fandomhigh | Intro to the 21st Century, Tuesday, Second Period

Once again, the class met in the Danger Shop mocked up to be a mall. This time, Cindy was waiting by a bench in between an ice cream shop and a clothing boutique. "So, last week, you learned what you could buy with $500," she said, giving the students a grin that could only be described as 'shark-like.' "But that's only half the lesson. Having money is one thing. Earning it is another. So, today, you all have jobs."

Was that a shiver going down everyone's backs? Because it should be.

"So, today we have two options: food service--" she pointed to the ice cream parlor "--and retail." She pointed across to the clothing store, which looked to be having a sale. "Elphaba and Cally, you two are assigned to the boutique. Warren and Rilla, you two are working at the ice cream parlor." She glanced at her watch. "And according to the time, you're all about five minutes late for your shifts. You might want to dash. Both stores look pretty busy."

Hers was an evil laugh.

"At the end of the hour, we'll reconvene and discuss what you've learned."

[~~Hold for~~ OCD up]

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Dealing with customers!

Cally

Elphaba Thropp

Warren Worthington III

Yay customer service!

The boutique is filled with customers, especially families with small children running around. Many of the shelves are in disarray, clothing everywhere.

Your jobs:
*Assist customers with whatever they need
*Tidy up the store
*Remain pleasant and courteous. Remember! The customer is always right!

[To participate, ping in and a customer will be with you shortly.]

This shouldn't be so difficult for Cally, surely? She did, after all, already work in a retail position. Granted, the art shop didn't get this many customers ...ever... but still, the concepts should be the same. She summoned up her politest smile and headed for the cash register.

It is also a busy day at the ice cream parlor. Plenty of children here, too, all of whom want ICE CREAM! It's all hard ice cream, which means you'll be getting a little dirty. Don't worry, aprons, hair nets, and disposable plastic gloves are provided.

Your jobs:
*Provide pleasant and fast service.
*Get the customers whatever ice cream treats they'd like.
*Keep the work area tidy!

[Same as above. Ping in and you'll get customers.]

After the shifts were over, the class could once again find Cindy at the bench. In her hands were envelopes, which she passed around. "Inside these are your checks for an hour worth of work. How much do you think you deserve, hmm? How hard would you say you worked?"

Upon opening the envelope, they would all see checks for $7.25. "That's the minimum hourly wage that can be paid to a regular employee for one hour's worth of labor," Cindy said as they opened their envelopes. "That's exactly how much money your stress and aggravation earned you today. Think about last week. What could you buy with this check? Did anyone have a purchase that could be bought with this check? How long would you have to work to afford the cheapest item you'd bought last week? Let's talk about this."

When he's not being a customer!

She's highly amused, in case you couldn't tell.

In case you were wondering, why yes. I did work at an ice cream store and a clothing shop when I was younger. Though DQ is soft serve only, which is SO much less messy than hard ice cream.

Unless you accidentally lean on and wrap your fingers around the edge of an open waist-height freezer. And freeze them to the surface of said freezer. DQ-friend who was thankfully not me had giant blisters on the pads of all her fingers on one hand for a week.

Intro to the 21st Century, Tuesday, Second Period

Sign in (Week 5)

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React to Your Assignment

The Clothing Boutique

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The Ice Cream Parlor

Aftermath

Talk to the TA

Talk to "Professor Perrault"

OOC

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