5th April flew to Bedford with cousin Elaine, we are meeting Jeff our second brother, he came with a driver Aven, one of the drivers in his delivery service.
The weather was drizzling cold when we arrived. It took about 1.5 hours journey to reach Bedford. Elaine and I have decided to go because of helping Jeff in his business, he shared to us how good his business is, and he can train us to be good helper in his business, then we will expand the business hours and adding in some Malaysian delicacies in existing menu. We were all excited about this decision and looking toward it.
As soon as we settled down our room on Wednesday night, the have to start working the next day. In Thursday morning, we headed to Pilgrim Progress hotel for our first breakfast, they service delicious breakfast, we ordered a Large breakfast for £7.50 this was to share with Elaine, as it has two eggs, 4 pieces of toast, 3 hash brown, 2 sausages, one Portobello mushroom, and each of us one cup of coffee £1.50 refillable! Good price right?
My job scope is to help in deep fry section, there are plenty of preparation works in the morning, preparing veggies, meat, spring rolls, boiled noodles, vermicelli, some condiments refilling... basically work from 9:30am to 1pm, break until 4pm to 9:30pm. Not very hard, this kind of job just repetition, sooner or later you know what to do.
For Elaine is in front desk, taking order as well as packing, quite a many things to learn and to remember, she was rather overwhelmed with the things that she need to handle... yet Jeff has a very bad character, shouted discriminate words against her, every little thing she does, wasn't please in Jeff's eyes, she did extra work like fixing a lot of hard ware problem, repainting for Jeff even Elaine is sensitive to paint, fixing piping issue, kitchen sink's issue, toilet issues, she fixed them all without a kind word of appreciation. I felt so bad for Elaine.
Just two weeks, Elaine was sent out to London, working under a friend of Jeff, William has a few restaurants in London. Elaine has to go to work as a waitress in the restaurant, the working hour is from 11am to 2pm, then 5pm to 12am. Quite a heavy load with minimum weekly wages.
The rest place is a store room in first floor, thankfully with a heater, but the heater wasn't working on the first night, luckily she brought with her an heated bed, at least to keep her warm. There wasn't anyone to help her, as she was alone in this building. Such a bad arrangement, without knowing anyone, without checking with her if she has gotten enough food and blanket. What if she didn't have the heated bed? The whole night will be freezing cold!
Very unpleasant trip for Elaine and me, everything that Jeff said wasn't being honoured, we found out he is quick to speak, slow to listen, changes his mind in a blink of eyes, everything gone when his head is on heat, he is someone can not be trusted and rely on.
This few days after Elaine is gone, he divert to me, telling me to look for another chance in London, as the economy is bad in Bedford, as I am working here, I didn't see any bad business at all.... How could he does this to his two sisters, before that promised us about taking good care of us, letting us learn all the things in order to help in his business, now just two weeks, he wants to chase us away....
I feel so helpless.... further more I have asked Gab to apply UK uni, even though Jeff said he will still borrow us money, I am really very worry about his words, as he is not honoured to his words once! I couldn't give Gab this insecurity, I want him to have faith and study without worrying too much of Jeff's nonsense.
God, please help me. I need your strength and wisdom.
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