The day after Fran returned from visiting her family, she started her new job. There would be 2 days of training in preparation for the restaurant's opening day. From all appearances, the restaurant will be very successful as there were many people crowding the place for the opening.
It would take a few days for her new room to be ready. It was an unfinished room on the second floor of the family's house that had been used as a bodega (storage). Fran said that it had a window and a door that faced the street. Or rather a doorway. The door itself was missing...blown down in a storm. There was a bed. There was no water for her to use for washing, so she would have to wash her clothes at my house once or twice a week.
The only way for Fran to get into her room was to knock on the front door of the family's house and pass through their living quarters and up the stairs.
By the end of the week, Fran realized not only that the family had lied to her about her hours, but had extended her work week to include her only day, Sunday. Instead of getting off every evening at 5:30, she was working until 8pm. And instead of paying her a bit more for working Sunday, the family wants to reduce her pay because they are providing her a room.
You might be curious about how much Fran makes for each of her 11 or 12-hour days. She gets 100 pesos, or $7.91 dollars per day. This is before the expected reduction in pay.
So once again, Fran is unable to take a class or study English with me.
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