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I Saw Myself In My Coworker And It Shocked the Shit Out of Me!
Stress and pressure is everywhere, either deal or get the fuck out!
As far back as I can remember, I’ve always aspired to get away from jobs that were or that I felt were toxic or had a high toxic environment. I can remember back to my first restaurant job, Applebee’s.
The environment was extremely toxic, people turning on each other, management being condescending, people you worked around didn’t respect each other or you. I got tired of it and barely lasted the 3 months I did, every night I sped away from that place. I haven’t returned, I will not step foot in Applebee’s ever again!
Not just because of the work environment, but because of the shitty way I was treated as both an employee and as a person. Fuck my life, it didn’t have any value in there.
Last week, my coworker told me that he was quitting, he said he hesitated because he wasn’t sure if it was something he wanted to do yet. Before I go on, its worth mentioning that this kid is all of 17 and have yet to fully understand what it’s like working in an environment such as one involving a restaurant.
Having said that, so on the day that he told me that he was going to put in his two weeks, I had to run an errand for either my boss or…