The first customer that came to the coffee shop tonight was slapped out by the glass door. It was a comical and tragic scene.
"I-I'm sorry. Are you okay? "
Gong CaiCai hurriedly chased after him to support him, but she made a mistake and bumped into the glass door. Her nose was sore and tears appeared in the corners of her eyes.
The man in the striped suit, who was kicked out of the shop in a strange way, was originally quite dissatisfied. However, when he saw Gong CaiCai covering her nose and tearing up through the glass door, he immediately calmed down and took the initiative to help Gong CaiCai open the door. He even tried to persuade Gong CaiCai with kind words.
Looks like cuteness is power these days. If I accidentally slapped a customer out, even if the customer didn't sue me, they would still leave while cursing and never come back.
"Give me a vanilla latte." The striped suit man chose a seat by the window and sat down. He casually browsed through the menu and said to the class leader who came over to greet the customer.
"Okay, a vanilla latte." The class leader repeated while writing down the customer's orders on the order board (it's made up of a wooden frame and paper, it's about the size of a smartphone).
When the man in the striped suit moved his gaze away from the menu, he realized that the waitress he had just talked to was a campus belle. It was just that her style was different from Gong CaiCai, who was the greeter at the entrance. If the clumsy Gong CaiCai was easy to love, then the class leader was swift and decisive, valiant and formidable-looking. She would also inadvertently reveal a sense of dignity similar to that of a policewoman. It would even give people the illusion that the class leader was here on a special mission to pretend to be a maid or waitress.
"One more fruit platter please!"
The striped suit man ordered another portion of food when the class leader was about to leave in order to speak one more sentence with the class leader.
The class leader wrote down the customer's orders on the board, then she walked over to the counter and handed me the paper at the top of the order board.
"Tell the kitchen to prepare the fruit platter and you'll make the coffee. When everything is ready, notify us to deliver it to table 7 — — I also wrote the table number on the paper."
As expected of the class leader. Even if there was only one customer, she still followed the rules. If she always used reasonable rules to deal with the customers, she wouldn't make a mistake no matter how many customers there were.
I glanced at the type of coffee written on the paper, then asked Xiao Qin to pass the paper to the chef.
"Vanilla latte … How do I make this?"
I looked at the row of different colored beverage machines in front of me, one head turned into two big ones.
"It's not that difficult." Uncle Fireball reminded me to look at the storage compartment under the counter.
I lowered my head and saw that there were many sealed plastic bags in the storage compartment. There were coffee beans, milk tea, chocolate, and many other ingredients that I couldn't name.
"You just have to look at the list of drinks and the order you need to put them in. It won't be more complicated than your high school chemistry experiments. After mixing the ingredients, rinse them with hot water, stir them a little, and then serve them to the guests. "
Since Uncle Fireball was the temporary manager and he told me to do this, then I didn't have anything to worry about. Thus I pretended to be very skilled and poured the coffee beans and the package labeled "vanilla" into the same cup. After rinsing it with water, I stirred it a little.
The chef's knife skills were quite fast. After a while, Xiao Qin came back with the fruit platter.
"Ye Lin classmate, I've completed the task you gave me. Do you have any other orders?"
Xiao Qin, who was wearing cat ears, reported to me with a serious expression.
I pointed at my freshly brewed coffee without much confidence. "Can you smell it? Does it mean vanilla coffee? "
"Did Ye Lin classmate make it for me!?" Xiao Qin's eyes sparkled. She leaned over and stuck out her tongue to lick the coffee, but I quickly reached out and pressed her head down.
"It's not for you! Also, the coffee is very hot! Bring it to table 7! "
Xiao Qin looked back at the only customer sitting by the window with a bit of reluctance.
"Other than Ye Lin classmate, I don't want to serve any other men! I'll just be responsible for bringing the dishes from the kitchen! "
"Then I'll bring it over!" In order to curry favor with Xiao Qin, He Ling volunteered to put the two dishes on the tray, then she walked towards table 7 while swaying her hips.
In contrast to Xiao Qin, He Ling seems to like serving male customers. She probably got lonely because she couldn't see any boys at Thousand Crane Girls Middle School.
"Hey, this chick is really flirtatious!" Xiong YaoYue, who was temporarily unemployed, commented while leaning on the counter, "The way she walks makes it seem more like a bar or a nightclub than a coffee shop."
Black lines appeared on my face. It was fortunate that Xiong YaoYue didn't know that my dad and Uncle He (Gou Sheng) almost arranged a marriage between me and He Ling when we were young, otherwise it would be even more hilarious.
He Ling's appearance wasn't as pretty as the class leader and Gong CaiCai, but her clothes were revealing and her actions were frivolous. It made the man in the striped suit stare at He Ling's cleavage for a while. Even if my coffee made him frown, he was too embarrassed to complain.
