Tuesday, February 01, 2005

Continued--child labor-part 3

She said that she liked to work, it was fun and she also met interesting people...as she gave me a kiss on the cheek................her dad arrived home a couple of hours later..Sue said to wait in her room till she had a chance to talk to her father.. After awhile she bounced in and grabbed my hand in hers and half dragged me out to meet her father...He was a big man...tall..he had a drink in front of him....and was on the phone to his office to look up Ted's license information...As if on instinct he knew that someone as seedy as Ted would have a spotted inspection record for his operations. Happy that he had what he needed, he called the airport and booked me a flight....I told him that I didn't have any money that Ted wasn't going to pay me.....he laughed....we will see about that...Sue also laughed too....reassuring me that her dad knew how to handle people like Ted...Sue's dad drained his drink and said ok....lets go....so we all packed up and headed out to the car..We arrived at the ex..the guard stopped us and Sue's dad flashed his inspectors license and we all got in with no problems. We headed to the tent...spotted Ted and he says well now what do we have here....daughter brought her daddy to collect her pay...well I already told ya young lady ...you don't get paid till closing.....Sue's dad motioned Ted to sit down...and then told Sue and I to go say goodbye to all of your co-workers. All the staff was watching as Ted was telling Sue's dad how it was to be....Sue's dad took out his id...and passed it to Ted...you could see how Ted's jaw dropped...now that the ball was in our court..it was time for the serve...WE were motioned to come back to the table. We sat down as Ted was blubbering to Sue's dad...his demeanor had changed and he seemed to be sitting in the folded chair a little lower...So he again asked about my pay..this time Ted whipped out a huge wad of money...and started peeling off 20's--he said here you go..and I will even through in todays pay...even though I skipped out on him taking his best waitress with me....Sue's dad inquired about the plane fare home....Ted was starting to shift in his seat and grow a little taller...Sue 's dad started to ask Ted about his seating capacity of the tent...and about his last inspection...how he had some warnings...and if he corrected any of the violations yet....Ted sunk back down into his chair and keep peeling of the 20"s...He finished giving me all of my money and now he said that he would like to pay Sue now also...As he peeled off the 20's for Sue he started to say to her that He was sure she would sleep sound tonight knowing what she did here tonight...She said yes indeed she would....Ted started to whine and Sue's dad stood up and said well I think we all got what we needed to...and with that he said it was nice doing business with Ted..and he would be pleased to take a personal interest in Ted's licensing affairs while in Manitoba..with that Ted shut up and we left...we drove to the airport and my plane was boarding....there was no time for proper goodbyes so we just kinda hugged and I ran for the departure gates. When I arrived back into Toronto... There was no way for me to get home, I called and called I assumed that Ted would have called the home telling them that I was coming home...but he didn't...I called the house and still no answer....I slept at the airport in the chairs and waited for the buses to start running again...headed home ...of coarse no one was there...so I went over to a friends house..finally I was instructed to head over to Kennedy road house..on Kennedy rd.

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