Confident Freddy

Much apologies were owed to Freddy. He didn't need our help at all. In fact he insisted he do it by himself.  I watched his as he prepared the store. It was clear to me that he was confident in his abilities. The only problem was that after he opened he didn't know what to do with himself. He just stood behind the register and stared into space. I'm not sure what's stranger,  him mindlessly staring into space for hours, or me watching him stare into space for hours? Most likely the latter. No one showed up the entire day. Perhaps Norm and Wilber knew that would happen somehow and they wished to give Freddy an easy day. At any rate, at nine p.m. Freddy removed his hat. He smiled to himself knowing he did well. He then started the process of closing the store.