With this first customer, my confidence was boosted. 99% of the people who came to the coffee shop for the "Gothic Maid Halloween Night" were men! If their attention is all on the maid, then no one will care that I'm a bad bartender!
"Hurry! Hurry! Gong CaiCai will be the greeter, Shu Sha and Winnie will be the waiters, and the senior who plays tennis will be the most revealing — — you guys will regret it for the rest of your lives if you don't come! "
A lot of seats in the coffee shop were already reserved, but now it spread like wildfire and attracted a lot of single men. In a short half an hour, there was already a long line outside the coffee shop.
"Damn, why are these guys eating so slowly? It's only a cup of coffee, do they want to drag it out until tomorrow? "
"Fuck, the guy in the striped suit ordered another half a table full of fries! Can he finish it all by himself? He's just trying to grab a seat and not leave! "
"I regret it! My friend told me there would be a maid welcoming event tonight. I saw the flyers were all pictures of Japanese AV actresses and I even laughed at my friend saying he was going to be scammed! I never expected Shu Sha and Gong CaiCai to be the ones in charge! If I knew earlier, I would have also set a location! "
"CaiCai, it's so boring lining up, talk to us! Do you have time next weekend, I have a ticket to Ocean World … "
"Are you looking to die? You dare to ask CaiCai out in front of all these single men? CaiCai is about to cry! Brothers, beat him up! "
The outside of the shop was already this lively, let alone the inside.
"I want spaghetti bolognese and iced black tea."
"Please give me a matcha sundae and a total sandwich."
"Why is the maid with cat ears only running between the counter and the kitchen? We need people to order! "
"Is the roasted shrimp not ready yet? We've already finished the salad! "
There were a total of 25 tables in the cafe, but other than Gong CaiCai who was the greeter and Xiao Qin who only ran the kitchen, only the class leader, Xiong YaoYue, and He Ling were working (Su Qiao was stuck in traffic on the way here), so they were a bit busy.
It's not like He Ling knew Zhuang Ni and she only came to help because she was threatened by Xiao Qin. So even though he wasn't slacking off, he still spent a lot of effort to show off and indirectly lowered his efficiency.
Xiong YaoYue was very efficient. In order to maximize her efficiency, she changed into a pair of roller skates and skated quickly in the coffee shop. Her extraordinary balance allowed her to hold a tray in each hand, and each tray was filled with five cups of coffee. She was also able to nimbly avoid obstacles.
Unfortunately, Xiong YaoYue's memory was too bad, and it was common for her to get the wrong table number. Also, if she was the one taking orders, even I wouldn't be able to understand her super sloppy handwriting, let alone the chef.
Therefore, the work of ordering could only be left to the class leader and He Ling. He Ling wasn't efficient and the class leader was so busy that she wished she knew how to clone herself.
"One hot cocoa for table 10, one apple pie for table 15 …"
The class leader leaned back to dodge Xiong YaoYue, who was on roller skates, and used this time to wipe the sweat off her forehead.
The multi-purpose class leader could no longer keep her uniform perfectly symmetrical. She often had to hand out plates to customers while recording the orders from other tables.
The most annoying part was that the manager's costume didn't have pockets. The class leader couldn't find a place to put the chopping board, so she could only copy He Ling and put the chopping board in the opening of her stockings.
When the black stockings met with the white paper on the chopping board, along with the maid uniform's faintly discernible absolute territory, it was very visually lethal to most men.
Even though the class leader did her best to hold down the edge of her skirt every time she pulled out the chopping board, it still made the male customers' imaginations run wild. They always felt like they could see more of the spring scenery under her skirt.
It wasn't easy for me to continuously make hot and cold drinks behind the bar. Since I was in contact with too much hot water, I could feel my shirt was soaked in sweat.
But when the class leader put the chopping board in her stockings, she was focused on avoiding the gazes of the customers, but she forgot to avoid me at the counter. It seems I saw some kind of treasure with blue stripes.
But after that glimpse, the class leader immediately became vigilant. She turned around and stared at me like a hawk, as if she was asking: "Did you see that?"
I immediately widened my eyes and made an innocent expression. I pretended that I was too busy making drinks and I didn't see anything I shouldn't have seen.
Since there was too much work, the class leader glanced at me and went back to greeting customers. Because I saw the class leader stuff the chopping board and notes into the stockings, I inappropriately thought of strippers stuffing cash into their underwear.
How could the future policewoman do such a depraved thing? It's unforgivable even if it appeared in my fantasies!
But because it's impossible, I'm willing to bet that there are a lot of men in the cafe who are fantasizing like me.
Also, I didn't smell the menu the class leader left in her stockings, nor did I keep it as a souvenir — — Xiao Qin was watching from the side.
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