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Von Buelow enjoys
friendly co-workers
By Jake Larson
Back Page Editor
How many hours a week do you work?
“26 hours.”
How long have you worked there?
“Six months.”
What do you enjoy about your job?
“The fresh air, and standing around talking
to myself.”
What do you not like about your job?
“The work.”
Does your job conflict with your school?
“No I try and separate my school and work.”
What responsibilities does your job
entail?
“Making hamburgers, sweeping, and washing
dishes.”
Do you enjoy the work environment?
“It is a fun job, my coworkers are very
friendly.”
How has your job affected your social
life?
“It has taken some of my free time to hangout
with friends.”
Mercado never bored
By Nadia Duke
Staff Reporter
How often you do you work?
“I work 20 hours a week, including weekdays
and weekends.”
How long have you been there?
“I’ve been working there since September of
2010.”
What are your responsibilities on the
job?
“I work at the cash register sometimes, I greet
people, hand them their food and I clean a lot.”
What is the best and worst part of
having a job?
“The best part is that you learn responsibility
– plus, you’re never bored! The worst is definitely
having no time to hang out with friends.”
Does your job interfere with your
school responsibilities?
“Sometimes; when I had dance I could only
work on the weekend, which was supposed to be
my free time. Now with dance season over I can
work more. Also, the day homework is due is
when I usually do the work!”
How about your social life?
“I have less time for friends now. I end up
always having to cancel plans. My friends are
cool. They are very supportive!”
What do you enjoy most about where
you work?
“I love my co-workers. We goof around a lot
and they just make me happy. We’re like a big
family!”
Do you like your job?
“Yeah I like it most of the time, except when
the customers are rude!”
Dicken twins at Dairy Queen
make sweet friends at work
By Alexandra Woodberry
Staff Reporter
Seniors Michael Dicken and Megan Dicken
both work at Dairy Queen in Crown Point.
Michael has been working for a year with 12 to
16 hours a week. Megan has been working for
two years with at least 20 hours a week. She also
worked at Abercrombie last winter along with
this job.
What Megan likes about working at Dairy
Queen is “getting a 50 percent off at break.”
“Everybody there is easy going. It’s not too
stressful,” Michael said.
Unfortunately, many jobs have a downside.
“I don’t like dealing with new people,” Megan
said.
“Sometimes people are too easygoing that
they don’t get the work needed to be done,”
Michael said.
Q &A
By Nadia Duke
Staff Reporter
with Anthony Duke:
A dad stationed
overseas
What do you do?
“I am an airplane mechanic.”
What’s the name of the company?
“I work at Al Raha Group Technical
Services.”
How long have you been working with
said company?
“Three years.”
How does it feel to be far away from
your family?
“It is hard to be away from family, I truly
anticipate my vacation time to go home.”
Do you do anything that makes you
feel at home?
“I use the social networks which puts me
right into my family room via video call, this
technology relieves a lot of the pain of being
away from loved ones on the other side of our
planet.”
Since you are Muslim, did you find it
easier to adapt to the culture?
“Yes, it does help to adapt, due to the fact I
understand the historical and present spiritual
significance the area has.”
What do you enjoy most about your
job/location?
“I mostly enjoy the central locale of this
area, in every direction I am just a short plane
ride from some of the world’s most exciting
attractions like Mecca, pyramids in Egypt, Dubai,
safari of Kenya, and a car ride across the bridge
into the Kingdom of Bahrain!”
Employees start at a minimum wage
but merit rises are awarded to them. Bot
jobs include being friendly and showing
time. The work environment is also nice
“Everybody gets along well. The peop
it fun to work there,” Michael said.
“For the most part I really like my ma
I’ve been working there a longtime so we
a friendship,” Megan said.
Jobs often take tim
from homework,
social life
Allisa Bryant
Staff Reporter
Many students have decided to get j
to help pay for some of their senior expe
but what they may not have thought ab
how time consuming and stressful a job
Having a job during your senior year can
your focus away from your school work.
“Sometimes when I have to work, I d
my homework because I don’t have time
when I get home from school and I’m to
do it when I get home from work,” senio
Jackson said.
While at work, the job itself can be s
There are many things to take into cons
A job has so many rules, regulations and
follow that many customers don’t care a
“Customers are very hard to satisfy. M
parents allow their children to ruin the s
and the adult shoppers shop as if they w
children they let run around,” Jackson s
Having a job your senior year can als
your personal and social time away. You
it very hard to have a moment to yourse
you’re giving your time to a customer fo
hours at a time.
“I find it hard to hang with my frien
because I usually work on the weekends
consumes my time,” said Jackson.
Although there are some cons to hav
job, the good can sometimes outweigh t
You are being paid for your time and so
it can help improve you in some way.
“By having a job, I have become mor
because I am forced to talk to strangers
so now I can talk a little more to the peo
my class,” Jackson said.