My First Job

My first ever job was at the fast food restaurant, Hardees. I was 15 and applied for the job, mainly because a girl I liked worked there and suggested I apply. I was hired to work in food prep. My job was to make salads and put together a few other items to be ready for the line workers.

My first day on the job, after I did all my paperwork, I was told to help one of the line workers take out the grease from a fryer. We roll the fryer to the back and start to lift it up to pour the grease into this huge container to take it outside. Someone should have warned me that the fryer was still hot. As my finger started to burn, I let go of my end of the fryer and spilled grease every where. It was all over the floor and the walls. We tried to clean it up, but all that the water, from the mop, did was make the grease spot even slicker. As soon as I finished mopping, my boss came around the corner. Not knowing that we had just spilled the grease, he slipped and fell on his butt and slide across the floor, stopping under one of the sinks. I was mortified. My first day on the job and I killed the boss! Ok, he didn't die, he was just a bit bruised and a little mad. The good news is that my first day wasn't my last day. I am sure my boss knew that hiring teenagers would come with it's fair share of moments like these, so he let it go without giving me too much grief. And with that, I will always remember my first day on my first ever job.

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