As of today, I have been working at my job for six years. When I started there, it was just a job that I needed while I went to college. I certainly never planned on staying as long as I have. My plan was to become a lawyer. A lofty goal, one that turned out to be not for me. College turned out to be harder than I thought and I learned that it simply wasn't for me.
I fell for that trap that you MUST go to college and SHOULD go right after high school. Education is important, no doubt, but college honestly isn't for everyone. Unless you know what you want to do and it's in a specified field like lawyer, doctor, teacher, etc., then college is a waste of money. I mean, it doesn't even matter what you earn your bachelor's degree in because the job you get eventually will probably have nothing to do with your degree.
I quit college because I screwed up royally. Failing my classes and screwing up my finances, and my parents couldn't help me other than provide a place to live. I worked really hard to straighten out my life and my finances, and almost three years ago I was presented an offer I couldn't refuse.
When Kay (my boss) hired me, she had told me at the time that she hoped to retire in a couple of years. That never happened and in the fall of 2008, she said that she planned to retire in two and a half years. She said this to another employee and me. She kind of just looked at me and I told her that I could take over as manager.
At the start of the new year, she would start to gradually teach me everything I would need to know for when I take over as manager. With almost two years to go, she could teach me over time so I wouldn't be overwhelmed with too much information at one time. Well, Kay had to revise her original retirement from spring of 2011 to spring of 2012 because the high cost of her health insurance. By waiting an extra year, Kay and her husband's health insurance wouldn't be so expensive.
Now I've been there for six years and in less than seven months, I'll be manager. I never planned on staying there that long and I never once thought I could be manager. Yet, as the years went by, employees coming and going, I grew to love my job. Oh, I have had my moments with rude customers, but the good outweighs the bad. My boss has been the best boss anyone could ever ask for. She's tough but she's fair and she only asks for our best and that's what she gets.
I'm scared shitless of the prospect of being manager. So much responsibility. Dealing with vendors, deliveries, hiring/firing. I can only do my best and hope that I won't fail. I also hope to be half as good of a boss as Kay is.
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I fell for that trap that you MUST go to college and SHOULD go right after high school. Education is important, no doubt, but college honestly isn't for everyone. Unless you know what you want to do and it's in a specified field like lawyer, doctor, teacher, etc., then college is a waste of money. I mean, it doesn't even matter what you earn your bachelor's degree in because the job you get eventually will probably have nothing to do with your degree.
I quit college because I screwed up royally. Failing my classes and screwing up my finances, and my parents couldn't help me other than provide a place to live. I worked really hard to straighten out my life and my finances, and almost three years ago I was presented an offer I couldn't refuse.
When Kay (my boss) hired me, she had told me at the time that she hoped to retire in a couple of years. That never happened and in the fall of 2008, she said that she planned to retire in two and a half years. She said this to another employee and me. She kind of just looked at me and I told her that I could take over as manager.
At the start of the new year, she would start to gradually teach me everything I would need to know for when I take over as manager. With almost two years to go, she could teach me over time so I wouldn't be overwhelmed with too much information at one time. Well, Kay had to revise her original retirement from spring of 2011 to spring of 2012 because the high cost of her health insurance. By waiting an extra year, Kay and her husband's health insurance wouldn't be so expensive.
Now I've been there for six years and in less than seven months, I'll be manager. I never planned on staying there that long and I never once thought I could be manager. Yet, as the years went by, employees coming and going, I grew to love my job. Oh, I have had my moments with rude customers, but the good outweighs the bad. My boss has been the best boss anyone could ever ask for. She's tough but she's fair and she only asks for our best and that's what she gets.
I'm scared shitless of the prospect of being manager. So much responsibility. Dealing with vendors, deliveries, hiring/firing. I can only do my best and hope that I won't fail. I also hope to be half as good of a boss as Kay is.
😀
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