The Solon Feed Mill: A Short Story

It was just another regular day working at the Solon Feed Mill, until my friend Spencer texted me. He told me that our other friend, Matthew, had just quit his job at Nelson Electric and that they were looking for another person to work there. Spencer has been one of my best friends all throughout high school. He’s about 6’0, 190 lbs and built like a brick wall. He’s going to go play football at Loras College as a DE/LB. They were going to start a project at Kirkwood in the summer, called the Kirkwood Lighting Project and needed another unindentured worker. So he asked me if I wanted the job and that If I did, he’d let the owner know that I would be interested in doing it. I told him I’d take the day to think about it because I’ve never really …show more content…
I got there at about 9:25ish and walked in. I met the secretary lady, Lora, as soon as I walked in. She told me to go wait in their little meeting room and to wait for Dave. It took about a couple minutes and I heard a knock on the door and in came Dave. He was about my same height as me, dark hair, glasses, and had a smile on his face. The interview didn’t last very long and consisted of very few questions. He asked me where I was currently working and why I wanted to leave. And then asked me when I could start. I told him that I’d have to let my current boss know that I was leaving and get it worked out with him. He then told me that before I start working, I have to visit a few Union places and fill out paperwork and that I had to take a drug test. The next day, I broke the news to everyone, and it didn’t really surprise anyone. Everyone knew that business was slow and that I was getting tired of not getting that many hours. I got it worked out with my boss to stay with them for another week to finish working there. The first day couldn’t come any sooner, because once everyone found out I was leaving. I got stuck with all of the grunt work that they were putting off for …show more content…
They needed someone to go out to the Target on the west side of Cedar Rapids to help out. I didn’t really do much that day. It was a lot of moving stuff around and just kind of getting a feel for the new working environment and people. The summer was where the real fun was at. I worked at a few of the Kirkwood Regional Centers and wired new lights for some of the halls at Kirkwood. Then when the project was finished, I got moved to the VA hospital in Iowa City. Overall I think that this was a great decision. It got me new job experience and I got to meet a lot of new people. Also the pay was a lot better and I got to work 40+ hour weeks. If I would of stayed at the Mill, then I would be not even close to where I am now financially. Also this opened up some new doors for me too, because becoming an electrician is definitely a possibility for me in the