<p>Can someone please review this short answer for the prompt to write about a work experience or extracuricular activity. This is a rough draft and I'd like some insight on it. Thank you.</p>
<p>"excuse me miss", "can i get some help here", "I've been waiting a long </p>
<p>time" all complaints coming from different directions and to know that </p>
<p>I have 8 more hours of it can make it that more dreadful. Working in </p>
<p>retail was not the ideal job i had pictured for myself. As a student in </p>
<p>the medical field folding and putting away piles of disorganized </p>
<p>clothes wasn't exactly the skills I thought i'd need to acquire for my </p>
<p>future career goals. In my earlier job searches I had tried to look for </p>
<p>hospital positions or reciptionist positions in a doctor's office. From </p>
<p>craigslist to newspapers to help wanted ads, the search was rather </p>
<p>difficult. However, being a finacially independent college student, </p>
<p>siting around and doing nothing wasn't an option either. That is where </p>
<p>retail came into play. Contrary to all the techinical skills I'd need </p>
<p>to learn, in retail I absorbed a lot of knowledge in customer service </p>
<p>alogn with other principles that I soon began to realize will become </p>
<p>helpful in any career i choose to pursue. Responsibility being one, as </p>
<p>an independent student making my own income meant managing my own </p>
<p>money. Communication was another, everyday I dealt with new customers </p>
<p>with different interests and oppinions and I had to learn to respect </p>
<p>them all regardless of my own thoughts. The most valuable lesson I had </p>
<p>learned through my experience was patience. Patience is what helped me </p>
<p>think outside of the box. To pursue things I wasn't comfortable with </p>
<p>and to see what what they have to offer. Patience is what taught me </p>
<p>that taking a small step today will help me take the bigger step </p>
<p>tommorow.</p>