My Work Experience

 

Gabriel Thompson working in the field.

In the book Working in the Shadows, you saw the different adventures Gabriel Thompson went through. Gabriel wanted to explore the world and work jobs most Americans wouldn't do. As time went on, Gabriel found himself in multiple food fields picking cabbages and different types of vegetables and meats. By the end of the novel, from Gabriel explanation regarding the work he's doing and has done, his whole perspective has change because this is not the work he expected to do.

I'm currently 17 years old and have never worked a day in my life. I've always felt like an outcast because all of my friends either had a job or have a job. I hate when my friends would always ask me why I don't have a job and why I'm not working. I remember when I would tell my friends that the reason I don't have a job is because my parents don't wont me working. My mother and father wont me to focus more on my academic than worrying about money and a job. Unlike my friends parents, they want their children to get a job by the age of 17 or they would be consequences. As you may have noticed, my parents and my friends parents are totally opposite.







Over this past summer, my family and I went to Burger King to order a 49 cent ice cream cone. When opening the doors to Burger King, a huge hiring sign stood out to me in bright neon colors. While ordering our ice cream, I saw a close friend of the family by the name of Alisha that work at burger King. As Alisha beg to take my order, I began asking her questions about their hiring process. After giving me the steps on how to fill out the application and who to call, I began to fill out the application online.

That very next day, I called Burger King and asked to speak with their manager name Emily. I told Emily that I was told to call you this morning regarding the application I filled out online and to see if it would be possible to set up a time and date for an interview. Before the two of us hung the phone up, Emily told me to come in tomorrow for an open interview. Instantly, I got excited and began to smile.
 
 

That next morning as I was getting dress for the interview I began to say my prayers. When I walked into the interview, Emily instantly began asking me the days I was available to work. I told Emily was going to back in school that following week so all I would be able to work is weekends. When I told Emily the days I would be available to work, she began to smile and she began telling that I'm the once she's been looking for because she's been needing someone to work weekends. When Emily told me that my heart began to race with excitement. After the interview was over, Emily told me she would call me between 8am and 10am.
8am and 10am has passed and I began to worry and question myself on why haven't Emily called yet. I asked my sister Jasmine what should I do and she told me to call Emily and I did just that. I later called Emily around 12 afternoon and asked her has she made a decision yet because she hasn't talked to her boss and that told me should get back with me later on tomorrow. Again, I received no calls from Emily so I called her back and ask her has she talked to her boss and she told me no. Deep down inside I was upset and angry but after that last call I told myself that I was going to leave it in her hands and I would just wait patiently on her call.