A time when I took a stand on an
issue was when I was working at my job, Armani exchange at Stanford mall. I had
recently been hired and I was still considered an new employee on training. One
day when my bosses had left early to go to a conference, they told the three
closing shift people what to do for the next day. Their instructions included a
list of things from counting inventory, retagging damaged merchandise, giving a
total count of all branded items in stock, clearing out fitting rooms, and
creating new floor displays. My bosses were expecting this to be done the next
day because the district manager was coming to inspect the store, therefore everything
had to be up to date and on point.
A lot of the people that work with
me are college students like myself, and have numerous obligations to attend to
other than work. This day during the closing shift, one of my co-workers
decided that we should all leave early because everyone had homework to do and
figured there was no way we could get in trouble. Everyone agreed except me. I
felt that it was not right to leave early just because we were not under
supervision. My co-workers tried to talk me into leaving but I stood my ground because i wasn't influenced by the ideas of my peers.
This reminds me of this one time when I had class with a couple of my friends and they were trying to get me to ditch class with them. They thought our teacher was going to be a no show and our class was going to be cancelled. But, for some reason I had a bad feeling about leaving so I decided to stay even though they kept telling me I was wasting my time. Luckily I ended up staying because my teacher showed up 10 minutes later and gave everyone extra credit for those that stayed. Sometimes it pays off to stand up for what believe in.
ReplyDeleteI wish I had the same mentality as you during work, school, or anything I rather not do. My mom always told me that if someone gives me a inch, I will take a whole mile. One time during my senior year my friends and I decided to ditch because it was worthless to stay in school because there was no teachers and only substitutes for the day. I ended up jumping the fence and running into the police. I got handcuffed, walked through the school during lunch and on top of it all a ticket.
ReplyDeleteThis incident is a perfect example of demonstrating that you stood firm for what you believed in. I think you made the better choice of not allowing your co workers' decision influence your decision. Although there are other obligations everyone had to attend to, this is a job and everyone should be responsible enough to finish their tasks as an employee before leaving work. It must have been tough for you to ignore the overwhelming peer pressure from all your co workers. This shows that you are a very responsible person; prioritizing important obligations and telling from wrong and right.
ReplyDeleteThis is exactly me in just about any issue I run into. I want to do the good thing, while my peers want to do the wrong thing, and try to persuade me to do it their way. I am never one to act out or to make bad decisions, so when I am put in a situation like such, I get a little confused. But at the end of the day I make the right decision, just like you did, even though it meant sacrificing something else. I am glad you stood your ground and did not follow the crowd, like many young people do.
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