CHAPTER THREE

Chapter 3

It's past 10am, finally I arrive at CHILLY'S TASTY SNACK . I am so screwed yeah definitely. I walk to the door and I get in. My boss is giving me that deadly stare. I walk slowly towards the counter and observe how full the place is.

"Am so....."

"Yeah right, you are sorry Annah. Come on you are late and you be expecting me to pay you the damn cash. Look Annah, you got to wake up. It's hard in the streets here and people looking for a job. I won't have poor grading from my customers because of you. Please wake up Annah. You one of the best I have here and if not for that I would have fired you. Step up Annah, is that understood".

"Yes sir am so sorry" . Yeah I finally said the sorry I was about to say earlier. Mr Chilly walks back to his office where he focus and do other jotings and of course waiting up to take account of what's happening around here and also waiting for his money's.

My boss name is Mr. Chilly Montano. Quiet tall and huge man with beard. He is always quiet serious but also very calm and understanding. He is light in complexion and has a bold voice.

Oh my God, I hope no one heard him saying all that to me. But I would love for them to hear am one of the best he got around here. I think all these to myself as I am changing into mt work cloth. Quiet sassy I guess, Gray epron gown with white linings, knee level and oh yeah my ass gives it that perfect fit. I tie up my hair and turn around once more to look at myself. I am quiet beautiful like my mum and yeah I am not too tall, just average height and I really wish I was tall. I finish tieing up my hair with a white scarf and then leave the changing room

"Ahhhhhhhh", that sound comes out of me after I bump into Mark.

"What is your problem!, where you trying to peep on me?. What is wrong with you! I have told you to stay away from me Mark".

"Annah Annah Annah. How can I stay away from you when (draws close to my ears) you are so beautiful and god damn sexy. I guess am not the only guy who is hitting on you around here". He gives me that creepy smile

"Well Mark, stay away from me. I ain't got time. Now back off and atleast you can try out Alisha.

" I don't want her Annah. Come on Annah please give me a chance, please.

"How can't you want Alisha, she is clearly all over you and you can try her out. You both match up in the aspect of "peeping" on each other and probably others. Back of Mark".

I walk past and then head him mutter

"god damn".

Sure he is was looking at my ass. Stupid boy or should I say man?, well real men don't behave the way he does right?. So I walk inside the bakery and wow it smells so fine as usual. Different varieties of bread, doughnut and cakes. The bakery is just a little bit far from the snack and It's inside but in another section where it's only visible to us the workers. It makes it easy cause everything is served hot and clean. Once they are baked, it's been put up in a tray and lined up on the counter well displayed. It's a pretty busy place and any one who walks in is well received. Mr. Montano will always say, "give them that dashing smile. But before you do that, brush your teeth at home ". Oh my so funny. But he is right though. I am incharge of kneeding the dough for doughnut and also mixing the ingredients for a particular cake and baking it. The butter fly cake is what I am an expert in and what our customers mostly buy. Even when it's all finished, they still order to carry home. So before I leave for classes I have to bake some extra more. I am so happy I get to satisfy them with my tasty doughnuts and cakes. I begin mixing the ingredients for the cake, then Mark walks in and then passes around me to his own section. He deals with bread and he has been here since 5am. Customers ought to get bread for their breakfast . By 6:30am, customers start popping in and by then, every where is shiny and clean done by the cleaners jude and castrow. Mr. Chilly is quiet stern on that. So I focus on mixing the ingredients for my cake and Mark is doing his job with the other guys George, Gregory, Mathew, and John. They are incredibly hard working and do the best breads too. Mark keeps starring at me but I don't give him any sign of seeing what he is doing. Now am done mixing and putting it in the baking pans and tada, it's now going into the oven. I normalise the heat and then leave it to bake. In one hour time it will be ready and customers will beg so hard for it. I think to myself as I smile so hard. So I go straight up and start kneeding the dough for the doughnuts and I finish up and cut in different shapes with the different cut-shape instrument we have. I did the O and A shape. When done, I contemplate if I should fry or bake but most customers love the bake so I go for that. I put them in their special trays and voila am done. I walk past and all the guys are just observing me. I totally hate this. Alisha and I are the only girls here. Gertrude was among but got pregnant and had to go. Alisha is also incharge of doughnuts and taking orders. She is pretty good too but sometimes a bitch. So rude and carries herself like she is the alpha and omega and it's so annoying. I walk out and I was right. The place is popping up. So I get my note book and start taking down orders.

"What can I get you sir"

"Oh Annah, good morning. Get me those beautiful doughnuts and some cake and chilled milk.

"You got it sir, thank you sir".

I finish jotting down 6 orders then hurry back to check my cake. Oh, it's getting ready soon in 4 minutes and the doughnut in 6mins. We also got chilled milk supplied by Mr. Chilly's wife Madame Rosy and we also got coffee, the one with milk. So I set out the cakes in their beautiful trays and put them on the counter which is glass. Mr. Chillly's snack is quiet classy and I love it. While am done doing that, I hurry and set them on the counter and I take pretty shaped plates which has a flat and round area in one. The flat area where you put the cake or doughnut and the round area where you stand a cup of coffee or a designed bowl of chilled milk. So I put the first two orders on a beautiful tray and then give one to the first order .

"Thanks Annah, pretty girl ".

"Thanks sir". I smile and walk past. But of course I know I am pretty . But coming out from people makes me feel so good. So I serve up the second order for doughnut and coffee. I go back and take the last orders and serve them up then go back for more orders. Bread is done and been lined up again. Most customers do want to take the doughnut and cake,and with the bread too. I look at my time and its pass 1pm. Oh my! it's already afternoon I got to call mum.