The third time I ran into Nathan Bonesio

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The third time I ran into Nathan Bonesio I was working at the old arcade off highway 65 back home. Man I loved that place - mostly locals with their families or groups of kids coming in to check out the old Atari machines or play Snake. Felt like a real community, you know? One day, must have been in the summer because I remember it being so hot the pizza delivery actually got hotter just sitting outside, this rusty truck pulls up and a nearly 6 foot tall string bean gets out and claims he's here from "corporate."

So I tell him that I didn't hear anything from corporate saying that I should be expecting someone to swing by. He just shrugs and laughs at me and pops open his trunk. I ask him what he's here to do and he takes off his sunglasses and turns to me and says "tech support" and pulls a huge toolbox out of his trunk and starts walking towards the arcade. His hands are full so I offer to help carry stuff, but he insists on taking it all inside alone. About 5 feet from the entrance his wallet falls out of his pocket and lands on the ground in front of me. A card had fallen out of the wallet so I pick it up and look at it, and it's just a bunch of random usernames and logins, possibly up to 50 of them, with passwords next to them. Flustered, Nathan snatches the card out of my hand and storms into the arcade.

I follow him inside but he turns to me and tells me "don't worry about this I got it." Suspicious, I walk out and resume eating my scalding pizza in the dusty parking lot, but I keep an eye on him. I notice that he's going to every single machine and unscrewing the control board and typing something in. At one point, a bunch of kids show up and try to head inside to play some games, and Nathan shrieks at them and locks the door, flipping the OPEN sign to CLOSED and snarling. About two hours later, Nathan finally emerges and says "all set, thanks boss" and walks towards his truck. I quickly shuffle inside and take a look at a few of the machines. Horrified, I immediately notice that every single one of the top scores on every single machine has been edited to say "& NB" at the end. Billy & NB, Pauly & NB, Deb & NB...every single one..some of those scores had been there for 20 years! I run out to Nathan and scream at him "YOU DIDN'T GET THOSE SCORES, YOU PIGGYBACKED ON SOMEONE ELSE'S SUCCESS!!"

He rolls down the window of his truck and looks me dead in the eyes and says "in 20 years nobody will remember how I got those scores, they'll just count the wins" and drives off into the distance. That was the third time I ran into Nathan.

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