Sorry I haven't updated in a week, my work schedule has been crazy, thankfully, I am off tomorrow so I promise to update then! I hope that I will be able to get back onto a better schedule soon, but I promise to update at least once a week, if not more.
I held my head high as I entered the facility. The floors were made of a very dark wood, while the walls were a light blue color. There were circular tables placed randomly throughout the store and benches outlined the walls closet to the line of windows. The tables were made of the same wood the floor was however, the benches that outlined the walls were each their own separate color. While the actual table was made of the dark wood the benches were an array of colors such as pink, red, purple, blue, green, yellow, orange, and black. The store seemed to have a very happy atmosphere. It was decorated with abstract paintings and from the ceiling were light fixtures that matched the perspective colors of each booth. The store rather reminded me of a rainbow. This description became even more realistic when I noticed the staffs uniforms. They were all were the same uniform; however, each uniform was a different color. I looked over to where the majority of the staff was and saw a long bar that was where the customers waited for their food and drinks if it was a to-go order. If not, I noticed, orders were taken by waiters and waitresses at the tables. The bar was made, again, of the same dark wood, but the stools were also different colors that corresponded to the colors of the benches.
After taking in my surroundings I noticed Anastasia come out from a swinging door behind the bar wearing an all black uniform. The females uniform consisted of a dress that reached about two inches above the knee with halter straps going up around the neck, this part of the dress corresponded with the colors of the seats in the restaurant area. The stop portion of the dress was a different color, it was either white or black and was attached to the colors part of the dress. This part consisted of short sleeves going about two inches onto each arm and wrapping around the arm like a cuff. The neckline scooped down in a half circle manner and had a ribbon running through the top of the neckline, which tied off into a loose bow, this ribbon was the same color as the main walls in the store. Slip on shoes accompanied the females look.
The male's uniform consisted of a white or black long sleeved button-up dress shirt with a colored vest over top of it. These vests, like the bodice and skirt of the female's uniform matched with the colors in the store. They also wore light blue bowties or ties around their neck along with black dress pants and black dress shoes.
I walked up to the counter where Anastasia walked over and handed me a stapled packet of two white sheets of paper with the word "Application" on the first page. I glanced up at her smiling, ready offer my thanks; however, she had already turned and walked away. Smiling to myself, I walked over to the nearest bench, the red one, took out a pen, and began filling out the application. Filling out all of the information was slightly tedious and my penmanship, I must admit is not the greatest, but I made it through the 2 page in slightly less than 25 minutes. During that time, I had noticed a few more staff members filing in as well as a stream of customers. After I had finished and checked over the application, I walked over to the register and handed to the nearest employee.
He was about 6 feet tall with brown eyes and light brown hair; his nametag read "Gavin". I smiled at him as he addressed me.
"Hi! Wait here for a sec, Kay?" He said smiling, while taking my application in his hands and heading threw the swinging door that led to the back of the store.
Within moments he reappeared with an older looking woman, I'd say in her early forties with light brown hair and an obscure color of reddish-brown eyes. Her eyes and facial expressions were warm and welcoming.
"Hello there Miss Kira, my name is Delia Mattel, I am the owner of this establishment," she said kindly.
"Hello Miss Mattel, it's a pleasure to meet you," I said softly.
"It's Mrs. Mattel actually," she said in a pleasant yet joking manner, "you wouldn't happen to have a spare few minutes for an interview, now would you?" she asked.
"Oh! Yes, of course!" I said excitedly.
"Good, please follow me into my office," she requested gently.
I trailed behind her, as the boy named Gavin lifted up part of the bar that allowed people to enter and exit to the back of the store. I followed Delia Mattel past the swinging door and into her office at the very back. It was a small room that consisted of a desk, a few paintings, an older-looking computer, and a bunch of filing cabinets as well as some picture frames holding pictures of her and her family or her with her staff members. I smiled as I glanced at these pictures, her family seemed so happy together. Mrs. Mattel took a seat behind her desk a gestured to me that I sit down in the only other available seat in front of her desk. I sat down quietly and looked up at her as she began to speak.
"So, I assume you have a resume and at least one reference?" She asked, knowingly.
"Of course Mrs. Mattel," I stated as I handed her the resume Seto created for me, along with the sheet of paper that had his information listed on it. She looked over the resume quickly, only pausing for short seconds. After she had finished she turned to look at the resume list and froze. Her eyes widened at the name listed there and slowly, her head moved upward until she was looking at me directly in the eye.
"You're kidding right? Seto Kaiba? This has to be a joke of some sort," she stated, shocked.
"No Ma'am, I am very well acquainted with Mr. Kaiba and he informed me that I may use him as a reference for my job search, his number is there if you would like to call and confirm his reference.
"Oh, yes, of course," with that, she picked up the phone on her desk and dialed Seto's number nervously. I noticed her hands shaking, she must have heard of Seto's ruthless reputation and was scared that she might be about to speak with him. After a few rings I could tell he picked up because she jumped up immediately, sitting up straight and seemingly at attention.''
"He-hello, Mr-Mr. Kaiba, sir, I-I-I, I am calling to, um, to-to confirm your reference
of a Miss, a Miss Ki-kira N-N-Nemes, sir." She said, stuttering and unbelievably nervous.
I heard a quick, abrupt sound coming from the other end of the line before it went dead. Mrs. Mattel, hand still shaking put down the phone slowly. It took her a moment to recollect herself, but once she did, she looked at me directly in the eye.
"Well, Miss. Kira, it seems your reference is definitely the real deal, Mr. Kaiba was very direct with his reference of you and honestly, I would be a fool not to hire someone with such an important person recommending them, not to mention you seemed to have the appropriate attitude, you're hired." She said, the fear from speaking with Mr. Kaiba having not completely been lost yet in her voice.
I stood quickly, holding out my hand, as she grasped it, hands still shaking, I shook it while saying excitedly, "Thank y so much Mrs. Mattel, I promise, you won't regret it!"
"Of course, I know I won't," she said, her original demeanor finally returning, "Now as I'm sure you noticed, our staff each has their own chosen color for their uniforms, however, I'm afraid most of the colors have already been chosen, so the colors left for you to pick from are red and purple, either is fine."
"Um, I guess I will choose red, if that's alright with you," I said unsure.
"Of course, that is perfect," she stated smiling "If you'll please follow me, now would you prefer black or white for the top?"
"Um, black I suppose, white would probably make me look like Santa Clause," I said jokingly, feeling stupid for my lame joke.
Mrs. Mattel, however, gave a short chuckle and said, "Yes, I suppose it would."
I followed her into the stock room and in the far corner where I supposed the uniforms were kept. As I rattled off my sizes to her after asked she began digging through the boxes, matching the clothes to the sizes I gave. After she finally found each piece she handed them all to me and stated, "You will be starting tomorrow if that's alright, I've been short handed for so long, can't seem to keep the new employees around very long I'm afraid."
'Don't worry Ma'am, I'll be there, you can count on me!" I said excitedly; ready to begin my first job.
"Great! Well if you'll follow me, I'll show you the way out," she said, I followed her out of the back of the restaurant and towards the front where I had first entered. Once we exited from the back and into the dining area, I spotted Anastasia looking over at me, I flashed her a smile and she glanced in my arms, noticing the uniform I now possessed. I saw her nod her head slightly and turn back towards the tables she had previously been cleaning. With that, Mrs. Mattel wished me a good day and I exited the store, smiling brightly excited for my first day of work tomorrow.