Working in the Computer Labs
I work in the computer labs during the school year at my university. I work about an hour or two a day and it is probably the easiest and best job a student can have. You can do your homework and talk to people and go online. You rarely ever need to do anything and when you do it is more like refilling paper in the printer or answering questions about where a classroom is in the building or something similar to those things.
One day though I was working in a different lab subbing for someone and normally I work with all PC's but this was a Mac lab and people kept asking for help. I am great with PC's and printers now but I am not the person to come to for Macintosh support definitely. I felt terrible telling people I had no idea what to do and they probably all thought that I was dumb. So the next day I signed up for a learn about Mac's class. We all had our own Mac and we went over basics and even though I will probably never work in that lab again, I feel better knowing that I can help someone if I needed to.
A few weeks later I got an email from my boss asking if I could come in. I was kind of nervous, but I hadn't done anything wrong so it was more curiosity that was making me feel that way. I got to her office and she told me I was getting a raise! I was shocked. She said she was so happy that I took the initiative to go above and beyond to find a way to help people while I was at work and that she rarely sees people doing that anymore. I was so excited about the raise, but more than that I was pound of myself!
So now I go to work excited, I know that's weird, seeing that I rarely get the chance to help anyone out anyways and basically just sit there and fill the printer paper, but it really does make you feel better when you know you are qualified and excited to help other people out. It always pays to go above and beyond the call of duty, whether or not you get recognized for it.