"Yes, I need a waitress, but I haven't found anyone yet. You said you've worked in a restaurant before?" Meg nodded with a smile. What Amy said was exactly what he was thinking, but he didn't directly agree to let Yabemiya stay. The restaurant didn't need a vase, and it didn't need extra staff.
"Yes, I've been helping out in the kitchen with my mother since I was nine years old. My mother passed away when I was 12, and I've been helping out in the kitchen since then. Until a few days ago..." Yabemiya nodded. She was a little nervous and excited when she heard Meg's question, but her expression gradually became gloomy, as if there was something she couldn't say.
"Then you have a lot of experience. But the waitress I'm hiring now may have a lot of work to do. Her main job is to receive customers, take orders, serve dishes, clean the table, and clean the restaurant. It will be very busy during opening hours. Are you sure you can do it?" Meg didn't ask any more questions. He looked into Yabemiya's eyes and asked.
"Receive customers?" A trace of panic flashed across Yabemiya's face, but there was also a trace of expectation. For so many years, she had been hiding in the kitchen like an invisible person.
Once, the chef asked her to serve a dish to a customer. She carefully served the dish, but when the owner saw it, he was so angry that he smashed a hole in her head with a spoon, causing her to bleed profusely. She was only 13 years old at that time. Since then, she had never dared to step out of the kitchen during opening hours.
She also wanted to wear clean and beautiful clothes and serve the customers plates of delicacies with a smile on her face. She also wanted to clean up the table under the admiring gazes of the customers. However, these things were impossible for a half-dragon like her. No restaurant would hire a half-dragon as a waitress.
"I've never cooked before. And if I serve dishes, the customers may be unhappy..." Yabemiya said without confidence.
"If you're worried that the customers will be unhappy because of your identity, that's not a problem in my restaurant. Amy's back is the symbol of my restaurant. She is my greatest pride. In my eyes, your race is no different from Amy's, and you won't be a burden to the restaurant, "Meg said with a smile, taking a bag of roujiamo from the side and gently putting it on the table.
Seeing the girl's self-abasement, Meg was suddenly reminded of Amy from a few days ago. However, Yabemiya had been through a lot more, so she was hurt more deeply, which made him feel some compassion for her.
Yabemiya stared at Meg with her mouth slightly agape. This was the first time she had heard something like this. It was the first time someone had told her that being a half-dragon was not a problem.
His gaze then fell upon the bag on the table, and he discovered that it was the back of a half-elf little girl. It was none other than the adorable little girl sitting across from him. Mag was using this as the restaurant's logo; how bold and risky was that?
Two years ago, in the Aden Square, a drunken demon smashed up a restaurant because there was a half-orc waiter there. The owner was beaten to a pulp, and died not long after. The restaurant's business was booming, and it closed down completely just like that.
Although the demon was later punished by the Gray Temple and was still in prison, the culprit was the half-orc waitress.
Almost overnight, all of the half-human waitresses in the Aden Square lost their jobs. Even the kitchen helper like her had her salary cut in half, and she didn't even have enough to cover her daily expenses.
However, Meg was using the back of a half-elf as the restaurant's logo, and now he was saying that he didn't care about her identity. This made her feel the love Meg had for Amy, as well as the respect he had for half-humans.
To them, treating everyone equally was even more precious than pity.
"What I want to test is whether you have the ability to do this job, and whether you have the courage to try," Meg continued.
Yabemiya hesitated momentarily before mustering her courage, and nodding as she said, "If possible, I want to give it a try."
"That's more like it. Father is very easy to talk to, so don't be scared, Big Sister Mia." Amy held onto Ugly Duckling's little paw with an expectant look on her little face. If Big Sister Mia worked at the restaurant, then she would have someone to play with in the future.
"Yes, yes." Yabemiya nodded. This was the first time that someone had encouraged her after her mother passed away, and she felt a sense of warmth in her heart.
"Very good." A smile also appeared on Meg's face. He didn't want to give her a job out of charity. Instead, he wanted her to fight for a job that she could do with dignity. That would make her happier and more confident.
"Then let's begin. Due to the fact that there will be a lot of customers during the restaurant's opening hours, in order to increase efficiency, we have to take orders and serve the dishes quickly. The basic requirement is to remember each and every customer's order and request. Of course, if you're literate, you can write it down in a notebook, but I want you to take as little time as possible, "Meg said as he looked at Yabemiya.
Yabemiya thought for a moment before nodding, and said, "My mother taught me to read when I was a child, and I have a pretty good memory. If it's just remembering the order of each customer's order, then it shouldn't be a problem."
"Alright, let's give it a try." Meg didn't expect her to be so confident, but he didn't rush to make a decision. He walked to the counter, took out a small notebook and a pen, and put them aside. He took four pieces of paper, tore them into sixteen pieces, and marked them with a serial number. Then, he wrote down two or three customer's requests on each piece of paper, and placed the sixteen pieces of paper on the sixteen tables in a messy order.
"The first table at the entrance is table number one, and the other tables are table number two, table number three … The serial number on the paper is the order of the order, and each customer's request is written on it. You have ten minutes to memorize these things, whether you write them down or memorize them in a notebook." Meg looked at the clock on the wall and said, "Begin."
Yabemiya looked at the paper money on the table next to her, and walked to table number one empty-handed without any hesitation.
"It's done." Five minutes later, Yabemiya stood in front of Meg, and her eyes were filled with confidence.
"Then tell me the order of the order." Meg was a little surprised, but he didn't take the paper. His shorthand skills had won him the first prize in a contest in junior high, so naturally, he could remember everything he wrote down clearly.
"Two roujiamos for table three …" Yabemiya looked at Mag and listed the orders one by one unhurriedly. She paused for a moment, but then she went on and finished all the orders fluently. "Table three ordered two roujiamos …"
"Father, is everything correct?" Amy asked curiously as she looked at Meg.
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