Maya
Manager
Capable and mostly fair, and carrying more than she shows. When the schedule breaks she asks fast and doesn't always ask well.
Riverside Café · Small Town
A café where people keep turning up.
Bridge Street, seventy guests during a busy lunch, one espresso machine that everybody has an opinion about. The schedule is written in pencil for a reason. You're a few weeks into front of house, still learning who means what they say.
- Small town, one café
- Four people you'll keep meeting
- Eight connected Workdays
Who you work with
The same four people, shift after shift. Nobody here is the villain and nobody is always right.
Jordan
Experienced coworker
Funny, confident, generous with advice about how things really work here. Right often enough that it's hard to tell when they're wrong.
Priya
Coworker
Meticulous and quiet. Notices everything, says about a third of it. What's going on outside work shapes what she can say yes to.
Sam
Owner
In maybe two days a week. Warm, straightforward, and always doing sums in his head about whether this month works.
The story so far
Eight Workdays, in order. What you decide early comes back later.
- 01The Last-Minute ShiftPlayable nowTuesday · 4:43 PMMaya needs someone until seven. Your ride leaves at 5:20. Nobody in this room is being unreasonable.Boundary settingPerspective takingEthical reasoning
- 02What Did You Tell Maya?Playable nowWednesday · 9:07 AMJordan wants to know what was said. So does Maya. They want different answers.TrustConflictCommunication
- 03The Missing $20NextThursday · 6:15 PMThe register doesn't balance and you counted it.NumeracyHonestyAccountability
- 04The RegularUpcomingFriday · 11:20 AMA customer everyone likes says something to Priya that isn't okay.Bystander decisionsServiceDignity
- 05Check Your Pay stubUpcomingMonday · 1:02 PMJordan is certain everyone has been underpaid. Jordan is certain about a lot of things.Financial literacyNumeracyInformation literacy
- 06We Need to TalkUpcomingTuesday · 3:30 PMMaya has feedback. Some of it lands. Some of it doesn't feel accurate.Receiving feedbackEmotional regulationSelf-advocacy
- 07Priya's MessageUpcomingThursday · 10:48 PMA text at nearly eleven at night. She asks you not to tell anyone.ConfidentialityJudgmentResponsibility
- 08SaturdayUpcomingSaturday · 12:11 PMThree things go wrong at once, and the room looks at you. Earlier Workdays come back.PrioritizationTeamworkEmerging leadership