This is what happens when I try to write a “shorter” story lol, oh well.
This story happened when I was 18 (21 now) and working my first full time job at a sort of gas station/rest stop/food court place. Most of my coworkers were guys between the ages of 18 and 25 and the majority of them were obnoxious assholes who clearly didn’t want to be there and would do the bare minimum on a good day. I’m a whore, but I still have SOME standards, and I tend to avoid people who make my life difficult.
There were a few exceptions though, and one of them was such a sweetheart that he quickly became my favorite to work with. We’ll call him Mike, and I think he was about 23 at the time. Mike wasn’t all that good looking, intelligent, or even funny, but he was a hard ass worker and an incredibly kind and considerate person. He was the type of person that, when surrounded by mostly lazy assholes, was an obviously easy target to take advantage of and bully, and he definitely got his fair share.