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Originally Posted by unaluna
Are you taking notes? I have to write down verbal instructions. Sometimes i have to rewrite written instructions - a long list has to be organized into logical sections before i can understand and remember it. And im a genius!
Also, a lot of times, this is the other persons first and only job. They dont get that things are done differently elsewhere, they think its "obvious" and that this is the only way. When actually i knew dozen different ways to do the same thing, like sign on to a computer. So who is the ignorant one?
Good luck!
ETA - good on you for calling her out on "big momma"! You saved the company a lawsuit, if not an appearance on youtube!
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This is a very good point about coworkers being on their first and only job. People need to be trained to deliver training properly, my h worked in staff training for years training people to train, it’s a skill. In retail you just get given a new starter and told to show them what to do. If you’re very lucky you’ll get given someone who intuitively (or through experience) knows how to explain, often you won’t though.
Thinking positively though this experience is something you can take forward with you because one day you might be the one helping a new starter to settle in, and you’ll remember hopefully what it was like.