Eight years ago, when I was in 7th grade I met my best friend to this day, Tyler. We literally do everything together whether it is going to work out, hanging out in his room, going to eat, almost anything a person can think of. Being best friends with Tyler led me to think of his entire family as a second family. If I am not at my own house I am at their house. I am so close to them in the fact I am able to go into their house without knocking, go sit down in their kitchen and eat dinner without Tyler even being home. His father, John, is a very strong minded, stubborn person. His uncle, Brian, is similar to John, but he is more relaxed than John. When it comes to family business I love this particular family, but when it comes to business in the workplace they make it very difficult on me.
John and Brian own and operate a pizza shop together. Two years ago they told me they needed some help with the pizza business since they had only one other employee, so I offered my hand because I would do a great deal to help this family. When I first started to work it was great. I was comfortable with everyone I worked with for the main fact that I have been around everyone for so long, it was second nature to me. The first year went very smooth; there were never any arguments, but this past year was filled with bumps in the road. Bumps that I am not sure can ever be fixed.
The dilemma I face in my workplace is being able to quit on people that are in a sense, my family. There have been many occurrences in the past year that have driven me towards wanting to call it quits at the pizza shop. At times it is not receiving a paycheck, others not being able to call off or switch work days, or even having to leave school early to go work at the shop. I find myself in a struggle between “myself or others.” As Nina Rosenstand states in “The Moral of the Story” egoists are people who think in terms of their own advantage, generally by...