LOGINSo he drove straight from the Westbahnhof into the center to the hotel box. Briefly greeted a few work colleagues, then went straight to the manager's office. The American was initially very pleased to see him and then looked at the roster to assign him somewhere. Harry let him do his job patiently for now. When the manager immediately found a loophole in the division into which he wanted to put him. Harry told him that he was now thinking of going on vacation for a fortnight. The face of his boss darkened in a flash.
Quite stunned, he then asked him whether he was not entirely in the mood. In times of the beginning of the hotel high season and with the prevailing staff shortage in the house, to express such an absurd wish. In addition, he added casually, he ought to be really grateful that he would have been hired at all without having done military service. Of course, one would also be fully aware that there is an obligation to employ him again after his military service.
It is therefore a matter of course that he should start work immediately. Harry shuddered at the tone the man took along with his usual commands. Inwardly he began to cook. At the same time, his resistance grew from minute to minute. The stomach nerves cramped, he had trouble keeping the stomach acid that came up to him in check.
Especially when the guy just wouldn't let up. Harry was just fed up with being treated like that. Thought, just don't get soft again now. As he remembered, it had always been like this up to now, you gave orders and he obeyed willingly, sometimes even submissively, without thinking about it for long. While the manager brought up various arguments that resulted in a lecture. Which Harry took in only very superficially by now.
At some point he only heard a babble, he had simply turned his ears on. So he suddenly became calmer. He then leaned back, relaxed, gave the man an obliging smile and then explained to him in a calm but firm tone that he understood him very well, but did not share his opinion at all. It is his problem now how he manages the work schedule. In any case, you can't count on his cooperation at the moment.
Now he will just go to his room, get his personal belongings and leave the house. To be on the way to take the announced vacation. Point. The manager's face suddenly turned red, changing increasingly to purple. Then the guy yelled at him, completely upset. He will do everything in his power to fire him at the earliest opportunity. There would be no place here for ungrateful creatures like him.
Harry let go of the abuse, actually just wondered about himself, how relaxed and completely cold it left him all at once. He got up, at the door he said to the guy, who was still exuberantly nagging, "Do what you can't help but do, good afternoon!" In the anteroom, receiving the disturbed looks of the secretary, who looked completely baffled, like the squirrel when it flashes. Which he wasn't surprised, because the performance had been extraordinarily loud.
Harry then went straight to the staff wing, where his room was. Which he had to share with a colleague. On the way he was still wondering about himself. In the past he would have panic at such an appearance and he would have given in. The threat of dismissal alone would certainly not have had an effect. But now everything was suddenly very different. The first attempt at a better future seemed to him reasonably successful.
Emotionally he was exactly on his now established line. He just hadn't given in. Wasn't "knocked over" like so often in the past. This realization was almost reflected in a feeling of triumph that he was by no means uncomfortable now, on the contrary.
He then entered the room, a spartan room. There was only the most necessary, simple furniture in it. In stark contrast to the otherwise so luxurious furnishings that the house offered the paying guests. He opened his closet and took out the few belongings. Which he left behind here because he didn't need them in the army anyway. When he was just about to pack his things the door suddenly opened. Harry suspected the manager and immediately prepared for another thunderstorm. His eyes brightened immediately when he saw Klaus, his old buddy and roommate, who came into the room at that moment.
Harry returned to the office, settled the matter with Gutenbrunn straight away, to whom he faxed the documents and thought to himself, it works and he'll get better prices, the old rascal, it's another advantage. If it doesn't work out, that's fine with me, I have my sheep, in any case on dry land.Then he looked through the mail, the loan documents for the purchase of the post office were also included, even the agreed rate of interest was right. He was almost satisfied, the positive aspects were almost in balance with the negative. It had become a declared goal for him to finish each working day positively, but unfortunately it was far too rarely successful.In a quiet minute he wondered where you can get a capable secretary from now? Someone who knows what he wants, who can also be fully trusted. A person who keeps all the odds and ends off your neck.Maybe it also looks very good. He hadn't the slightest desire to have to work wit
But Robert refused to take part and insisted that the hotel was fully booked. Which, according to their information, would not be the case at the scheduled date. Heavens ass and thread, thought Harry, now you are also involved in very mundane problems.Because since Mei Lung has been in Salzburg, the good Robert is constantly going crazy and constantly torpedoing any of our actions. Harry knew about the project that Josephine was enthusiastically participating in and so far such tours had always been very successful due to the good organization that she put on the day.Because it was agreed that the guests were invited to the house. And of course it was obvious, if only for cost reasons, that the overnight stays should be booked in their own luxury hotel. Josephine was not only the manager of the Pizza-Pasta & Co. model company.She also felt like the host, organized the supporting program, the visits,
Okay, said the management consultant, in 14 days, right after the completed tour of Germany, we will start in Switzerland right away. You haven't thought of France, the Benelux countries, and not to forget the Scandinavian region? Not to mention the USA, Canada, the Soviet Union and China, Harry joked immediately.Yes, laughed the man on the receiver, but I didn't want to fall into the house like that, especially since I still have fond memories of her hesitant demeanor. All right, said Harry, add Switzerland for the time being, then we'll see. Well, I'll get back to you soon and I think you won't regret your decision, he heard until the dial tone sounded again.Harry wasn't that comfortable inside, but he had gained confidence by now. But deep down, the whole thing was actually going too fast for him, somehow too easy.This impetuous advance reminded him in some way, of the so-called "lightning victories" at the time an
Six months later, the final breakthrough came not so completely unexpected for Harry, which he always strived for so vehemently and then finally initiated. After he had given himself the powerful intellectual kick in the very bottom. The fresh pizza delivery business had now become an absolute hit.There was almost no bigger place in the country, on the map, where there was no such thing as “Pizza, Pasta & Co.” and you couldn't order around the clock. Thanks to the professional help of the management consultant. Who, together with a well-known advertising agency, took the project under his wing and created a corporate concept in no time at all.All Harry needed to do was shell out the money and attend a few meetings, the rest of which the professionals would take care of. The business was marketed as a franchise system, where he had the idea before, but for some reason got stuck with it again and again.W
Harry's interest was aroused and he immediately agreed, he also carefully asked whether Suzie Wang might not be there too, he always wanted to talk to her about the facilities in the pizzerias, so he could kill two birds with one stone. ..With a laugh, Mei Lung replied that she would try to invite the little one over. They agreed to meet for the same evening, around 9 p.m. in the hotel restaurant. Harry then mobilized Josephine, who was working in the delivery area, and told her that they would have dinner together at the hotel.Which she was happy about, but had certain concerns about the wardrobe. Harry then talked her out of it, explaining that it was just a work lunch, with less emphasis on etiquette and that she didn't need to be ashamed.A little hesitantly, Josefine finally agreed.They met in a separate room, Mei Lung had an individual dinner served in several courses, which everyone enjoyed. For Harry it
Deep down he even felt complicit, because after all, he had known Marion's financial problems for a long time and always wanted to talk to her about them. But out of sheer convenience and perhaps also due to lack of time, he kept losing sight of the matter.The whole thing made him kind of sad and moved him deeply and he said to himself, what a crazy world. Chubby Petra gambled away huge sums in the casino, purely for her own personal pleasure and for a few hours of thrills. You run after the money and can't get enough of it, knock the old Derboven into the pan, who then immediately slams several million on the table without batting an eyelid.Out of sheer zeal, forgets that things have already been pretty dirty for you and on the other hand, a small human child is fighting for bare survival. Have to wait until a suitable bone marrow donor is found somewhere in the world. And until then, the mother has to struggle to pay for everything. And