The test drive

The car ride was fairly quiet as both girls steeled their nerves as they knew not many chances existed past this interview as many places found the women to be too overqualified for their establishment. Marilyn was playing with her zipper a bit as she found her brain was trying to connect how a waitressing job paid so well. She thought, (There has to be a fucking catch…we applied for other waitressing jobs that paid half the amount and we didn’t even get called for an interview. Why did we suddenly get called for this one…)

“…Hellooooo??? Earth to Mars! You lost in space or something?” She blinked a bit as Cat brought her back to reality as she looked at her friend, who smiled and said, “I asked if you are ready to go inside? Drop the nerves and let’s go get this job. There’s no way this is harder journalism…” Cat got out first with Marilyn following suit and then both car door slammed with the alarm of the car beeping. Marilyn looked at the restaurant and it looked like an old 50s diner. The windows were painted with an art style of the times as they approached the front doors. They really couldn’t see inside so they could not tell how busy it truly was.

A dinging of the bell above the door announced their arrival and they saw the restaurant was actually empty. It felt like they went back in time though as everything from the booths to the floors and even the ceiling was from a different time. Both girls felt immersed despite neither having lived through the times. They made their way to the empty barstools and rang the bell near the register. Even the register looked to be a relic from another times as the two women waited for their Future Boss.

A man that could not be a day over 30 appeared from the back dressed in complete 50s cook attire was smiling as he said, “Thank you so much for coming so quickly. We actually open in about fifteen minutes and I would love to take you both for a test drive.” He shook both of their hands as Marilyn was a bit more hesitant about this “test drive” but kept her displeasure to herself.

Cat could sense her friends’s unease and grabbed her hand to give it a comforting squeeze before saying, “We are happy for the opportunity. This place feels like it’s from a completely different time. It’s incredible!”

The boss smiled as he said, “That’s the beauty of this place. Takes us all back to a much simpler time but enough about that. I left both of your uniforms in the back break room so please go ahead and follow me so that you can get changed. I really would like to see you girls in action rather than asking stuffy interview questions.” Marilyn was not liking the pushiness but Cat grabbed her friend as they followed the Boss to the break room. He presented their uniforms: a red-white pinstriped apron…and nothing else.

Cat was beginning to put it over her head when the boss said, “Actually you’ll only need the apron. Everything else is unnecessary.”

Marilyn would not be quiet any longer, “Wait…what the fuck!? You expect us to be butt ass naked under these aprons?”