Personal Narrative: Work With Apartment Mart

Two summers ago I worked for a property management company by the name of Apartment Mart. I started in April of 2012. I was reffered to the job by one of the older members in my fraternity. Though I had no experience, I had no other opportunities for work that summer. I took the job because he told me that even though the work was physically strenous and mentally draining, there was a good amount of time to slack off and that it payed well each week. Also if I wanted to continue to live in Bloomington normal for the duration of the summer, it was necessary that I find a job to support myself.
Work with Apartment Mart was challenging. My coworkers and myself were responsible for the maintence of 13 properties around Bloomington Normal. Every weekday started the same, awake at 6, healthy breakfast and a healthy dose of caffine at 615, Out of the door by 7, at work at 7:15. We would arrive at a property and immedeatly get to work. First we would walk the property, picking up any garbage with our pickers and buckets, also, it was our responsibility to put any loose rocks back in any rockbeds that seemed to encapsulate every building. Next some of the team would start trimming and …show more content…
I would do as little work as i could get away with, and I tried to take the longest amount of time doing the easiest tasks. I would ask for multipe bathroom breaks a day, even when I wouldn’t have to go. The new guys would try to give me advice, but I didn’t consider it constructive, I knew how to do a good job, for some reason, they didn’t believe me. One Monday morning after a month of working for Apartment Mart, I called in sick. I enjoyed my time off so much that I did the same thing the next day. At the end of that second day, I recived a call from the manager informing me that because of my absence they had to find someone to fill in to keep up with the work, and I had been replaced by one of their friends from F&W. I was