For Jack, everything was going smoothly. The sales in the first few weeks were amazing after setting up the burger stand at San Jose State Uy. The iment in one of the try's top chefs was pletely worth it, as the new aravagant fvors were essential to the tinuous burger purchases by students, workers, and referrals. Even with his optimism, he never expected to have to pce orders with suppliers again, but this time asking for double the quantity. The purchases would stabilize, and so would the supply .

  The T-Box Burger location, occupying nearly 100 square meters, was bustling with different ers, with lines and waiting times still present. They were dispatg 1,20ers a day, with the restaurant's six hands handling the workload. Jack had to step in as the manager, operating the cash register, serving as a waiter, and ing tables.

  -Matteo, three tomato jam burgers, - Jack shouted.

  -ing right up, boss, - Matteo replied with a friendly smile.

  Assistant Rick was busy frying the potato wedges. Luckily, they had a particur mae for peeling the potatoes, and an incredible kit team to help mahe work. The most challenging part was anizing the entire restaurant, and having all the meat, sauces, and cheeses ready... it was a damn mess, he thought.

  -Matteo, three burgers: roast beef, Mexi, and marmade, - Jack said, jotting down the following order on a white piece of paper.

  -Rick, hurry up with those fries, - Matteo instructed.

  -Samuel, take care of the roast beef. There's meat in the oven that you start shredding, - Matteo said. It was 11:30 in the m, and the madness of the day was about to begin. From here until 5:00 in the evening, this pce would be filled with people, and the food orders would keep ing, oer another.

  -Julio, start pag the burgers, - Matteo said. - You know how busy it gets at noon, - he added.

  And so it began, ers started arriving oer another, in a domino effect of reendations. Each burger was simply delicious, even the vegetarian menu had a det influx for those who did meat. Billy had thought of a vegetarian and breaded chi menu, as there are cultures that avoid meat altogether, and even red meat cause disfort for some people... catering to those who don't e such meats was a smart move.

  -Now I uand why we have such a rge kit, - Jack thought.

  -Tatiana, I o make some urgent phone calls. I'll be ba half an hour, - Jack said. He assisted Tatiana in delivering some orders and ing tables after the first week and the growing number of returning ers.

  -Anne, how's it going? - Jack asked from his small office, just a few square meters in size.

  -Oh, it's a pleasure to hear from you, Jack, - Anne replied from her desk, mung on some donuts.

  -How I assist you? - Anne inquired.

  -Well, I'll send the invoices by fax ahem know that we're opening a part-time job for a student, - Jack said.

  -Perfect, - Anne said, pulling out a rge bck book and a file folder taining all the paperwork and dots that T-Box Burger had geed.

  -Perfect. I'm ing on Saturday to try the burgers myself. Mr. Thomas has already said they're the best burgers he's ever tasted,- Anne remarked.

  -You have no idea. Although I reend you e early. The pce is impossible on weekends. I hope the sales tio hold up in June and July, - Jack said.

  -Summer vacation, well... you always have the support of the Carsons. They make a great duo, especially young Billy. He's talented, - Anne said.

  -I hope so. I must let you go, - Jack said.

  -Oh, okay, - Anne replied.

  Jaon hung up the phone, ahe ats, and began his almost ritualistic task of keeping the business in order. He wrote down the restaurant's iory on a whiteboard using markers, marking ihose items that might require a possible order for the following week.

  -Mr. Thomas, good to see you, - Jack said.

  -Mr. Jack, - Thomas responded.

  -Well, I just sent the financial reports to Anne, along with the restaurant's records in the books. I'm also in the process of hiring a part-time worker. The evening service has bee impossible, and we need ara hand, - Jack said.

  -Oh, good. Prepare the tract - Thomas said. He had retly been promoted to his w firm. As financial freedom grew, stress diminished, and both sary and ts came more quickly.

  -That's great, Mr. Thomas. I have to hang up, - Jack said.

  -Very well, see you month, - Thomas said.

  -Goodbye. -

  Once again, Jack sorted out a few things and prepared to attend to the whole restaurant. Another day of work, another day of earning money... although he was tent. It was a good job, and he could use his studies in this role.

  Closing time came at exactly 9:00. Everyo home. Jack was with Mateo and Julio.

  -I'm dead, buddy. Let's grab a beer three blocks away, - Mateo said.

  -Well, that sounds nice, - Jack replied. He khe area well and hadn't visited the uy bar, where he had some pleasant memories and even had a few enters with professors, in a long time.

  -I've never seen a busihrive so quickly, - Samuel said. - It makes me want to set up my burger stand and sell. -

  -Well, I think Mr. Thomas has ied about 50,000 in the whole pce, - Jack said.

  -Well, that's simply too much. It's just a burger joint, - Samuel said.

  -I think so too. However, not everyone is doing as well. My cousin opened a restaurant and lost a lot of money in the first six months. He had to borrow more to close it down two months ter, - Mateo said.

  -Is it that difficult? - Samuel said, incredulous.

  - It's quite challenging. Once you realize that it's not just about cooking, everything bees a stressful whirlwind, - Mateo said. - What did Mr. Thomas do to succeed like that? -

  - Well, besides having a lot of money, I think he hired an iional chef to make the burgers, and we use the best ingredients. Have you seen the faces of the ers? - Jack said. - Plus, they have a study oop five burger franchises in all of California. It means that if you want to make burgers, you just have to make them and pay the best.-

  -Let's go for that beer! - Mateo said. - I want to get drunk. -

  -Hey, I'm your boss. We have work tomorrow, - Jack said.

  -Well, we open at 11:00 a.m. tomorrow. There's nothing to worry about, - Samuel said.

  -Same here, - Mateo said with a smile.

  The hamburger is an ieri food. Billy knows that the most important factors are quality, affordable prices, and catering to the vegetarian market.

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