Personal Narrative: The Best Job
Kenny M. Luce
Dennis Keen, Instructor
English 99, 9:10
7-20-10
The Best Job Compared to building pools in the heat of the summer, working in an air conditioned building is heaven. The best job I've ever had was working as a dealer at Ace's Casino. What I liked so much about my job was I could manage my hours, work around my schedule. The money was good enough to raise my kids on my own and give them a nice home. Going into work and being able to meet all the diverse people was really interesting, which is great for networking and meeting new friends. Finally, when I would get off of work in the morning, I usually wouldn't be that tired so I can stay up and spend some time with my girls before I headed off to bed.
The first reason Ace's was the best job were the hours. I was able to choose among morning shift, swing shift, or grave yard shifts. Having that choice of picking my hours meant I could work around finding a babysitter for the girls. In addition, I could work during the week or the weekend. Having school and the girls I would normally ask for weekends, because of my and the girls school schedules. This gave me time to finish my homework before I started my work weekend. That way I could just come home, get some rest, and not have to worry if I hadn't finished my homework. …show more content…
Making hundreds of dollars was exciting at work. You never would know who was in playing cards and winning so you could win too. Every night was different, you could make twenty dollars or two hundred dollars. Having those really big nights is like getting an extra bonus while you are at work. Having fun at work, and making money is a great job to me. It always seemed like those big money nights would come just when I needed them the most. Every night was different though, I never knew how the night was going to turn out, who was going to be the casino to make your
Dennis Keen, Instructor
English 99, 9:10
7-20-10
The Best Job Compared to building pools in the heat of the summer, working in an air conditioned building is heaven. The best job I've ever had was working as a dealer at Ace's Casino. What I liked so much about my job was I could manage my hours, work around my schedule. The money was good enough to raise my kids on my own and give them a nice home. Going into work and being able to meet all the diverse people was really interesting, which is great for networking and meeting new friends. Finally, when I would get off of work in the morning, I usually wouldn't be that tired so I can stay up and spend some time with my girls before I headed off to bed.
The first reason Ace's was the best job were the hours. I was able to choose among morning shift, swing shift, or grave yard shifts. Having that choice of picking my hours meant I could work around finding a babysitter for the girls. In addition, I could work during the week or the weekend. Having school and the girls I would normally ask for weekends, because of my and the girls school schedules. This gave me time to finish my homework before I started my work weekend. That way I could just come home, get some rest, and not have to worry if I hadn't finished my homework. …show more content…
Making hundreds of dollars was exciting at work. You never would know who was in playing cards and winning so you could win too. Every night was different, you could make twenty dollars or two hundred dollars. Having those really big nights is like getting an extra bonus while you are at work. Having fun at work, and making money is a great job to me. It always seemed like those big money nights would come just when I needed them the most. Every night was different though, I never knew how the night was going to turn out, who was going to be the casino to make your