Work outing
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いらっしゃいませ！ご予約のお客様でしょうか？
Welcome! Are you the guests with a reservation?
はい、19時から8名で予約している鈴木です。
Yes, I am Suzuki, booking for eight people from 19:00.
鈴木様ですね、お待ちしておりました。お席をご用意しておりますので、お靴をそちらのロッカーにお願いできますか？
Suzuki-sama, yes, we've been expecting you. We have your table ready, so could you please put your shoes in those lockers over there?
The team members kick off their shoes and slip them into the small wooden lockers, fumbling with the wooden keys.
ロッカーの鍵は、自分で持っておけばいいですか？
Should we keep the locker keys ourselves?
はい、鍵は各自でお持ちください。それでは、お席へご案内いたします。足元にお気をつけください。
Yes, please keep the keys individually. Now, I will guide you to your table. Please watch your step.
The staff leads them to a spacious, sunken-floor horigotatsu table in the corner. Murakami-buchō arrives at the entrance just as they sit down.
おっ、みんなもう入ってるね。お疲れ様！
Oh, everyone is already inside. Good work!
あ、部長、お疲れ様です！こちらの奥の席へどうぞ。
Ah, Buchō, thank you for your hard work! Please take this seat in the back.
ありがとう、じゃあお言葉に甘えて奥をもらうよ。
Thank you, well, I will take you up on your kind offer and sit in the back.
店員さん、木下があとから一人遅れて来るので、手前の端の席を一つ空けておいてもらえますか？
Excuse me, Kinoshita is coming late by himself later, so could you keep one seat free at the near end?
かしこまりました。お一人分、端のお席を空けておきますね。お荷物はテーブルの下のスペースへどうぞ。
Certainly. I will keep one seat free at the end. Please put your baggage in the space under the table.
The table settles in, and the waiter stands ready with a tablet to take the order.
それじゃあ、まずは飲み物から頼みましょうか。ええと、ビール飲む人は…私と部長と、東さんと、前田、藤井、ジョーさんで６人ですね。
Well then, shall we start ordering drinks? Let's see, people who will drink beer... me, the manager, Higashi-san, Maeda, Fujii, and Jo-san, so that's six people.
私は今日運転するので、ウーロン茶にします！
I'm driving today, so I'll have oolong tea!
すみません、とりあえず生ビール６つと、ウーロン茶を１つお願いします。
Excuse me, six draft beers for now, and one oolong tea, please.
はい、生ビール６つとウーロン茶１つですね。かしこまりました。お食事はいかがなさいますか？
Yes, six draft beers and one oolong tea. Understood. What would you like for food?
お肉は、盛り合わせをいくつか頼んでみんなで分けましょうか。ジョーさん、何がいいと思いますか？
As for meat, shall we order a few platters and share them among everyone? Jo-san, what do you think would be good?
そうですね、特選ロースとハラミの盛り合わせを、２皿ずつにするのはどうですか？８人ですし。
Let's see, how about getting two plates each of the special loin and skirt steak platters? Since there are eight of us.
あ、いいですね！それにしましょう。店員さん、その２種類の盛り合わせを２皿ずつ。それと、白レバーを塩で４本ください。
Ah, that's good! Let's go with that. Waiter, two plates each of those two kinds of platters. And also, four white livers with salt, please.
申し訳ございません、本日、白レバーが売り切れてしまいまして…代わりに普通のつくねでしたらご用意できますが、いかがでしょうか？
I am very sorry, but the white liver is sold out today... As an alternative, we can prepare regular chicken meatballs, how would that be?
レバー、売り切れですか。残念ですね。じゃあ、つくねをタレで２本と、カルビを４人前お願いします。
The liver is sold out? That's too bad. Then, two chicken meatballs with sauce, and four servings of kalbi, please.
あ、あとで来る木下くんの分も、お肉を少し取っておいてあげたいですね。カルビ、もう１人前増やしておきませんか？
Ah, we also want to set aside a little meat for Kinoshita-kun who is coming later. Shall we add one more serving of kalbi?
そうですね！じゃあ、カルビは５人前で。それから、村上部長がいつも頼む焼きそばもお願いします。あ、部長、卵はどうしますか？
That's right! Then, five servings of kalbi. And also, the yakisoba that Manager Murakami always orders, please. Oh, Manager, what about the egg?
すまん、今日は卵なしにしてもらえるかな。ちょっとお腹に優しくしておきたくてね。
Sorry, could you make it without the egg today? I want to keep things a bit gentle on my stomach.
わかりました。店員さん、焼きそばは卵なしで作っていただけますか？
Understood. Waiter, could you make the yakisoba without egg for us?
はい、焼きそばは卵なしですね。かしこまりました。それでは、ご注文を繰り返します。生ビール６つ、ウーロン茶１つ、特選ロースとハラミの盛り合わせを２皿ずつ、つくねのタレを２本、カルビを５人前、焼きそばは卵なしで１つ。以上でよろしいでしょうか？
Yes, yakisoba without egg. Certainly. Well then, I will repeat the order. Six draft beers, one oolong tea, two plates each of the special loin and skirt steak platters, two chicken meatballs with sauce, five servings of kalbi, and one yakisoba without egg. Is that all correct?
