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Chapter 24

Author: Aena Zahid
last update Last Updated: 2024-01-11 08:01:05
The next morning I woke up fresh and early, ready to visit a few places where I had seen signs about hiring new people.

I went from place to place, all day. I was overqualified for some and underqualified for others. I needed more experience for some jobs and some were just not going to pay enough for me to save any worthwhile money. Overall, it was not going as well as I had hoped it would.

By the time evening rolled in, I was feeling quite hopeless.

I walked into what looked like my final stop for the day. It was a huge hotel and restaurant in need of more serving staff. It was fairly new and was still short on staff. At this point, even a bartending job wouldn’t be bad.

I smiled at the receptionist and before he could judge me, immediately said, “Hi, I saw the ad for hiring serving staff. I hope you guys are still hiring.”

He looked me up and down and nodded before picking up the landline and calling someone. I waited as he talked and placed the phone back before finally addr
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