When I was 16 years old I worked as a hostess at the International House of Pancakes. “Hi! Welcome to IHOP how many in your party tonight? Would you like a booth or a table?” Since it was a part time job during school, I worked the dinner shifts alongside the night crew. The night crew mostly consisted of high school dropouts who seemed to complain a lot about work and life. Aside from work interactions, they didn’t really socialize with me. I was always by my self standing at…