How do I deal with being in a position of authority at a young age?

oh this is happening to me a lot too except i work at the school grill for free lunch at the end, whenever people ask for freebies from me i give them the “i gave you what you bought if you want to argue argue with the person above me” if they complain i tell them “the school psychologists door is always open if you need her” based off of this knowledge i would reccommend you tell the co-workers of yours who aren’t friends “you know we are friends right, and friends are supposed to care about each other, so then why is it that you are putting me in a bad position here… do you not want me to succeed” and then for all those people who don’t like being ordered by you, there are two options here you either tell them “look i don’t like having to tell a grown up what to do either, but if you didn’t want me telling you what to do you would’ve taken care of it already” or there is also “look if you have a problem with this go to Oprah (or other person who has a lot of free time) and complain to her as i don’t have enough time to listen to complaints.” hope this helps

Its hard but possible, you can try your best on it and if you can’t take it anymore at some point be straight up and say that the possition is hard and that you would like to have a break or less weight on your shoulders. But try your best and don’t give up, but don’t take so much pressure on yourself as well.

You need to just put on your work face and explain to your friends that you can’t afford to loose your job, so you are going to have to treat them like employees, not friends while you are at work. You could talk to your supervisor/manager/person that put you in this job and explain to them the situation. They won’t have a solution, but they just need to know what’s going on so that if a situation arises, they already know you are slightly having trouble and you weren’t slacking or anything. Maybe you could politely tell the older workers that you are here to work and you are just doing your job and they need to respect that no matter what age you are.