Chapter 59: Customer and more customers (1)

 

 

At that moment, the expression Joanne was putting spread in everyone’s faces like it was contagious . They couldn’t help it . Because in the past month, they had never seen Chloe getting angry . But that Chloe got angry?

Jo Minjoon opened his mouth with a perplexed voice . How surprised was he that his voice shook at the end .

“Saying that she had a fight, who was it with? Her teammates? Or…… the customers?”
“It seems like it’s the customers…… . You too take a look . ”

At her words, they realized that they also had their own handphones . Jo Minjoon looked at the mentions in the screen without a word .

Elly Dean : They say that there was a scandal in Grand Chef’s food truck . They say that a customer and Chloe fought as they were shouting .
ㄴ CRJ : I was in that place, but Chloe wasn’t to the point to be shouting . It is true that she had raised her voice, but compared to the customer it was nothing .
ㄴ Elly Dean : @CRJ Why? What did she do?
ㄴ CRJ: @Elly Dean I don’t know why they started to fight, but I heard the people talking at that time . First, if she was planning to take the money selling this kind of trashy kochi . But the funny thing was that Chloe didn’t even get the money . So it means that that person hadn’t even eaten a bite .

Samantha Croft : It wasn’t a good scene to look at . I know that it isn’t easy to cope with that, but Chloe had to bear with it .
ㄴ Rhianna Pratchet : A situation where you just can’t hold it also exists . You can easily say that you have to bear with it in any kind of trouble because you weren’t in that situation yourself .
ㄴ Samantha Croft : Now that you say that i’m saying it easily, I have nothing to talk back . But reality is like that . Even if it’s hard and exhausting, if you have consideration towards the customer you shouldn’t have made it bigger as to make it a fight .

There were no comments that explained the situation in detail, but the conclusion was only one . That Chloe fought with a customer . But the reason of that wasn’t written . Well, a quarrel had happened when they were conversing among themselves near the counter . So it was hard for the people near to know the reason of it .

They wanted to message what was wrong, but in this kind of situation she wouldn’t take any kind of consoling that well . Anderson said with a dry voice .

“That person should have been a considerable **** . Because Chloe isn’t the type to get angry easily . ”
“…… . . It’s amazing that from your mouth comes out words cursing someone like that . ”
“I don’t think that I was the type to like bad mouthing people . ”
“That’s not it, but I have never seen you complimenting someone . ”
“I didn’t compliment . I just evaluated as it is . She’s not the type to easily get angry . ”

Anderson put his handphone on his pocket with a not too good face .

“Don’t mind it too much . We will get through that at least once . Because the world is wide and there are a lot of jerks . When that happens, try not to end up like this . Because what they want is to roll together in a mud bath . And of course, the laundry after that mud bath will all be our responsibility . ”

It seems as if he had gone through it a few times, but he had talked just like a veteran . Jo Minjoon clapped his hands in a not too noisy manner .

“Well, let’s concentrate on our break . We are going to rest for an hour and a half, and after buying the ingredients, go back to cooking again . It’s a bit past 2 right now…… . So let’s rest until 3:30 and go prepare the ingredients immediately . ”
“But preparing the ingredients, there’s no need for all 5 of us to go, right?”

Peter asked . Those were some unexpectedly true words . Peter looked cautiously and slowly opened his mouth .

“Should we do it with rock, paper, scissors………?”

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“Have a safe trip!”

At the entrance of the market, Joanne smirked and shook her hands . Even if Anderson glared at her, it was useless . Jo Minjoon patted his shoulder and said .

“Let’s go . There’s no time . ”
“…… . tch . ”
“What, it’s good . Because they chose to clean instead . It’s almost the same . ”
“I don’t like the market . ”

Anderson said . Jo Minjoon looked at him as if it was something unexpected . Because the market could only be a place that was friendly to the chef . Aside from the needs, as there were more things in the market, it was a fun place like a video games room for the chef .

