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Chapter 2, the first part-time job in life, tired and deceived coexist
In the summer of 2012, in a certain city in the north.

This is a summer that has a special meaning to me.This year, I just finished the college entrance examination and ushered in the longest holiday in my life.All senior high school candidates were completely liberated overnight, and basketball, Internet cafes, travel, and shopping seemed to have become the standard configuration of entertainment for college entrance examination graduates.Of course, I was no exception, and spent the first half of the holiday in such a relaxed and joyful way.

After playing crazy, I don't know from that moment on, suddenly there is nothing to do.In the past, this period of time during the holidays was either a review sprint or on the way to major cram schools.But after being truly liberated, I feel that such idle days are a waste of time, which may be the imprint of stereotyped thinking left by my school career for more than ten years.I just got freedom, and suddenly I don't have the pressure to go to school, and I am a little uncomfortable.What's more, going out to play also needs money to support it.

The happy time is always short, and it is always necessary to find some meaningful things to do to make such a holiday more colorful.Continued study seemed impossible.At this time, I accidentally discovered that many students around me had started to do one kind of part-time job, and I suddenly became interested in it.

It seems that everyone once had a strong desire to do some odd jobs to earn some pocket money after long-term study and exam pressure when they were students.As the saying goes, I want to go to work when I go to school, and I want to go to school when I go to work.Officially speaking, the part-time job of students is to reduce the pressure at home, but in fact, they want to use it for their favorite consumption.

I started to think of ways to find part-time jobs at the end of the day.But I searched and searched, no matter whether it was on the website or in the information column on the street, I searched left and right, but I couldn't find any recruitment similar to odd jobs and part-time jobs.After a lot of understanding and inquiring, I found out that there are professional information labor service companies to undertake such part-time activities, commonly known as labor intermediaries.If you want to go to this kind of company to choose a part-time job that you want to do or feel that the salary price is right, you need to pay some money in this kind of labor intermediary company to purchase the "member" status of the labor service company.

I found the idea of ​​two little friends, Xiao Zhao and Xiao Bo, who grew up with me, to work part-time to make money. They both had nothing to do and needed money to go out to play and fall in love.So, the three of us were going to do part-time jobs for the rest of the summer vacation together and decided to find out where there are daily part-time jobs.

Hard work pays off, Xiao Zhao found out about part-time jobs from one of his classmates, and recommended a labor information company for us.The three of us were fooling around in the football field at the time. When we heard the news, we thought about whether we should go to the labor service company the next day to find out the situation.After hearing this, Xiao Bo kicked the ball vigorously, and uttered the word "dry" loudly.It was also at this moment that I officially started my part-time career.

Early the next morning, the three of us took the bus to the labor information company introduced by Xiao Zhao's classmate.This company is located in the most famous commercial pedestrian street in the city where I live, which is a prime location in the city.

I come from a big city in the north, and I have lived here since I was born, went to school and grew up.This is a central city in the surrounding area. People from many surrounding cities and some surrounding provinces will choose to come here to work hard and settle down.

According to the address, we found the office building where the company is located. This is an ancient architectural style building, next to the cultural relics protection area.The main part of this building is a three-story century-old gold shop, which is well-known in the surrounding urban agglomerations.Behind the gold store is an unremarkable ten-story office building, and the company is located in this inconspicuous office building.

We went to the floor where the labor service company was located and found the company.The company's area is not big, just a small office, which is about [-] square meters by visual inspection, and there are a few simple desks inside.There are also very few employees there, only three people.We were greeted by a petite sister with short hair and fair skin.Although he is not tall, his body proportions are very golden.Most importantly, her mouth is extraordinarily sweet.As soon as we entered the door, she began to yell at the handsome guy on the left and her younger brother on the right, and let us sit down opposite her.

She started by asking our ages and free time.When she learned that we were graduates of the college entrance examination and wanted to do some part-time jobs during the holidays, she began to praise us. Words such as hard work, independence, and understanding are indispensable.Then she talked about the benefits of working part-time, probably not only earning pocket money but also tempering people's will, being able to experience the hardships of work and the difficulty of making money, and using the money earned from part-time jobs to buy some small children for their parents. A gift, not necessarily expensive but a heart, to show the grace of growth and nurturing and so on.Her voice is very nice, and she speaks very fast. Her tone of voice and demeanor are quite brainwashing, and the three of us are excited!I can't wait to roll up my sleeves and join a job!Looking back now, I was really young at that time. If it were changed to now, I'm afraid I wouldn't even listen to such nonsense.But having said that, it is really a pity that a person like her did not become a success master in the early years!
Just when we were full of ambition, she began to talk about the really important place.The foreshadowing in the early stage is always sweet and beautiful, just like bait, there are always some bargaining chips for you to take the bait first, and this is exactly the timing and skill of her speaking skills.The point is that these jobs are not provided for free, as I mentioned before, there is a so-called information fee that needs to be paid.The information fee is 110 yuan, and you can become a "member" of the company immediately after paying.After pushing the information for half a year, there will be a lot of part-time job information and the salary amount corresponding to this job pushed to you every day.At that time, WeChat hadn't completely become popular, so the method of pushing information was mobile phone text messages.

