Response to Second-Grade Teacher # 4

In reading this selected story, a question afterwards stated," From reading the selections, how do you think an individual can make his or her outlook and approach to work more positive and rewarding?" My response is similar to the one in the "Second-Grade Teacher", you have to enjoy what you do and be passionate about it. Even if you can't be passionate about your job at least find one thing you find enjoyable while at work.
For example, I use to work at a McDonald's. I'll tell you it sucked, horribly. There would be times I would only get 1 break or none at all for an 8 hour shift. There would be times where it would be me and one other person running the whole restaurant and cutomers would be getting so angry at us for not being fast enough when we were doing the best we could.
With all that turmoil I found some enjoyment out of working there. For one I got a free meal everyday that I worked so that saved me from buying food and wasting my money. Another thing I did was joke around with employees and managers. They were all grouchy and didn't want to be there either so we joked around a lot. Like one time we took a piece of hamburger meat and left it on the grill for a half hour and when we took it out it crumbled ha ha. We even put a pickle in the fryer to make fried pickles but that didn't turn out so well.
Just little actions like that can make one's work enviroment a little more enjoyable. Although I may have enjoyed to an extent working at a fast food joint, some may be sitting at a desk all day starring at a computer screen. If that's the case read a newspaper to check up on politics or sports and it may even strengthen your vocablulary. Work can be enjoyable but it's up to the employee to make that possible.