tell me if i'm wrong..

[AllThatJazz]

this is about to be a long rant... i just need to get this off my chest and some advice from fellow teens

okay, my best friend is becoming close with my ex boyfriend, which is fine, we were all friends before we dated. i'm trying to be supportive of her, she is switching to a new school (that he goes too) and i want her to have friends and make the transition easier.

well, i want a job at this ice cream place downtown. it's a perfect job because i can walk 3 minutes and be there, and it is one of the ONLY places hiring someone my age (i'm 15). turns out, he wants this job too. he's 16, so other places can hire him within walking distance for him (we live in the same town). he has so many other places hiring his age, and i have just this one.

him telling me he wanted this job got me frustrated. i really would like this job and the only reason i'm not in there applying today is because it is father's day and i know they are busy.

my best friend thinks i'm being overdramatic and rude to him. i know it was maybe rude of me but i just feel like i needed support from her and she just totally took his side and told him about me wanting the job in the first place.

i'm sorry if this is like the most random post ever. i just need to get this off my chest. any advice on how to handle it?

 

[niallsprincess]

Well, the position is fair game. If they interview, just try to interview better than him. Make yourself appear to look better-- like you have a better worth ethic. Your best friend should've taken your side if she's your best friends- especially since you and the boy both wanted the job. Maybe you should talk to her about that. Otherwise, I'd just try my best to make myself appear better than the boy. You're totally right, though.

 

[AllThatJazz]

Well, the position is fair game. If they interview, just try to interview better than him. Make yourself appear to look better-- like you have a better worth ethic. Your best friend should've taken your side if she's your best friends- especially since you and the boy both wanted the job. Maybe you should talk to her about that. Otherwise, I'd just try my best to make myself appear better than the boy. You're totally right, though.

thank you for understanding. i have more experience technically (i have babysat for years and my family was also in the food business) while this would be his first time ever working.

i want to be supportive of her, but it's her choice. she said "sorry" for taking his side, but that i should be supportive of his choices? literally, there's another ice cream place 4 minutes away and still in the same town he could work at because he's 16 if he really wants ice cream

 

[Disney Khaleesi]

You'll be 16 soon enough and more job opportunities will be open to you, as well. The job is fair game. You can't really be upset about something like that. Your friend was right, you both have the right to apply for the job and you don't really have the right to be upset over something so silly.

 

[AllThatJazz]

You'll be 16 soon enough and more job opportunities will be open to you, as well. The job is fair game. You can't really be upset about something like that. Your friend was right, you both have the right to apply for the job and you don't really have the right to be upset over something so silly.

yeah I realized that. i just know personally I've been on the hunt since my birthday and he has never even looked until i said i wanted to work there.