We have received a story from Raven Kelly, a user in the Restaurant City Forum
A funny thing happened on the way to the market…
I went to my restaurant this morning to rouse my staff. They’re such dedicated workers, they refuse to go home after their shift so I graciously bought beds for them during the holidays so they no longer have to sleep on the floor.
I had to chase away a man loitering in the garden before opening the place and he offered to give an orange to all of my friends to atone for his trespassing. Didn’t leave me one, though!
I’ve heard from my neighbor, chilicandy, that she’s seen him wandering the neighborhood and loafing in her yard, too.
Kind of a strange fellow. He’s apparently homeless but has plenty of food to give away.
Anyway, I assigned my workers their positions and then went to visit my neighbors. I know all the restaurant owners on my block and we watch out for each other–picking up trash in each other’s restaurants, putting out fires, fixing leaks, chasing away wild animals, water their gardens, etc. Sometimes I feel like I do more work for my neighbors than I do for my own restaurant! However, it’s rewarding and I like to think they’re watching out for me as much as I am for them.
There were some new restaurants on my block this morning so I stopped in to take a look around and greet the owners. All of them were very hospitable and even gave me an ingredient for taking the time to visit. Some even offered to send some food home to my employees! Yes, I think I’m going to like these new neighbors just fine.
The head chef from my restaurant just called me on my cell phone. He says we’re out of sugar and asked if I could borrow some from the neighbors or buy some at the market while I’m out so I said I will. Hmm, I seem to recall the fancy restaurant at the top of the hill having a garden with sugar growing in it when I stopped by to water the plants yesterday so I’ll see if it’s ripe and if the owner (starshadow) is willing to part with it.
Here we are at her place, Osaka.
Darn, the sugar is not ripe yet and starshadow has none in her cupboards! Oh, well. I put some weed killer on the giant mushrooms growing in her garden and moved on to another friend’s restaurant.
I get to S peakeasy Books, owned by my friend britgirls, and find that she’s stepped out but I leave an offer to trade her some of her sugar. I looked around to see what she needed and when I noticed she was low on eggs, and I had just bought a bunch of eggs at the market a few days ago, I offered to give her those in exchange. Then I slipped over to the secret part of her restaurant to order a ginger beer to go before making my way to the market.
Hmm, sugar is on the market today, which is a surprise because it’s rare to find it here. The price is sky-high…5,200 coins!…but my chef insists we need it for the special holiday menu item he’s working on so I buy all of it I can.
Finally I’m done making my rounds so I go back to my restaurant.
There’s excitement as soon as I get in the door. One of the servers informs me that a sugar plant has cropped up in our garden from the last batch of seeds she planted.
That figures after I just bought a bunch of sugar for outlandish prices. Then I get a message from starshadow that her sugar is ready and she’s offering to trade it to me for cream. Haha, isn’t she sweet? Finally, britgirls returns and accepts my trade so now I have more sugar than I need! Isn’t it funny how things work out? That’s one of the reasons I love living here in Restaurant City.
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