はい、とりあえずこれで。足りなかったらまた頼みましょう。よろしくお願いします！
Yes, that's all for now. If it's not enough, we'll order more. Thank you!
The drinks are served. Murakami-buchō raises his glass to start the evening.
よし、みんな、今週もお疲れ様！無事に大阪のプレゼンも終わったし、今日はしっかり飲んで食べてくれ。乾杯！
Alright, everyone, great work this week! The Osaka presentation went out safely, so please drink and eat well tonight. Cheers!
乾杯！お疲れ様でした！
Cheers! Thank you for your hard work!
Glasses clink and everyone drinks. The first plates of yakiniku land on the table.
おっ、お肉が来ましたね！やっぱりここのハラミは美味しそうだなあ。ジョーさん、どんどん焼いちゃいましょう。
Oh, the meat has arrived! The skirt steak here really looks delicious. Jo-san, let's grill them right away.
そうですね。これ、本当に美味しそうです。大阪での出張中もずっと焼き肉の話をしていましたからね。
That's right. This looks really delicious. We were talking about yakiniku the whole time during the business trip in Osaka, after all.
あはは、確かに。大阪のホテルの近くにも美味しそうな店がたくさんありましたけど、忙しくて行く時間がなかったですもんね。
Ahaha, indeed. There were many delicious-looking places near our hotel in Osaka too, but we were so busy we didn't have time to go.
At the quiet end of the table, Higashi leans in slightly, dropping his voice to discuss the schedule.
…でも、部長。今回のプレゼンは通りましたけど、実際のリリーススケジュール、ちょっと厳しすぎませんか？メンバーの負担がかなり心配でして。
...But, Buchō. The presentation passed this time, but isn't the actual release schedule a bit too tight? I'm quite worried about the burden on the members.
私も少し心配です。特に開発チームは、今の予定だとほとんど休みが取れない状態になりますよね。
I am also a bit worried. Especially the development team, with the current schedule, they will be in a state where they can barely take any days off.
そうか。まあ、確かにタイトな計画だよな。ただ、まだ調整できる余地はあるから、来週もう一度スケジュールを見直してみよう。率直に言ってくれてありがとう。
I see. Well, it is certainly a tight plan. However, there is still room to adjust, so let's review the schedule again next week. Thank you for speaking frankly.
The sliding door opens, and Kinoshita finally walks in, looking tired but smiling.
すみません、遅くなりました！今やっと仕事が終わりました！
Sorry I'm late! I finally finished work just now!
お疲れ様です！木下さん、こっちの席が空いていますよ。どうぞ！
Great work! Kinoshita-san, this seat is empty. Here you go!
木下さん、お疲れ！さ、まずは生ビールと、取っておいたカルビを店員さんに持ってきてもらいましょう！
Kinoshita-san, good work! Now, first let's have the waiter bring a draft beer and the kalbi we set aside!
The table is cleared of plates, and the glasses are empty. Murakami looks at his watch.
よし、そろそろ時間も遅いし、今日はお開きにしようか。明日も朝から仕事だしね。
Alright, it's getting late, so shall we call it a night today? We have work from the morning tomorrow, after all.
そうですね。すみません、お会計をお願いできますか？
That is true. Excuse me, could we have the bill, please?
あ、ジョーさん、すみません。ここは部長の領収書、つまり会社持ちになりますので！
Ah, Jo-san, sorry. This will be on the chief's receipt, in other words, on the company!
ははは、そういうこと。ここは全部会社のカードで払うから、みんな気にしないで。今日はお疲れ様！
Hahaha, that's how it is. I'll pay for everything with the company card, so nobody worry about it. Good work today!
本当ですか？ありがとうございます。お言葉に甘えて、ごちそうになります。
Is it true? Thank you very much. I'll take you up on your kind offer and be treated.
The group gathers their coats and steps outside into the cool night air in front of the restaurant.
ええと、帰りのタクシーはもうすぐ来ますね。小野さんは車でしたよね？
Let's see, the taxi for the way back will be here soon. Ono-san, you had your car, right?
はい、小野さんが東さんと前田さんを送っていきます。私と鈴木さんは駅まで歩きますが、ジョーさんは？
Yes, Ono-san is going to drive Higashi-san and Maeda-san home. Suzuki-san and I will walk to the station, but how about you, Jo-san?
私はホテルがすぐそこなので、歩いて帰ります。
As for me, my hotel is right there, so I will walk back.
そうか。じゃあジョーさん、気をつけて。みんなも、今日はお疲れ様でした。また明日！
I see. Well then Jo-san, take care. Everyone, thank you for your hard work today. See you tomorrow!
部長、ごちそうさまでした。皆さん、お疲れ様でした。また明日！
Chief, thank you for the meal. Everyone, thank you for your hard work. See you tomorrow!
お疲れ様でした！また明日、会社で！
Good work! See you tomorrow at the office!