My First Job

When I turned 16 I made a promise to myself that I'd get a job and stop depending on my parents for money. I wanted to work at the mall but unfortunately, most of the stores at my local mall required for employees to be 17 and over. As much as I refused to work in fast food, it ended up being my only option. I had a friend who worked at Chick Fil A and she kept begging me to work with her because she said it would be easy and fun so I thought "hey, why not?" My older sister's first job was also Chick Fil A and she told me the same thing so I gave it a try and submitted the application. A day after submitting, I got a call from the owner telling me that I had gotten an interview. I went to the interview expecting to get told "we'll give you a call" but ended up being hired right on the spot. I felt so proud of myself for getting a job while going to school. I got my first job in November 2014. I knew it wasn't going to be easy, but I really wanted to make my own money and buy my own things. Working at a fast food restaurant taught me a lot. The position I started was working on head-set meaning I was the one taking orders at drive thru while making the drinks. It sounds easy, but oh man, it was so hard for me. I had to learn how to take orders while making drinks and/or desserts. My whole life I was known for having a really bad temper so working in fast food was very challenging for me because some restaurants were really rude. I was very shy which wasn't any good for me because me being new and barely knowing anything, I had to ask one of my coworkers for help which I hated because I wanted to learn it all on my own. (Yes, I was very stubborn). On top of that, they only trained me to do head-set! They didn't teach me how to work the register or bag the food so I said to myself "fine then. I'll learn on my own" and I did. 

Most of my coworkers were my age so it wasn't hard to get along with them but there was a bit of drama. I avoided the drama as much as I could. When I started working I set 3 rules for myself which were

1) Do NOT date a coworker'

2) Do NOT add your managers or coworkers on social media

3) Don't let customers bring out the bad in you.

Unfortunately, I broke the first 2 rules. Lesson learned. 

The first rule, I'd rather not talk about. Just know it ended in bad terms and I went crazy on this guy because I am not the one to play with. Adding my managers on social media such as twitter and snapchat was a really bad idea because there would be times where I'd call in, and then later that day they'd be checking on my snapchat to see what I did when I was supposed to be working. Getting this job really taught me to be responsible with my money and time. It taught me to limit myself when it came to spending because yes, it felt so good buying my own things but it hurt my bank account every time I spent my money. It taught me to manage my time meaning knowing what time to leave my house to get to work on time. Another thing I learned about working at Chick Fil A is that people were really fake. People would only be nice and friendly with me because they thought I'd "hook them up" with free food. I'm sorry but just because Chick Fil A provided excellent customer service and talked to us nicer than our families ever did, didn't mean we would give you free food. I stopped working March 2016 because I wanted to focus more on school. Overall Working there was really fun and I wouldn’t mind working there again.