My First Job At Cold Stone Creamery

Being hired for your first job is a substantial milestone on the road into adulthood. Having a job not only builds important skills and a work history, but also your character; something you will carry with you forever. So when a friend informed me of an open position at Cold Stone Creamery, I quickly applied and got the job. This would be my first “real” job, so I was excited but also overwhelmingly anxious. This would be the first time that I would have to juggle schoolwork, my social life, and a job. But apart from the initial apprehension of taking the first step, there was nothing more adult to me than being able to say, “I have a job”.

I learned quickly that working part time at Cold Stone would not be easy. The typical response to me telling people where I worked was somewhere along the lines of, “ice cream, that must be the best job ever!” It was not. Although the majority of people absolutely love eating ice cream, having a job selling ice cream is a whole different story. It is a monotonous grind like most fast food jobs. During my shifts I usually found myself washing dishes, stocking shelves, filling dispensers, and of course scooping ice cream.

Don’t get me wrong, there isn’t anything particularly fun about clocking into work being greeted by an anfractuous line of hungry patrons. However, being a kid with a generally soft-spoken disposition, I noticed significant personal growth in terms of the way I projected my voice and greeted people by my first month working. The job required me to speak up when greeting a customer, and serving them. And if you’ve ever visited a Cold Stone Creamery, you know the employees also sing for