The programmer and his woman

There is no perfect life. Everyone has to experience the ups and downs of life. There are nine out of ten things in life that are not satisfactory. Why bother so much? All the haze will eventually pass. At my age, there is no trouble that can't be solved by a pack of snacks. If there is, then I'll have two packs!

Yes, that’s the idea, go to the supermarket and buy a few bags of snacks to comfort your wounded heart.

Ever since this kind of supermarket appeared in the city, I have particularly loved visiting this place. Just like the slogan in the shopping mall says, "It's fun to just go shopping." Every time I see the dazzling array of goods on the shelves, I get excited and wonder when I can earn money to buy them. Now I finally have the opportunity to use the money I earn to buy what I like.

However, after walking around, I couldn't bear to buy anything. It really hurt to spend the money I earned myself. In the end, I took a bag of shrimp crackers to the checkout counter to pay.

I handed the item to the cashier, thinking that a bag of shrimp crackers would be nice, so I could go out and satisfy my cravings. I was just enjoying it, when I looked up, I saw that I knew this cashier, Glasses. I excitedly shouted, "Glasses, why are you working here?"

As soon as Glasses saw that it was me, excitement immediately emerged on his face, and he shouted excitedly: "Oh, Dongzi, what a coincidence! This is my new job. Please wait for me, I will be off work soon. Let's chat after I get off work. I'll treat you to the bag of shrimp crackers."

I quickly waved my hands and refused, "No, no, no, buddy, I have money today, you can pay the bill normally, and come to the KFC fast food restaurant behind to find me later, I will treat you to a burger."

"Okay, see you later." Glasses agreed readily.

I sat alone in the corner of the fast food restaurant, the hustle and bustle around me seemed to be isolated in another world. I grabbed a handful of shrimp crackers in my hand, chewing them boredly, looking towards the door from time to time, expecting the arrival of Glasses.

Just as I was immersed in my own thoughts, I suddenly felt someone pat me on the back. I turned around and saw Glasses standing behind me with a surprised smile on his face. I smiled too, stood up and said, "Hey, you're off work."

Glasses nodded and said with a smile, "Yes, I work as a cashier in this supermarket. I passed by the supermarket entrance that day and saw a job posting at the entrance, so I went in to take a look. I didn't expect that I actually got the job. Dongzi, have you found a job?"

I sighed and said, "As for me, don't mention it. I just got fired."

When Glasses heard this, he immediately asked with concern: "What's wrong?"

I shook my head, sighed and said, "Well, forget it. Let's talk about you. How is your job here? I'll go order the food first, and we can talk while we eat. Do you like spicy food?"

When Glasses heard that I wanted to treat him to a meal, he quickly waved his hand and said, "No need, let's just chat for a while. The food here is very expensive."

I said firmly, "No, I still owe you a meal. If you consider me a friend, you must eat."

After hearing what I said, Glasses hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you. But I don't eat spicy food, so remember to order something non-spicy for me."

So, I ordered two hamburgers, a serving of fries and two cokes. Although I knew the food here was really expensive, looking at the number on the receipt, it seemed that half of my total assets were swept away by the wind, but thinking of the last time when Glasses helped me without caring about his own safety, I knew that good brothers should be loyal to each other. What was this little money compared to that friendship?

I was enjoying my burger while chatting with Glasses. Glasses asked with concern: "Dongzi, what are your plans for the future? Are you going to continue looking for a job?"

I put down the burger in my hand and answered firmly, "Of course I have to find one. I can't just sit there doing nothing. I have to find a job to support myself."

When Glasses heard what I said, he continued, "Dongzi, we are actually still recruiting cashiers here. If you are interested, why not come and work here? I think the salary is not bad. You only need to work four to five hours a day, and you can get 600 yuan a month."

When I heard this, I immediately perked up and said excitedly, "Sure, Glasses, can I come?"

Glasses smiled and patted my shoulder, saying, "Don't worry, I'll take care of it. Come over tomorrow morning, and I'll talk to the foreman and introduce you to work here."

I shook Glasses' hand gratefully and said happily, "Oh, great, Glasses, let's make it a deal!"

The next morning, I arrived at the supermarket at the time agreed with Glasses. As soon as I walked into the supermarket, I saw Glasses standing at the door waiting for me. He had a warm smile on his face and waved to me from a distance, saying hello: "Dongzi, you are here, come with me, I will introduce our team leader to you."

So I followed Glasses to meet his leader, and then I heard Glasses say to a middle-aged man: "Team leader, this is what I told you about. My friend Wang Dong, like me, is here to interview for the cashier job today."

At this time, I saw the middle-aged man looking me up and down, then nodded to me, turned his head and looked at the glasses and said, "Your introduction must be correct. There is no need for an interview. We are in urgent need of people. Xiaowei, you can bring your friend with you. If everything goes well, you can start work directly in the afternoon."

