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Personal Narrative: My First Job

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Everyone has their first memory when they have to enter the adult world, mine just happened to be my junior year of high school. This year was just a little glimpse of what was going to be the rest of my life. Getting my first job was bitter sweet. I had to learn how to manage my time between school, sports, and now a job. After my first week of school I had to start my new job.
My first job is at a trucking company located in Derry. Adding a job to my schedule now was not too stressful because it was only the first week of my junior year. Also by now in high school everything is predictable the first few days of instruction. We start the first few days of instruction going over the course material and expectations. Thus, letting me have more free time in the afternoon the first week. I started my first shift on a Monday, it was so hot outside. I can remember seeing the heat rise off of the truck hoods. I restored headlights and washed a couple of the box trucks there for the day. I was surprised how easy this was, and remember going home and telling my parents “This is the easiest job ever”. I was beginning to get a taste of what it is like to have a job. …show more content…

It was time for my first paycheck when my boss called me and asked, “We don’t have your information for banking could you text it to me.” So later that day I had to go open a checking’s account at a bank and while I was there I opened a credit card too. The next day my boss handed me my paycheck, I later opened it to see how little I made. This was so disappointing for me I lost almost half of my paycheck in taxes! For the next few days I couldn’t get over how this was possible. Eventually, all of my bills stared coming in the mail, it seemed like I couldn’t keep

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