“It’s Michael isn’t
it?” Jason asked, as he pulled one of his members of staff to one side.
The guy was a skinny
man, no older than his mid-twenties. He was carrying a tray of drinks over to
Adam Gammon’s table.
“Yes sir.” He
said.
“Whose drinks are
they?” Jason asked.
“They’re the ones
ordered for Mr Gammon’s table sir.” Michael answered.
Jason examined the
tray, a glass of wine, three pints of bitter and one of his trademark
cocktails. He took a smell of the cocktail and shook his head the moment he
smelt the alcohol.
“This is wrong,”
Jason said, taking the tray from Michael. “Any drinks to be made for that table
need to be made by me. That was made quite clear.”
“I’m sorry sir, it’s
just that you seemed quite busy so I thought-“
“Don’t think,” Jason
interrupted. “No matter how busy I may look, that table is my priority and I
will always make sure that I make the drinks for them.”
“Okay sir,” Michael
stuttered out his response. “I will make sure that I will come to you from now
on.”
“Good.” Jason said
and took the tray back to the bar.
“Surely you don’t
have to pour some more sir,” Michael asked as he followed Jason back to the
bar. “I haven’t got the order wrong, I can show you the tab if you like.”
Jason threw Michael
an icy glare. He opened his mouth to retort but then thought better of it. The
poor guy didn’t know why these people were there, how was he to know the
special requirements that table needed?
“This is not a bad
reflection on you Michael, but the clientele at that table are very important
to this establishment and they have asked that all drinks be made by the head
barman. We do not want to upset them, I assure you.”
Michael nodded and
waited patiently for the new drinks to be made.
“These will take me
a moment to prepare, there’s a table over there that needs to be cleared,
please see to that in the meantime.”
Michael threw Jason
a look that suggested he had something to say about this but kept his mouth shut and stalked off. No doubt to complain about the new boss to his
colleagues. Jason sighed, envious of the ignorance his staff held. It would
only last for so long until he would have to start in on the lies that he had
been instructed to carry out once the noises and the gossip began. The more his
mind worked over this, the more he found his hands begin to shake. He put down
the bottles of drink that he held and took a deep breath. Relax Jason, He thought,
You’re doing this for Mark, think of Mark.
With that thought
re-imbedded in his mind, he found his strength and picked up his bottles of
drink once more, finishing off the order, ensuring that all drinks were now
non-alcoholic with the exception of Adam’s. His mind fell back the speech
Michelle had given him a few hours prior.
“There are three
groups of people who will be coming into this building today.” Michelle gave
him a list of people, divided into three columns. “Group A are the members of
staff who will be coming into this place disguised as customers. They will be
asking for alcoholic drinks, they must not be given alcoholic drinks and
neither will they expect to be drinking these drinks. They need to stay sharp
for what the day has in store for them. This is important Jason, they do not
know what exactly is going to happen but they have been inadvertently
training in the skills needed for what we predict is to come. They also know
that they will most likely need to use these skills throughout the course of
the day. They are working on a need to know basis and are trained to undertake
actions without asking questions. You, at this moment, know more about this day
than they do. Do not attempt to discuss this with them because they will not
know what you are talking about. They will be told as and when we deem they
need to know. There will be a large array of non alcoholic drinks available to
use as a substitute for their orders, all of which are available at the
bar.
“The second group of
people are the people in the building who will be needed throughout the course
of the day but are not aware that any danger is coming at all. The majority of
these people will be your members of staff. In these cases, there are a set of
situations and excuses set out for you and your fellow managers to let the
staff know, it is your main responsibility to keep the peace around your staff.
They must not know for as long as possible what is occurring as it will be up
to them to keep the peace for the remainder of the customers. I encourage you
to read through these scenarios thoroughly in order to ensure that you are able
to respond to any such situation that occurs. Although, as I said, the majority
of these people will be your staff, there are a few that will be customers. You
will see these people highlighted in bold. These people will probably ask for
alcoholic drinks throughout the day, you must not provide them with these.
Instead you are to provide them with virgin equivalents. All these customers
will be dealt exclusively by you. Please familiarise yourself with their names,
especially Ms Daniela Davids. She is crucial to the survival of everyone in
this place. She also has no clue what is about to happen. Under no
circumstances should she become at all impaired, her brain is far too
important.
“Finally, the third
group consists of everyone else that we have brought into this establishment for future
needs but who are not needed for the initial onslaught. These are the people
that we want to keep out of the loop for the longest amount of time. The last
thing we need today is mass panic which is what will happen should any of these
people find out. Our main plan is simple. Alcohol. Get the people drunk. Move
them to smaller rooms and keep them away from any knowledge of what is going on
outside. They have each been assigned to one of our team who have strict rules
to get them as inebriated as possible within the shortest time possible.
Although this group will have individual people looking after them, this will
need policing from you, as later in the day their guardians will be needed
elsewhere. As I said when you entered, it is up to you and your staff to
monitor this and move any over the top behaviour to a private room so as not to
cause too much damage. We have the space to use and enough rooms to house all
people in this building. Any questions?”
Jason had had many.
And now there was no more time to ask. He just had to go along with the plan,
chanting Mark’s name over and over in his head each time he began to panic. He
finished the drinks, now holding only one alcoholic beer and the rest virgin
drinks and motioned for Michael to come and take the tray from him. Michael did
with a brisk nod, clearly still not happy with how he had been spoken to.
“Um, sir?” A female
voice called his attention. It was another member of his staff, her name was
Caroline if he had remembered correctly. “I was told to contact you should
table 7 need any drinks?”
Jason glanced over
the list she presented him and noticed another two people from group B.
“That’s correct,”
Jason said. “Grab the order for table 14 whilst I get these, will you?”
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