The Better Way You Don't Know

Freelancer

I wake up early, dressed in black and white, and wearing shoes. At 8 am I'm ready to go ...

Mother:

"Where are you going? There are still events at school?", asked my mother because I willing to go without saying goodbye.

I:

"Hmm ...., Mom, I want to do a part-time job, while waiting for the school certificate to come out and before the State Accounting College test, I can study while working.", I replied in a hurry.

Without waiting for an answer from Mother, I hurried away by kissing Mother's hand.

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Arriving at the place mentioned by Lucy .....

This place seems very quiet, the lights are still not on. Hasn't anyone come yet? Looks like I'm not in the wrong place, but ...

When I wanted to turn around, suddenly someone called.

Lucy:

"Diana, come in!", She shouted from the back door that looks like a kitchen.

I walked in, open the restaurant door, stepped in the dark towards Lucy, who was returning to the backside for a moment.

Lucy went out with an old man with a walkie-talkie connected to a headset to his ear.

Lucy:

"Sir, this is Diana, my friend who wants to work here.", said Lucy to the father.

Bobby:

"Oh yes, Diana, I am Bobby the supervisor here, you can start working today. Because today is Weekend, it must be very busy here. Next, you can work every Weekend and Holiday, and, you will get 25,000 rupiahs per day.", explained Mr. Bobby to me quickly.

When he was about to turn around, He came back and said:

"Oh, you can have breakfast first. Here in the morning and evening you can eat freely, no need to be shy. And what do you do for the work, Lucy will explain it to you after breakfast.", He said with a slight smile.

I:

"Fine sir, thank you very much.", I replied friendly, while notice that everyone was holding a plate.

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I went to the backside of the restaurant, behind the door, the road was very wet and slippery. I seeing all corners of the room, oooww.....all of them were boys and wearing boots. There are Dishwashers man, The drink checker, Cooker, Butcher, and The Head Chef, all of them are male. Only one woman that cooks for employees' food, they call her The Mother.

As long as I walked, they whistled teasing on me.

I:

"Ma'am, I was told to take breakfast here.", I asked The Mother a little slowly.

The Mother:

"Oh yeah, take it, that's the plate and the spoon there.", said The Mother, pointing to the pile of plates.

"Are you new here?" Asked The Mother when I took the dish she cooked.

I:

"Yes ma'am, I invited by Lucy to work here.", I replied as turning my gaze towards him.

The Mother:

"Oh, Lucy's friend. Please feels at home while working here.", said The Mother with a friendly smile.

I:

"Yes ma'am, I'll eat first ma'am, thank you very much.", I replied as I walked away, due realizing that many people were paying attention.

I am getting out from there slowly because the road was wet and slippery. Lucy invited me to sit with other friends. I was introduced to them, unlike in the backside, the people in the frontside mostly women, there only a few men.

We on this frontside are waiters and waitresses.

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The Clock showed 9:30 am, the waiters had finished breakfast and start setting the tables.

Lucy:

"Diana, come here! Here, we work on arranging the plates on the table and the chairs that surround it, then filling the tissue when in one of the tables is runs out, and cleaning the table when the guests have left the table.", Lucy pointed out, while her setting the plates on the table.

"There is another main job, which is delivering foods and drinks from The Checkers to the tables. But it's quite difficult, you should have a good balance because we only allowed holding the tray with one hand.", said Lucy as she walked towards the food checker.

"And...we usually standby here, waiting when the guests or checkers call us.", added Lucy while tidying her clothes.

"Oh...and for those who record guest orders are The Full-time waiters because they use smartphones, we only record additional orders on a paper if the guests requested.", She explains while seeing toward The Full-time waiters that wearing uniforms.

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At 10 O'Clock, the restaurant opens, all the lights are on, and one by one guest have come. When the lunch hour approaches, the guests become very crowded until there is a waiting list at the front door. We were immediately very busy and walked very swiftly until 3 pm.

Yes, this restaurant turns out to break at 3 pm and reopen at 5 pm. We spent the two hours of free time resting and eating, and some people even slept.

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It doesn't feel, that the second round of restaurant opening hours has passed, the guests are no less crowded than this afternoon.

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On my way going home from the Mall building, I crossed the street and take a bus. I sitting in the front line seat while daydreaming ...

This is my first time going to work, so...like this is the world of work, meeting many new people with various characters. Some are older than me, but some are younger. They were all friendly and greeted me on my first day of work.

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I got off the bus and walked from the highway to My house. When I walked into the alley of my house, it turned out that my mother was waiting on the porch. I didn't talk much to my mother because I was too tired. After taking a shower, I quickly slept...