If you want to do or inquire about one of the jobs, you can call the company to find out the specific work situation and confirm the job to be done. The company will reserve a place for you and notify you of the working time.We proposed to become a "member" to work first, but this fee was slowly deducted from future wages, but was rejected.

She smiled charmingly and said that this kind of system is possible, but when some people used to do this, they were tired of doing part-time jobs at the beginning, and they simply stopped doing it before finishing it for a day.It not only delayed the work process of the employer, but also caused a very bad loss to the company's reputation.And there are not a few such people, which makes the company feel very headache, so there is no such rule.

The three of us just came here with the purpose of taking a look first, and we didn't bring too much money in our pockets.The three of us looked at me and I looked at you, and hurriedly discussed the countermeasures in the name of going to the bathroom.The three of us are hotheaded right now, and none of us want to miss such a good opportunity.Dang even looked at the cash in their respective pockets.

At that time, the sum of the three of us was about 120 yuan, which was almost enough for one person to be a member for half a year. As the sister mentioned just now, a membership can only be used by one person, and three people cannot buy a membership.Think about it, too, after all, they are in business, and this is a radish and a pit.It's not that we don't know that we need to pay money, but it's always a pain to spend the money before we start working part-time.At that age, I didn’t have a lot of money in my hands. In addition to participating in various class reunions during the first half of the holiday, I spent a lot of money on meals, Internet cafes, KTV nightclubs and other activities, and I had no savings to speak of.But the temptation of this part-time job is too great, and you can make a net profit by going out and doing it two or three times.

Just when we were hesitating, the elder sister spoke, and this is her strength.She said in a sweet voice: "Oh, do you all want to do it?" The three of us nodded, and she then said: "Well, let's see how much each of you can give? I will help you with the rest of my sister." On the mat, it’s not easy to see you, I also have a younger brother who is about the same age as you, so I can understand you.”

As soon as the words were finished, the three of us were excited!As if grabbing a life-saving straw, they carefully calculated the money they each brought with them.Excluding the lunch money and the remaining travel expenses, each of us can contribute about 30 yuan. In order to save some emergency money, we say that each person can contribute 20 yuan.

The elder sister held her chin for a while and said straightforwardly: "Twenty is twenty! The rest of the elder sister will help you advance the payment, but you have to earn the money back and return it to the elder sister! My elder sister only pays so much every month." salary."

The three of us quickly thanked each other while nodding our heads and said, "Definitely! That's for sure!"

She took out three forms and asked us to fill in the basic information and contact information. After a series of operations, the three of us were officially "joined".The mobile phones of the three of us rang a text message at the same time. When we opened it, it was sent by this company. Send a text message for a part-time job.

"Congratulations on becoming a member of our company." The elder sister's congratulations to us made us feel a little proud and a little embarrassed, and we just nodded shyly and said "thank you".

"Okay, I've already become members. I have a job this afternoon. Do you three want to do it? These are the three places my sister reserved for you just now. A few old members just wanted to join me. I didn’t give it to them, if you don’t go, you can only take advantage of them.” Before we could reply, she immediately said: “Oh! It’s better to do it if you have time, so that you can also earn back the cost as soon as possible, right? ? Just don't be too picky!"

We asked what the job was and what the salary was.She said that it was a "flying order" job for a broadband company. The salary is more pay for more work, and there is no upper limit. If you are really capable and willing to work hard, it is possible for one person to earn one hundred or two hundred a day.

The so-called "flying bill" refers to sticking tape on each leaflet that needs to be promoted, and then entering the old or ungated residential area to climb the stairs, and posting it door to door. The salary is four cents per leaflet. .

