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Personal Narrative: A Day At Caribou Changed My Life

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I was once an employee at a coffee shop by my house known as “Caribou Coffee off Highway 36”. I was the local barista in my high school as well as my neighborhood. I networked with people of different ages. There was an old lady who came to Caribou everyday and get her small decaf dark chocolate mocha, she also never leaves before updating me on her grandkids. I even was known as “the guy from caribou” in my high school. It was nice working at Caribou Coffee, it was the place I met so many new friends of all backgrounds within my community, and most importantly I discovered many skills to being a genuine, and proper adult. I encountered many situations with people, however Thanksgiving of 2015 stood out to me the most. It was the day I met …show more content…

The story begins about three days before thanksgiving when our tips started to disappear. Word was going around that a lady with a black hoodie is the one guilty of the cime. She appeared twice before thanksgiving day and on the day of thanksgiving she made an appearance around 10 am in the morning. I had just clocked in and I was very upset that I had to work on thanksgiving day. I had just woke up about thirty minutes ago and I was not detecting the usual energy I experience at work. However, they day took a complete turn when the lady with the black hoodie came in attempting to steal our tips again. My supervisor barely saw the lady as she walked out the door with our tips in her bag. She yelled “Hey! That's the girl stealing out …show more content…

The lady quickly picked up her pace and go out to the street. It was quite windy and cold with snow falling. I ran out with my apron and headset on and quickly caught up to her. I approached her and asked

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