Beth was lazing in her room. She enjoys her free time, today she works the afternoon shift, from three to ten at night. This morning she can laze around while watching her favorite Korean drama, a hobby that she has to put aside for some time, due to her busy schedule.
She watched the drama and occasionally ate the snacks that she had prepared since last night. She had been waiting for today, after two full weeks she got the morning shift, this time and tomorrow she gets the afternoon shift, so last night she went to the mini market to buy ammunition for her 'me time.'
‘Life is good, and I like it.’
Drrt….drrt…
Beth glanced at her phone. She saw that her phone screen was on. A bad sign.
A life lesson that Beth learned while working at a service-oriented company, never turns on the internet connection while at home, because… an incident like this can be ascertained as a call from her outlet.
She pretended not
The location of the fierce man named Roberts is at the end of the hall… he seemed isolated from the others. If this fierce man yells or does something bad at her there would be no eyewitnesses for Beth to prove that he does the kind of things, she wants to report. Isn't it forbidden for employees to bully each other? She tried to remember if there was a clause in her working contract."You're a new employee huh?" asked Roberts, his tone normal...not snapping. Beth breathed a sigh of relief."No, I've been here a few years," Beth replied politely, she was watching Roberts' hands which were still scanning the barcodes of items at the outlet. How it works…all items are scanned into the in-check team's portable computer…then later it will be processed and the in-check team leader will download data from the computer outlet to type the latest stock. If there is a discrepancy between the physical stock and the computer... that will be a big problem.
The results of the In-Check printout are out, there are several sheets of paper containing problematic items. Problematic in the term is that the amount of stock is not in sync with the computer and physically. If it's true that there is a shortage of stock... Then the item will be counted as lost... each outlet has a limit on the value of lost items for each inventory check, and is usually seen from the percentage of outlet sales every three months. If it exceeds the limit of the lost value... Then the excess amount will be shared with the outlet members, their salary of the employee will be deducted. Therefore... Inventory Check Like a nightmare for them.Roberts held five sheets, the other In-Check members held two each. Beth was muttering that she wouldn't get caught working with Roberts after this. The next process is the search for problematic items. Outlet members and the In-Check team will manually check the items, whether they are really missing or just tucked away.
Her life so far is safe, calm, and peaceful. Even though the photo of her and Roberts is viral... The incident inside the outlet warehouse makes people imagine various things. Her name and Roberts are now always linked.On the other hand, she was grateful…no news from Logan at all, no calls from Reina…and no problems whatsoever. Life is good. And she enjoys every bit of it.Beth walked into her outlet as usual. She enters the afternoon shift and will go home when the outlet closed at ten o'clock at night. Today is three days after the Inventory Check. They should get the final document to be signed, the results of the inventory check should be documented in a special folder.She was greeted with Risa's horsey smile as she arrived at the outlet."Why are you grinning like that...Ris?" Beth asked who was suspicious of her friend's behavior."There will be romance at work... Even though it's forbidden... but that's what makes it exciting
Before eight o'clock in the evening, Shania said goodbye to her. Though Shania often accompanies her when she works the night shift alone, but not tonight. She reasoned that she had an appointment with a fellow manager.In the end, Beth spent the rest of her shift muttering and tidying up the mess. She had closed the outlet's rolling door when the man came. Roberts came still in his In-check uniform with his hands slightly rolled up. He brought a package and closed the rolling door again.There is a sense of relief because the long-awaited has finally come. But her anxiety and vigilance are more dominant, Beth prays... this man is a friendly and kind-hearted demon (is it possible?) Beth hopes her business tonight will be finished, as soon as possible."Here... I brought food. So you can think straight." He said handing the package to Beth.Beth who had removed her hair bun only smiled faintly and accepted the package containing the fried chicken and sweet
In front of her house, Beth came down from the bike and handed over Roberts' jacket and helmet."Thank you." She said she was about to turn around and enter her parents' house."Tomorrow, mmh... Tomorrow I have Inventory Check at the HO outlet." HO stands for the name of the outlet which is located not far from the outlet Beth works."Oh yeah... So...so what?" Beth asked confused, what did Roberts mean by telling her that."Tomorrow, you come home early, right?" He asked again who was given a nod by Beth."Tomorrow, you come home with me... Don't take the bus." Said Roberts again."Ugh no, you don't have to, I am afraid...it's going to be gossip later...I'm afraid...because there are a lot of outlet employees who are fans of you...they can grill me to death later!" Beth politely refused.Roberts stared at Beth's face for a long time. He seemed to be thinking. "Just let the rumors be true...rather than just gossip!"The words le
"The warehouse is now also monitoring all the outlets, we can check at any time... It's only about the standard of storage of goods, not the similarity of data." He explained and made Beth nod."Well... yesterday you were part of the Inventory Check team, how come you moved to another division fast!""Humm...there is chaos at the warehouse, a lot of stuff is stored in the wrong way... I was recruited by Mr. Logan."The name made Beth pale. That man? What does it mean? What's his motive? Why? Then last night .. did he know that she was brought home by Roberts?"Oh yeah? Oh..." Beth finally answered. She was confused about what to say."Here.. eat!" Said Roberts handing something wrapped.Beth, who was confused by the man's words, opened the package... She found paper wrapping, a chicken curry with rice completed with another side dishes."For me?" She asked looking at Roberts' face, which looked indifferent."Of course."
Beth spent her work hours anxiously. Now and then she looked at the CCTV cameras installed in every corner of the outlet.Her friend would come at exactly one o'clock in the afternoon, a friend who would look after the night shift.Her daydream was suddenly shattered when there were customers who came to her. A customer who once shopped could be in the tens of millions of dollars, the problem is.. he is one of the fussiest, complicated, and fast-paced customers. Beth's suffering was complete because she must take care of the order by herself, and suddenly her outlet's computer hangs.What the heck!She gave a welcoming smile to Mr. Randy, the customer whose face was flat and grumpy, her greeting was not answered because Mr. Randy immediately took the shopping basket and took his shopping. He is the kind of customer who doesn't want to be helped...he wants to take his shopping.Beth immediately picked up the receiver, and called the technician, and
Beth waited for her friend to arrive, and when everyone was there she could breathe a sigh of relief. At that time, the computer modem signal outlet was on. Beth took her phone and turned off the hotspot. 'How come another turn comes, the computer doesn't hang anymore.'Beth told her friend what had happened to her. Minus the behavior of Logan who hijacked the contents of his cellphone."You're not lucky Miss... Hehe." Comments one of his friends grimaced at Beth's narrative."You are waiting for Roberts in the parking lot.. aren't you? He's already on standby on his motorbike." Whispered one of her friends with her face positioned closer to Beth."Huh? What are you saying? What time is it?""Wooo...wooo... you have a special appointment with him, aren't you!" Her friend's teasing instantly silenced Beth.It was still three in the afternoon, and Beth's heart was beating fast, remembering Logan's threats, who threatened to fire Beth and Rober