Chapter 121 - Little Labourers (3)

Overwhelmed was the only way Scarlet could describe her new internship life. It was very different working without Alex or Jasper with her. In fact, she rather envied the boys who had each other for company in the admin department. The girl often found herself left alone simply because the employees in the marketing department were always too busy.

The young writer never knew just how busy a.d.u.l.ts were when they worked. Nobody seemed to be present in the office at their desks and when they were, they were often on the phone or typing furiously and screaming at the printer. That level of chaos scared the poor girl into silence as she held onto the pile of doc.u.ments she was told to look through.

The girl had actually completed reading through the department's SOP and overview. She understood everyone's jobs in theory but looking at them work was a nightmare. Why didn't anything seem to match the image she had in mind after reading the papers? That gap between reality and expectations threw Scarlet off very badly. Without anyone directing her, the young writer tried to stay out of everyone's way. She wasn't even able to help collect prints or organise files because of her leg so Scarlet was left with no choice but to entertain herself.

Scarlet: Boop. Anyone home?

Elfie: How nice! I thought I was the only one bored to death... are internsh.i.p.s usually this boring?

Jasper: How do you two still have idle time? I'm still trying to understand what spreadsheets are... these stupid files don't work even after I've done everything the explanation videos online said!

Elfie: PM me the details, it's excel right? I know some basics.

Scarlet paused when nobody continued the conversation. From the response, Jasper must be very busy and struggling with the difficult things he had to learn. Elfie was idle but that was before he found joy in helping Jasper with his task. The girl sighed. She wished there was something she could do too. The marketing department and design department weren't very far from each other. In fact, the marketing department worked very closely with a lot of other departments such as sales, finance, design and admin. Maybe if Scarlet found an excuse, she could go over to the other departments to see what the rest are doing.

With her mind made up, Scarlet looked around and listened in on conversations of the busy a.d.u.l.ts.

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Anna was surprised to see Scarlet but she smiled happily. 

"Scarlet!" the office lady greeted happily and looked down at where the cast used to be. "I see you've removed the cast. Is it still difficult to walk?"

The young writer grinned, happy to see a friendly familiar face. "Hello, Anna. I'll be able to walk normally in about another two weeks. The marketing department is rather different from the admin department... Nobody has given me anything to do so I thought I'd do myself a favour and check if there is anything from the admin department that needs to be brought up to the marketing team."

The bespectacled girl beamed. "You're so smart! There actually are some things we need to bring up to the marketing team but we've been putting it off for a while. It's been very busy lately because Ms Lawrence just left the company. The new manager is not very familiar and there are many people trying to take advantage of the situation by stirring chaos. We've also taken in four new interns today and I haven't been able to help them much thanks to the sheer workload under the new management."

Scarlet nodded and asked for a little more details. The new manager was a very young lady who was lacking in experience as a manager even if she was an efficient worker. The HR team scouted her when she applied for the position and thanks to her good academic qualifications, she got the job. Anna explained how the new manager was often tricked into doing things that she didn't have to thanks to the senior employees who were jealous of her position. They were next in line for the promotion but their career paths ended with this new lady who was so many years younger than them.

"It's a real shame but I don't know if our new manager can cope under so much pressure. If only there was something I could do but this is really something out of my abilities. In terms of cunningness, these older office ladies wouldn't lose out to Ms Lawrence."

Scarlet hummed. "Well, if things become too much for you to handle, you can always get those boys to do it. I know them personally and while not all of them are very bright, they are very hardworking and kind!"

Anna beamed. "That's very reassuring to hear. The boys have been a great help so far. I still feel bad that I'm not able to guide them properly as the one in charge of teaching the ropes to the interns... I merely told them about where you, Jasper and Alex left off and they picked everything else up on their own. Right now, I think Samuel and Jeff are helping to archive the doc.u.ments from ten years ago. I don't know what Jeremy is doing but Issac offered to help with filing and scanning. He said that he had a scary face and wasn't suited to meet people."

The young writer laughed uneasily at that. Issac still had that kind of mentality? That wouldn't do. He needed to build up more self-confidence and overcome the fear of scaring people away.

"Thank you, Anna. I'll ask one or two of the boys to help me carry whatever is needed up to the marketing team if that is not a problem?"

Anna agreed and quickly hurried off to finish whatever she'd been tasked to do.

Scarlet reached the intern's room and was surprised to see the table and floors flooded with papers. "What happened here?"

Issac who was working on them looked up in surprise. "Scarlet?"

Jeremy who was assembling carton boxes also stopped. "Oh! Nice seeing you here. Is there anything we can do to help you?"

Scarlet nodded. "Do you know what kind of things the admin team wants to send up to the marketing team? I'm here to collect them. The seniors in the marketing team are constantly busy, nobody has given me anything to do so I'm looking for something to work on myself."

Understanding dawned on Jeremy as well as a sense of pity. "Alright. I think Issac and I should help you transfer them. It's a few boxes of pamphlets that have been delivered to us from the printers. I think you'd find yourself busy for a few days with the sheer amount of folding required. There are a total of ten thousand pamphlets in these boxes for an event somewhere next month."

Scarlet grinned. Folding pamphlets is something that she could manage without too much walking. Also, having something to keep her hands occupied was better than staring into blank space all the time. She could start with this.

"Thanks, guys. I think I'll be happy to work on them compared to not having anything to do. Can you help me bring it up?"

Issac nodded and started loading the boxes onto a trolley while Jeremy excused himself to inform Anna about their errand. Scarlet sighed internally. She was initially thrilled to join the marketing team but with how busy everyone is, she worried if she would be learning anything at all by the end of it.

Still, the girl tried to remain positive. It was only the first day, she might be able to pick up some new information over the next few days to learn a thing or two.