jayne5787
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I just needed to vent
Right now I'm training at (certain office supply store) to be a cashier. I know it doesn't take a genius to operate a cash register, but when it's busy and you're new (2nd day, 1st day on the floor) it's somewhat overwhelming. There are all these buttons to press, codes and offers to remember, alarm things to take off…Plus the pressure of having someone staring over your shoulder watching every single little thing you do is always super uncomfortable.
Anyway, I had work at 8AM and didn't sleep AT ALL the night before because...well...my reasons are kinda lame but ehh. First of all, my bf whom I spend most of my time with went to Arizona to work for a couple months so I'm lonely b/c I don't have a lot of people to chill with anymore, my friend that I don't talk to much took me off his MySpace (I know, sounds super lame, but we used to be good friends, but we don't talk much anymore *that's a long story in itself,* he stood up for me when people talked shit about me and he was always my friend even when I flaked on him, forgot to call him back, or just sort of took him for granted. I know it’s my fault, but IDK…it still hurts), and besides, I'm PMSing. I'm allowed to be emotional =P
The start of my day went pretty well. Not too many people come get school supplies too early =P but it started to get sort of busy and everything just seemed to go wrong. This lady came up with a lot of stuff and was also buying a memory card that's in those plastic box security things and I put it aside because there's a sensor that freaking beeps and beeps when placed on a certain part of the counter so I put it aside and forgot about it. I rang up the other stuff and after I gave her the total and she wrote out a check I realized I forgot the memory card. She got all huffy but her granddaughter(?) said it was fine and she'd pay it herself. OK, so when a check for a large sum of money the manager has to approve it...so I paged manager but she was taking forever to get to the front. The woman looks at my name tag and says, "Oh you're in training. I should have known since there are so many things going wrong with you." with this...smirk or something. It's like...wtf? Shit I'm sorry I forgot about the memory card, but it's not my fault I had to page the manager and she was taking a long time. I told her when the check is a certain amount of money you need the manager’s approval and she started making these fucking dumb snippy/pissed off/annoyed faces. so I finally finished that transaction and then…the stupid memory card wouldn't price the way it was supposed to. It wouldn’t let me override to the correct price so she turns to the guy at the register next to me and says, "can you help her fix that should be fixed since she can't do it." in this total degrading tone and starts laughing like the evil bitch she is. (ok maybe she's not, but she sure was at the moment). I had to call the manager AGAIN. So the lady does one of those rude SIGHS and says, "if I knew it was going to be like this, I would have gone to the other register." Then guy that was watching me came back, looked at me kinda funny and asks if it's my first day in front of the customers. You know it was, asshole. They know it too, but you don't have to blast it like that. At that point I was on the verge of crying. I was so upset and embarrassed and was like...AHHH. Cut. Me. A. Freakin. Break!!! I haven't worked retail in years! I've been going to school and working at a DOCTOR'S OFFICE giving people shots, taking blood, doing charts, paperwork, requisitions, verifying insurance and prescriptions...generally taking care of patients that even though they're sick or in pain or whatever are a hell of a lot nicer than some customers.
I just felt really, really lame and stupid and I know my coworkers were probably talking shit like 'oh she's dumb and slow, she doesn't know what she's doing" type thing. I was just so upset cuz of all that stuff. I miss my bf, my (old) friend doesn't want to be my friend anymore, PMS, lack of sleep...all that built up and I started crying while I was driving home...which probably isn't very safe =P it wasn't even just little tears...I was like hiccupping/sobbing . Hah.
Well, getting thing out and writing made that made me feel better, even if no one reads this. and if you did read this, thanks
Right now I'm training at (certain office supply store) to be a cashier. I know it doesn't take a genius to operate a cash register, but when it's busy and you're new (2nd day, 1st day on the floor) it's somewhat overwhelming. There are all these buttons to press, codes and offers to remember, alarm things to take off…Plus the pressure of having someone staring over your shoulder watching every single little thing you do is always super uncomfortable.
Anyway, I had work at 8AM and didn't sleep AT ALL the night before because...well...my reasons are kinda lame but ehh. First of all, my bf whom I spend most of my time with went to Arizona to work for a couple months so I'm lonely b/c I don't have a lot of people to chill with anymore, my friend that I don't talk to much took me off his MySpace (I know, sounds super lame, but we used to be good friends, but we don't talk much anymore *that's a long story in itself,* he stood up for me when people talked shit about me and he was always my friend even when I flaked on him, forgot to call him back, or just sort of took him for granted. I know it’s my fault, but IDK…it still hurts), and besides, I'm PMSing. I'm allowed to be emotional =P
The start of my day went pretty well. Not too many people come get school supplies too early =P but it started to get sort of busy and everything just seemed to go wrong. This lady came up with a lot of stuff and was also buying a memory card that's in those plastic box security things and I put it aside because there's a sensor that freaking beeps and beeps when placed on a certain part of the counter so I put it aside and forgot about it. I rang up the other stuff and after I gave her the total and she wrote out a check I realized I forgot the memory card. She got all huffy but her granddaughter(?) said it was fine and she'd pay it herself. OK, so when a check for a large sum of money the manager has to approve it...so I paged manager but she was taking forever to get to the front. The woman looks at my name tag and says, "Oh you're in training. I should have known since there are so many things going wrong with you." with this...smirk or something. It's like...wtf? Shit I'm sorry I forgot about the memory card, but it's not my fault I had to page the manager and she was taking a long time. I told her when the check is a certain amount of money you need the manager’s approval and she started making these fucking dumb snippy/pissed off/annoyed faces. so I finally finished that transaction and then…the stupid memory card wouldn't price the way it was supposed to. It wouldn’t let me override to the correct price so she turns to the guy at the register next to me and says, "can you help her fix that should be fixed since she can't do it." in this total degrading tone and starts laughing like the evil bitch she is. (ok maybe she's not, but she sure was at the moment). I had to call the manager AGAIN. So the lady does one of those rude SIGHS and says, "if I knew it was going to be like this, I would have gone to the other register." Then guy that was watching me came back, looked at me kinda funny and asks if it's my first day in front of the customers. You know it was, asshole. They know it too, but you don't have to blast it like that. At that point I was on the verge of crying. I was so upset and embarrassed and was like...AHHH. Cut. Me. A. Freakin. Break!!! I haven't worked retail in years! I've been going to school and working at a DOCTOR'S OFFICE giving people shots, taking blood, doing charts, paperwork, requisitions, verifying insurance and prescriptions...generally taking care of patients that even though they're sick or in pain or whatever are a hell of a lot nicer than some customers.
I just felt really, really lame and stupid and I know my coworkers were probably talking shit like 'oh she's dumb and slow, she doesn't know what she's doing" type thing. I was just so upset cuz of all that stuff. I miss my bf, my (old) friend doesn't want to be my friend anymore, PMS, lack of sleep...all that built up and I started crying while I was driving home...which probably isn't very safe =P it wasn't even just little tears...I was like hiccupping/sobbing . Hah.
Well, getting thing out and writing made that made me feel better, even if no one reads this. and if you did read this, thanks
