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Originally Posted by ElisaB
I'm sorry you're going through this! I'm right there with you! There is nothing I can say to make you feel better - unfortunately. It will pass! It's hard to stay positive when so much negative surrounds you. I'm in the service industry as well and we're constantly surrounded my negativity! I think I'm developing a second personality, which I don't think it a good thing... but it helps me cope with the BS of the restaurant/bar. I know you're having a hard time, but as an experiment, are you willing to try role playing next time you're working? Make up an alter ego and roll with it? Make this person fearless, confident, cocky even... whatever it is that causes you anxiety when you work? idk, I'm spitballing here. But I know when I'm down, I reach for MY other me to take over while at work to make it happen! Best of luck... don't let the service industry bring you down!!! It's unforgiving and cruel!! Find a different job... something that's more fitting of your skills...
Oh, and I'm sorry JohnCrow, I disagree, we are ALL special... we are all different, which makes us all special!
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I've looked for many jobs before and a lot of them don't fit my skills because they require me to still be talkative to customers. At my last retail job, everyone saw me as a weirdo because I was quiet and kept to myself. So my brilliant boss thought it would be a good idea to make me the store greeter, obviously I was horrible at that. And the same thing happened where they asked if I would be comfortable working fitting rooms. And I said yes. Luckily I quit that job because it was seasonal. But I just don't fit in at any job. Either i'm not able to do the work because i'm too stupid or i'm too quiet and make everyone around me uncomfortable. I know there are careers that don't require you to talk to people, and that's what I was planning to do. In this internship, I planned on taking this job so I can move higher in the company and work at some of their better jobs, some where you don't have to talk to any customers and you're only focusing on the project at work. But once again, I failed at even the simplest of tasks.