RESILIENCE

(Source: jesseamelia)

ellensurrey:

Forgot about this vignette I did for my Hot Dog on a Stick kids menu.

Once a Hotdogger, always a Hotdogger! If you’ve worked here and loved it, then we should be friends.

That awkward moment when your 9-year-old cousin’s friend pulls up a photo of you and a certain band member (in front of your entire family at Christmas dinner) and asks you, “Is this you?! Are you the _____’s Hot Dog On A Stick girl?”

Me:… Yes… that photo is a few years old… where did you get it?? ::eyes darting around to see if Grandma is looking::

Cousin’s friend: Well, my sister showed it to me because she thought this girl looks like you… now I can tell her it is you.  Why are you giving him the vagina face?

Cousin: WHAT is a VAGINA FACE?

Me: What?!? How do you even know what that means? Why does your sister have photos of me saved on her computer?

Cousin’s friend: ‘Cus she says she’s going to marry that guy.

Me: I’m kinda embarrassed… but I’m more embarrassed for your sister.

Is this really my life? IS THIS WHAT IT HAS COME DOWN TO?

A girl who works at one of the Las Vegas stores wrote a very thought provoking article about working at HDOS.  She said so many things that I thought for 4 years but never put it out there.  I always joked around that I should have my own reality show when I worked there… and I still think it’s a good idea.  C’mon, at least throw us in a “True Life: I’m a Hotdogger” episode.  She paints a very real picture for those who haven’t worked there and reassures those who do/did that they aren’t alone in how they feel/felt.

I love HDOS, always have & always will.  That company was such a HUGE part of my life & growing up.  I learned more working there than I could have in any business class.

So, do me a favor and read the article… let it sink in… and next time, when you’re at the mall, smile at the HDOS girl instead of mocking her uniform… because we all know you mock it when we rock it.

Day 18 — Whatever tickles your fancy