Pranking and work

Danielle was excited. She was truly excited, and she was excited about work. When she told her brother she had gotten a job he didn't believe her at first. Seriously Dani Mulciber, working? Yeah right. Well it had turned out to be true and she has made him look like an idiot, for the first time.

Except her job wasn't what he had been expecting. He thought it was going to be in a place that he thought was "more serious". To him pranks weren't anything important, only cause he didn't use them, but for Dani they were. And working in a place, surrounded by them was like a dream come true. She was so excited to start working there that she was headed to Weasley's Wizard Wheezes now.

There was a small smile on her mouth as she approached the store. The smile widened when she was right in front of it. Dani pushed the door open and entered the store, taking a look around at everything that was inside. "Hello?" the girl called as she walked closer to the counter.

Jack knew one of the new sales people were starting today, so she had unlocked the door early. If the girl arrived on time, it would give Jack about fifteen minutes or so to be able to show the girl around and get her started. Luckily, Jack's main salesman, Andy, would be coming in a little later so she could scamper off to the Ministry and he could torture the new girl.

She had pulled out all of the aprons the staff wore and she threw them over the counter, before counting the money in the till. Checked out with Kirsty's report from the day before. She heard a ringing bell and glanced up to see her new sales person. Jack had been too busy to conduct the interview so Gary had done it- and he had claimed she was fine, but he was also sort of weak with women. Jack would see.

"Come on in, Dani. I'm Jack." She tossed the girl an apron and said, "Best tie your hair up too. I don't have a lot of rules, but it seems to be safer that way." She walked over to her displays and waved her wand. They all became animated and she turned back to Dani. "We'll just start you off on sales. I suppose Gary sent you our catalog, so you are well versed in the products, right?"

Dani grabbed the apron and nodded as Jack told her that she should tie up her hair. Even rhough it was something she didn't usually like to do, Dani took one of the elastics from her wrist and tied up her hair as her eyes followed the older girl to the displays. Dani blinked as she stared at the displays as they became animated and she smiled.

The girl nodded again when Jack told her that she would be started off in sales. At least it was something she would be able to do. Dani was resourceful and she usually figured out what she was supposed to do quickly, so helping with sales would be a breeze for her. She glanced back at Jack and smiled. "Yes he did, and yes I am." she told her new boss happily.

"This place gets pretty busy sometimes, right?" Dani asked. The question was a bit sudden she knew, but that was something good to know, in her case. That way she could expect to be busy from time to time, or always, depending on how much business this shop got.

The girl was not speaking much, which was a relief for Jack since she had had a long night the night before sending memos out to the entire department. However, this could be a bad sign, as the sales team seemed the best when they were all extroverts. However, Kirsty had been nearly silent during her interview and she was top salesperson.

She briefly responded, in a curt but friendly voice. Jack nodded, turning back to see the girl had pulled her hair up and tied the apron onto her person. Good, she was getting down to business. "Right," she said. And suddenly, the girl asked if the shop got business. Jack raised her eyebrow, wondering if the girl had ever been to the shop. "Oh, yes."

Jack cleared her throat. "Anywho. If after a week or two and it seems this job is a good fit, we'll get your bio published- the customers like to get to know the salespeople for whatever reason." She walked to the next room, assuming the girl would follow, her wand touching shelves to animate displays. "Mostly, you'll just be helping. Leave the till work to Gary, Kirsty, or Andy. You'll get more responsibilities soon enough, I'm sure."

Dani raised her hand to the back of her head and sighed softly. She knew her question sounded a bit foolish but she just wanted to know. She had been there plenty of times but there hadn't been that much business when she had been there. She gave a small embarrassed laugh and cleared her throat quickly. Her eyes kept wandering around the shop as they usually did when she came here, except now instead of being someone who purchases she is an employee.

As Jack continued to talk and walked to the next room, Dani found herself practically skipping, happily after her into the room. What she mentioned about publishing her bio if the job seemed like a good fit sounded like a good thing. After all if she was a customer she would want to know who was attending her. She looked at the older girl and nodded.

