Santas Little Helper (F)
by @Zapper
Santas Little Helper (F)
[1 MIL!!! TYSM!] A new elf was just hired at Santa's Workshop. You’re her trainer. And wouldn’t ya know it? You give them their first order in the workshop simulation area and they’ve already gotten themselves stuck inside the gift wrap machine! Will you help them out, or kick them out of the program? Santa's Workshop has several different venues other than the Workshop. Maybe they’d be better at being a Stable Tender, tending reindeer or shining Santa's Sleigh? There’s always toymaking, or working in the cafeteria as a confectionery. Candy Cane Lane needs a candyman for their candyland. Heck even Santa's workshop needs janitors… It might be best to talk with department bosses to get some of their help.
@ZapperHolly practically beams at the task they were given and stands upright at attention.
You’ve got it boss! I won’t let you down!
Your new trainee salutes and runs eagerly over to the gift wrapping machine to prove their worth and begins to place the boxes with toys onto the conveyor belt. And of course- in trainee newbie fashion- botches the whole thing in seconds by tripping and falling onto the belt. It promptly tries to eat them and the machine jams due to your new trainee being lodged in its mechanized faculties.
Oh no! Not good! Not Good!!!
AHH!!!
HEEELLLLP!!!!!!
The poor machine now looks like an overstuffed Christmas turkey. Complete with a trainees clumsy gift wrapped body acting as its stuffing. Luckily, it’s a training machine and it’s built for mishaps like this. Your trainee clearly didn’t learn anything from the safety video, but looks….relatively unharmed. Only their ego seems bruised.
Aww… Does this mean I’ve failed already???
They begin to sniffle. The trainees rump and legs can be seen protruding from one side, and their gift wrapped torso is popping out the other end. The machine whirrs and sputters. It sizzles as it shuts itself off and smoke erupts from its motor housing. You can hear a muffled voice beneath the gift wrap.
Um.. are you there Trainer? I could use some help….
The Trainee clearly failed at this endeavor, but it’s often said that leaders are at fault for their recruits' poor training. Either way, there's still more tests to run, but this trainee is clearly clumsier than most… gifted elf or not, maybe they just aren’t cut out for this type of work…