Sometimes Social Is Too Social

Kelli Sheckler-Amsden
8 min readJul 30, 2021

She worked her way through a cheap pack of cigarettes. Charlie knew it was a bad habit and she hated the taste, but smoking seemed to help keep her alert and her mind occupied.

The long hours were beginning to take a toll on her, but she loved her job. Charlie started her new adventure 6 short months ago. Her colleague Dale, although nice, seemed a bit off. He was extremely quiet, but crazy knowledgeable, he knew the ins and out of the job like a boss. Her main goal was to learn everything that she could and use it to become the best.

Starting at the bottom didn’t faze her a bit. Her father always told her, “know everything the janitor knows and spin it like the CEO, then you can teach people a thing or two. You can’t know too much Charlie!” So, cleaning tanks, and making chum to feed the sharks after hours, was just the first few rungs of her ladder.

Charlie first became aware of the open position- from a follower on Tic Tok. She had become so social that her Tic Tok family knew every single detail of her life and plans during this time.

She applied for the job and was ecstatic when she learned she was the one candidate out of 100 to land it. Another huge benefit to taking the position was it included a room, in a shared flat community. She would share all common areas.

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