Entry 3! (work related; first day review)

Jul 19, 2007 18:40


 So I thought I should describe my job, as this IS a journal, after all, and it IS a rather important part of my life.

I'll start by describing the establishment and the people:

"Culinary Delights" is a rather roomy restaurant located a block from Namimori Middle School. It has a great selection of teas and desserts (most of which are Italian, as that is Maria-san's nationality), and incredibly delicious food, both western and Japanese. (I guess Chef Pete knows what he is doing.)

Speaking of them, they are the owners. Maria-san is a nice, Italian woman who seems to have taken me in as one of her own. :o She told me to call her Ma, and calls me bambina, and she guards me rather fiercely from strange boys that are not costumers. Chef Peter is American and rather overly-friendly (he likes to hug me a LOT, which makes Ma hit him with a frying pan), but I suspect he is a good person. ^^; Oh, and I didn't know until that day, but Ma and Chef Pete are married. :O Wow. That day I also met Alice-nee, a fellow waitress and a rather bubbly person. I like her too. ^^

I have to wear a uniform. It's a cute, Mandarin style red dress, with a little apron to cover it, of course. The skirt I felt was rather short, but when I pointed that out to Ma, she said not to worry, that it was just fine and muttered something about attracting costumers, whatever that meant. :o Chef Pete said it was just perfect (insert grin here), which made Ma hit him. Hard. Alice-nee just smiled mysteriously. O-kay? :O But since it's not short enough that it makes me look EASY or anything, I left it at that.

I ran late on the first day. >< I didn't have time to braid my hair, so I just left it like that. There was hardly anyone out that early in the morning, but the people that were keep looking at me, which made me wonder if I looked that weird and look foward to getting to the restaurant. I planned to braid it when I got there, but as soon as Ma saw me, she practically ordered me to leave it down, so I couldn't. >o< I thought it was the start of a bad day, which worried me because Ma had promised me a raise if I got a lot of costumers, and I really wanted it.

In the end, it was all okay though! *beams* I got LOTS of costumers. most of which were boys, which I thought was weird, but as they gave me large tips, I didn't mind. ^^ The others' reactions were funny, though: Ma would smile at them (costumers!) until they left. Then she'd proceed to curse them out in rapid Italian. Chef Pete would grumble that he didn't like sharing, which made Ma hit him even more than usual. Alice-nee would just GRIN at it all. They were really needy and kept calling me for stuff, which made me work more and harder than ever. ><

But I got that raise, which made it ALL worth it . When Ma gave me the raise, Chef Pete sobbed and said something about "NOOOOO, my MONEY!! COME BAAACK!!". That earned him three fists to the face. Yes, I punched him too. Surprised? So was I. I was about to apologize, but Ma and Alice-nee started laughing, which made me laugh too and there went my apology.

All in all, it was a good day's work!:D I think I will continue to enjoy working there. I've already become fond of the staff, that's for sure. Make sure to stop by sometime! I'll look foward to serving you. ^^

but everyone around me is weird, i love my job

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