Should Have Switched To Geico

(At my job, everyone who works there is in either college or high school, so the oldest coworker is under 25. We also do not have a manager, so the store is run essentially by a bunch of teenagers. I am in high school, as well as another of my coworkers who is CONSTANTLY calling me to cover his shifts, sometimes three or four times a week, as there is not a manager to go through when we need to switch shifts. One time, he needed me to cover because an hour before, he remembered he had court on a Saturday — which isn’t a thing in my state — but there is another instance that takes the take for weird reasons.)

Coworker #1: “Hey, are you free to possibly go in tonight? I could trade a shift with you.”

Me: “No, sorry, I have to pick out my senior pictures tonight.”

(He tries arguing saying that the pictures should only take a few minutes. After a few more texts, I think he has given up, but then, a couple of hours later, he says:)

Coworker #1: “Can you come in for a couple hours?”

Me: *frustrated that he can’t take no for an answer* “Why do you need the time off so bad?”

Coworker #1: “I forgot I had a college meeting tonight, and if I don’t go I don’t get admitted, and it’s the only college that has my major.”

Me: “How did you just realize this today?”

Coworker #1: “My parents and teachers just told me yesterday.”

Me: *knowing it’s probably another excuse to go ditch work* “Ask [Coworker #2].”

([Coworker #2] is his best friend who is an adult and lives on his own.)

Coworker #1: “I did. He was supposed to have it covered but now he’s getting a lizard tonight so he can’t.”

Me: “So… [Coworker #2] is sacrificing your future to get a lizard?”

Coworker #1: “Yeah, pretty much.”