Although I haven't done it before, I know it will be very tiring just by listening to it like this.She then said: "Young guys like you are so energetic, and you are afraid that you will not make money if you work hard all afternoon? Don't be afraid of hardship or tiredness. Besides, it is not a bad thing for young people to suffer a little bit. "

The three of us felt that what she said was also very reasonable, not to mention that I was planning to start a part-time job in the future. Is there any reason not to do it when I come across a job for the first time when I come out?We are running on the principle of "thieves don't leave empty space", coupled with her encouragement, Dang even decided to roll up our sleeves and get started!
The elder sister laughed, clapped her hands and shouted hello.She said: "That's right! My sister admires young people like you who can endure hardship and have courage." After praising us, she contacted the company and gave us a phone number Let's wait at the door of a certain bank on a certain street at one o'clock in the afternoon. When we arrive, we can call and say that we are here for a part-time job.She told us not to be late, let alone run halfway. If we feel tired and unable to work, we can negotiate to end work early, but if we run halfway, we will not get paid and affect our follow-up reputation.We confidently reassured her that not only would we not run away, but we would do it well.She smiled and praised again.

I took a look at the current time and the place to arrive. The place is not far from here, only about four bus stops away, and there is plenty of time, enough for us to have lunch before going.

The three of us left the company while thanking that sister like thanking a benefactor.The three of us casually ate some fast food outside, and in the afternoon, we headed to the designated place full of ambition to earn the first pot of gold in our lives.

When we arrived at the door of a certain bank, we gradually had the meaning of retreating in our hearts.It was the hottest time in summer, and it was just in the afternoon. The scorching heat made the air sour. The smell of tires rubbing against asphalt came into my nose with a gust of hot wind, making me feel a little nauseous.The noisy environment of coming and going in the busy city, coupled with bursts of hawking and whistles from street shops stimulated the eardrums, making the already hot weather extremely hot, and at the same time making our hearts feel irritable Incomparable.But we all tried our best to suppress the idea of ​​quitting. Now that we have decided to come to work, and inexplicably added a "debt" in the morning, these reasons force us to bite the bullet and continue to work.

We contacted the person we wanted to contact according to the phone number given by the sister. It was a man's voice, and he said let's wait a moment, he will be here soon.Unexpectedly, the waiting time lasted for more than ten minutes. In this kind of weather and environment, these ten minutes are not to mention how difficult it is.The good vision and ambition that floated in my mind before have long been blown away.

We knew it was him when we saw a young man in a black half-sleeved top with "Broadband So-and-so" written on it.He looks like he's in his early 20s, doesn't have a local accent, and he tells us to follow him.He took us into the other side of this busy city, which is an old neighborhood nearby.Turning left and right, he found a certain unit in one of the buildings and walked in. The anti-theft door in the middle of the first floor of the unit was open a crack. He opened the whole door and let us go in and sit for a while. and.

The area in the house is not large, a bedroom, a dining room and a bathroom.The cooking place is on the balcony, which is a standard old-style house.There are four beds with bunk beds in the bedroom. This house should be the dormitory provided by the broadband company.There was a person in the room who was sitting on a lower bunk and was pasting double-sided tape on the leaflets. He was also wearing the clothes of "so-and-so broadband". He was also in his early twenties. There is still a strong smell of hairspray, and it seems that it should be the styling that was done just this morning.They said that the single pages of the leaflets still had some untaped tapes, so let's just sit down.While we were sitting, we also took some leaflets and a roll of double-sided tape on the table to help them stick them up. There was an electric fan in the room, and it felt very cool after blowing it for a while, and the irritability also dissipated. It has naturally improved a lot since then.

After posting for a while, "Tinfoil Hot" told us to take [-] sheets out to paste first, and if there were not enough, he would come back to pick them up, and if there were too many, he would leave them.We think it can be settled like this.He spoke with the accent of a city by the sea, took the leaflets that had been taped and divided them into three parts and handed them to us, and then led us to the nearby neighborhoods.On the way, he explained the work content and rules to us.

He will designate building groups and units for us to fly orders. When flying orders, first climb to the top floor of the building, draw a mark on the wall of one of the households with a pencil, and then start from each household on the top floor. Paste the single page down.But in the process of posting the list, it must be noted that the single page should be posted on the wall next to the door, not on the door. If the door you want to post is open, then put the list in a big way Pass it to someone and attach a sentence of "so-and-so broadband" and then stop posting it on the wall of that family.The most important thing is not to throw away or tear up the single page. If found, wages will be deducted.Those are the rules.

The communities we are going to fly to are all old, open communities without gate control.He first pointed to the public notice board in the community and asked us to post three on it first, and then two on the door of each unit, and then it was climbing the stairs.

Every building in every community where we want to "fly" will be assigned to "tin foil hot" for us, and our task is to follow his instructions to climb the stairs and post the list.My first impression of this job is that I am tired, very tired.

