Applejack left her pan sizzling on the stovetop as she went to check on the others. "Pinkie? How's the order for that picky guest comin'?"
The girl in question flashed her a thumbs up as she was preparing two meals at the same time without breaking a sweat.
"Sunset, you restocked the pantry?"
"Yes, ma'am!" Sunset said affirmatively, just leaving the pantry. "Ringing up a new order now!"
Applejack headed for the bar area where Rainbow Dash was currently 'working'. "Rainbow Dash! The dishes ain't washin' themselves! Get back to work and stop flirtin' with our customers!"
The prysmatic haired dishwasher waved her off and sent her customer one last wink before disappearing. "Call me!~"
The customer, Fluttershy, hid her burning red face behind her hands, shrinking way back into her chair as she contemplated why this always happend when she came here to eat. And more importantly why she enjoyed it so much.
Back in the kitchen, Applejack popped her head out of the exit. "You doin' good?"
"Yeah, drivin' to Golden Harvest's next." The delivery girl mentioned as she was about to hit the gas.
Applejack nodded and pulled back inside. Then, she grinned from ear to ear as she breathed deeply, taking in the smell of a beautiful and calming blazing inferno. Her eyes widened and her head snapped toward the pan she left unattended on the stovetop, the contents of which were scorching inside.
"HORSEAPPLES!" She made a dash for the stove and turned it right off, checking to see what parts of the food were still salvagable, if any.
"Oh my god." Rainbow mumbled. "Just say 'shit'".
Applejack chose to ignore her dishwashing friend for the time being and went to get a fresh pan and ingredients, making sure to not leave her spot this time. "How's that new double shift treatin' ya'll?"
Sunset stopped her plans to head into the main room for a moment to reply to her. "It's pretty stressful, but it's comfortable to know I've got more time to finish."
"Yeah! I've been serving soooo many people that couldn't come before because we were only open in the evening!" The excitable pink blur of energy clarified, somehow having gotten herbs from outside while Applejack was blinking.
Rainbow Dash meanwhile pointed at the large leaning tower of plates and cutlery beside her. "The dishes are piling up so fast, it feels like I can't even get to cooking anymore!"
"Yeah." Sunset, who had walked back in a second ago, agreed. "It does feel like we're a bit understaffed at times." She admitted.
The gears in Applejack's head started to turn. She scratched her head in thought. "Well, looks like we gotta hire someone to keep up!"
Murmurs of agreement waved through the kitchen before everyone went back to what they were doing.
"Guess ah better get started on makin some sort of hirin' add..." Applejack said mostly to herself, her mind occupied with finding a proper way to advertise for her restaurant. Would anyone even want to work at a restaurant? Applejack shook her head as that obviously wasn't possible. Of course people would want to work at a restaurant! She wanted to work at a restaurant, and look at her now! She just had to make it sound appealing and be honest about it, that has got to be a sure-fire way to--
"APPLEJACK YOUR PAN!"
"HORSEAPPLES, NOT AGAIN!"
"So what do ya'll think?"
The next day, thirty minutes before their first shift started, the staff met in the tiny office, Pinkie somehow managing to sit atop the unplugged arcade machine. They exchanged looks, each different from the rest.
"I like it!" Vinyl said, her voice sounding a few notes deeper than usual. She leaned back with a satisfied smirk.
"I don't!" Rainbow forcefully shoved Vinyl out of her chair before sitting in it herself. "You're making me sound like an incompetent dishwasher!"
"You ARE an incompetent dishwasher!"
"Silence delivery girl! Talk to me once you wear actual pants!"
Sunset gave a chuckle as she eyed the paper held in front of her. "I actually think that could work!"
"It's not too desperate, is it?" Their boss turned to look at the ad herself again, having second thoughts on wether this was a good idea in the first place.
Pinkie let herself dangle down the arcade machine, giving Applejack a brief scare. "Well, I think it's perfect, Jackie!" She said with an ever present smile on her face.
"Well, that's good, 'cuz I already hung these all over Canterlot City." The boss of the establishment mentioned, causing most of the staff members to break into laughter except the dishwasher.
"Great." She mumbled. Just as she could complain some more however, there was a gentle knock on the door to the 'office'.
They all sat up, Applejack now standing at attention, she straightened her back and cleared her voice. "Come in!"
"Oh dear, is this an office or a broom closet?" The lady complained immideatly upon walking in. It's not that Applejack thought she was being rude, she would agree that their office space was still quite a huge mess, but she didn't have to say it like that!
Nevertheless, Jack wasn't one to keep a lady waiting and no, her pan did not count as a lady, because that is a pan. "Welcome, miss!" She reached out her hand for her to shake which she gratefully accepted.
"What brings you here?"
"Your advertisment, mostly. And the fact that I couldn't find anyone when I entered." The woman explained calmly.
Rainbow eyed the woman up and down with an interested smirk, as did Vinyl, earning them both a swift elbow punch in the ribs by their bacon haired coworker which was largly ignored by everyone else present.
"Yes, well, we were havin' a little discussion right now. Why don't we move to the main area?"
"That would be delightful, darling." The lady smiled and held the door open for Applejack. "I'm Rarity by the way!"
"Suits ya, nice to meet you Rarity!", was the last thing the coworkers heard before the door shut behind their boss. Sunset went up to the door and fiddled with the knob.
"Oh my god." She muttered. "That idiot locked us in."
"She WHAT?!" Rainbow jumped into the air and turned to face the doorknob, she fumbled with it for a good five minutes before giving up. "What are we gonna do now?"
"Stay calm, Dashie! AJ will remember we're in here as soon as she's done talking to Miss Rarity!" Pinkie smiled, still laying atop the old machinery.
The four emplyees were now left in the 'office' with nothing to do, wondering what they're next course of action should be.
The blue haired delivery menace whistled a short tune before she turned her coworkers attentions to something else much more entertaining: "...Ya'll wanna see if the arcade machine still works?"
"Hell yeah, I've been tempted to plug that baby in since we renovated this place!", Sunset squished through the two rivals blocking her path and inspected the much more attractive arcade machine that would the four would spend the next 22 minutes or so on as they waited for their friend to finish talking and get them out of this claustrophobia inducing nightmare of an office.