the secret life of a Secret Recipe employee

Day 1

I walked in with the thought "Okay now, I'm living my dream." Haha. It was still lunchtime by the time I arrived, so everyone had their hands full. The supervisor (coughs to Dayang. Haha!) asked me to sit down for a sec while he settles his job. After a few minutes of waiting, finally he came and explains everything to me. He put me as the service staff and asked the other two service staffs to show me around and teach me to do my job. For some reason, they are called Labu and Laby. Labu is a funny guy while Laby is sweet. Then I met the kitchen staffs, the tough Kak Ana and the quiet Kak Ina, and the barista guy (who has a sharp mouth), Bob. The supervisor, Shah Naz is a nice guy, but slightly mental, just like the rest of the boys. People call him Up. He would ask Labu or Laby to teach me things whenever I was free. I learned how to serve customers, prepare the settings, fold the boxes, and cut cakes.

End of Day 1 results: Back pain, cramped legs and a blistered foot.
Personal comment: Dark grey does make a man look good (more coughs to Dayang :P)


Day 2

Lunchtime wasn't as busy as the day before. Maybe because it was Sunday. Abang Up had the day off, instead Abang Adela was in. He was the one who hired me. He taught me how to prepare cakes like NY Cheese and Caramel Cheese. Day 2 was less hectic. However, the Cold War between the barista guy and me started to arise. That guy really need to learn how to speak nicer.

End of Day 2 results: Back pain, cramped legs and still blistering foot.
Personal comment: Boys will always be boys, regardless the age and position.


Day 3

I was several minutes late. I think everyone was wondering whether I was coming because by the time I arrived, all attentions were turned to me. Haha. The manager was in. He's a Chinese guy named Tan Bek Nam. But behind him everyone calls him Abe. Abang Up asked me to fill up a form, which is also my contract, and gave me a more proper briefing. Then after settling things with me and the store, the manager left. Cold War became much worse. I almost blew up totally. Luckily Laby gave me a job. So I went to sit at a corner quite far away from the Bob guy to do my job. Then right after I finished it, I left for Asar prayer with an incredibly scowled face. Usually I informed at least two people before I left, but that time I just told Abang Up. I really took my time, in order to cool down my temper. I think I left maybe for 40 minutes. When I returned, I noticed that everyone's face was different. Even Kak Ana came to me and asked me not to keep Bob's words to my heart. Oh well. At least I managed to brush my anger as far aside as possible and continue co-operating with him. That night he showed me how to combine cakes. And when we were doing dishes together, he asked "Seronok ke kerja sini?". I thought that for a second, and answered "Kalau awak takde baru seronok". Yes, here we use saya-awak when we're being sarcastic. He told Abang Up that, and he just chuckled at me. Haha.

End of Day 3 results: Cramped legs and recovering blistere foot.
Personal comment: Bring out your inner DoS or/and the DoS skills that you learned from someone else (in my case, Nino and Jun) to fight another DoS.




Okay, that's it for now. Heading to my fourth day later.

Oh yeah, Nico came with his mom on my third day to dine. Thanks HSBC ;)


 Edit: The Cold War has ended. Bob is nicer now.