The floors of each community range from five to seven floors. Since they are all old communities, there is a lot of dust in the corridors.Moreover, each corridor has its own unique smell, some corridors are full of strong peculiar smell, and some corridors are filled with worn-out shoes and large vegetable jars.The smell mixed with the thick dust has made me unable to describe it in words. If the windows in the corridor are rusted or blocked, the residents in this building will suffer the most.At that time, I really admired the residents living in these buildings, who could live in such a calm and composed way despite being exposed to such smells every day.But I can't really understand how difficult it is for a person to live in his ideal place of residence.

However, the corridors and corridors are always scary, they are so gloomy and damp.Especially at the moment you just stepped into the corridor, the collision between your dry and hot body and the cold space makes your hairs stand on end.The conflict between the glare of the sun one second and the gloom and darkness of the next will dilate your pupils and make your eyes dizzy.

Each corridor represents a strange area that you have never been in contact with. In this area, you can't be sure what kind of door you will encounter on each floor, and you can't predict what kind of display will be in the corridor.Will the door be opened suddenly, will someone come in suddenly in the corridor, which floor will the person going to go to, will they bump into me by chance?

On the top floor of a building, I was sweating and sat down on a step while panting for breath while looking at the single page in my hand.Why are there so many?There are so many postings and I don't see it getting less!

"Oh!" After a sigh, I felt a little desperate.I used to only know that making money is not easy, but this is the first time in my life that I have personally experienced how difficult it is!
Sweat dripped from my brow and down my cheeks, leaving a small watermark on the ground.I reached out and touched the pocket of my trousers, only to find that I had used up all the paper towels. At this time, I couldn't tell which wave of sweat I left this afternoon, and most of the clothes on my upper body were soaked.In desperation, I can only use the single page in my hand as a tissue to wipe off the sweat.Although the single page was hard, rough and non-absorbent when used to wipe the face, it still smelled of ink, and some even had dust.But it doesn't matter to me at this time, because my body is also dirty.

I crumpled up the single pages that I wiped off my sweat and threw them into a garbage bag that was placed at the door of a family, and then took out a small stack of single pages and threw them into the newspaper box of an unknown household in the corridor. middle.I know that this kind of behavior is shameful, no matter from the perspective of work occupation or from the perspective of civilized hygiene.But at the moment, I am so tired that my thoughts are confused, and I don't care so much at all.

With a little adjustment, I took my things and continued to work.On a certain floor of another unit, I took out the leaflet I had prepared, and just as I was about to stick the leaflet on the wall, a crisp metal sound sounded, and the door of that family opened suddenly .An old lady in her 60s came out of the house. I held a leaflet in my hand and stared blankly at the old lady who came out of the house. She was also looking at me.The four eyes met, and the movement in my hand had stopped at this moment, and the scene was extremely embarrassing.I suddenly remembered that "Tin Foil Hot" once said what to do in such a situation, but when I was about to hand her the leaflet with a greeting, she spoke first.

"Just you guys post every day! Post every day! I can't even clean it up! Look!"

As she spoke, she pointed to the anti-theft door of her house. The door was almost covered with small posters, especially on the right side of the door, where small advertisements such as "Unlock" and "Lock King" were densely pasted.Some have been cleaned off, leaving a residual layer of offset.

"This... this is not posted by us, we only posted it on the wall next to the door." I hesitated and said.This is not the first time in my life that I have been misunderstood, but it is the first time I have encountered such a situation, and I have obviously been a little stunned by her formation.

"It's not you! It's you, posting every day! I told you that today I am in a hurry to go out and have something to do. If I meet you next time, you will be responsible for cleaning the door for me!" It was huge, and her echo was echoing in the whole corridor, and my explanation just now seemed so pale and powerless in front of her.

The old grandma went downstairs while muttering, leaving behind me standing in the corridor with dull eyes.If it were me now, I would feel that all of this doesn't matter. When she yells at me, I won't have any, the slightest reaction, and even feel a little inexplicable joy.But where did I experience this at the time?

My heart is full of grievances, but also anger, the kind of anger that has been misunderstood by others. Why should I be treated like this when I rely on my own hands and legs to support myself!Even if I think about it again, my own house is the same, and it is also a mess covered with small advertisements. If I were changed today, I might not be calmer than the old lady. I am full of understanding, but I still can't relieved.I'm still just a teenager, and being wronged and misunderstood by others is the last thing teenagers want to bear, more than anything else.

I took out about a dozen single pages and stuffed them in the newspaper box next to her house as "retaliation", and left after posting the entire unit.

