You've gone from making significant progress towards your dream job to taking shit from a skeleton in a dashiki croning about the salt in her grilled chicken special. The transition from pure, motivating independence into numbing, capitalist servitude is a rough one. Although the cash is nice to have, it would be a lot nicer knowing it's going to fund your ride later, if you had any leftover after the bar, that is.
Making the most out of your summer job is not only important, but crucial to success later in life. Our generation, while being the experts on everything else, often do not foresee the grinding work that goes into a fulfilling career. And while we cannot rest on street knowledge alone for these skills, without the streets' fuel we would not have been driven in the first place. While sending texts the minute an authority turns their head, the part-time worker learns interactions that can make or break the customer's interactive experience. Fortunately, a perfect interactive experience is something the worker can spend their life searching for.
Remind yourself that hundreds of great masters of their craft have been aided on their journey by a means of making money. Amy Poehler worked in many a restaurant before any career in television took off. James Franco flipped burgers. Madonna worked at Dunkin. Although it seems like it, not everyone was born a rich-girl-turned-Instagram-model. Most people just need a source of income, and most people usually have to clean toilets on the day to day. You're hard work is going to eventually pay off, even though it rarely seems it.
After hearing every complaint in the book, including passive aggressive compliments, working in the service industry sharpens a critical eye. Being critical of other areas of prolific capitalist importance such as the service industry broadens a one-track mind. Being a major that proves willful of the creative, it can be dulling while spending twelve hours bipedal for hopefully more than ten an hour. Brighten up a dull perspective by creating within the space given. Help with new ideas such as the decor or the way staff should dress in order to maximize customer satisfaction. Get noticed by getting their attention while freeing yourself from boredom.
Having the will and determination to artificially support yourself while attending school is a valiant provocation. The experience left to gain is almost as important as the fake smile you force yourself to wear on the sake of being tipped more than ten percent.
