Tied To Your Orders • JimSu

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Mom has liked coffee for more than sixteen years, it's crazy, before she didn't like it at all, she said it tasted too bitter and that she was a person with a life too sweet to want to make her bitter. Opening a coffee shop would be one of the ironies of life for her, but it did not become one of them, when my father came into her life everything took an unexpected turn in her entire life, Dad loves to have a cup of coffee without sugar for in the mornings, he loves to read the newspaper in the afternoon and loves going to coffee shops where the coffee is pure grain.

Of course my mother had never understood these facts, but after meeting, mother was able to experience much better what the authentic flavors and aromas of each drink containing a little coffee would be, they had been times of spoiled and sometimes fun dates, But it had definitely been the big step to follow with a lasting relationship, after four years of marriage they decided to have their own business, and a cafeteria had been the first option, Mina was already there when the business opened, she barely had a year old, I arrived later, a child who would not stop crying and who bothered his sister in the middle of the night, I think Mom keeps a photograph of Mina throwing her tantrum as a child for having to take care of her younger brother.

The place was on a corner, between the intersection of Yi-Sang Avenue and Fourteenth Street, everyone knew the cafeteria by the name of Coffee Miracle, a name that to this day seems too tender, it would have been better just put up a huge sign that says coffee served, thank you. I laughed at my thought, I should put those things aside, today was a great day to talk to my parents.

For almost a year now, Mina has been giving me to understand in a few words that I must get a new job, my university career is almost finished, there is little left for me to send my thesis for review to be printed, I should be alert, my life Inside the books and notebooks he was about to finish and it still seemed that he wanted to remain a free and sovereign young man from the hands of the world. I was in my plans to get a job before, of course my parents did not hesitate to tell me that I could work with them in the cafeteria, I accepted immediately, and now I had been working here for almost six months, at Coffee Miracle.

"Do you think an Internet cafe business is convenient?" I looked at my mother as she raised an eyebrow, was she serious? "Don't see me that way, your father has given me that idea for a couple of days, he says that the Choi have good earnings that way, of course more staff would have to be hired."

"The Choi have a fast food business, Mom," she nodded without looking into my eyes, "I guess it must be a lot more practical for them than having a cafeteria" I shrugged. "Don't you think it would be difficult to service home?"

"That's what I told your father." She looked at me over her shoulder, her hair was somewhat damaged by the dye, my mother does not like to see her gray hair, she is vain up to the elbows, although many times I have told her that It should stop being it, it's not a bad thing, but she abuses herself with cosmetics and those strong hair dyes, "he thinks that if we do it that way, the cafeteria would be much more recognized, as it is! Starbucks!"

I hate those franchises, the first is always the best, when there is more fame the authentic is lost and they only end up making disgusting things, Starbucks is like that.

"I think it would be best to forget that fact, don't you think?" I heard a small laugh, which made me smile. "By the way," I licked my lips, "I think it's time I got another job, Mom."

She stopped cleaning the tables to give me a look, one that clearly said; Aren't you planning on staying here in the cafeteria? I know very well that she wants me to stay, I will not deny that I would like to be of great help here, the business has more and more clients, and as it is more familiar, it is difficult to be all together attending, Mina comes in the afternoons, I in the mornings, and sometimes it's the other way around.

"I-I suppose your sister has insisted," I couldn't help but nod my head, "it was obvious," she snorted, continued with her work, giving the table another bit of cleaning with the cloth and then going back to look at me, "any idea where to go?"

"I was planning to get involved as an office interior design assistant," I shrugged. "Mina says it would be great if I did."

"In that case, you'll be very good at your job, darling." Her smile finally appeared on her face, relaxing my face. "Now that I think about it, I think someone is looking for a person like you" I point to myself for a few seconds. "Mrs. Yoo told me that a new company is planning to install offices in a new building that has just been built in the city, she says that they are looking for employees."

That didn't sound so bad, if they were looking for someone to give their respective touch of professionalism to the offices, I would be delighted to participate in that project, I have a guaranteed university, only the thesis is what is missing, so there would be no problem at the time of the contract, I have to try.

"That sounds very interesting!"

My mother soon gave me the details so that Icould go and see if I could get a job, because the new building still has noone inside, and the last details are being given to the structure, such as theplacement of glass and the base paint on the walls, the job interviews would beelsewhere, even though the headquarters of the new company would be located inYongsang-Gu city, I would end up going to the offices for the interview on theshores from Jung-Gu, at least both the apartment building and the cafeteriawere not more than two hours away, I hope it is my fortune to be hired, asalways the blessed job application in my hands together with my CV completelyfine written up. I would definitely not miss this opportunity.