then go running to do stuff where they further isolate themselves
Mmm yeah, cos it’s such quality time interacting with the cashier. Like, you’re not totally wrong about the problem, isolation does make us even less able to handle interaction, but making people bag groceries for a living is not the way to solve that problem. Anyway, it’s not fair to force your desire to have a conversation on someone who is trapped working somewhere.
I used to work service, and having people to talk to generally made the day much better. I definitely had favorite customers, and what do you know, it was typically people who were social.
Either amusingly or sadly, honestly, I still haven’t decided which, I am my store’s top earner and am considered a solid keyholder to the point I am regularly sent to go help out other stores of their messes.
Well, that doesn’t necessarily require a keen bedside manner.
You say sadly. Do you… like your job? I know it can’t always be helped, but I do hope you find a way to move into something better, if there is such a thing. My service job was almost a decade of my life, and I was sooo glad to leave when I was finally given an exit.
There are many aspects of my job that I do enjoy, but I think after over a decade in service jobs, I would either prefer a job or that isn’t customer facing, or at least in phone support so I don’t have to expend energy on face-to-face conversations.
Mmm yeah, cos it’s such quality time interacting with the cashier. Like, you’re not totally wrong about the problem, isolation does make us even less able to handle interaction, but making people bag groceries for a living is not the way to solve that problem. Anyway, it’s not fair to force your desire to have a conversation on someone who is trapped working somewhere.
I used to work service, and having people to talk to generally made the day much better. I definitely had favorite customers, and what do you know, it was typically people who were social.
I currently work in retail, please just tell me what you want, pay for it, and GTFO. I have significantly more important tasks to do than chit chat.
Geez, I hope they’re not putting you front of counter.
Either amusingly or sadly, honestly, I still haven’t decided which, I am my store’s top earner and am considered a solid keyholder to the point I am regularly sent to go help out other stores of their messes.
Well, that doesn’t necessarily require a keen bedside manner.
You say sadly. Do you… like your job? I know it can’t always be helped, but I do hope you find a way to move into something better, if there is such a thing. My service job was almost a decade of my life, and I was sooo glad to leave when I was finally given an exit.
There are many aspects of my job that I do enjoy, but I think after over a decade in service jobs, I would either prefer a job or that isn’t customer facing, or at least in phone support so I don’t have to expend energy on face-to-face conversations.