When Jake entered the barroom again, he could feel the stares of some of the other boys. From his peripheral, he noticed Fennec
smirking in an "I-told-you-so" fashion, Lago nodding slowly and thoughtfully, Dean looking curiously, and a dancer in a hyena outfit
glaring jealously. Jake didn't want to think about the other guys right now, he had to know what his job entailed.
Ozzy left Jake with Brer, who let him behind the bar. The big grizzly picked Jake up and set him on the bar. He spoke with a low,
gravelly voice, but it too seemed gentle. He pointed first to a schedule tacked beside the stacked shelves.
"Since you'll be managing the boys, you'll need to learn their schedules. The waiters are grouped in pairs of twos and rotate every hour
or when they have a private session. The dancers go on stage every alternating hour for a half hour each. Group dances will be held at
noon and five. As far as payment," here, Brer pointed to the cashregister and a sheet beside it with the boys' names, "Any money
collected from the waiters and any money given to a dancer must be brought here and tallied. After drink payment is accounted for, the
waiters get their tips. A dancer must leave the money in a bucket behind the stage where you'll collect it after each performance.
"A waiter's job is pretty self-explanatory: take the patron's orders and bring them their drinks. A customer may ask them for a private
session, and if they accept, they must tell you. You will take the money and tell their replacement to take over. Each pair is assigned to
three tables. If you see a waiter being lazy, take him out and he doesn't get any payment from that customer. Lago is in charge of the
waiters, so he'll assign their tables for the day, take care of any problems, and fill in for anyone.
"The dancers go on one at a time except for the two group dances. While they dance, patrons can put money on the stage and the
dancer will go over to dance closer to them for a while. Before they move to the next person, they put the money in a pouch inside their
thong. After the dance, they put their money in the bucket and their name goes up on a board by the stage. Banzai, the hyena kid, is in
charge of the dancers. He'll hold an auction after the dance and whoever wins gets a private session with the dancer.
"You'll stay behind the bar with me for the most part. After a dance, you'll go and collect the money, and whenever someone has a
private session you'll show them to their room. Check the schedules and the pay sheet and you'll be good. Now, if a customer want to
have a private session with you, you're still available. I'll take over for you. During a private session, you are virtually at the customer's
command. Clint will be in the hallway, so if it gets dangerous call him; otherwise, do whatever they ask. The safeword is Vegetable, and
if you can't talk, just make three quick noises of any kind. At closing time, six, you'll give the boys their paychecks and lead them to the
showers. You'll also be in charge of getting them in bed by eleven, lights out.
"Finally, Ozzy told me that your lessons will be at eight each night for an hour. Go to his office and he'll tell you what he wants then.
Other than that, you have free reign from six to eight and nine to eleven. You'll be able to go home Sunday evening after six. Good
luck!"