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Sunday brunch was always one of Tiana’s busiest times of the week. Candace usually liked to be busy. It made her shifts go fast. Not that she didn’t enjoy working at Tiana’s Place, she actually did, quite a bit, in fact.  Being a hostess was really satisfying, you basically controlled the front of the house and since she had been working here from the beginning, she had a gaggle of high school kids under her command. Most of her nights were spent standing at the board, directing (bossing) the other hostesses around. 

She had an excellent system and if anyone else tried to take over, it would mess up the flow of everything. They would forget to erase the tables that were taken and mess up the rotation of servers, not to mention potentially sitting people at tables that weren’t available. 

But, today: Candace was distracted. Her showcase was in a few weeks and she was exhausted. Her anxiety had ramped up so badly that she had barely been sleeping and when she did sleep, she had horrible nightmares. All of her nerves were frayed. She felt like some kind of livewire. 

And so, she missed a table and they were on a wait so one of the hostesses, Maggie, took a group to a table that still had people sitting at it. The group was a mum, a dad, and two young children who had already been waiting for half an hour. There weren’t any other tables and so, Maggie had slunk back up to the hostess stand, a grumpy family trailing behind her.

“Er, Candace? Table 23 is still seated. Are there any other tables?” 

Candace’s brow furrowed. “What? No they--” She went to peak around the side of the mural and saw that yup, Table 23 was still seated and didn’t look like they were getting up any time soon. 

“We’ve been waiting half an hour,” chimed in the mom. 

“I know, I am sorry,” Candace said, feeling her heart squeeze and her eyes dart around. Maggie had already slunk away. Not wanting to get involved. “It’s just--it’ll be a little longer.” 

“We saw a table that was open,” the father, who was holding the youngest child in his arms. 

“Yes, but that one is reserved for someone who made a reservation,” Candace explained in her best customer service voice, but it had a bit of an edge to it. 

“I don’t see why we can’t sit there if the reservation isn’t for a while,” the mother argued.

“Because,” Candace said through gritted teeth, “the point of making a reservation is so that you don’t have to wait.” 

“Are you saying we should’ve made a reservation? Why isn’t that on the website if this place is on such long waits all the time? Why does it take so long to get seated? That’s terrible service,” the mother complained. 

Candace’s temper flared a little. “Uh, maybe because we’re a popular restaurant? It’s normal.” 

“I don’t like your attitude. I want to speak to your manager.” 

“Great, I’ll go get her,” Candace said, complete with a little eye roll. At least Tiana would take care of this annoying Karen. “Maggie, the stand.” Candace slapped the marker into Maggie’s hand and then went looking for Tiana. It took her a while to find her.

“Er, Tiana? There’s some Karen up at the hostess stand demanding to speak to the manager.” 

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