Nadia was very excited when she first saw her office. She was looking forward to having a small space where she could just draw her designs. But to her delight, her office was much bigger than expected. She almost jumped for joy when she was finally shown her office. She was going to be in the warehouse more often as Chantel had told her she would be the supervisor over the seamstresses working at the warehouse.
But still, she was overjoyed. Everything felt like a dream to her. She sometimes wondered if Chantel still harbored hatred for her. She had been thinking of that ever since she first met Chantel at the fashion house. Looking at the office she has now and how she was warmly welcomed by the girl who she used to hate, she decided not to pay attention to the nagging feeling sad was having in her heart.
After Cordelia had shown her to her office, she introduced her to the other workers as well. They all welcomed her with bright smiles on their faces and made her feel at home. Nadia felt so happy than she has ever been because of how all these people she has never met before made her feel like a part of their family.
Cordelia then proceeded to explain her work to her. Nadia did not have any experience in supervising, yet she was more than happy to take the job. Cordelia had said she would be more than happy to help her.
Nadia could not stay at the office for long because she had to follow Chantel to the warehouse to meet the workers. They drove for some hours before they got to the warehouse. On getting there, they headed straight to see the workers. The workers, mostly females, we're happy to see their boss as usual. When they saw Nadia, they were surprised. They had been told there would be no new workers there so seeing Nadia made their surprise, legit.
There were so many industrial machines in the warehouse. There had all been lined up on each side of the warehouse up to the middle of the room. There were large tables at each corner of the room, where the materials were been cut into shapes of dresses, shirts and skirts. Everybody was busily working until Chantel walked into the room.
There were about 50 workers all busily working on Chantel's new designs. Chantel had just started but she already had about 100 workers working for her at the fashion house and at the warehouse and all of them seem to adore her.
Chantel stood in front of her workers with Nadia by her side, holding Chantel's book and bag. Chantel smiled at her workers then started to speak to them.
"I know you were not expecting to see me here today and to be honest with you, I was not thinking of coming today until something important came up. If you guys see me here today, it's just because I am here to introduce your new supervisor to you. Her name is Nadia Muni. And she will be here with you everyday to supervise your work. As it stands, I won't be able to come here everyday to see how everything is going, so Nadia here will be doing that for me.
She will be my eyes and ears here and will be updating me on how everything is going. She will be here in my stead, so I implore each and every one of you to give her the needed respect. Treat her like one of you and please make her feel welcomed. If there is any problem, go to her and I will be informed immediately. So please, as I said, just as you give me respect, please give her that same respect. Thank you."
She turned to Nadia and smiled at her. "So, do you have anything to say to your colleagues?"
Nadia who could not hide her excitement anymore, stepped forward and stood beside Chantel who did not seem to mind at all. Maybe she was just putting on an act so that Nadia could let down her guard around her.
"I just want to say thank you to everyone for having me here with you. It is really an honor for me to be here with you all and to be working with all of you. As the boss said, I am your colleague and not your superior. So please, I would not want anybody to see me as high and mighty. I am also learning on the job, which means I will be needing your help as well. I really do look forward to working with all of you."
After Nadia was done with her speech, all the workers started clapping loudly for her. They were really satisfied with what she said and they seem to have accepted her. Nadia, on the other hand, was so happy to be welcomed like that. She kept on grinning from ear to ear. She kept bowing slightly and kept thanking all of them for their kind gesture. After the clapping had died down, Chantel spoke again.
"Okay. So, now that we have all been introduced to each other, let's get back to work then."
With that, all of them went back to what they were doing earlier before Chantel and Nadia walked in on them. Chantel and Nadia walked out of the warehouse and turned towards a path. Nadia was confused at first, until they came across a small building at the side of the compound. They walked into the building, which happened to be a mini office. It was not huge as the ones back at the fashion house, yet it was very comfortable. It had a sitting area where two ladies sat, working on some files.
The ladies greeted Chantel as soon as they saw her and even got up for her. She smiled and waved her hands gently at them to sit down. "Did anyone come looking for me here?" she sweetly asked them.
"No, ma'am. But, Mr Grey called. He said he can't wait to see the new designs and will be one of the first clients to get them. So, he wants you to keep him informed when you are finally done with them," one of the ladies bodly answered.
"Good, good. I will definitely let him know. Anything else?"
"No, ma'am. That's all," they both said in unison.
Chantel thanked them and almost walked inside, before she remembered Nadia was with her.
"Lest I forget. This is Nadia. She is the new supervisor and she will be working with you here. Please, I want you to make her feel welcomed, okay?" Chantel said, her voice full of authority.
"Yes ma'am. Welcome miss Nadia. We look forward to working with you," the first lady said.
"Yes, ma'am. We can't wait to start working with you," the second lady agreed.
"I also can't wait. Thank you," Nadia smiled sweetly at them.
"Okay, girls. We are going in now. I have to show Nadia to her office," Chantel turned towards the door that would lead them into the office and Nadia followed her.
Even though the room was not too big, Nadia was still amazed. The desk in the middle of the room looked very comfortable enough and there were some files neatly packed on one side of the table. There was a laptop on the table which was closed at the moment. The windows of the room had been opened to allow in fresh and breathable air. The room itself looked very neat.
Nadia was surprised beyond words. "You like what you see?"
Chantel had a small smirk on her face which was not visible enough to Nadia. She was just distracted by the room. She was nodding wildly at Chantel's question to even notice the smirk.
The smirk on Chantel's face quickly disappeared but her fake smile remained on her face.
"Well, this is your new office."