After saying these words, he turned to look at me and said, "Wang Dong, let me briefly introduce the working hours and work content of our supermarket.

We have three shifts here. The morning shift is from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., the middle shift is from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., and the night shift is from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Later, you can stay with Xiaowei and ask him to teach you how to use our cash register system. You young people are smart and you will probably learn it in no time.

If there is no problem, you can work the afternoon or evening shift today, what do you think, Wang Dong?"

When I heard that I could start work so soon, I didn't hesitate any more and agreed decisively: "Okay, boss, thank you so much."

The team leader smiled and said, "We are all family, so don't be so polite. Then you can learn from Xiaowei first. I will get busy first."

Glasses and I said in unison: "Okay, Team Leader."

I felt that Glasses and this team leader were quite familiar with each other, so I asked, "Hey Glasses, how long have you been working here? It seems like you two are quite familiar with each other."

"Hey, it's not long, just over half a month, and I haven't received my salary yet. You said our team leader is a very enthusiastic person, and he is like this to everyone. He is a very nice person. If you have any problems that you can't solve at work, you can go to him. Our cashier team always asks him to help us solve problems."

"Hey Dongzi, it's almost time, wait here for me, I'll go change my clothes and come right over."

I looked at my watch. Oh, it was time to go to work. Then Glasses came out wearing a supermarket work uniform. He smiled and said, "Donzi, what are you laughing at? Do you think this outfit looks silly? Don't laugh. You have to wear it when you go to work. Come with me seriously. Stand next to me and watch. I will teach you how to use this system."

"Donzi, let me tell you, when you open the system in the morning, you have to put the change given to you by area. When you give us change, you have to match the change with our daily turnover. Otherwise, we will have to pay for the shortfall. So be careful when you collect and give change, don't make the wrong change."

"This is a lesson I learned the hard way. I gave the wrong change on my first day at work, and when I handed over the shift, I couldn't reconcile the accounts. As a result, I lost several dollars and was upset for the whole day."

I saw the man teaching me how to operate the machine while serving the customer: "Hello, ma'am. The total is fifty-eight yuan. Would you like to pay by cash or card?"

"Oh, I have cash."

While collecting the money, Glasses said to me, "Wang Dong, click here for cash, and then a cash box will pop up. Push the cash box back after you have given the change."

"Hello sir, the total is 108 yuan. Would you like to pay in cash or by card?"

“Hello, I’ll use your card.”

"Wang Dong, click here to swipe your card." He then turned to the customer and said, "Hello, sir. Please enter the password."

Sir, please sign here."

The man with glasses turned to me and said, "Wang Dong, remember to ask the customer to sign this order at the end."

At this time, the system reported an error message indicating that the printer was out of paper. "Oops, there is no paper. Sir, please wait a moment."

"Wang Dong, if you have an emergency, just press this button and the team leader will come over to handle it in a moment."

After a while, the team leader really came running over, "What's wrong, Xiaowei?" the team leader asked.

"Team leader, my printer is out of paper. Can you please get me a roll of label paper?"

"Okay," the team leader agreed, then took out a roll of paper from his pocket and handed it to Glasses.

"Wang Dong, look, this is how to load the printing paper." This whole morning, Glasses explained everything to me carefully.

In the blink of an eye, it’s almost noon. Glasses taught me very carefully, and I have almost learned it now. I feel that I should be able to start working.

At this time, the team leader came over to greet me with a smile: "Wang Dong, how do you feel about your morning study?"

"I feel okay. I think I can try it myself this afternoon."

"Okay, if you feel up to it, just take over Xiaowei's shift this afternoon and give it a try."

He turned around and said to Glasses, "Xiaowei, you should stay a little later today and see if Wang Dong can operate it himself before leaving."

Glasses nodded to the team leader and said, "No problem, team leader."

He looked at me again and said, "Dongzi, go eat first, and then come over to take my place. I'll go eat after I see that you can operate it well."

"Oh, okay, I'll be back soon. Glasses, I'll bring you something to eat."

"No need, just eat it yourself. I'll go home and eat after get off work."

"Oh, okay." I agreed and ran out immediately, thinking not to disturb Yan Jing from going home for dinner after work.

So I ate a quick bite at the fried rice stand outside, then hurried back and said to Glasses, "Glasses, I'm done eating. When you're done paying for this, just give it to me and I'll pay for it."

"Wow, you're really quick. Don't worry, let's check the amount of money in the cash box."

Fortunately, everything went smoothly in the afternoon. Seeing that I was quite skilled in operating the machine, Yan Jing went home from get off work with peace of mind.

