To my team,

As we approach the next couple weeks things will start to change. People will take some time off to go on one last vacation before summer ends. Internationals will begin to plan explorations of our country before they go back to their home country. Soon people will be leaving to go back to college. Before you know it, summer is going to be over.

I want to begin by thanking you. Thank you for a incredible season so far (it's not over yet!). Thank you for the nightly Wawa and occasional diner dates, I wouldn't want to blow my paycheck any other way. Thank you for putting up with my crap for the past couple months. Thank you for dealing with me not only when I was tolerable, but also on days where you probably wanted to punch me in the throat. You helped make those 15 and 17 hour shifts now and then tolerable. You tolerated me when I was at my worst, and I can't thank y'all enough for that.

Next, I'd like to apologize. I'm sorry for the days where I was hungry or tired or irritated. I'm sorry I was intolerable for the majority of the summer. I'm sorry about the nights that I was hangry because I made the poor choice not to eat before my shift. I'm also sorry that I broke a lot of things (and that I suck at my job). To anyone who was around the day of the kettle corn incident, I apologize for being an idiot. I'm also sorry that I complain all the time (and I mean like every 5 seconds).

Now, I want you all to know that I'm nothing without you. Work is fun because of you. The long shifts don't seem so long when y'all are around. I wouldn't make it through my summers without you guys, and I really don't know how to picture my summer without y'all in it.

I don't know what life has in store for me next summer, but I hope that y'all are in that picture in some way, shape, or form. I love you all and I can't thank you enough for being such an incredible team that I'm able to be a part of.

I wish the best for all of you.

Sincerely,

A grateful coworker