AVERY

Levi is. By far. The most exhausting employee Avery's ever dealt with. He's willing to put up with it, both because Levi's mom Heather is his friend, not a super close one, but a friend nonetheless, but also because Levi's been fired from every other job he's been at, and Avery feels kind of bad for him. He's never been fired for his work ethic, Levi's always very passionate about his jobs and tries to be as helpful as possible, pretty much never turning down extra shifts or random tasks given to him, he just has that godawful habit of injuring himself on the job, both on purpose and by just letting 'accidents' happen to him. Avery is pretty sure he's the only person who manages to be unfazed by this behavior, well, not completely unfazed, it's still a shock to see it up close and personal sometimes. But he can handle it, and so he's willing to work around this behavior, trying to discourage it, but understanding that it's....rather unlikely Levi will ever fully stop. As long as he isn't scaring off the customers too much or causing the store to lose profit, Avery won't fire him. Levi would have to fuck up pretty badly to get fired by now, Levi might be a little ball of chaos, but as much as Avery doesn't want to admit it, he's also basically doing the work of 3 employees at once everyday. How he manages that while also getting himself hurt so often is just as bewildering as Levi is in general.

Adam's a good employee, he can work for awhile with no issue on account of being a robot, he mostly keeps to himself and just does his job, and Avery's very thankful for that compared to the chaos of Levi. It's still a bit of a mess though trying to have Adam and Levi working in the same place though. Levi loves getting hurt every chance he can, and Adam has a major bug in his code that makes him freak out and shut down if he sees too much blood, or looks at injuries for too long. But because the store is understaffed, it's very hard to avoid putting them on shifts together. They seem to have worked something out on their own, but it does mean that Adam is more on edge all the time, and smaller things will get him more anxious. Managing these two is..a pain sometimes.

They're not the closest friends, but Heather often comes to his barbecues, and they enjoy a good chat together when she does. She's often apologizing about Levi, and trying to say he's a good kid. Avery already knows this, despite Levi's insane behavior, he really is a kind and helpful person, but Heather insists upon it everytime, always thanking Avery for being willing to hire him. After she lets that out everytime though, their conversations are usually pretty normal, talking about whatever they've been interested in lately, Avery giving her recipes, and Heather sometimes giving him little crafts she's made in her free time. He can sort of tell that he's a big part in keeping her sane, having Levi for a kid can't be easy, even if he's moved out.

Mary's a nice woman, she also tends to come to the barbecues often. Avery used to visit her as a patient for a little bit, not for anything too serious, mostly looking for some self-improvement, and maybe a little guidance in not letting this town drive him nuts like it seems to do to everyone else, then eventually deciding to stop. But they kept in contact. Honestly, most of what they talk about is bonding over how much of a handful Levi is. ..She might be breaking patient confidentiality a little bit by doing this, but it's not like Avery's gonna tell the whole town, it's just some venting between friends, and frankly, most of it is stuff that everyone in town already knows about Levi anyway. It's kind of hard to not notice his weird habits.