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After the first customer activity, Ms. Green arranged for Caroline to work at several important counters of Max Department Store in turn according to the agreement.

She worked at the jewelry counter on the first floor, the women's clothing counter, and the fabric area on the second floor for a while, and even went to the customer rest area on the third floor for two weeks.

If during the two weeks in the rest area, Caroline could ignore Ada's occasional sarcastic remarks with a smile, then the two-month work experience at the women's clothing counter definitely impressed Caroline.

Although the first floor of Meisi is collectively referred to as the women's clothing area, in fact, only Charlotte's women's clothing counter is responsible for selling clothing.

The women's clothing counter not only has the blouses, long skirts, and gowns that once made Caroline's favorite, but also a variety of corsets, panniers, and knickers.

When she first arrived at the hat decoration counter a year ago, Caroline looked at all kinds of exaggerated women's hats. Although she thought they were visually elegant and beautiful, she was also worried about their weight on the lady's head.But now, she has long been familiar with all kinds of hats, and is accustomed to the respect for hats in society.

But habits don't change everything.

Once, when she was accompanying a plump young lady to choose a dress, she watched the little girl who was not much older than her former student grinning and inhaling in the dressing room, struggling for a long time to tighten her corset again. One size smaller, I couldn't help but persuade her to rest for a while.

"No, I must wear that dress to my 16th birthday party, please help me again."

Caroline thought that she was already used to ladies using corsets and panniers to make her figure more concave and convex, but when she was working at the women's clothing counter, she needed to help these ladies get dressed in the dressing room. Caroline found it difficult to accept the breathless corset and skirt that affected her movement, and even had to try it on herself to experience the difference between different styles.

"Compared with the whalebone corsets of the past, the popular bone corsets are much better now, not to mention the round panniers of 30 or [-] years ago. It is said that some people almost got stuck in the door when they went to the dance. ", Charlotte looked at Caroline's troubled look and said puzzledly, she really felt that the pannier that only supported the back half of the skirt from above her knees was already very light.

"They will affect the health of ladies, and this is simply a deformed aesthetic, a kind of bondage." Caroline can explain their harm to Charlotte, but she has no way to change everyone's ideas overnight. Even she herself, no matter how she refused, had to wear a privately improved corset on important occasions, otherwise she would definitely be judged.

Ms. Green agrees with Caroline, but she considers this issue more from the perspective of high society and department stores.

"You're right. In fact, many women in the middle and lower classes who need to work don't wear these. It is undeniable that top-down and bottom-up trends have always existed. The key is that it must first become popular. Only then can. Max department store will always be at the forefront of fashion.”

Such a special frequent job change obviously cannot avoid the employees of Meisi. Ms. Green informed everyone at the staff meeting early in the morning, saying that Caroline will become her work assistant.

There will definitely be discordant voices, but Caroline regards this as a necessary part of her job growth.Moreover, she is usually very popular, and it is always those two people who say sour things behind her back or ridicule her for being too ambitious, and are often speechless by other girls before saying a few words.

In addition to rotating at various counters in the mall, Caroline also often designs customer events with Ms. Green, or stays in Ms. Green's office to assist her with other paperwork. Caroline's typing skills are also useful here again. .

As she becomes more familiar with the supply and operation of Max's Department Store, and Ms. Green's growing trust in Caroline, she will even be arranged to help with some shopping mall accounts.

Of course, all of this is not without cost. For the past six months, Caroline has arrived at the mall at least an hour before the opening of Max’s Department Store almost every day. Ladies continue to work at home.

The number of times she goes back to Minnina has changed from once or twice a week at the beginning to once every half a month now, and occasionally skips the girls' gatherings every Saturday.

Even her roommate Isabella joked that she would not see her twice a week, except for the occasional drawing together. Isabella wanted to ask Caroline out several times but couldn't find a suitable time.

In addition, Caroline didn't have much time to allocate to magazine submissions, and the only ones who insisted on submitting articles were the long-term cooperation column of Urban Life Daily.

But shortly after becoming Ms. Green's assistant, her fixed salary rose to $20 a week, not counting bonuses she sometimes received.So Caroline didn't worry too much about her income, and the amount in her bank account also increased a little bit again.

One morning in October, Caroline woke up and ate some slices of toast, packed her small bag, and carefully picked up a leather bound notebook on the desk.

