"Well Mr Kerry, I think you fit the role perfectly. You're hired".
Those words impacted the rest of my life, a new place to work, that would hopefully be better than my last.
"Your work begins tomorrow" she said.
--Tomorrow--
The freshly employed Charles Kerry (But please call him Charlie) stepped through the main entrance with his uniform free of creases. He had a bag slung over his right shoulder, the bag was stripped with vibrant purples, pinks and blues. He only had his lunch in there, he kept most of his things in the pockets of his jeans. Charlie made sure to look tidy, his thick black hair swooped over to one side. His work was on the second floor, he was working as a waiter. He rushed over to the lift and quickly hit the button with childish excitement.
The lift rose with that absolutely amazing music and the announcer saying weird ass facts (Mostly about bears loving pizza, and them being extinct) and the whole lift smelt strongly of the '80s, it was almost like someone shoved the 80's into an air freshener and that smell was now brushing into Charlie's nose. With a small *Ping, the lift doors slid open and so did a new life for Charlie.
He stepped one foot forward and-
"TAKE A MAP!!!!"
Charlie jumped backwards and pushed himself up against the wall behind him. A small little chuckle came from nearby. Charlie looked over and saw a person giggling at his reaction to the famous greeter. Charlie's grey eyes started to examine this giggling man.
The person was one of his new co-workers. He was a fairly short man, he also wore plain black gloves and a long-sleeved version of the uniform (Which Charlie didn't even know existed) and It also looked as if there were scars on his neck. But the thing that grabbed Charlie's attention the most was the grey phone mask he wore which covered his whole head. Charlie grabbed a map and slid it into his bag before walking over to this phonehead.
The man tilted his head up slightly to look at Charlie's face.
"Hello there, you must be the newbie, right? Charles?"
Charlie nodded his head
"Yep, that's me. But please, feel free to call me Charlie"
The small man offered his hand to Charlie
"I'm Carlton, Carlton Santigo"
Charlie shook Carlton's hand, his handshake was soft and his hands were warm and toasty "Nice to meet you, Charlie"
Carlton smiled under his mask.
"How about I show you around then Charlie?"
Charlie nodded, and the small man turned around "Come on then"
he said before dashing away really fucking quickly. Charlie rushed behind him, despite his lanky ass legs he couldn't keep up with Carlton.
Carlton brought Charlie to a small break room. The room wasn't too terribly big but was big enough to fit a decent amount of staff comfortably. The room had a soft aroma of coffee and the 80's aesthetic in the rest of the Pizzaplex was basically lost. The room had a red sofa with a pool table being used as a coffee table. There was a coffee maker on a table in the corner of the room. The walls were lined with posters telling staff that the staff bots are better than them and to smile even when presented with a harsh customer.
"Everyone!"
All the staff in the room turned to Carlton and Charlie
"This is Charlie, he's new here so don't go too hard on him".
A woman with beautifully frilly hair tied in a bouncy little bun smiled at Charlie
"Hi! I'm Janet"
Charlie gave a small smile back with a sheepish wave
"Hi, I'm Charlie".
"He's a cutie isn't he Carlton?"
She grinned at him. Carlton nodded
"He is isn't he?"
He smirked back at Charlie. Charlie froze up at the compliments and a blush crept onto his face. Carlton lightly punched his shoulder "Don't worry Charlie, we're just teasing. Either way, you do look very nice today"
Carlton said in an attempt to comfort Charlie. Charlie gave a quiet sigh as he relaxed at his words
"Thank you, Carlton"
he gave a weak smile to him.
Carlton clapped his hands, which hardly made a sound due to his gloves, and was ready to move on
"Right, ready to see the most thrilling part of my tour Charlie?"
He grinned at him. Charlie nodded
"Sure"
Carlton once again zoomed off like he was in a Weicher or Florner Brothers Cartoon with Charlie running after him. Carlton stood outside the toilets
"Tada! Piss places!"
He did jazz hands as he spoke. Charlie stared at Carlton as he spoke and tried to hold it in for a moment but he just found this so damn funny "Pfffft- hahahaha"
he laughed his head off, Carlton ended up joining in
"It wasn't even that funny"
Carlton managed to say as he chuckled. Charlie shook his head
"You're right, it's so stupid that it's funny".
"Boys!"
Charlie jumped at the sudden voice as Carlton composed himself.
"Why aren't you at your posts? Carlton your supposed to do be doing daily checkups on the animatronics; and you...I don't know you". Carlton jumped in
"Charlie, Miss Dawkins. It's his first day".
Miss Dawkins looked Charlie up and down
"I won't go easy on you, even if it's your first day"
she then promptly walked off. Carlton wrapped one arm around Charlie
"Don't worry about her, she's a prick to everyone"
Carlton pat his back
"I really need to get to my responsibilities now, so basically a bunch of boring stuff without being able to do any proper repairs"
he waved his hand up and down like a fruity dinasaur. Carlton gave Charlie a soft smile
"On your map you should be able to get back to the auditorium and you will be able to get to work there"
Carlton turned around and sped off. Charlie stood there awkwardly for a moment and took in the fact that this was his new job and he had a lot to learn.