If there is one thing that the most of us have experienced, that is, having a part-time job we disliked...or hated.
I never knew someone could love their part-time job so much until I watched SpongeBob SquarePants. As a young kid, I would watch SpongeBob's loyalty to the Krusty Krab only increase with each episode, making me wonder if being in the workforce was actually that great. Of course, SpongeBob is make believe and well, reality is reality.
SpongeBob can teach us a few things though. One of those being, what makes an employer love his employees! Most of these are unrealistic and exaggerated, especially because we all know SpongeBob would work at the Krusty Krab for free, and as people who need to make a living and pay bills, we wouldn't be able to do that. But, there are other characteristics that SpongeBob has that most of us should consider while we bust our butts for somebody else's company.
1. Positivity is key
When have we ever seen an episode where Spongebob was a total debbie downer about his job? Answer: Never. Working a part-time job, especially one that is temporary, a positive attitude needs to be kept in order to survive the day. We need to remind ourselves that this is only temporary and that we will be moving forward sooner or later. Though for SpongeBob, we know the Krusty Krab is his forever, he can still motivate us to feel positive about not only our job, but about life.
2. Going above and beyond
Spongebob goes above and beyond for Mr. Krabs, his manager, but mostly because of his love of the Krusty Krab, and that's what makes him a stellar employee. SpongeBob not only makes each krabby patty with love, but he also cares a lot about his customers. Though SpongeBob may deal with people who could care less about him, he still makes each meal with the same effort as he did with the previous meal.
3. Getting along with co-workers
We may not like all of our co-workers or want to deal with them, but if we are going to be working somewhere for a while, we must compromise to get along with them. In this case, SpongeBob only has one other co-worker, Squidward. Unlike SpongeBob, Squidward hates his job and pretty much everything else in his life. He is always unhappy and seeing SpongeBob's happiness shatter to pieces seems to cheer him up. We will always have to deal with these types of co-workers and even people in general, but like SpongeBob, all we can do is make sure we don't let them ruin our day and not let their bad vibes affect us. Instead, we should try to send over our good vibes!!!
There are many more life lessons we can learn from SpongeBob, but these will do for now for those in a part-time workforce situation!
