Lol I remembered this and thought this might be a good place to share. 23 now. Right before I turned 22 I was working in a smoke shop, loved everything (besides selling burners) and quickly began giving tasks to re-organize the store, create custom packages, and choose some inventory. (I was basically being a high level manager for this lady and getting paid under min since it was under the table).
Eventually she asked me to go on a work trip ab 2 hours away with her to open a new story. Went on ab 3 dif days, designed this store layout and organization, all the shelved and such up while the owner talked on the phone, walked around the town handing out flyers and goodie bags and coupons I had made, stayed on opening day to help the clerk and get customers feeling comfy and take inventory requests. I got paid less than 300$ and a mini bong (mini bong was dope tho lol), not realizing how fucked that is at the time. ended up quitting on the spot about a month later when the boss decided my paycheck for the week could wait until after her vacation and had her niece scream at me over the phone for asking about it (she didn’t work there and I had never met her).
Even jobs you think are a dream will fuck you over without a second thought.
Edit: sorry for typos lol my phone glitches when I go fast