I'm really excited to share this little "Just Business" series. I'm a restaurant manager as my day job, and I grew up in kitchens, and have been in food my entire working life, so this blends my nasty hobby with my career passion, and I hope y'all enjoy! Ch. 2 is up on my Patreon.
Warning: The spice starts out as reluctance but goes to willing pretty quick.
This is a Harbinger96 original and is not to be shared or reposted without my permission. All characters involved in sexual activity are 18 or above.
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"Tomorrow is one of our biggest nights of the year. Who the fuckΒ keeps messing with my prep?" Ripley Dryden, the manager and senior-most employee of Rossi's Italian Restaurant barked, her hands in her tied back blonde hair.
"Rachel said she didn't want the meat for the antipastas cut at an angle," Richard, one of our newer guys, said meekly. He didn't want to get ran over by Ripley, and I didn't blame him.
"Richard, I get you're new and that's fine, but here's something you should learn pretty quick; Rachel doesn't know a fucking thing," Ripley said right to his ear.
"But she goes to culinary school," he said back, but not in a confrontational way. Me and the guys who knew Ripley well knew how she felt about culinary school students that wanted to be called Chef without having job experience, who hadn't climbed out of the dish pit and prep.
"She goes to culinary school," Ripley mocked right back. "And I was working right here, in this business as a waitress the day she was literally born. I couldn't give a smaller shit about a degree she doesn't have yet," Ripley said to all of us. "If she tells you to do something a certain way, tell her you will, but then don't. Just don't do it. We do it myΒ way here, the way we've been doing it for years."
"Heard," I said, not having an issue with it. Not only was Ripley the only coworker that scared me, but her 20 years of experience made her damn good at her job. She ran a tight ship, but it was a good fucking ship. A few other heards sounded around me, but there were definitely some anxious staff that really didn't like the civil war that was brewing in the workplace.
"Everyone get back to work, the way we've been working. Tonight shouldn't be anything too busy, but it's gonna go off tomorrow," our fearless leader said with her thinning Australian accent. Ripley had moved here for the American dream when she was 18, but a run of bad luck saw her shipwreck at Rossi's, but she made the best of it, becoming the best manager in the restaurant's considerable history, having been in the Rossi family for 67 years.
As our prep window before we opened for dinner narrowed, Ripley spent more time trying to get her ship back from Rachel's destruction that started with Rachel trying to rewrite the recipe and procedure book.
When 4 p.m. hit, Ripley put herself in expo to make sure that Rachel hadn't fucked with the way we were plating. Luckily I just had to call, which Rachel couldn't try to fuck with. Calling was calling, which meant timing was everything.
As the shift pedaled on, things went Ripley's way because the rest of the boys had learned it was easier for everyone to act like the boss's giant, gorgeous young daughter wasn't even here.
We got through one hour of dinner before we heard heeled footsteps coming down the stairs to the kitchen door.
As soon as it opened, Ripley's eyes didn't leave the expo board but she pointed a finger behind her and said, "Get the fuck out of my kitchen."
Ripley's gut instinct and ear were right, it was one Rachel Rossi, stepping right into Ripley's space. She was the only woman I had ever met who could dwarf Ripley, who was 5'9 herself, but Rachel somehow still had four inches on her, and was taller still in black pumps.
"My dad's kitchen, you mean," Rachel said snidely. "Why are you fucking up my plating?" Rachel asked, not backing down.
"The plating is being done the same way it has been since before you were born," Ripley said, perfectly calm, her eyes on the screen. "Why are you fucking with my cooks?"
"I'm not fucking with your cooks," Rachel spat, her face scrunched in anger, but Ripley the veteran had a perfect poker face. "I'm updating them. Because while I'm going to school to bring us into the future, you're still keeping them in 2002."
Finally, Ripley turned her head, sharp blue eyes glaring, her jaw tense. "Get the fuck out of my kitchen, and back upstairs. You're lucky I'm not calling your father to tell him about the whore's clothes you're working in." Ripley trailed her eyes from Rachel's strapped pumps up her waxed thick legs to her skirt that was only at mid thigh, showing off her hams. Her huge tits were fighting to break out of her size or two too small black blazer, red frilled bra visible depending on the angle, deep cleavage on easy display.
"We willΒ be having a further discussion right at close, so do not try to head home early," Rachel said, standing right up to Ripley, nearly placing her bust right at Ripley's face.
"First in, last out, bitch. I'll be here all night," Ripley laughed, and Rachel stormed off, red faced and angry.
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As soon as the clock hit 10:00, Ripley clapped her hands and said, "Ethan, get this shit turned off and let's go get a drink." Me and the crew planned to get a little silly since it was my last day with them. I was starting at a brand new place called "Martin's" just a few blocks from my apartment.
I had just said "Aye aye, ma'am," when we heard those clumping footsteps again. The door flew open and Rachel was right back to that place she seemed to love so much; right in Ripley's face.
"You had all fucking dinner to undo everything I did yesterday. Are you happy?" Rachel asked, her hands on her wide hips.
"I put things back to the way they were for years, so yeah," Ripley said fearlessly, not backing up at all from the taller Italian. "How long are you going to be in town wasting both of our time?"
"I'm going to be here all summer," Rachel snarked, pleased with the fire that flashed over Ripley's eyes.
"Good," she said, getting her control back. "Maybe you can fucking learn something about the real world and not that fancy 'heard Chef, yes Chef, please don't make me cry, Chef!' How much cock have you sucked this semester? Your dad said you had some good grades, and I know you're fucking stupid, so..." Ripley had gone fully off, sparking the Italian into a full fire. Rachel's brain was the size of her tits, and anyone who had a conversation with her knew it. We all figured her father was the only reason Rachel was going to take over the restaurant at all. Ripley wasn't an idiot herself, and knew where to poke,
"That's it, you're done. Get the fuck out, Ripley!" Rachel screamed, face ruby red and feet stamping. "This is my dad's restaurant, not yours!" Rachel shouted, and tried to push Ripley.