When I was young

In the beginning......
 

In a land far far away, in a small town, there was a popular pizza shop franchise, don’t want to name it because I don’t want to get sued. A young 13 years old boy, not even legal was sent off to work for his first part time job. His Chinese parents had no worries in letting their son work in child labor, hopefully it would teach the boy the value of money and get some free pizza.

The Pizza Shop was small, it barely fits the massive pizza oven and it made the room heat up like the Sahara desert in summer. Being young, the boy had to start off in the bottom of the food chain, one shift a week doing dish washing. The 3 hours of it was rostered during peak time when order dockets came pouring in during Friday night dinner. For $6 an hour the young boy slaved away in the heat while washing dishes. One plate and pan after another. 10mins and about 20 pans later, $1 in the bank, sweat pouring down from his forehead, he was thirsty. He looked across the room at the fridge, the frosted window sparkling and tempting him to grab a drink. Bottles of 350ml coke was $2, a much needed refreshment yet it costs 20mins of dish washing.  The young boy put his head down, sighed under his breath and continued cleaning up the pile of dirty dishes.

The child learnt many lessons that day and at the end of the week he got paid $18 for his hard work.
He eagerly rushed to withdraw money from the bank, brandishing his new bank card like a sword he stabbed the ATM machine hoping to get some cash out.

>Sorry the lowest this ATM can disperse are $20 notes.<

His heart crumbled, $2 short, so the young boy left with an empty wallet until next pay check.

Just incase you didn't know, that was the younger, dumber version of me. Everyone starts off with a humble beginning, I look back at mine and still laugh at it.