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My very first job

Wednesday, July 18, 2012 ~ July 2012 Unofficial: FOLLOW ME BLOGGING CHALLENGE prompt is "My Very First Job"  by Wordsmitty ✍️

My first job
was a long time ago
in a galaxy far away
or at least it seemed that way;
it was another world
any way.

My first job... what was my first job? I’ve worked numerous jobs, in my 65 years. I remember most of them. Some of them I would like to forget. Some of them I ask myself “What were you thinking at the time?” Other I enjoyed and if I didn’t enjoy them then I could laugh at the weird customers and people I worked with.

My first job, I think it was as a carhop. No, wait a minute... that wasn’t my first job. I worked as a carhop in Blackwell, Oklahoma. I had moved back to Blackwell to live with my Grandpa and Grandma Newland. My first job was in either Shawnee or Oklahoma City. That was a long time ago and it seemed like a galaxy far away.

I think, my first job was in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. My mother and stepfather owned or ran a restaurant or a coffee shop, whatever you want to call it. That job taught me a great deal, the one thing it didn’t teach me was that I’m not cut out to be a waitress or food server. It took me years to learn that lesson.

The job in Oklahoma City taught me how to write a check for a customer. It taught me how to laugh at stupid jokes, which were not funny, and let the customer think the jokes were funny. It taught me how to drink my coffee without cream or sugar and like the coffee; for this I’m eternally grateful. It also taught me that I don’t like working for relatives.

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