Anna wakes up with a start as her alarm clock rings. She had an appointment with Rosé Restaurant's manager Vicky. She had sent in her application as a waitress.
Rosé restaurants were all over the world. They were part of the multi billion company WATSON CORPS.
She picks up her phone and dials the restaurant's number.
"Hello! Rosé Restaurant!" A squeaky voice answers on the other end of the line.
"Hello! My name is Anna Johnson!" She pauses and goes on. " I sent in my job application!"
"I know who you are! And you were supposed to start work today!" The voice says rather angrily.
"I'll be there soon!" Anna says cheerfully unable to contain her pleasure.
"You better get here in 10 minutes or you're FIRED!"
The hang up tone rings as Anna says, "I'll be there!!!"
She throws on a simple outfit and heads out for the first job in her life.
"Good bye Amma!" she says to her grandmother sitting in a rocking chair on the porch. "I'll see you in the evening."
Anna was raised by her grandmother after her mother abandoned her when she was 3. Her grandmother was her everything.
"Don't burn your fingers honey!" Her grandmother says at the top of her lungs but the voice isn't loud enough. Anna is already gone.
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Vicky raised her head as the small bell at the door rang. A young woman walked in. She had on a simple white pencil skirt that hugged her hips perfectly, a turquoise floral blouse that showed off her lower belly through the soft fabric and a pair of black pumps. Who knew someone would pull of an outfit with tall and walked simply.
"Hello ma'am!" she says as she reaches Vicky's desk. " I'm Anna!! We talked on the phone earlier"
"Hi!" Vicky says in her squeaky voice. "Follow me!"
Anna follows Vicky into the worker's locker room, It is a big well lighted room. It has well furnished benches and digital wallpapered lockers. The line of automatic sensor faucets have a half length mirror with fragrance blowers at the top. On the left side, there is an automatic hand blower and there is soap, hand cream and hand moisturizer cases on the other side of each faucet. On the other side of the room, there is changing rooms with a full length mirror on either side of each door.
"Change into this!", Vicky says as she hands Anna a military green pencil skirt, a white Rosé restaurant polo shirt, a black waist length apron and white sneakers. "Be out in five" she says and then walks out.
Anna goes in one of the rooms and changes quickly.
"What kind of guy builds all this for a restaurant?" Anna asks herself, walking out of the locker room, ready to start off the day.
First day of real work all her life. Her grandmother had spoiled her rotten. But she wasn't going to let that in the way of building her own life. She was determined to make it in life. Buy her ah-ma a big house. And put bathrooms like one she just walked out of.