A New Job for Tia
Tia helped in a small lunch restaurant. On Thursday, her manager asked her to write the daily menu on a large board. Tia had neat handwriting, but she had never prepared the whole board alone. The manager gave her a paper list with four meals, two soups, and the prices. Tia cleaned the old writing and began before the restaurant opened.
Writing Too Quickly
A delivery arrived while Tia was working. She stopped twice to carry boxes into the kitchen. When she returned, she wanted to finish quickly. She wrote the vegetable soup price beside the tomato soup. She also wrote “rice and beans” under the fish meal, although the paper list said “potatoes and beans.” The board looked attractive, but two details were wrong.
Reading from Bottom to Top
Before opening the doors, Tia used a checking method from her old teacher. She read the board from bottom to top. This made her look at each line instead of reading from memory. She noticed that the soup prices did not match the paper. Then she asked the cook about the fish meal and learned that no rice had been prepared that day.
Fixing the Details
Tia erased the two incorrect lines and wrote them again. She asked her manager to check the final board. The manager compared every meal and price with the kitchen list. Everything matched. She praised Tia for finding the mistakes before customers arrived. Tia placed the board near the entrance and kept the paper list behind the counter for later questions.
A Slower Finish
During lunch, several customers read the board before choosing. Nobody received a surprise about a side dish or price. After the busy hour, Tia wrote three steps in her notebook: finish the board, read it backward, and ask another person to check. The next day, she left five extra minutes for this work. Her writing stayed neat, and the information stayed correct.
