Chapter 245 Waiter
Chapter 245 Waiter
Zhao Yang found a job for Guan Lei as a hotel waitress.
Food and accommodation are included, 30 yuan a month.
In this era, especially in a poor and backward small county, this salary is not too low.
Besides, they also said that I should just help carry the dishes and wash the bowls and not do anything else.
Guan Lei has been spoiled since she was a child and has never done any housework at home. In fact, she looks down on this kind of job of serving dishes, but at the moment, leaving this home is the best option.
Go out and the road will be wider.
She agreed immediately and started packing her clothes that evening.
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The next morning, Guan Lei took a bus to the county and followed the route Zhao Yang gave to the Sichuan restaurant on North Street - Xiaochanyuan.
As far as Tong County is concerned, this Sichuan restaurant is relatively large.
Guan Lei was carrying her luggage and standing at the door, looking around.
It was morning and there were not many customers in the restaurant, but through the semi-open kitchen, one could see a few busy figures.
At this time, a 40-year-old, fashionably dressed, plump woman came over, swaying her hips, looked Guan Lei up and down, and asked, "Who are you looking for?"
"My name is Guan Lei, and I come here to work."
The woman held her head and said, "Oh, I know. It was Brother Zhang who introduced me, right?"
Guan Lei didn’t know who introduced her, and Zhao Yang didn’t say anything, so she could only nod.
"Okay, put your luggage here first and follow me."
Guan Lei put down her luggage and followed the woman into a house.
There is no bed in the house, only a sofa, a coffee table, and a large wardrobe.
After Guan Lei sat down, the woman said, "My last name is Wang, you can just call me Sister Wang. Let me tell you about the working hours first. It's from 10 am to 10 pm. There is a half-hour break for lunch at noon and dinner respectively. You can eat in the store or go out. If you go out, you have to pay for it yourself. You have one day off a week, but it can only be taken during the week. There are many people on weekends and you can't take leave."
"Okay. Can you please tell me where I live, Sister Wen?"
"The dormitory is next to the hotel. There are six people in one room. Let Xiaofang take you there after get off work tonight."
"Xiao Fang?"
"She's also a waitress in our hotel. There's a spot above her. You can stay there."
Guan Lei nodded.
"You know what I usually do at work, right?"
"Carry the dishes and wash the dishes."
"Well, we who work in the service industry must be careful and patient and serve customers well. I'll let Xiaofang explain these to you later." The proprietress raised her wrist and looked at her watch. "It's almost time. You should go to work first."
Guan Lei came out in a daze. The proprietress followed her out and went to the kitchen again. Then she took out a red apron and said, "Put this on."
Guan Lei thought that since it was her first day, she had to at least show off.
She spotted a broom and dustpan in the corner and began to sweep the floor.
The proprietress saw it and was happy.
At around nine fifty, five young women came in, chatting and laughing.
The proprietress called them together, introduced them to each other, and told them to take good care of Guan Lei, then sat at the front desk to eat melon seeds.
These girls were all pretty and had short hair. Guan Lei only paid close attention to the girl named Xiaofang.
The girl was about the same age as her. Although her skin was not very white, she had a pair of smiling curved eyes and seemed easy to get along with.
Guan Lei followed them in wiping the tables and chairs. The tables and chairs were made of solid wood and were quite heavy. She was afraid of tiring the fetus in her belly, so she did not move them.
After doing this, the girls supervised each other and said some common phrases, such as: Excuse me, sir, how can I help you? For example: Thank you for your patronage, welcome to visit next time, etc.
The boss's wife told them that these common expressions must be practiced frequently, paying special attention to facial expressions and intonation.
With the help of an enthusiastic woman named Xiaofang, Guan Lei practiced over and over again.
The whole morning was spent in this dull and boring way.
At twelve o'clock in the afternoon, Guan Lei rubbed her sore neck and had lunch with Xiaofang and the others.
The restaurant provided a bowl of臊子面.
Guan Lei felt very hungry and finished her meal very quickly. Actually, she really wanted to have a second bowl, but seeing that other girls only ate one bowl, she felt embarrassed to ask for another and had to endure it.
She had just finished her meal. She had taken a long bus ride this morning and felt a little tired. She wanted to sit on a chair and take a nap, but then someone came to the hotel.
There was a man and a woman, both very young. The man was in a suit and the woman was in a beige dress.
The boss lady gave the order and asked Xiaofang to take Guan Lei to familiarize herself with the entire process.
Xiaofang quickly brought two cups of tea, then handed over the menu with both hands and asked with a smile, "Welcome, both of you. What would you like to eat?"
The man took the menu, handed it to the woman next to him, and said gently: "Baby, order whatever you want."
"Oh, stop yelling." The woman blushed and said angrily, "It's so embarrassing."
"What's the big deal? You're my baby." As he said that, the man hugged the woman and kissed her on the face.
Guan Lei felt upset when she saw this.
As for this woman's face, she felt it was not as good as hers.
But how could she find such a young, handsome, rich and loving man?
It took them a long time to order the dishes. Although they didn't order much, each one was a solid dish, and they were all the restaurant's signature dishes, such as Houttuynia fish, dry pot chicken, etc.
She was illiterate and didn't know how much it would cost. Xiaofang whispered the cost of the meal to her and said it would be more than a hundred yuan in total.
She only earns thirty dollars a month, but a meal for others is equivalent to half a year's salary.
There is really no comparison between people.
After the dishes were cooked, Guan Lei followed Xiaofang to serve the dishes. This time, she was the one who did the talking. She carefully placed the Houttuynia fish in the middle of the table, but her hand shook and some soup spilled out.
She frantically pulled out a tissue to wipe it, stammering with her tongue sticking out, "Yes, I'm sorry, this, this is Houttuynia cordata, please, please enjoy it slowly."
The man raised his head and looked at her, "New here?"
Guan Lei nodded with a red face.
Xiaofang put the boiled shrimp on the table and said, "It's our colleague's first day at work today. I hope you can forgive me if our service is not good enough."
The man waved his hand and said, "It's okay, go ahead."
As soon as Guan Lei said "thank you", the woman frowned and exclaimed: "Oh, the soup splashed all over my clothes."
Guan Lei was shocked. After a closer look, she found that there was indeed a brown stain the size of a rice grain on the shoulder of the beige dress.
She quickly bowed and apologized repeatedly.
"What do you think we should do?" The woman said gloomily, "My clothes cost more than a thousand yuan."
"I, I really didn't mean it." Guan Lei cried. She felt her knees go weak and she wanted to kneel down.
More than a thousand dollars, she can't afford the compensation even if she is killed.
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