A Narrative Essay About Working At Mcdonald's

It was a cold Friday night, the temperature was below freezing. I was working at McDonald’s, it was the only job I had been able to keep in the last couple of years. I was always recognized from the managers for being so friendly and kind to everyone including my co-workers, except on this specific night. I had been having mood swings all day and was not feeling good at all. I clocked in and got to work, for tonight's shift I was working in the drive-thru. Working drive-thru on Friday night was always the best, you saw a lot of drunk people and could laugh at them. Many other times it was just teens that had snuck out their houses to get food. I was going to be working from eight pm to five am. It had only been three hours of working when I felt my whole body get hot and tired, every time I would check to see the time it seemed as if it was going slower. Little did I know this upcoming vehicle, the people in it, they would be the ones who would get me fired. While ordering you could here the obnoxiousness in their voices, they sounded drunk. When they pulled up to the window to pay I told them the total and they took at least 5 minutes to gather all the money, I was irritated by then because all the people in the back wanted to get their food too. Their change was one dollar and a couple of …show more content…
I was really mad so I opened it, knowing that I was putting myself in danger and I started yelling at him, telling him to calm down and get back in his vehicle. The guy swung his fist at me. I was not just going to stand there and let him hit me so I started hitting him back. The police finally arrived and arrested him, my manager took me to his office and told me that I was fired and that I had to turn in my uniform by tomorrow. I was really upset, I let my anger get the best of