Magical Flowers

CHAPTER 49 - Flora - 24 Hours With Flora

6:00 AM

Flora woke up from her deep sleep and wriggled rolling right to left then sat down and rubbed her eyes slowly, he went up and went to the bathroom to splash his face with cold water to relieve his sleepiness and performed his morning ritual on the toilet. After she finished walking to her tiny kitchen and drinking a glass of water continued up to the third floor to move her body so as not to stiff. With a light humming Flo watered all the plants on the 3rd floor and picked some fruits and vegetables that were ready for harvest.

6:30 AM

Flo came down and cleaned vegetables and fruit and she drained, then cleaned her room with a sweep and mop. Continue with a shower. After the bath he immediately cooked breakfast, usually just a glass of milk and a sandwich made with lots of vegetables in it instead of meat or the like.

7:00 AM

He went downstairs, started cleaning the tables and floors, choosing flowers that were still worth selling or not, replacing the water in the flower pots from small to large ones, checking the stock and type of flowers, if snacks and ingredients are Thika's job. Then proceed to check the phone and mailbox, usually there will be some job application letter or bill, he is still looking for a replacement manager for his cafe, he said, it looks like Flo will just raise Mala as a cafe manager and look for a new cashier so it's easier.

8:00 AM

Flo opened the shop door a little while waiting for Thika or anyone else to come in this morning and wait for some of her regulars to pick up flowers, like Koh Awi which always comes 2 times a month and now has increased subscriptions like Koh Awi that includes Calla and Alister.

Flo looks to take note of some of the flower names she will order to deliver tonight or tomorrow, after 8 o'clock she called to order a large amount of flowers because the day after tomorrow they would deliver 300 mini flower bouquets to school for teacher's day celebrations at a nearby school.

8:30 AM

Flo's not alone, though, now she is being helped by Thika to calculate the number of fake flower stocks as well because in addition to 300 bouquets of fresh flowers they are also flooded with snack bouquets and balloon orders from students from grades 3 to 12 to their teachers so today and tomorrow are definitely very busy.

"Shop online only kaya kalo for his snack Flo, in the application J**D again many promos tuh later we checkout aja many times." Suggestions Thika, "Well, yes, I've ordered it now." Said FLo and the two of them like they were in a race to checkout the red and white application basket.

9:30 AM

As cafe employees began to arrive including Mala and the chefs who brought so many ingredients, Flo handed them everything and freed them to take care of the cafe themselves.

Flo sitting and middle scissor wrapping paper according to size and various colors to make it easier later in the workmanship of a mini flower bouquet. While occasionally waiting for customers who come or call to order flowers.

Like now, "Morning mba, can make a bouquet of 88 roses but the middle is using this chocolate?" Asking the new customer in front of him, Flo stood up and answered immediately.

"Can you, want red or pink or white roses?"

"Red is all.." Flo took the golden round chocolate and immediately made the order, it took almost 1 hour to finish but the customer remained patiently waiting for him.

11:00 AM

Finished with a big rose and chocolate it came again 2 women who ordered sunflowers without being wrapped, and, behind them there are 1 grandfather who came to buy Gerbera Daisy flowers of various colors for his wife who died a few years ago. Behind the grandfather was a young man who ordered white lily flowers and wanted to be beautifully decorated for his mother's birthday today. The man was the last fresh flower customer that afternoon and Flo was finally able to take a short break while sitting back down to scissor the wrapping paper.

12:00 PM

"Flo. we're coming..." Imel said that opened the door and behind him was Fano holding Jarred in his arms.

"Well, I forgot that today is Sunday, it's worth the cafe is also crowded." Said Flo who is not as usual will take Jarrad from Fano he instead continues to do his work very much today. Imel helps her while chatting and occasionally Flo eats because Imel comes not empty-handed. Rantang 4 stack already contains a special menu of dishes from the Hastanta family chef and everyone can taste it.

1:00 PM

Flo began to arrange mini flowers with various types of flowers, 1 bouquet there are 2 kinds of flowers and 1 kind of ornamental leaves, wrapping is also in accordance with his taste, because there is no special request. While occasionally Flo receives messages or phone calls and records orders.

"Ray, can you deliver this bouquet to Florian's restaurant?" Flo asked after receiving a phone call from Florian who asked to be sent 1 special bouquet of flowers for the sudden application event of one of his customers held at his retail.

When he was done with the bouquet, he gave me a note and Ray was ready to deliver it.

2:00 PM

"Thika, I'm tired of it. duh mayan also yes 300, this is only 60 loh." Flo complained that it was sore.

"Just rest Flo, there's still a lot of time, not 1 hour has 60 means until tonight is done.." Said Thika who is also still completing her new snack bouquet which is 5 of 8 orders.

Flo resumed her work, but only the 4th bouquet she was called again by customers who had just entered to buy flowers.

"Can you make a hand bouquet wedding?" Ask a woman in a hurry.

"Can mba, what flowers and how?" Flo replies and the woman shows a simple photo of the bridal flowers just the flowers are a little confusing Flo.

