Serena, the fast food worker

Serena groaned to herself as she pulled her beat up jalopy into the parking lot of the fast food restaurant that she worked. She hated how her life had turned out but the thing she hated the most was her crappy job. She couldn’t do any other job since she was apparently under qualified for the hundreds of jobs she had applied for. To make matters worse, interviews were her Achilles heel since she never seemed to answer the questions the right way.

She was wearing her work polo and some old jeans that looked close enough to slacks that she was supposed to wear. All of her work slacks were dirty and it took time to go to the laundry mat, which she didn’t have a lot of time due to having to work excessive hours at this underpaying job to keep her finances out of the red. She stuck her key in the side of her car door to lock it only for it to get jammed into the door lock. She groaned as this had become a common occurrence as of late due to the car being so old. She tried tugging on it but the keys refused to budge so she decided just to leave them. If someone really wanted to take her car, they would be doing her a favor. She quickly headed inside to avoid being late and having to have another chat with her manager about punctuality.

She greeted the other workers with a sluggish wave as she made her way to clock in and get into position. She went to the employee lounge and reached into her locker to grab her hat. She mumbled to herself, “I don’t know how much longer I can do this shit…” She closed her locker and went to her position to see everyone else in theirs. She put on her headset and within a few minutes the first person pulled up as she said with an enthusiastic tone, “Good morning and welcome to Burgers and More! How can I take your order?”