Anderson looked at jo Minjoon . The doubt in his eyes were so dense it made him not notice it . Anderson raised his finger and blocked his nose and lifted it .

“I didn’t like the market since I was small . Because regardless of my opinion, I got dragged by my parents . ”
“Even so, isn’t it time to change opinion?”
“They say that a habit since small, lasts all the life, so you can forever hate what you used to hate when you were small . Just tell me what we have to buy . What do we have to buy?”
“You can roughly make 30 lines with 1kg of rice…… . So let’s abundantly buy 20 kgs . Because customers can flock at night too . We already have chicken leg that’s going to be used for tandoori chicken, so we will have to buy a bit more of chicken breast and avocado for karaage and some smoked salmon . No . Thinking about the tandoori we have to make tomorrow, we will have to buy some chicken leg beforehand . We decided to remove urchin egg in the menu so we don’t have to buy it . We also have to buy the fillings for the kimbap and hamburger . ”

Honestly, urchin egg was a menu that didn’t sell much to keep it . Even after it got up on the internet, the comments about urchin egg norimaki weren’t very good .

On the other hand, kimbap had quite a bit of demand . Compared to the other norimakis it didn’t contain vinegar or kelp water, but there were quite some people that liked that clean flavor . Anderson brought the market cart and said .

“If we didn’t have the cart, we wouldn’t even have been able to bring all the ingredients . That’s why I told you that three people had to come . ”
“Just do it, and if it’s difficult we can just be three the next time . But aren’t you accustomed to it? You said that you have done this many times helping your parents . ”
“Just because i’m accustomed to it doesn’t mean that it’s not hard . ”

Those were words that were quite understandable . Because even when he was working in the restaurant as the youngest, getting accustomed to it and not being hard were two different things .

“Even so, we are fortunate that it’s norimaki . Because the ingredients are simple . ”
“It’s not that simple because there are a lot of menus . First, making rice a few times is really bothersome . I think that Chloe’s team should have it easier . Because they just have to prepare the meat and the bread . ”
“I think that it would also quite the toll depending if they make the bread dough themselves or not . ”

Anderson got in the butcher instead of replying . Jo Minjoon was looking at his back without saying anything, and moved his feet .

The place he headed to was a place where they pounded the rice themselves . Because the oxygenation started when you pounded rice . The more recent the rice was pounded, the more delicious it became, and he viewed well that he had to suffer time to time for the sake of the customers .

‘……… . I think that a few hours difference wouldn’t make that much of a difference . ’

Saying the truth, doing the groceries after a meal was quite a hard thing to do . In the first place, the team members all agreed at serving the customers with ingredients that were even a little bit more fresh, but maybe they thought that it was a stupid thought .

We can fix it slowly . Jo Minjoon thought like that and opened his mouth .

“Give me just 20kgs . ”
“You are quite diligent, also coming in the morning . You said that you were selling norimaki, right?”
“Yes . We are doing so in the east side of the market . In a food truck . ”
“If I could leave the store, I would also go and eat……”

The owner who had black hair and glasses said in a disappointed voice . At first glance, this young korean owner seemed to be in his thirties . Precisely speaking, he was korean american . Just that he didn’t know how to speak korean .

The owner didn’t think himself to be korean, but even so it seemed that he missed it quite a bit . At the same time, he seemed to be a fan of Grand Chef . The owner continued to speak .

“How do you feel after being in korea for a while? You also ate the food of the other participants, right? How was it?”
“It’s different from time to time . I normally make not too seasoned food, so I make most of it salty, but It’s still delicious . ”
“Well . A good chef can make good food anywhere and anyhow . Use my rice well . ”

That guy spoke just like he was the farmer that had harvested that rice himself . But Jo Minjoon didn’t particularly point that out .

It was at the moment when he was leaving the store . His handphone rang . Jo Minjoon held the rice sack with one hand and took out his handphone . He tought that it was going to be Anderson, but the name that showed on the screen was out of his expectations . Jo Minjoon brought the handphone to his ear .

