While sitting at work on my break, thinking if this job is suitable for me, all these customers and lousy co-workers. The customers are rude and sound like starving dogs barking at something they don't like. The daily smell of chicken and spices, the noise of the customers using the ice machine, It's the same thing everyday.
The day’s feel long but filled with motivation to keep pushing. I didn't have to get a job this young but wanted to be independent and learn to be successful on my own. Furthermore, I got used to my job pretty fast, rapidly advancing to a trainer. Every shift before clocking in I pray for the best and that it's not busy and chaotic like usual with the customers' rude attitudes and even those who do not pay attention so it makes you go insane mentally. If it wasn't for my strong patience I don't know what I would do. Having to deal with lazy coworkers that don't help me and chose to leave me and let me handle all the customers on my own. While i’m having a mental breakdown on the inside, it feels like i'm in a game that never ends filled with stress and a lot of multitasking, running back and forth to work two positions, wrapping burritos and making bowls then having to charge the orders at the end, while trying to remain calm and respectful to not have to hear anything from my managers.
All I can think about is going on break, feeling the soreness of my legs from standing for hours and the constant headaches that come and go.
Looking at the clock as there is only 8 more minutes till I can leave for break, the longest 8 minutes of my life…a pack of teenagers rush into the store being loud and reckless. Times like these make me wonder if I'm going to last at this job but quitting is not an option for me now.
I got this job to better myself and experience being independent for later on in my life. From the start I knew I was going to be one of the best at my job. My patience is great and I'm a very social person so communicating with customers is easy especially if they are giving the same social energy in return.
Finally, time for break is the only time I have to relax and be away from the line I spend most of my shift in. In the blink of an eye my break is over but at least it’s almost time for closing, when I close I like to take my time and make sure everything is squeaky clean and shiny, I make sure my whole section smells like Clorox and looks like new so that I can get positive reviews from my managers.
Time to go home. On my way home I enjoy listening to my sad music and just thinking about the future and everything I want to accomplish. I've always wanted to become a cosmetologist and that's my goal in life and I know I'm going to have to manage my time and be very responsible. And I hope by the time I leave my current job I want to have a guaranteed chance of opening my shop some day.
My current job has taught me so much and I'm very grateful for the chance I have and everything I have accomplished. I'm planning to embrace all of my work skills in my own salon someday.
I was inspired to write this because I feel that my job has changed me in so many ways. I have a lot of goals and changes I want to make in my life to be successful later on and continue to be indepent.