23 Things Only A Chocolate Shop Employee Will Understand

2. The Waiters

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It's the morning shift, which means you're in the store at least half an hour before it opens to get everything ready. Depending on who closed up the night before, half the shelves are empty, the bins are full, and the samples have started to melt. You're halfway through re-organising a decimated display when you look up... 

...right into the face of someone staring through the window. 

Not only will this utterly terrify you, but it will then be impossible to ignore the person standing outside, waiting for the shop to open. In some cases, the fact that you're now aware of them makes them think that you'll open the shop earlier, despite the prominent sign saying that you won't open for another fifteen minutes. 

Your only option is to pretend you can't see or hear them, and try to look busy until nine.

 
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