In this folder are two drafts of the brochure she designed for next month's Mays department store membership event, one with flip pages and the other with foldout pages.She and Ms. Green made an appointment today to meet on the third floor of Meisi Department Store an hour earlier. After the two discuss which version is better, they will find a special person to make the finished product.

Max’s monthly membership activities have been favored by Chicago’s upper class since its inception, but Ms. Green has always strictly controlled the number of members. She called the first batch of members “special members” and they are only sixteen. Many people regard being able to participate in a special member activity as a member friend as a "symbol of true friendship".

Ordinary members who can redeem "points" with shopping credits have also been implemented three months ago. The purchased amount under each customer's name can be exchanged for shopping vouchers at a ratio of fifty to one in the week before Christmas this year. Use it directly on subsequent purchases.

Seeing the prestige and customer flow brought by the Meisi membership activities, Partridge is naturally pressing forward every step of the way, but in the eyes of customers, there is always a difference between the first and the second.

Having said that, Max Department Store does not dare to relax in the "special member activities", whether it is the novelty of the activities or the rarity of the "special products".After all, the more important customers are, the more they care about details and unique experiences.A slight misstep can drive an important customer to a competitor.

After Caroline walked out of the apartment building with her notebook in her pocket, she walked in the direction of Max Department Store while thinking about how to improve the manual plan.

Suddenly, a black figure rushed up from the side road beside her, grabbed the leather wallet in her arms with one hand, and grabbed the bag on her wrist with the other hand.

Caroline subconsciously hugged the folder tightly with both hands, but within a split second, the bag was snatched away, leaving a deep red mark on her wrist.

The face that had just passed by seemed familiar, but Caroline couldn't see it very clearly, and she didn't have time to think about it.

She chased a few steps forward, and then was annoyed to find that she couldn't run fast in low-heeled leather shoes and a long skirt.Although there was nothing particularly valuable in the bag, Caroline was still very angry when she lost more than a dozen yuan in cash and a handbag that was less than two months old.

It was only a block or two away from Wellington Avenue, where Caroline lived, and it was the main road next to the driveway. Street robberies rarely happened, so it was no wonder she was unprepared.

Just when Caroline looked at the robber who was running away and was about to admit that she was unlucky, a thin figure in a gray suit quickly ran past her, followed the robber for hundreds of meters, and finally He caught up with him at the next intersection, and although the mugger still escaped, he succeeded in snatching Caroline's bag back.

"It's you." Caroline looked at the young man trotting back towards her.

I haven't seen him for almost a year. He seems to have matured a bit, but when he smiles, he still looks like the boy he was before.

"Long time no see." With a smile on the corner of Francis' mouth, a little dimple naturally appeared, and he reached out and returned the handbag he had just snatched from the robber to Caroline, "Look, there is nothing missing. "

Caroline thanked him, opened the bag and took a look at it. The robbers probably hadn't had time to look through it, and there was nothing missing inside.

She looked up at Francis, "I'm sorry to trouble you, are you going back to Chicago to visit Isa today?"

"I'm here to see Isa. Well, but I've been moving back to Chicago for a while, living in my old home," Francis scratched his hair, which had been messed up from the run, trying to hide his face from the fast run It was still flushed because of something, "I've been to Yisha's place a few times before, but I haven't seen you."

Caroline has indeed been busy recently, and her work and rest often deviate from Isabella, so it is normal not to meet her.She took out the small pocket watch she carried in her vest and looked at it, and found that the time was running out of time.

"I'm sorry, I have to go to work, please let me thank you some other day," Caroline said to Francis with some apologies, maybe next time I can invite him to have a meal with Isa?Fortunately, it is not difficult for her to go to a fashionable restaurant to invite someone to dinner now, but it seems that there are very few women who invite men to dinner, and I don’t know if he will find it awkward... Caroline thought about it, thinking Just a little divergent.

"It's okay, you don't have to worry about it," Francis said, seeing Caroline who was about to leave after nodding her head, and instinctively stopped her.

"Miss Meeble."

"Huh?" Caroline turned her head and smiled with her eyes bent. "You can call me by my name, Caroline."

"Oh, yes, Miss Meeble, I mean, Caroline," Francis touched his nose, "you can also call me Francis."

Caroline responded with a smile, bid farewell to Francis again, and stepped up to the direction of Meisi Department Store.