> We tend not to tell our stories anymore I have to disagree. Social media is, essentially, people telling their stories 24/7. > Basically a journey to maturi

> We tend not to tell our stories anymore I have to disagree. Social media is, essentially, people telling their stories 24/7. > Basically a journey to maturity and self-discovery. This is my gripe with this piece. There's no buildup at any point, nothing to keep the reader interested, to make the reader care about this person sharing her memories. For comparison, I used to date a person who worked as a waitress and she had scores of interesting stories to tell. Once she showed me her former workplace, which had a lot of souvenirs and odd furniture - this was no accident because the manager(owner?) attributed meaning to every piece, like the kayak hanging from the ceiling represented teamwork, because you can't swim in it alone, and you certainly wouldn' be able to put it up there single-handedly. 20+ pieces in total and everyone from the wait staff was quizzed regularly on them. Or her first, very much illegal, summer work experience at age 13, where her first task as a waitress was to trim the lawn using pruning shears. She got an allergic reaction to whatever was in that grass and management had to backpedal on this child labour thing really quick. All the crazy stuff that goes on in such places is only mentioned in passing and I think it doesn't do this line of work justice.