The Top 3 Beauties in My School Are All My Subordinates at My Part-time Job～ You Guys Are Out of My League, So Stop Relying on a Mediocre Guy
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It’s lunchtime and “Cafe de Hinata” is getting busier and busier.
Fortunately, the coffee I brewed was well received by customers, which was a relief.
I was busy working as a waiter and making coffee as well.
While I was busy, I suddenly turned my attention to the girls in maid uniforms.
No, I don’t mean it in a lewd way, just to be clear.
I was looking at them out of gratitude for their hard work.
Today is the third time that the top three beauties have come to work for us. Time flies.
They are getting used to it and the quality of their work is getting better and better.
Thanks to their increased speed, they are able to do their work quickly and efficiently even if the number of customers increases a little.
Moreover, I can tell that they understand the ideals of “Cafe de Hinata” and are trying to realize them.
The ideal of this restaurant. We want to provide delicious sweets that make our customers happy and a space where they can enjoy and relax. That’s what we want.
—Take Kyono san, for example.
This innocent and beautiful girl has not only helped my father with the specialty, cooking, but has also improved her customer service skills in an unbelievable way.
At first she was intimidated, but now that she has gotten the hang of it, she is able to serve customers calmly.
“Your order has been accepted. Please make yourself comfortable.”
After taking the order, she bowed politely in a calm tone.
The customer looks very calm as the beautiful, neat, dark-haired girl serves them in a very polite manner.
She truly embodies the ideal of a healing space.
Thank you Kyono san.
—For example, Kamigasaki.
This competent cool beauty serves her customers with aplomb.
Even when multiple customers arrive at the restaurant at the same time, she skillfully asks the customers to come in and takes them to their seats in turn.
While one customer is thinking about their order, she quickly guides the next customer to their seat, or she looks at the order status of each table from a distance and flexibly decides which table takes the order first.
Thanks to this flexibility, she is able to minimize the amount of time customers are kept waiting.
Her quick and efficient manner is pleasing to the eye.
She is not a very expressive person. But thanks to her appropriate response, even during the busiest hours, the customers seem to feel little stress.
Nice work, Kamigasaki.
—And Hamakaze san.
This careless and clumsy girl is still invoking carelessness and serving customers in a careless and carefree manner.
“Here you are, your iced coffee.”
“Hm? I ordered hot coffee.”
A middle-aged male customer gave Hamakaze san a suspicious look.
“Hm? Didn’t you say iced coffee?”
“No, hot coffee.”
“Eh? Oh…..I-I-I made a mistake ! I’m sorry ! I was just thinking hard about love and romance, and my ears must have misheard [coffee for love]
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Hamakaze san turned blue and bowed her head with an apologetic expression on her face.
But what’s with that excuse? No one would accept such an excuse.
“I’ll replace it right away, so please wait a moment !”
“Oh, no, I’m fine as is. When I saw your serious face, I thought this is really [coffee for love].”
Huh? Did her excuse get through?
No, I don’t think so. What’s the point of making customers feel uncomfortable? I have to follow up.
Thinking that, I immediately rushed to Hamakaze san.
“Excuse me, sir. My name is Akizuki, the manager. I’m sure you were concerned about our staff and told us to leave it as it is, but we will exchange the item properly, so could you please wait a moment?”
“Ah….Akizukicchi. I’m sorry, I made a mistake.”
“Yeah, leave it to me. I’ll make the exchange.”
A male customer who was listening to my conversation with Hamakaze san laughed and said.
“Don’t worry. I didn’t say, [Leave it as it is] out of concern. It’s just that this waitress said it with such a serious face. I was really starting to think, this is the [coffee for love].”
“R-really?”
“Yes. She is always cheerful and nice, and she cheered me up last time and again today. She seriously calls it her ‘coffee for love’. It’s no wonder I want to try it.”
“I-I see…..are you sure you don’t mind? I’ll exchange it for a hot cup of coffee as soon as possible.”
“I’m just being honest. I work alone. My wife always made me coffee on Sunday mornings when we lived together. That’s my ‘coffee for love’ now, and it reminded me of my wife’s face when we lived apart. So I’ll drink this. No, let me drink it.”
This customer looks kind of happy.
“Of course, Sir. If you say so.”
Is this what they call a blessing in disguise?
No. The customer recognized Hamakaze san because of her hard work and good personality.
In that sense, it can be said that Hamakaze san is uniquely good at what she does.
Though it’s not right that she made a mistake.
“I’m sorry, Akizukicchi. Thank you for helping me.”
As soon as we returned to the kitchen together, Hamakaze san called out to me.
She covered her face with her hands and sighed repeatedly.
It was unusual for Hamakaze san to appear so depressed.
“What’s going on? You don’t look like yourself.”
“Myself?”
“If you were the usual Hamakaze san, you would say, [Hahaha, I made a mistake !]”
I tried to cheer her up by saying that, but—
“Because Miya chan and Suzuka chan are both really good at what they do, you know. Even Akizukicchi trained hard and became able to make coffee. But I’m the only one like this, so of course I’m feeling down.”
“What are you talking about? Your cheerfulness is more than enough to be an asset to Cafe de Hinata. In fact, the customer from earlier didn’t seem angry at all.”
“But I have to be able to do my job properly.”
“Now, now, don’t be in such a hurry. Hamakaze san, your personality is your weapon.”
“Muuuuuuuu…..”
I tried to encourage her so that she wouldn’t be discouraged, but for some reason Hamakaze san puffed out her cheeks and looked dissatisfied.
But there are still many customers waiting for us. I don’t have time to relax here.
“We have to get back to work.”
“Yeah, got it. I won’t make any more mistakes !”
I had never seen Hamakaze san looking so frustrated. I wondered what was going on all of a sudden.
I was curious, but I was so busy dealing with customers that I didn’t have a chance to talk to the half-Japanese beauty slowly for a while after that.
Maitoshi