Securing a job at Fish Camp was a complete breeze. Thanks to Mackenzie’s personal reference and Demi’s disinterest in Tara’s prior work experience (“We just need warm bodies, and you fit the bill.”), the interview and job offer took mere minutes. Tara was given an apron and uniform, a blue dress with a white collar and pearl buttons. It was clearly a hand-me-down, but was still in good condition and, thankfully, recently dry-cleaned.
Demi had tasked Mackenzie with training Tara, and while Mack was super friendly, she wasn’t exactly mobile enough to show her all the ins and outs of waitressing. Given how fat she’d become, she was stationed at the front of the restaurant as hostess, where she parked her butt on a sturdy bench when business was slow. She gave a lot of helpful advice, but for on-the-job learning, Tara was on her own.
Tara’s first day at Fish Camp was…rocky, to say the least. Plates were dropped, orders were messed up, and Tara was, overall, pretty terrible at the job. Not to mention a few leering old men that openly ogled her breasts, and one creep who pinched her in her chubby butt, causing her to drop a tray of drinks all over a couple old ladies.
Not only that, but she was pretty sure her fellow waitresses hated her. The more experienced of the group, Iris, was a stick-thin lady in her late forties who’d yelled at Tara a few times so “Hurry up, tubbo!” Mack had told her she didn’t really care for anybody new, so at least time would hopefully mend that relationship. She had less hope for her other coworker, Amber. The stunningly gorgeous, incredibly busty brunette was fresh out of high school, and had only worked at Fish Camp for a few months, but she’d certainly made the best of it. She was a master at squeezing tips out of customers, turning on the friendly charm for the ladies and children, and the sultry flirting that every guy fell for. She’d taken some umbrage Tara’s arrival, her breasts having grown enough to begin to rival Amber’s own, and had made it a point to talk down to the new hire (despite having only worked a few months herself).
And that was all before the dinner rush.
Suffice it to say, Tara had a pretty miserable first outing as a waitress, but Mackenzie could tell she was on the verge of tears, and had comforted her at the end of the day. “Don’t worry, it’ll get better. Believe me, I wasn’t much better when I started out.”
Tara was that close to quitting, but she’d toughed it out and waltzed back into work the next day, a renewed sense of determination. She was a bona fide professional ass-kicker of the corporate world, and this job was not gonna kick her ass.
Thankfully, it did get better over time. Tara quickly figured out the ropes and mastered them. She turned into a real whiz, memorizing multiple orders at once, and getting those orders out as fast as possible. Weeks on the job, and Iris had become much easier to work with since she’d gotten a handle on things, and Amber…well, if she was jealous before, Tara outpacing her in tips certainly didn’t make things better.
On top of everything, Fish Camp offered fresh-cooked meals for breaks and lunch to all its employees. Iris and Amber usually passed, preferring their own healthier paper bag lunches, but Tara almost always joined Mackenzie in picking out an entree and sides multiple times a day.
As Tara grew more and more comfortable with her job, she felt thankful that she’d been given a second chance to prove her worth. If if that meant starting at the bottom and moving her way up once again, she knew she could make it big.
If she wasn’t careful, she’d make it big in more ways than one.
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Months passed in Spartanburg, and were generally uneventful. The holidays came and went, while new pounds came and took permanent residence on the West sisters. Tara continued working, and Haley continued sitting on her ass all day.
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