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Episode 9: The Information Superhighway
Content note: this episode mentions sexual harassment in the workplace.
Sinéad and Mel are pulling on their oversized uniforms and heading back to their teenage workplaces, where minimum-wage shifts taught us more than we realised. From kitchen drama to retail chaos, these first jobs were both funny and unexpectedly formative.
Our first jobs were our crash course in customer service, confidence, and pretending to look busy. And while they gave us our first taste of independence, they also revealed the tougher side of work: harsh managers, inappropriate encounters, and boundaries we didn’t yet know how to set.
In this episode we’re asking how our teenage shifts shaped the adults we became. What did we learn about work ethic, confidence, and self-worth? What habits did we carry forward into our careers, and which ones are we still trying to unlearn? And can we learn something about the working world from those that entered it after us?
This is If Destroyed Still True: the podcast where millennial best friends Sinéad Kennedy Sklar and Melissa Murdock rewind the mixtape of their teenage years and press play on the moments that shaped who they are today. We ask ourselves: how does this show up in our lives now? And if you could talk to your teenage self, what would you tell her?
Hit follow, share your own teen job war stories with us @IDSTpod, and get ready to laugh, cringe, and remember the exact moment you realised the customer is not always right.
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