Looking back to my younger years, I never wanted to play or even talk to the older kids in the playground. Just the fact of them being older than me intimidated me, so I would play only with kids in my age group. The summer of my junior year, my parents didn’t have money to be spending on the little stuff that I wanted, so I decided to apply at Burger King. Fast food restaurants usually just have teenagers working there right? Wrong. It was my first day on the job, and all of my co-workers ages ranged from 25 to 60. I was the only teen working there so I felt out of place, and scared about how they might treat me. I’d stick to my age group, even as a teen, because we all shared the same interests, problems at school, and worries of the future. They all have had jobs in their past, and this was my very first job. I was the unexperienced one, the rookie at my workplace, and I felt all eyes on me. I felt like they were all waiting for me to make a mistake so that they could all laugh at me. Sure enough on my first day, I made the mistake of giving the wrong change to a customer, and giving them the wrong order. They complained …show more content…
Maria, a 50 year old lady, approached me and said, “Melissa, I made the exact same mistake when I first started working here, just breathe and relax, you’ll get the hang of it.” We ate together during our lunch break, and after 30 minutes of socializing with this sweet lady, I no longer felt like a rookie. She told me how she had been working for Burger king since she was 17 years old and gave me many helpful tips that she had learned from her experience of working in the fast food industry. I was given the opportunity to learn from her mistakes in work and even in life. She dropped out when she was 17 years old, and decided to take the easy way out and work in the fast food industry. “Set goals for yourself and don’t ever allow yourself to think that you’re not good enough to accomplish