Mama! Is this the time to come to the shop when you are aware of this business protocol. this is 9:30 for heaven sake,if I started talking now,they will say that I have started. I have an elder at home too and they don't behave like this". She shouted as mama got to her presence while mama pleaded.
"I am sorry ma! The weather make me sleep more, that is why I don't come to my work earlier. Such won't repeat itself again" she replied while mama cook hissed and went into the canteen.
Mama also get inside and met alot of people already eating and her co_workers attending to people. She dragged her legs to the backyard where she normally wash plates and met piled plates waiting for her with flies hovering around it. She sat down and close her eyes, she was interrupted by mama cook voice.
"Mama what is the meaning of all that early in the morning. If you want to sleep maybe you should quit this work". She shouted at the d old woman while she shakingly dip her hands into a bowl of water in readiness for washing.
" wash those plates very well, if I hear any complaint from my customer, you are out of this place" mama cook said to the old woman, the old woman wiped few drops of tears from her face and continue washing the piled plates with flies hovering around it
One of the customer rudely dropped a plate on the clean water used for rinsing the plates and it splash over the old woman
"Yeeeh! She shouted
"What is it?it's ordinary water,why the noise,abeg don't complain,it's your work naw" the young lady rudely said and went inside the canteen
The old woman clean her body and keep on Washing the plates,it gets to a point that her back ache her seriously,she stand a little bit to relieve her back.
She managed to rinse the remaining plates and take it inside,she was looking downwards not knowing that a customer is holding an hot plate of soup,they bumped into each other and it splash all over the floor,the young man shouted at her.
"Are you b.l.i.n.d old woman,how would you spo.il the soup I used my last money to buy. did you put your eyes inside your pocket? Or what kind of thing is this?"
"I'm sorry sir, am so sor..ry" the woman pleaded
"You are sorry right! Does sorry get me another soup,I am hungry right away and I need new soup"
"What's happening here?" Mama cook interfere
"I mistakenly bumped into this young man ma,and all his soup splash on the floor"
"You did what!
Mama! You again!
"They told me then not to employ an old woman but I refused to hear,look at what you caused now,your salary will cover the expenses,please young man order for another soup,she will pay for it" mama cook said while the old woman left the place to sit down,she look so devastated and is tired of everything now! She suffered during her youthful times and it continues now!
She supposed to be reaping the fruit of her labour now!
Not suffering again!
She look up as tears gathered round her face
She is really suffering
"Where is my child?" She muttered to her self.