“Hello?”
[…… . What are you doing?]
“I just brought rice and i’m returning right now . ”
[ Why are buying rice now? Didn’t you buy it in the morning? ]
“I wanted to use the least amount possible and buy just at times . Is it too excessive?”
[ Overly excessive . ]
“Is it?”

After that, they both remained silent for a moment . Rather than they didn’t have any words to say, it seemed more like they were hesitating to bring that up . In the end, the one who talked first was Jo Minjoon .

“Is it fine?”
[ What? ]
“The atmosphere of the team . They say that Chloe fought with a customer . ”
[ … … … ]

No sound was heard through the phone . Jo Minjoon didn’t pressure her . Kaya said in a mortifying voice .

[ It’s because of me . That Chloe fought . ]

Jo Minjoon didn’t get surprised . Because he thought that that was the case . Chloe wasn’t the type to clash with the customer just because she got cursed . Especially if it was in the middle of a team mission, there was nothing else to say . Perhaps, if Chloe caused the problem, he thought that it wouldn’t be for her sake, but for another one .

And if that other person was Kaya, then not even a little bit of it would be strange . Rather, it was too simple . Because Kaya was usually the troublemaker . However, there was no need to say that with his own mouth . Jo Minjoon didn’t say anything and listened to her . A thick and rough voice . Her voice that seemed to have caught a cold, seemed harsher than usual .

[ That guy looked at me and said . That I seemed delicious . Well, even if his eyes were directed at me, perhaps he was talking about the kochi…… . . ]
“Wait . What? What did that **** say?”
[ I told you . That I seemed delic…… . . ]
“No, stop it . There’s no need to repeat that . So . So Chloe got angry at him?”
[ No . It’s true that she got angry for my sake, but the story is a bit different . You know my temperament . I’m harsh and…… . . A little dirty . I’m not someone to just listen to that and keep my mouth shut . ]

Jo Minjoon got confused . There were many mentions in the internet, but none of them were related to Kaya .  However, it didn’t take that long for him to know the reason of it . Jo Minjoon forced a laugh .

“Chloe didn’t fight because she was angry . She was protecting you . ”
[ …… . . Right . ]

Kaya replied with a depressed voice . Because Chloe stepped out for her, the fight didn’t get bigger than necessary . And the focus of attention also passed to Chloe .

Perhaps, it could be better this way . Kaya’s image and Chloe’s image . There were huge differences between them . If Kaya acted like that in the same situation, there would be many people saying that they knew that she was going to act like that . However, it was different in Chloe’s case . Because just the broadcasted material about her, showed only good images of her . There could be a reason behind it . She was a person you could only think like that .

But of course, the probabilities that Chloe calculated all of that in that short moment were low . Maybe she just wanted to protect Kaya . But what was certain was that she did want to protect her . By becoming the center of attention by herself .

[ I…… Why am I like this? Why do I only cause trouble? ]
“It’s not your fault . ”
[ Aside from being at fault or not, I just feel to sorry to look at her face . ]

He understood her . How frustrated would she have been that the girl who was always grumbling, called him? Jo Minjoon couldn’t open his mouth for a long while . He didn’t know what he had to say . And in the end, the words he said,

“We can pick our customers . ”

Was all . Kaya didn’t reply . Only her faint breathing noise was heard like the wind .

“If you didn’t choose, then you also have no responsibility nor fault . ”
[ You are trying to console me with those straight forward words . ]
“So, you got consoled?”
[ …… . . I will cancel it . ]

At Kaya’s words, Jo Minjoon rolled up his eyes . He didn’t understand what she was canceling .

“What are you canceling?”
[ You getting ruined, i’m cancelling those words . I’m busy . I have to slowly start working . ]
“But you called fir…… . ”

Jo Minjoon stopped saying and looked at his screen . The call had already ended . Jo Minjoon looked at his handphone with a perplexed face, and soon mumbled with a bitter face .

“The customer……… . ”

That word wasn’t as sweet as he expected it .

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