| One Wednesday afternoon, our teacher said at the homeroom meeting, |
| "Everybody, listen to me. We have three-day on-the-job training from tomorrow. |
| You are going to work at each work place in accordance with rule. Have a useful |
| time for you without troubling the people at there and without having an accident. |
| Are you all right ?" I was talking with Yumiko in the classroom after school. |
| Yumiko said, "I am looking forward to working at that sports shop. Do our best." |
| I said, "OK." |
| The next day, Yumiko and I went to the sports shop for our on-the job training. |
| A staff member welcomed us. Her name was Miss. Saito, floor manager. |
| A large number of goods were there in the shop. It was our first time to work at |
| such a place. Miss. Saito said, "Well, first we always clean the inside of our shop after |
| we open it. Let's do it. Yumiko cleaned the floor with a mop and I cleaned the entrace |
| with a broom. And then we cleaned display fixtures, showcases, and a lot of mirros |
| for the costomers. It took us more than half an hour to finish cleaning. |
| After the cleaning, Miss. Saito said, "Next, we'll set out these ski wears on the display fixtures." |
| Yumiko and I were very excited to see many colorful, and pretty ski wears. "These are |
| the goods to sell over the weekend," Miss. Saito said, "We have to set out them by tomorrow." |
| "How many ski wears do you sell over the weekend ?" I asked. "More than two hundred." |
| She answered. "Really ?" Yumiko and I were very surprised to hear ①that. |
| "So we must set out as many ski wears as possible, and do as soon as possible." She added. |
| Since we know how many ski wears are selling this month, we only have to set out the |
| appointed number at the appointed date. ②In addition to doing that, |
| we set out many kind of sporting goods for theweekend with Miss. Saito during our working |
| hours. Yumiko and I worked very hard at the sports shop for three days. Miss. Saito taught us |
| a lot of things about their work all the time. "The most important thing for the operation of |
| the shop is to please customers. |
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| To do ①so, we must keep the floor clean, keep the goods they want full on the fixtures." |
| ③Yumiko and I could understand how pleasant working is, while could do how severe |
| it is through the experience at the sports shop. |
| Yumiko said, "I think operating a shop is always to do our best for our customers." |
| "I think so," I answered," though operating a shop is very hard and difficult, |
| I think [ ]" |
| Yumiko and I had a good time there. And I had an idea that I wanted to do something useful |
| for other people in the future. |
