I Would Rather Be Unemployed than Work at Yankee Candle

It wasn’t until ten days after my 22nd birthday that I realized the importance of wishing my Stepmom a happy birthday. I had missed her birthday by a few weeks, but was determined to buy her a birthday gift; something I had always failed to do no matter the person.

And so I was off, unsure of what to buy, but knowing I had to just purchase something... anything. What do women like? I usually just take my mom out to dinner on her birthday and call it good, but this was different. This was the first time she was really part of my family for her birthday, so I felt like I had to do something good.

But what do you always end up getting someone you're unsure of gifting? A candle. And so there I was, in Yankee Candle, trying to decipher what kind of scent she might enjoy. This was all happening while the cashier was trying to sell me on all of their different lines of scents.

These are the moments that are really hard to act interested in.