Corprate America Tastes Fruity

It’s a movie place, with lots of movies playing. You get to watch people. You get to learn what people do and how people act. There are some pros and cons to working at a movie theatre. First off, you cant really think of your job as working at a movie theatre, I think of it as working another job, sort of like a 9 to 5 type of job. The type that Dilbert complains about. It’s a good ‘learning experience’. However, most people would think (by the sheer fact that I work at the movie theatre) that I would indeed get to see lots of free movies, or get free popcorn. But that’s just not the case.

Instead, I got instantly immersed in the harshness of the full corporate world. No decision is made at the theatre, much less any decision made by yours truly. But that doesn’t change the way that people treat you in any way at all. It’s like my co-workers and I do only exist for their use. Get me that, clean up this, that broom is there. Customers think that they’re doing us favors by telling us what we need to do.

My duties range from ripping customers off at the Box Office (where you buy your tickets), to the ever infamous cheating customers at the popcorn stand

So, by this point in the night, if you’re an average male high school student, you’ve probably either smuggled your own food in (good for you!) or you’ve bought large popcorn and some kind of candy or Slushie. That’s about 8 dollars, maybe more, maybe less. By the time that you’ve entered the movie theatre, you’re out around 16 dollars.

But you really can’t be upset. Week after week, you continue to buy the overpriced food (unless you smuggle it in) and buy your eight dollar and fifty cent tickets. That movie had better be worth it. But at least now it’s easy to see why movie stars can earn so much money and how movies cost so much to make.

I try not to be the biggest complainer. Sure, I have dreams, but whining really is not one of them. Working at a large company does have its benefits. I don’t have to change diapers, or mow lawns, or even lift things and put them down in another place. And I have the chance to meet new people. Redding and Easton are pretty damn homogeneous. A mostly white community, with a similar set of values (true I am perhaps over generalizing, but this contrast still begs to be made). When I go into work every day, I work with nice people. Kids that I feel comfortable calling my friends. They’re almost all Asian, African-American or Hispanic. With good values, and dreams in their lives.

Working in a big company has opened my eyes to the whole world. And its an experience that I know will be remembered for the rest of my life. Corporate America is most certainly not all about working behind the counter at Lowes Cineplex Entertainment, but that’s close enough for me. I have the opportunity to learn what’s going on around me. Old stereotypes, and thoughts of people have changed immensely. Its always good to try out new things. But it was good to end Lowes.

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