Best Buy was probably the most fun job I’ve ever had. Helping people, interacting with strangers, and doing physical tasks made work so enjoyable. Everyone I worked with also made work so good. It was a wonderful group of people.
When I was first hired, I was 14 years old, and I worked my first shift on Black Friday. I worked two weeks, and then the managers found out when they were putting me into their system to pay me that company policy stated that they weren’t allowed to hire anyone under 15. I was given an envelope of cash and told to come back in a year. I did.
While working there, I created a short program to run on my phone in Apple Shortcuts, which helped speed up the money counting at the end of each day.
There’s something about working a low-stress position, interacting with strangers, that I found incredibly fulfilling, despite the low pay. My sister can attest to this. Hazel spent high school working at a local coffee shop, and she absolutely loved it. I hope to work more jobs in my life that require me to regularly meet new people.