Many people know that I worked in a popular Canadian coffeeshop for 7 long years, but what most people don't know, and what I frequently forget, is that it wasn't my first real* job.
The summer before highschool, I remember being told that there would be no more money coming to me for clothes, and other things parents buy for you when you're young. I'd be given a monthly stipend for my work on the farm, though I was encouraged to seek employment elsewhere to cover any new costs I'd incur.
So started my first job hunt. Resumes and cover letters passed throughout the town. My first experience with being offered every job I applied for, which would cause a lot of confusion later on, when jobs didn't come so easily. When I went to drop off my resume at the bakery in town, I was immediately offered a position. And I took it.
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It was just one summer, but it was my first foray into working for a boss that you couldn't curse and cry and scream at when you felt your job was "not fair". It felt good to have money of my own, and buy things for myself. It also taught me that dreading going to work every day wasn't worth it. I searched around for other employment, and got in with Canada's largest coffee chain, a job that was with me for nearly one-third of my life.
*Real meaning someone paying me other than my parents. Growing up on a farm, you'd better believe we had our own jobs to do. We were given tasks that matched our abilities at a very young age.
4 comments:
How many popular coffee shop chains are there up here, really?
i can totally relate, my parents did the same thing when i was a kid. as soon as i hit 14 and was able to work i paid for everything on my own. i really think that made me a much better, more confident person. :)
haha, my first job was working in a chocolate factory. hershey's.
best first job EVER.
i'm jealous of you.. i wish i grew up on a farm. seriously.
I am jealous of the fact that you managed to stay skinny while working at Hershey's. ;) That's an awesome first job.
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