Nothing happened the whole afternoon, except that I met a middle-aged woman who cut in line. Actually the line was not very long. When I took a look, there were only about five or six people. But this middle-aged woman didn't want to queue at all. She squeezed in front of me and said to me, "Young man, I was here in the morning and got the first place in the line. But when I checked out, I found that I forgot to bring money, so I didn't buy anything in the morning. So I came here again in the afternoon to buy something. That time I won't queue up." As she said that, she stuffed the items in her hand into my hand and asked me to check out for her quickly.

I looked at the customer behind her, but she didn't seem to object. I looked at the things the middle-aged woman handed over. Fortunately, it was just one item. I was hesitating whether to pay for the lady, so I subconsciously took the item from her. At this time, I heard that the customer at the end of the line seemed to have an opinion and shouted to the front: "Hey, woman at the front, are you shameless? You were here this morning, and I was here yesterday, too. I came earlier than you. I'll go over to pay today. Is that okay? Don't cut in line, hurry up and queue up at the back."

After I heard what the customer said, I returned the product to the lady.

When the woman saw that I didn’t want to pay for her, she got angry and blocked the checkout lane with her hands and shouted to everyone, “If you don’t pay for me today, no one else can check in this lane.”

I thought to myself, oh no, this woman is probably going to get beaten up, but to my surprise, the people at the checkout counter were all very well behaved, no one seemed to bother with her, they just watched her perform silently.

It was the customer at the end of the line who spoke up: "Hey, turn around and let me see what you look like. I want to see what such shameless women look like."

"Who do you think you are? If you want me to show you, I'll listen to you. That's wishful thinking. I won't let you see it. I'll make you mad to death."

The two were arguing when the team leader came over and asked, "What happened to Wang Dong?"

"Team leader, this lady wants to cut in line."

At this time, the woman saw that the person in charge had come over, so she repeated her words to our team leader, and then added: "Leader, I am quite familiar with the boss of your supermarket."

Before the woman could finish her words, the team leader interrupted her and said, "Okay, sister, stop talking. Isn't this all you have?"

"Yes, it's just one," said the lady aggrievedly.

"Wang Dong, quickly settle the bill for her and let her go. I will comfort the emotional customers behind her." The team leader said to me.

"Okay, team leader." I responded and quickly paid the bill for her as the team leader asked.

"Your leader is sensible. If he had settled the case for me earlier, there wouldn't be so many problems." After saying this, the lady left arrogantly.

Watching the lady leave, I felt relieved. If the team leader hadn't stepped in to solve the problem in time, I'm afraid it would have caused more trouble.

The team leader was facing every customer behind him and sincerely apologized. His tone was full of sincerity. Looking at the busy and tired figure of the team leader, I secretly sighed in my heart: It turns out that being a team leader is not easy!

In the following period of time, everything in the store returned to normal. Without the previous hustle and bustle and chaos, time passed by minute by minute, and finally it was time to get off work. I breathed a sigh of relief, packed up my things, and prepared to leave this place where I had been busy all day.

When I got off work, I met the team leader again, and he said to me, "You may encounter the same thing today often in the future. You must learn to deal with it flexibly. If you can't handle it yourself, call me to help you. Our main task is to maintain the normal operation of the supermarket."

"Yeah, okay, I understand.", I replied with a nod.

Then he continued to say to me: "Wang Dong, you performed very well today and got the hang of it quickly. How about I schedule an early shift for you tomorrow?"

I was delighted, knowing that this was the leader's recognition and encouragement. I immediately replied, "I will follow the leader's arrangements."

The team leader smiled and nodded, and continued, "Xiao Wei should have roughly told you about the salary. The cashiers here are all temporary workers, so there is no formal labor contract, but please rest assured that the salary is settled monthly, and the settlement is made on the 5th of each month. If you have been here for less than a month this month, we will calculate your salary based on the number of days you actually work. Similarly, if you choose to work two shifts a day, that is, consecutive shifts, then you can get an extra salary."

He paused, pointed to a female employee who was busy not far away and said, "Look at Gao Qian over there, she is our role model. She chooses to work double shifts every day and can earn 1,200 yuan a month. Although the work is harder, her income has increased accordingly."

Hearing this, I immediately felt excited. Earning 1,000 yuan a month is already a lot of money for me. If I can work more and earn more money, it will be even better. I know this is a rare opportunity and I must seize it.

So, I immediately responded: "Thank you, team leader. Don't worry, I will definitely work more and earn more money in the future. I will work hard and live up to your expectations. Then team leader, I will come to work tomorrow morning. Goodbye, team leader."

The team leader nodded with satisfaction and said, "Okay, see you tomorrow. I believe you will do a good job."

The moment I left the supermarket, my heart was filled with anticipation and confidence. I knew that this would be a new beginning.