Essay My Worst Job

With this story I could relate and I, for one, believe that everyone should hold a job in either retail or fast food at least once. It might be the worst experience of your life but you’ll learn a thing or two about the people who hold these jobs. They aren’t all druggies and drop outs and they aren’t robots either. I know that it can be awkward to talk to a complete stranger and heaven forbid be polite to them, but wouldn’t you want the same courtesy if you were the one flipping burgers at minimum wage. Of course these type of jobs do come with their batches of crazies, lazies, and plain weirdos, because it’s a job anyone can get. No experience required. My first real job was, surprise, at a fast food type restaurant called Burger Bob’s Drive-In. It’s a local place from my hometown owned by a friend of my family’s, so my boss had known me since I was four. Getting the job was only a matter of asking. Funny enough I didn’t ask until I was almost eighteen years old and I had been looking for a job for about six months. I was reluctant for so long because I …show more content…
The more they did the less hours they got. I’m actually glad I waited because not only was I in choir, which involved concerts and other performances/trips but I was also in theater. That would have severely limited my ability to work and one of my young coworkers was down to one day a week because of his sports and activities. Having a job period is a commitment and everyone should take that seriously. That type of job may look easy but the responsibilities behind the scene combined with coworkers who don’t want to work and any other thing that could go wrong in a day the pressure and physical/emotional drain is killer. The next time you step up to a fast food counter think about it. You aren’t the first customer and you won’t be the last so be polite and be patient because you don’t really know the person behind the name