hurry up you clown."
I frowned and looked down. I had gotten lost in my thoughts again and burnt the cup. "Sorry sir. I have it now." I grabbed a new cup and pressed the button again. The coffee came out almost instantly, so I popped on a lid and passed it over the counter. "Thank you, come again."
"Fucking moron." The Perfect muttered and walked away.
Luckily for me in the three years I had been working at the Coffee Bar, there was one Perfect woman who never treated me like shit. Never yelled at me. Never did anything but show great patience with me. She always is nice and I don't think I've ever seen her have a bad hair day.
She was gorgeous and easily she was the best part of my day. She always wore a business suit, so I think she worked in the legal business but I never had the courage to ask her. After a few months I learned her name, Jessica Parker. I knew she was perfect because her bank card had the perfect gold security chip in it. Yet she didn't act like she was perfect, she was always friendly and never got upset with me, even the few times I have fucked up her order.
I smiled to see Jessica looking stunning as ever walk up to my counter. She wore her suit as usual but I knew the body she had underneath that suit was incredible. I mean I didn't know for absolute sure, because I've never seen it. But the suit clung to her enough that the outline told me volumes.
"Hi Jessica! Can I get you the usual today?" I asked her.
Jake Gibson:https://static1.squarespace.com/static/50038fd284ae3e067ac67ded/t/568458b31f00d4f059980d78/1345084616117/1000w/0310zack1.jpg
Yeah technology can do everything for us. Including make us as people better. In theory. A few decades ago, scientist found a way to map the human genome, then they figured out how to take that genome and twist it, shaping it to whatever they wanted. This alone allowed them to remove genetics that were all together harmful, such as genetic based diseases. It was wonderful. Until a few years later when they took that science and moved it beyond ethical uses.
You see they didn't settle for just eliminating genetic disease, no they saught to make mankind better. They crafted genes for beauty, intelligence, even fine details like hair and eye color. Soon a new race was born, people were being born for the first time in history "perfect".
Yet there was a cost. Mankind playing god, didn't always go so perfect. Things went wrong. Not all the time, mind you, but about one in every six of these perfect alterations malfuctioned. Usually not horribly, but the genetics would sometimes twist and corrupt themselves. This can result in allergies, brittle bone disease, poor eyesight or hearing. Any number of problems that cause someone to not technically be "perfect".
As such society has split, there are the "perfects" the beautiful, smart and easily successful people. And people like me, "Imperfects". While the Perfects get to easily become doctors and lawyers, or CEO's and such. While the shitty people, Imperfects like me, get to have the glorious job of spending all day getting Perfects coffee.
Perfects tend to get irritated when I mess up their order, or take too long to make coffees. Which I suppose brings me to my Imperfection. My name is Jake Gibson and I have poor short term focus, I believe it was called ADD at one point. Basically I lose my focus sometimes and can end up dazed or staring blankly as my thoughts roam.
Other than that there is nothing wrong with me. I am not a bad looking guy, and yet perfect people seem to smell that there is something wrong with me and they treat me like such.
"HEY!" A loud voice jerked me from my thoughts.
I blinked and looked up, "Yeah?"
The Perfect man in a suit pointed a finger at me, "What's taking my espresso so long? Hurry up you clown."
I frowned and looked down. I had gotten lost in my thoughts again and burnt the cup. "Sorry sir. I have it now." I grabbed a new cup and pressed the button again. The coffee came out almost instantly, so I popped on a lid and passed it over the counter. "Thank you, come again."
"Fucking moron." The Perfect muttered and walked away.
Luckily for me in the three years I had been working at the Coffee Bar, there was one Perfect woman who never treated me like shit. Never yelled at me. Never did anything but show great patience with me. She always is nice and I don't think I've ever seen her have a bad hair day.
She was gorgeous and easily she was the best part of my day. She always wore a business suit, so I think she worked in the legal business but I never had the courage to ask her. After a few months I learned her name, Jessica Parker. I knew she was perfect because her bank card had the perfect gold security chip in it. Yet she didn't act like she was perfect, she was always friendly and never got upset with me, even the few times I have fucked up her order.
I smiled to see Jessica looking stunning as ever walk up to my counter. She wore her suit as usual but I knew the body she had underneath that suit was incredible. I mean I didn't know for absolute sure, because I've never seen it. But the suit clung to her enough that the outline told me volumes.
"Hi Jessica! Can I get you the usual today?" I asked her.
Jake Gibson:https://static1.squarespace.com/static/50038fd284ae3e067ac67ded/t/568458b31f00d4f059980d78/1345084616117/1000w/0310zack1.jpg
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