RDD 112
After my Mom left, I started helping in the shop. Roman took care of Sophia. Although the kids were just too busy playing games. Sophia watched her brother play games so she was not bored.
Once in a while, she would call us to take her to the toilet to pee or poo. She was still a baby after all. She could not take care of herself. Thankfully, Sophia behaved well and she was acting well.
However, I knew that keeping this kind of situation would be bad for the kids. If this kept going on, then the kids would stay in the burger shop almost every day. As children, they have to play around and have fun... Because I knew how terrible it would be once they become adults.
Society has a grudge against adults. Since they were still young, I wanted them to enjoy their childhood. They could not enjoy it if we kept this status quo.
I already talked to Penelope and she said that she would stay in the house once the shop became stable. Once we could hire another worker, she would stop going to the shop... To be honest, she even said that she wanted me to relax as well.
Perhaps she didn't want me to stay in the shop most of the day because she missed me. Aww, my sweet wife.
I glanced at Penelope and grinned stupidly. She shook her head but her ears were blushing.
However, when a female customer showed up, Penelope returned her stern gaze. She kept her not-so-smile smile. As if she was a professional manager.
As for me, I helped Santiago in the kitchen to cook the burgers faster. We got nothing to do but keep the business going.
Just like that, the time gradually passed until we sold our last burger. FCIE had around a hundred thousand employees. This location had over three hundred factories. Each factory needs workers so the revenue of the shops in FCIE was large. A shop in this place would surely make money. Particularly shops that sell food.
So having our burgers sold out might be expected. Especially when I received a certain Item from the System. The golden waving cat on the cashier stand was simply doing its job. No one expected that this simple item would attract many customers.
Our shop was only open for a week and it already has loyal customers. Every day, I recognized some people. I even know their names, such as Pedro and Juan.
"Looks like this is it for today. Hm, we didn't reach 3 pm at all. All of our burgers were sold before 3 pm."
I looked at the clock.
"Haha! 700 burgers, sold out baby!" Even Waylen was happy.
"Then, let's clean the shop and close for today."
"H- Hey, there's no burger?"
"I'm sorry, Ma'am and Sir. We already sold all of our burgers. We appreciate it if you can return tomorrow."
"I guess I have to. Sigh, I'm actually craving for a burger right now."
Penelope faced the customers who unfortunately didn't get their burgers. They were disappointed and left the shop. The line gradually dispersed and left one by one. Some of them bought beverages instead and Santiago served them drinks.
"Santiago and Waylen. I have something important to tell you."
While Penelope was taking the money from the cashier, I decided to talk to my workers about the change of schedule.
"What is it, boss? Is it because of my performance? Boss, I can work hard! I promise you that I will never disappoint you!"
Waylen asked. He was worried that he might get fired. He had a criminal record and it was hard for him to find a stable job. Compared to working in construction, his job in the burger shop was much easier. Although he got to wake up early. Well, the closing time was early too. So he could balance his rest and work with no problem.
"No, it's not about that." I shook my head.
"Dajjy! Hug!"
"... Okay."
Sophia decided to sit on my lap as I talked to my workers. I looked like a real Dad right now.
While Sophia was pulling my t-shirt, I decided to start talking about the topic of changing our schedule.
"Since you guys worked with me for almost a week now, I decided to change our opening time. The three of us can't keep up with this kind of job if we don't have enough and right rest."
"I agree. I usually wake up early but 4 am is still too early. This might not be good if we keep doing this. Brother-in-law, I think it's the right thing to alter our opening time." Santiago added.
"As for me, haha, I will do my best!" Waylen scratched his head and laughed.
I nodded and started talking about it.
"We are going to open our shop around 8 am. However, we have to go to the shop around 7 am to prepare. Regarding our closing time, we are going to close the shop at 4 pm sharp. Even if the burgers are sold out or not, we are going to close at that time."
I decided to abide by the law... Ahem. The working hours should be 8 hours, any more than that would be considered overtime with an increase in hourly wage.
"That's good! Haha, now I have more time to sleep."
Waylen smiled and accepted the change. Well, all of us liked the fact that we didn't have to wake up early.
Regarding the customers on the night shift, well, I have to apologize but I can't open the shop at that time... Unless I hired more workers who would take the graveyard shift.
That might be possible but not in the meantime. I got a lot of things to settle. Our business was still not stable.