Sunday, July 19, 2009

He Likes It. He Really, Really, Likes It

November 18, 2008
16 yr. old promises he'll get a job to help pay for expenses associated with car use.

January 1, 2009
Resume is not yet drafted.

January 14
School exam break brings flurry of job search activity

January 31
Spleen injury sidelines any potential job hunt

February-April
Parents cajole, threaten, discipline, help polish resume after discovering typo: son was skilled with "costumers." They followed him from job to job and he was very good at helping them.

May-June
Student job market worst in years

July 1
New hockey store to open 5 minutes away, now hiring

July 10
Training starts

July 18
Son declares: "I LOVE my job!" Insists he's glad he didn't get one before now.

So is mom.


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