"It's the Lily of the valey flower, I don't sell only there's this private collection." Flo said regretfully because the Lilem was rare and difficult to sell because it was expensive.

"Well, let me ask you a minute." The woman turned around and spoke from the phone to confirm replacing the wedding bouquet, eventually she approached Flora again and showed a different photo.

"Oh if this exists, it's going to be made now?" Ask Flo.

"Yes, I'm going to be on a 5 o'clock this afternoon."

"OK wait a minute."  FLo turned around and opened the refrigerator for its flowers and carried 1 stalk of white lily and several stalks of white roses with a little baby breath and strung together into a beautiful hand bouquet with a ribbon coil on its levee.

"No need to use water mba can hold it until tomorrow afternoon." Flo said as he handed the flower over. After making the payment the woman ran small in a hurry.

3.00 PM

"Why Flo?"

"You asked for a Javanese noodle masakin but it's bad."

"Hoo Kula uda jago, would you like some masakin?"

"Oh bole deh all omelet omelette yes, thanks Kula."

While waiting for Flo to return to work on her bouquet, just 15 minutes after Kula had finished making her order, Flo ate voraciously inside close to Thika's workplace while chatting.  After that he continued to work on his bouquet. After quite a lot, Rayhan helped them move the box full of flowers into the storage room.

4:00 PM

"Reverse first mba Flo.." Sapa some cafe employees who completed the shift and replaced with new ones come to work until 10 pm. So every day, different from him and Thika who are still looking for additional employees at this flower shop, she said, it has been 2 months they are looking but no one can string or patient in making a snack just help Thika.

"Why if you are looking for college children who are just in the early semester, usually they are more diligent and still curious about the world of work." Thika and Flo's advice agrees. They'll stick around again and make an announcement on IG for hiring part-time workers again.

"Sore mba.want to buy 10 stalks yellow chrysanthemum flowers yes.." There came a middle-aged woman, and Flo immediately served her wrapping the yellow chrysanthemum flowers with paper alone. "Thank you."

Just now the woman went to come again 2 teenagers who asked to be given a cheap bouquet of roses just to shoot girls, he said.

"how cheap are you?" Ask the other.

"If this little 85 thousand is rich." Flo showed me a picture of a rose wrapped in a beautiful coat.

"This one is my brother." Say the teenager again and Flo immediately worked on it for only 10 minutes the bouquet was finished.

Enter again a father who is quite old, "Is there selling daisies?" Ask the Father.

"There's a pack but there's only purple and pink. Want how many? Bind it 10 stalks 15thousand." Flo answered completely because it looks like this father is going on a pilgrimage.

"I want 5 ties and chrysanthemums mixed 5 colors yeah." Flo took all the orders and wrapped them in paper.

"thank you sir."

"Yes are the same."

"Well, what you buy today is good too.. " Thika said that she had finished her bouquet order, now Flo and Thika are sitting together working on a mini bouquet and there are 140 completed. There are still a few hours left to complete those 300 mini-bouches.

6:00 PM

Flo and Thika are still working on their mini bouquet, Rayhan who is not much delivery today also helped just tie the flowers, to wrapping her she can not, but, he was just helping out the potluck and it was enough to ease Thika and Thika's work.

"Ray, how many months is your wife pregnant?" Flo asked between them working.

"It's 4 months.." He replies and Flo nods with a feeling of pleasure to see the married Ray and wait for his son,

"Is it still work?" Thika.

"Still, even the spirit because the boss has just been replaced and this one is really good, girl is still young." Answer Ray again.

"Do you have any acquaintances who can work here? We need to see more and more work, fortunately Florian is good interest in the 2-day retreat has not been replaced." Flo asked who was a little tired of looking for workers who could help her.

"It doesn't need to be smart, it's important to learn. Look Thika used to be as me and how ugly the bouquet is now better than me." Connect Flo again.

"Near me there's no, anyway, but yesterday my mother had a story that there was a single mom who just moved next door to her house and her son was 6 years old at her husband's cheating house and now is looking for work, the only problem is that he needs a boss who can accept his son if he goes home to school with him." Ray and Flo seem to understand.

"Have come first tomorrow with his son also let us see first, if his son is obedient and not naughty may be here alone." Said Flo, he tried to give a chance because usually single mom will be more diligent again.

"I'll tell you first, what time is it tomorrow, right?"

"Well, whatever time I'm here."

8:00 PM

Flo had and Thika finished their mini bouquet and Rayhan was lifting and putting it in a box to put it in storage.

After everything is done Ray and Thika excuse me to go home after overtime 2 hours and Flo is ready to close the flower shop, the cafe will be open until 10 as usual. Flo left her workplace and locked the stairs to the 2nd floor of her room, for the cafe she had handed over to Mala and Tirta the head chef at the cafe, so Flo called to the chef to be cool.

Flo took a shower and began making her dinner a vegetable salad with cheese grater, a glass of milk, then ate while watching drakor until she was sleepy.

11:30PM

Flo finally drowsiness and chooses to sleep.

That's the 24 hours Flo goes through every day with different customers and the same job every day.

TBC~