Personal Narrative: How Nike Changed My Life

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Don’t do anything you'll regret, although it felt stupendous in the moment there was a generous amount of consequences. Not just any consequence, but a consequence that will be with me for almost all of my life. It’ll be utterly hard for me to get a good job, vote, or even own a gun. While the crime was happening there was a lot of happiness. You know. Making your friends happy, getting free clothes, and having that rush of adrenaline. While the crime ended, there was a lot of disappointment. It was one of those life-changing moments.

It was in the summer of 2015. I had worked at the athletic store, Nike. Nike was one of the stores that everyone knew about, no matter where you were in the world, you knew about Nike. I was an employee at Nike for almost 3 years, when I made the biggest mistake of my life. I was working up at the cash register, I worked up at the register for quite some time now so I was very familiar with the buttons and everything. My friend, Alexandra, walked in and I greeted her with a big smile and a “Hey!”. She, of course, said, “Hey!”, back. I then left the register only because we were not busy at all and there were three other cashiers working. I walked over to where my …show more content…

The night before, I went over everything again and again until it was almost perfect. The final court day, I wore a long black romper with some black tall heels. I woke up, ate a nice breakfast, and then got into my mother’s car. It felt like such a short time that I was in the car. I went inside to the courtroom and waited again for the judge. The trial lasted about ten minutes, it was short and sweet. I got off with 300 hours of community service, restitution of $3000 dollars, and probation for one year. This felt like the luckiest I've ever been, and it was such a relief. It was relieving knowing that I was going home to my family, that I'll be home for holidays, and that I’ll be able to go to

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