First Day of Work Narrative

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Corey Hall English 100 9/13/12 Nobody’s first day at a new job is easy, and I’m no exception. Cranky doesn’t come close to describe how I feel. Today is my first day at my new job, and it entitles that I have to get up at 5 o’clock. So I get washed and dressed with an ill tempered attitude, but also with an eagerness to make a good impression. I skip breakfast believing that I wouldn’t be that hungry. After a short walk, I arrive at my new job, Petco. When I walk in my new boss says, “Hey buddy are you ready to work”. I said,” Sure” without knowing what was to come in the near future. He takes me to the back of the store in back stock room where all the extra bags go. To my confusion, it wasn’t just little bags but forty pounds bags seven feet tall, cages heavy enough to pull your back out, even litter bags that would need a tag team just to get in your car. I was way out of my league. Luckily, I didn’t have to work by myself. I had two co-workers to my aid. One Pat and the other one was Tim. They were around my age so it was nice to have someone to talk to while working. After a few hours Pat asked,” Corey are you still alive back”. I didn’t want to tell him that I was ready to fall to my knees and pray for my arms not to fall off. “I’m doing just fine, I could stay for another hour”, I said even though that was actually the fear that was going through my head for the past two hours. The watch on my arm at this point was my natural enemy. Feeling like two hours has gone by has in fact only been fifteen minutes. I’ve been here only for two hours and I had six hours left to go. If there wasn’t anyone near the door, I’m pretty sure I would have tried to escape and never come back. Truthfully, I’m not big on animals. Yet, sadly that was part of the job. “Well it’s time for you to learn how to do animals”, Jim says. You will learn the basics of all the

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