I, the King of Involution! (Part 2) Branches in the Involutionary World…
Shechu did not reply to any calls from work groups or superiors. He just casually packed his backpack and went out.
She started looking for a job.
My first job was as a dishwasher in the back of the kitchen.
The monthly salary is 3,800 yuan, excluding three meals a day. The first month is a probation period, during which the salary is halved.
There are only three dishwashers in the huge kitchen. After they start working, they start at 7:30 in the morning and work until 11:00 at night. They have to make sure that there are not too many empty bowls piled up in the kitchen. If you count carefully, each dishwasher's working hours are as long as twelve hours. The other dishwashers can eat and rest when there are fewer customers.
However, this hotel is too big and there are too few dishwashers. Only when three people work non-stop can they barely maintain cleanliness and squeeze in time for eating and resting.
Shechu's two colleagues, one is a little girl with a low ponytail, who is thin and looks like she is not yet an adult.
Another colleague was a tall but very thin young man, his arms were skinny and looked like two dead branches.
Both colleagues were silent. They immersed their hands wearing dishwashing gloves in the cold sink, washing greasy dishes one after another tirelessly.
When it was time to eat, the three of them took turns eating. The little girl brought rice balls and the young man brought sandwiches, both of which were simple and easy to eat. But correspondingly, the cold lunch was certainly not as delicious as the hot meal.
Shechu didn't bring any lunch and wanted to go out for lunch. The little girl hesitated for a moment, took out her rice ball and gave half of it to her.
She explained in a low voice, "Don't go out to eat. If you are caught, your salary will be deducted."
Shechu was used to this. After thanking the little girl, he took the rice ball and started eating.
She transferred the money for the rice balls to the little girl, but the little girl waved her hands and refused to take it.
The observers on the camera side were replaced three times, but Shechu on the other side of the camera kept washing dishes, like an infinitely looping animated picture.
It was not until eleven o'clock in the evening when the restaurant closed that the three of them washed the last batch of dishes. The manager also went into the kitchen and, after checking the hygiene, signaled that they could go back and rest.
The girl didn't leave. She walked up to the manager and said, "Manager, my probation period will end tomorrow."
The manager hummed in his throat, not looking at her directly, but glancing at the kitchen, "Got it."
Seeing that he didn't respond, the girl asked, "Can I become a regular employee?"
The manager finally turned his attention to her.
"Become a regular employee?"
The manager smiled and said, "The probation period is for both parties to be satisfied. One month is a bit short and I can't tell your attitude. How about this, you work for another month. If you feel it's good, I'll make you a regular employee."
The little girl was a little anxious, "But we agreed at the beginning..."
"Hey." The manager interrupted her, "It's been agreed upon, but the contract also states that both parties must be satisfied during the probation period before you can become a regular employee. Do you understand what 'both' means?"
"How about another half month of trial? You said you have no education and you are not pretty, but you can find a job like ours that doesn't require exposure to the wind and sun, so just be happy. What does it matter if the selection is strict? If you want to join our kitchen, you have to show some sincerity, right?"
The little girl was anxious, "But my grandma needs medicine for her illness, and the salary during the probation period is not enough!"
"If you had said the probation period would be more than a month, I wouldn't be here!"
The manager smiled and shook his head. "You are wrong. What does your grandma's illness have to do with the hotel? You can't blame the hotel for the problem."
The girl finally realized that it was no use trying to persuade the manager, and perhaps he had no intention of making her a permanent employee.
Her eyes turned red and she said angrily, "You are bullying me!"
The manager's face turned stern, his eyebrows were furious, and he said sternly, "If you don't do it, there are plenty of people who will do it!"
The girl gasped angrily, "I quit! Give me my salary for this month!"
The manager sneered, "Salary? Good!"
He turned around and called the accounting department, completely ignoring the fact that it was almost midnight.
Within a few minutes, the girl received a reminder of the arrival of the money.
[…Account received, 900 yuan.]
The little girl's eyes widened in disbelief and she asked, "Why is it only 900 yuan?!"
The manager snapped his fingernails. "You broke a plate, so I deducted 200 yuan. There were unwashed dishes in the sink during the inspection, so I deducted 500 yuan. You took too long to eat lunch, so I deducted 200 yuan."
The little girl was so angry that she was shaking. "Why are the plates so expensive that they cost two hundred dollars each?! And the last time you came to check, it was the peak dining time, and the plates were sent to the kitchen in batches. There are only two of us, and even if we had eight hands, we couldn't wash all the plates in an instant!"
"What's wrong with me eating lunch? The dishes in the kitchen were already washed!"
The manager reprimanded, "Did you wash the dishes? What about the floor? Did you mop it? What about the tabletop? Did you wipe it? You have completed your own work, can't you do something else? You don't care about the work at all. I am teaching you the principles of work and letting you learn a lesson!"
The girl was furious, "Why should I do a job that is not my job?!"
The manager shook his head, as if he thought she was ignorant. "Young people need to work harder to gain experience. With your mentality, you deserve to be an intern washing dishes for the rest of your life."
The girl wanted to argue again, but was picked up and thrown out by the bodyguards called by the manager.
How could a frail little girl like her fight against these bodyguards?
She struggled and soon disappeared.
The manager turned to Shechu and the young man with a smile again.
"Don't follow her example. You two are very serious and careful in your work. I have high hopes for you."
The young man remained silent, with his head down and said nothing.
Shechu put the dishwashing gloves back on the table with an expressionless face. "After today's trial period, I feel that your hotel is not suitable for me. I quit."
The manager looked at her with caution and a hint of threat, "You only worked for one day, so you won't be paid."
Shechu didn't respond, just turned around and walked out.
The camera picked up the audio very well, and I could hear the manager say to the young man, "As expected, women are just delicate. You'd better be down-to-earth and do your job well. So, if you work harder this month, I'll give you a raise of 200 yuan to make it an even number..."
When Shechu walked out onto the street, the little girl had disappeared.
The people on the camera side were furious. [This behavior has violated the labor law. Call the police!]
Shechu smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"It's no use."
"I've tried...many times."
Her voice was soft, floating in the night wind.
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