Life Lessons from Chick-Fil-A

Now that my summer job has ended, I'm reflecting on my work experiences, and thought I'd share them with you.

While working at Chick-Fil-A, I learned...

• It's amazing the lengths people will go to to either show their support or disapproval of a company's political views.
• How to make a beautiful soft serve ice cream cone (This is especially impressive if you'd seen what they looked like before I had to make them all the time at work.) 
• It's incredibly useful to have a pen in your pocket at all times, especially in the fast food business.
• Actually, to be technical, it's called quick service, not fast food.
• How to tell the difference between about 12 quarts of sweet or unsweet tea, just by looking at it.
• If you're in a cow suit, people automatically assume you're male. 
• Speaking of cow suits, it is so hot in there! Holy cow! (Bahaha, no pun intended.)
• You might think drama ends just because you're out of high school, but unfortunately, it doesn't.
• How to upsell like a champion.
• Some people are just going to be jerks, no matter what you do.
• However, most people will be friendlier and more polite if you greet them with a genuine smile.
• But be careful just how genuine that smile is, because some people will be a lot friendlier than you want. 
• It's possible to rip a stitch out of your knee while playing with kids in the food court play place.
•  You can make any awkward situation a little less awkward if you offer people mints.
• What an Arnold Palmer is.
• How to balance on the top rung of a precarious ladder while using a dull box cutter. Obviously it's a good idea to do that.
• Just how attached I'd become to my coworkers. Oh my goodness, I'm going to miss them! 

Anyways, it was a great first job! I'm actually going to miss my coworkers a lot, but it's good to be moving on with my life.