Hannah had only just come to the supermarket today t o apply for a part-time job at a hundred dollars a day, but after having a conversation with the manager, he decided to let her take the job as a cashier since she was a college graduate. 3
Cashier work was not as tiring as the other tasks, and the wage was a hundred and fifty a day. Therefore, she had agreed to the job offer in delight.
The manager would love to have Hannah at the post she was at now if there were no big issues, but he could not keep her if she dared to provoke customers a t the checkout counter.
Fortunately, since she was just casually bickering with her relatives, the manager decided to let it slide and reminded her, "You need to watch out for your image since you are on duty now. Don't chit-chat even if they are your relatives when you're working, got it?”
Hannah hurriedly nodded and said flatteringly, "Don’t worry. I won’t do it again!”
The manager nodded and prepared to turn and leave when Jacob said, "Hey, are you the manager here?”
The manager turned around again. "Yes, I am."
Jacob said in a cold voice, "I want to file a complaint against you!"
Astounded, the manager asked, "You want to complain about me? Why?!"
Jacob pointed at Hannah and growled furiously, "Your staff physically attacked me and verbally abused me for no reason, yet you didn't even care about it! This is an obvious dereliction of duty! Is this how you usually enable your staff?"
The manager asked, puzzled, "Aren't you two relatives?"
Jacob shouted, "Huh! I’m not related to her at all!" 1
When she had seen Jacob and Charlie earlier, she was so furious all of a sudden and had started cussing at Jacob regardless of her post. She never expected that Jacob would go and complain to her manager! She was shooting herself in the foot!
At this point, she hurriedly begged, "Jacob, please tell my manager that we are family, and I'm your sister-in-law. I apologize to you for whatever I've done wrong, but please don't jeopardize my job. I'm begging you, please!"
Jacob glared at her and then turned to the manager as he said, "Look at her and her eloquent mouth! I don't even f*cking know her, yet she keeps on saying that she’s my sister-in-law! Would you be able to stand it if you were in my shoes?" 1
Hannah quickly interjected, "No! Manager, don't listen t o him! I am truly his sister-in-law!"
Jacob patted the manager's shoulder and asked with his expressionless face, "Would you believe me if I said I was your father?"
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