After I went out, I saw that Xiao Zhao and Xiao Bo were sweating profusely like me, and their clothes were also soaked. They were holding the leaflets in their hands and fanning themselves constantly.The single pages in their hands are still as thick, almost not reduced much.What the sister said, "If you work hard and make one hundred or two hundred a day, it will not be a problem" does not exist at all.

"Tin foil ironing" came to us and said to the three of us: "Next time, if you want to do it, you can come to me directly in the room where the single pages were just sorted out, and we will give you five cents for each single page. You were given four cents, and the middle cent was deducted by them."

We nodded, which means that we have worked so hard to climb here and still be exploited by the labor service company for part of the money. "Tin foil ironing" should be said to us because the three of us are serious about our work, and we really hope that we can continue to work with them for a long time.

I asked him if his usual job was to install broadband. He shook his head and said no. Their usual job is to sell broadband packages. When there are customers, they will explain the details of the packages to customers. In fact, this work is done by themselves. The company will give them an extra five-cent subsidy for a single page. From time to time, a special person will check the coverage of the single page in the area they are responsible for.But after working for a long time, they are unwilling to do it, and they can't do it anymore, so they hire daily temporary workers, but daily workers are not easy to recruit, and only occasionally a few people come to do it after a long time.If they can't recruit people, they have to go to fly orders by themselves.

I can't count how many communities, how many buildings, and how many families were posted that day.I just remember being tired, really tired.The three of us completed a total of 60 sheets, and only earned 20 yuan in total.It is divided into three parts, that is, [-] yuan per person, which is the same as the amount we handed over to the labor service company in the morning.I suddenly remembered what the sister told us that this was a special quota reserved for us, and she also said that there were old members who wanted to take this part-time job and she didn't give up the quota.Thanks to her being able to say such nonsense, she simply lost her conscience.No wonder someone would rush to do this kind of lousy job!
To this day, I still think that defrauding ignorant boys and girls of money is shameful and at the same time the most incompetent.

"Tinfoil hot" took us back to his dormitory, took out a piece of paper, wrote down the content of today's work, the number of pages and the amount of salary, stamped the seal of their broadband company and handed it over to us. This is our labor service. The proof of the company's exchange of wages is also the proof of our sweat.

The three of us dragged our tired bodies and set foot on the way home.On the way, we talked about the work this afternoon. For this job, we all feel tired and earn little.We were deceived by that sister's words, and we don't want to do a job like this in the future.I made a lot of complaints about being scolded by the old lady, and both of them had similar experiences.The three of us "greeted" and screamed, and then laughed loudly and got on the car home.

When the sun is setting and the sun has not yet set, the whole world is golden and red, and that is the epitome of youth.

When I got home, I was tired and hungry, ate voraciously, and took a shower.The moment I lay on the bed, I felt that this was probably the most beautiful and comfortable thing in the world.After a while, I fell into dreamland.

In the next few days, the three of us gathered together either because we had other business or other activities. When the three of us got together again, we were going to go to the labor service company to collect wages, and by the way, see what other part-time jobs we can do.

The three of us came to the office, and the old sister didn't remember us anymore. She was explaining to the newcomer, and another person in the company told us that we were paid every Wednesday. Their company's payroll day requires us to come back on Wednesday.What?This was not mentioned at all in the previous exchanges. The three of us glanced at each other and immediately understood each other's intentions, turned and walked out of the office.Before I left, I could clearly hear the elder sister saying to the person in front of her: "Sister, I'll fill it up for you first, and you have to come back in time to make it up. My monthly salary is only this little."

Facing the hypocrisy of this old trick again, I find it inexplicably funny, although she didn't say it to me this time.If it was really like what she said, her wages would have been paid in advance, right?

Thinking about it carefully, she is a stranger to us and others, so how can there be any reason to pay for us in advance?Is it really because she also has a so-called younger brother?We are not her younger brother, this is her blatant lie, a lie she has told to countless people.If we want to blame, we can only blame us for being too tender and naive, failing to see through her tricks in time, and actually believing her nonsense.

The three of us agreed that there is no need to make up the so-called advance money, because it does not exist.Of course, I will not continue to look for part-time jobs in this company.The experience brought to us here is really bad!When I introduced the job, I talked about hype, but when it was time to settle the wages, I was dawdling and evading in every possible way.This series of events is enough to drain our trust.If there is no labor relationship based on integrity, it is better not to do it.

Until this moment, we still haven’t received the hard-earned money we earned from this “flying order”.And that certificate is still quietly stored in the drawer of Xiaobo's desk.

(End of this chapter)