"Okay, just helping. Got it." she gave a small nod and smiled. That was good, just helping was good for now. It would be easier for her to get used to the work environment if she was only helping around the shop. Although she .really did hope that she would her more responsibilities soon.

Jack glanced back at the girl, who looked overjoyed and smirked a little bit. Well, at least the younger girl had some enthusiasm to her. She had dealt with the teenagers who trudged about the store and spoke in monotone voices when trying to do anything. She had managed to get all of them to quit, which only a few of her hidden tricks. So far, this girl was giving Jack the vibes that she would be a good employee.

There was a jingle and Jack turned and headed towards the front. Andy was strolling in, loosening his scarf from his neck. "Mornin', boss lady," he chirped. "Andy," Jack greeted him. "This is Dani. Show her the ropes, will ya? I have to leave-" she glanced down at her wrist where a cheap watch was fastened for practical use. "Well, pretty damn soon. Andy will take care of you, Dani."

Jack turned and with a few more waves of her wand, the entire shop began to get into motion. Jack clapped her hands together and turned back to Dani. "I recently recieved a promotion at the Ministry which means I don't have a lot of time. When you clock out, tell Andy. Any last questions before I abandon you with this fool?" Andy dramatically sighed and said, "Jack, you are so cute, hiding your lust for me." Jack rolled her eyes.

Dani turned to the door when she heard the bell jingle. She glanced back at Jack as she said his name and then she looked back at him. "Andy." the girl said softly making a mental note of his name. A note that she would surely forget by the end of the day, but would learn in a little while. But she would try hard to remember his name, the only name that she would surely learn right off the bat was Jack's, after all she was the boss.

As she mentioned the Ministry, Dani couldn't help but tilt her head a bit. "You work at the Ministry too? Cool, you must be important then!" Dani said happily. She hoped that Jack wouldn't think that she wasbbeing a kiss up because of her comment, but she thought that people how worked at the Ministry were really cool and important. She hardly ever got excited about things except that and usually pranking someine with her best friend, Juliet.

Jack asked her for any questions and Dani only shook her head. "Nope, none." she smiled. "I'll just ask... Andy... if I have any later." Dani said, as she tried to remember his name. The more she used it today, the easier it would be for her to remember it without having to think about it much.

Jack smirked at the girl's words, saying, "Only a little important." Head of a department wasn't much... really... she half-heartedly thought. She strode over to the coat rack and slipped her jacket off of it's rung, before pulling it onto her person. "No questions, then? Really? Well, perfect for me. And yes, ask Andy all the questions you need answered."

She ignored the frantic head shaking that Andy was doing behind Dani's back and clapped her hands together. "Well. I must be off. Good meeting you, Dani, and please don't scare her off, Andy." And with that she disapparated. Andy gave Dani an awkward look and said, "Right-o. Well... Let's get this party started." And he opened the doors, giving way to a flood of customers.

(I'll send another one of my charries in soon as a customer)

Dani shook and her and smiled. "Nope, none." she said as she watched Jack prepare to leave. "Right, well I'll try not to have too many questions." Dani said with a hint of sarcasm in her voice. The young girl turned to face Andy for a moment with a smirk on her mouth. She might not have any questions but it might be fun to annoy him with any random questions she could think of. Or maybe not, depends on her mood.

"Good meeting you as well, Jack." Dani said with her hands crossed in front of her. She smiled as she watched Jack disapparate and then she looked at Andy. She couldn't help but grin at the awkward look he gave her and she watched him open the doors. She gave a heavy but happy sigh as she watched customers come into the shop.

Andy was more and more worried that Gary had hired this girl based on her looks rather than the chemistry she would have with the team. The team had a damn near perfect dynamic, hell he considered them better friends than his real friends, and if Gary had hired this girl based on the urges of his little brain.. well, he was risking messing up a good thing.

"Don't give me that look," he warned. "I'm much more devious than you, I can promise that, so don't you get any funny ideas." As he opened the doors, he called, "All hands on deck" as was his custom to. The customers streamed in and he headed for the till, watching Dani curiously, waiting to see how she handled the rather large influx of grabby customers. He would not intervene unless necessary.