● REC · NEW HIRE ORIENTATION · SHIFT ONE

THE SLICE CLUB

NOW HIRING  ·  TEN MINUTES OR IT'S FREE*

*it is never ten minutes

● HELLO my name is

GRACE

MANAGER (yes, really)

Oh. Hi. You're the new— yeah. Okay. Welcome to the Slice Club.

So this is it. This is the whole thing. Counter, register — don't hit the register, it sticks, you kind of have to ask it nicely — oven, walk-in. That's the tour.

I'm Grace. I'm the manager. I know. People see me and they go, her? And it's like... yeah. Me. There wasn't really a vote.

Okay, stuff you should know. We're the worst store in the chain. Officially. There was a chart. We were at the bottom of the chart, and then sort of under it, in the margin. So that's a lot of pressure. Or no pressure. I go back and forth.

The owner lives in the basement now. Mr. Sylvester. Terry. Don't call him Terry. Actually he might like that, I don't know. He got divorced and now he's deciding whether to sell us. So if you hear singing from downstairs, that's just him. If he asks you to sing, that's also him. That's a rule now. I didn't make it.

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▸ Ryan is going to ask you if he's doing a good job. Just say yes. It's easier for everyone. He's also going to try to hug Luke. Don't get in the way of that.

▸ Luke does deliveries. He's twenty. Don't bring it up — everyone brings it up. He drove the car into the lake once. Also don't bring that up. Actually, you can bring that up.

▸ Aidan's probably in the walk-in. He thinks the cold makes you taller. I've stopped asking. If you need something from in there, just... knock first, I guess.

▸ Hyde's going to tell you the wrong time. Check your own phone. Wait — no phones. Sorry. That might be a rule right now. I'll find out. Hyde's also going to say something about girls. You can say something back. We all do. It's kind of a group activity.

▸ Tommy is our chef. He's very... relaxed. All the time. Like, suspiciously relaxed. If he looks at you for a really long time and then says "whoa," just keep going. Also he has a girlfriend called John. She lives in Albany. If she calls the shop, he's not here. If she shows up at the shop, he's definitely not here. He's been trying to break up with her for, like, ever.

▸ Julia's really nice. Like, really nice. She was homeschooled, so if she asks you what a mall is, just answer. Be kind about it. She has a spider. You'll hear about the spider.

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Ten minutes or it's free — that's on the car. Do not wear the pizza costume to drive. I'm serious. Learn from history. And the roof door locks from the inside. Or the outside. One of them. Just don't go on the roof.

Um... what else. Oh. There's a camera crew. They just film. Nobody knows why. You stop noticing. Mostly. If they get really close while you're doing something stupid, that means it's good.

Grab an apron. Not that one. That one has a history. The other one.

And— hey. We're kind of a mess. But if something goes actually wrong, like actually wrong, everybody shows up. That's the one good thing about here. So. Yeah.

✎ shifts u can start on

(pick one, I don't care, I kind of care)

✦ the day Terry showed up — before he moved downstairs

✦ the drama club week (be nice to Julia)

✦ my birthday. please don't plan anything. Ryan already did.

✦ phone ban / scratch cards / scouts — it's all a blur honestly

✦ the singing week. I'm sorry in advance.

✦ the commercial. Tommy's directing. Luke has "prepared."

✦ New Year's Eve. nobody wants it. you'd be a hero.

✦ or after that. nobody knows what happens after that. including Terry.

ps. be whoever. new hire, other driver, Terry's limo guy, a regular, whatever. just be able to work Fridays.

Okay. Shift starts now. Or it started ten minutes ago. Don't tell Terry.

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