ushernet Chapter 174: Cutting in line when applying for a card
Chapter 174: Cutting in line when applying for a card
Rumeng came to the coffee shop next to the Chu Group’s office building. She ordered a fast food meal and a cup of latte, and chose a corner by the window to sit down.
She had eaten little for breakfast and hadn't had lunch yet. It was already tea time. She was really hungry and on the verge of fainting.
Thinking that Chu Xing had eaten less than she did for breakfast, Ru Meng did not hesitate. When the waiter brought the meal, she started eating.
She wanted to bring a quick meal to the office for Chu Xing so that he could eat as soon as the meeting was over to avoid going hungry.
Rumeng had her meal and sat for a while before looking at her watch. It was already 3:30 in the afternoon.
In the time it takes to drink a cup of coffee, half an hour has passed.
Ru Meng shook her head and lamented: Time flies and years are unforgiving!
After packing two fast food meals and two cups of latte, she hurried to the entrance of Chu's office building.
After three years of marriage, this was her first time to come to the company. She was not familiar with everything in the office building. Rumeng came to the front desk with her packed bag. She did not tell the front desk staff who she was, but waited in a proper manner to register and receive a visit card, just like a stranger.
Just when it was Rumeng's turn to register and get her card, two women suddenly cut in line and praised the front desk staff, "Yuanyuan, Fangfang, your lipsticks look really good today."
After that, she smiled charmingly at the front desk staff, and then continued:
"Fangfang, Yuanyuan, I was in a hurry to go out this morning and forgot to bring my work card. This is my good sister who came to apply for the position of assistant director of our department. She didn't bring her ID card. Please get me two temporary passes."
One of the front desk staff members, Yuanyuan, smiled politely:
"Sister Lily, the visitor behind you has been waiting in line for a while. Can you and your friend stand aside and wait for a while? I will process the card for this lady first, and then I will process yours."
Another front desk staff member named Fangfang whispered flatteringly:
"Yuanyuan, just help Sister Lili to process it first. With her help, she can put in a few good words for us in front of Special Assistant Chen and the president. Maybe we will have a chance to get a promotion and a raise."
Yuanyuan said seriously: "If the company finds out that we are using our job for personal gain, we will both be fired."
Fangfang rolled her eyes, with a helpless expression as if she was blaming Yuanyuan for not knowing how to be tactful. Then she lowered her voice and said, "It was only once or twice, not that serious. Besides, if you and I don't tell her, and Sister Lily doesn't tell her, how could the company know? This opportunity to please Sister Lily is rare, don't miss it."
Yuanyuan hesitated for a moment, then looked at Rumeng and said apologetically, "Ma'am, please wait a few minutes. Our colleague urgently needs to go back to the office for a meeting."
After she finished speaking, she suddenly paused, then looked at Lily and her friends, with a puzzled look on her face: "No, Sister Lily, shouldn't you be in a meeting? The company is holding a department leaders' meeting at 3 pm, and the meeting is still in progress. Why are you here?"
Lily was stunned: "What? The company held a department director meeting this afternoon, how come I...I didn't know about it?"
Fangfang and Yuanyuan looked at each other in bewilderment. Then, Fangfang shrugged her shoulders and said, "We don't know either. The secretary of the president's office is responsible for notifying the meeting. It has nothing to do with us."
After checking the time, Lily urged, "The meeting should not be over yet. You two should hurry up and get me a card. I need to go back for the meeting."
Yuanyuan looked embarrassed: "I saw that the president had been back for almost an hour, so you should have finished up there by then, right?"
Fangfang had a new idea at this time, but she didn't want to take the blame and push everything she had just thought and said onto Yuanyuan. She shrugged her shoulders and deliberately lowered her head to organize the work in her hands.
Rumeng looked at the time, then at the packed food in her hand. After hesitating for a moment, she asked, "Excuse me, Miss, I need to go upstairs urgently. Could you please help me get a pass?"
Lily was probably feeling guilty and flustered because the company didn't notify her of the meeting. She turned around and yelled at Rumeng, "Why are you rushing me? Can't you see I'm in the front of the line?"
Rumeng has been patient for a long time. It was Lily's fault for cutting in line. There were so many visitors queuing up to register behind her, most of them were here to discuss business. Time is money, and punctuality is one of the conditions for business people to win cooperation. How could this woman be so selfish?
Ru Meng thought about this and sneered, "Miss, it seems that you are the one who cut in line. You are wasting the time of all the people in the queue behind you. Don't you have any idea?"
The visitors who were queuing up to register and receive the cards heard Rumeng say this and started to accuse Lily of being too selfish, wasting everyone's time and being so arrogant.
Seeing that she was losing the upper hand, Lily yelled, "This is Chu's. I am an employee of Chu's and have priority. How dare you mess with me in a place like this? Be careful or I will ask the security guards to drag you out."
Then the front desk staff member named Yuanyuan advised: "Sister Lili, if you treat visitors like this, they might be big customers of the company and delay things. Be careful that the president finds out and makes a fuss about you."
"The president doesn't come to the company more than twice a month. If you don't say anything and I don't say anything, he won't know anything," said Lily.
She thought for a moment, then said with disdain: "Everything here will soon be owned by a new owner. If you two know what's good for you, I might be able to keep your jobs."
Fangfang and Yuanyuan stared at each other with their eyes wide open, then said timidly, "Sister Li, don't talk nonsense in the company. This is Chuchushi. If our colleagues hear us, it's no joke."
Rumeng listened to the conversation between Lily and the front desk staff, and she seemed to remember something... Chu Xing said two days ago that there was a traitor in the company. Could this woman named Lily be... ?
She raised her hand and looked at the time. She had been waiting here for 10 minutes. She didn't care. The visitors behind her must be here to handle business. If they were delayed like this, not to mention the reputation of the Chu Group, the loss of business for both parties would be a big deal.
Ru Meng thought about this and suppressed her emotions. She politely asked the front desk clerk named Yuanyuan again:
"Excuse me, how long do I have to wait? I have already spent 10 minutes waiting here. Chu's Group is such a big company, and it takes so long to process a pass. Isn't it delaying the customer's time and affecting the company's business?"
The front desk staff named Fangfang couldn't help but look up at Rumeng when she heard her sweet and pleasant voice. Only then did she realize that Rumeng was holding a meal bag in her hand.
Her eyes instantly showed contempt, and then she said coldly:
"Ma'am, we have a delivery channel, and delivery personnel are not allowed to go upstairs through the lobby channel. Also, catering companies that have not pre-registered with our company for delivery services are not allowed to deliver food upstairs. It's you who randomly came here to line up, occupying the visitor queue and delaying the time of the visitors behind you."