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Anonymous #1
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 intimidated at my new job 
#12109861 - 02/27/10 08:53 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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so i just got a job at a large retail store as an "automotive service greeter"..
when i interviewed i specifically asked if it required any automotive or mechanical knowledge, because i have none.
they said no it didn't, that i'd basically just be checking people in and ringing them out.
but today was my first day and pretty much the entire hour that i watched the other guy, he answered a ton of obscure questions about tires and shit.
i asked him and he told me i would need to know some stuff, but that "i'd learn".
well i know for a fact i'm incapable of learning, because my dad was a mechanic and it just doesn't compute with me for some reason.
i'm intimidated because i can picture it now, all the macho guys who work there are going to treat me like shit because i'm incapable of learning "manly" stuff like cars.
i'm going to feel like a complete retard. 
i wish i didn't need this job so badly but i'm broke and desperate for income, and i live in a small town and this is like the only thing i could find.
anyone got any advice or anything? 
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Anonymous #2
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ah dude suck it up. i work at a restaurant and i could tell you aboslutly nothing about food when i first started working there. im not even joking, everyone always tells me to "learn your menu" so get used to hearing "learn your cars."
just give it time dude, it will come to you if you stick with it. dont give up so easily dude... youre acting like a puss lol.
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Anonymous #1
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i know i am, and figured most replies would call me out, but i just felt like being honest.
i appreciate your response though, i feel a lil better now. 
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Anonymous #3
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man up
try harder
you have to earn peoples respect
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Anonymous #4
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Quote:
Anonymous #1 said:
so i just got a job at a large retail store as an "automotive service greeter"
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Anonymous #1
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Anonymous #5
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Incapable of learning?
That is retarded.
Don't sell yourself short, unless you truly are some kind of moron.
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Anonymous #1
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i suppose so, i'm just horribly uninterested in cars.
like i said my dad's a mechanic and has his own shop, if it came easy i'd just work for him.
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Anonymous #2
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youre just bein a stubborn retard.
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Anonymous #1
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Anonymous #1
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if you come in for an oil change i'll jack them hubcaps
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Anonymous #2
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you should just quit dude. i dont think you are ready for responsibility.
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Anonymous #6
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Start fucking some hot chick that works there, and tell all of the guys about it. If you can't talk about cars at least you can talk about pussy
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Anonymous #1
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wow those are both awesome suggestions.
i'll start with yours #6 and rely on #2's as backup.
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Anonymous #7
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Quote:
Anonymous #3 said:
you have to earn peoples respect
Bull fucking shit you do. Not unless that person is your boss or you want to make friends with other co workers. I can tell right off the bat whether I'm gonna like my co workers or not and if I was OP I bet Id hate them because almost anyone who is into cars is a fucking douchebag. Just as OP described those type of people like cars because its the "manly thing to do".
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Anonymous #1
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Exactly, I get that vibe from most mechanics- and growing up around my dad's shop I've known quite a few.
They're the type of guys who love fast cars, motorcycles, nascar, drinking shitty beer, beating up homosexuals, and fucking blonde bimbos with fake tits. 
I've never been close to my dad and I've never had friends that are like this. I'm totally different. 
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Anonymous #6
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Quote:
Anonymous #1 said:
Exactly, I get that vibe from most mechanics- growing up around my dad's shop I've known quite a few.
They're the type of guys who are into fast cars, motorcycles, nascar, eating meat, drinking shitty beer, beating up homosexuals, and fucking blonde bimbos with fake tis.
Damn bro you say that like it's a bad thing
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Anonymous #1
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It's not that it's bad.. I'm just of an opposite mind.
I have little to nothing in common with guys like that.
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Anonymous #7
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Yea me either, reminds me of when people always talk about football or other stupid ass sports to me like I actualy give a shit and when I tell them "dude I dont know anything about what your saying I don't watch sports at all" they look at you all weird.
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Anonymous #6
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I'm guessing you had a lot of freinds that were females??
Men are expected to have a little testosterone in their blood. If ya feel itimidated at work make sure to show some back bone. If they give you shit for not knowing cars tell them to get fucked. Even if you dont want to, just do it. I promise you they will treat you better if they think you'll stand up to them.No shit this is the best advice your going to get. You know I should charge you for this!!
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Anonymous #8
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SFSEB
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Anonymous #1
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#7 I forgot about sports, god do I hate football and all that bullshit.
#6 I didn't really have many friends of either gender.. I find most "friendships" shallow and pointless. The few good friends I did have were guys like me though.
I appreciate the advice. I like the idea of telling people to fuck off, but I'll probably never do it.
I figure they can't fire me for not knowing shit, because they specifically told me I wouldn't need to know. Hopefully they'll just transfer me to another department though.
Edited by Anonymous (02/28/10 01:22 PM)
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Anonymous #5
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Telling people to fuck off seems like a pretty immature thing to do.
There is a certain amount of ribbing that goes with any new job, especially a menial one, and especially in a male-dominated environment.
Yours is both.
It's been this way throughout history. The Ancient Greeks were fond of telling a first-year Hoplite that he would surely be dead by noon because he was a worthless piece of crap.
This was nearly three thousand years ago.
Taking it in good stride and learning to do your job in a reasonable manner is a much better solution than yelling "FUCK YOU CUNTFACE" to the first guy who says something snide to you. He's not doing it to be malicious, and a reply like that is just going to make everyone think you're fucking crazy.
Which it sounds like you may actually be, or at least socially maladjusted, but there is no sense in throwing it everyones face the first day on the job.
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Anonymous #1
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I've had jobs like this in the past where I'd get shit for being a worthless sissy.
I tend to be too introverted to tell people to fuck off in actuality. (Although it's a nice thought) 
I'll probably end up doing what you say #5 by default.
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Anonymous #5
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Yeah, don't worry so much.
Almost anyone can pick up any job.
I have my degree now, but I de-iced airplanes when I was in college.
Learning it was a pain in the ass. Being an 18-year old stoner and learning about all these toxic liquids and physical forces and temperature gradients while some guy is telling you that a thousand people are going to die if you fuck things up.
The first year was one of the worst times of my life.
But I made really good money and eventually got competent at it.
The human condition is much more resilient than you give yourself credit for.
You can adapt.
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Anonymous #9
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It's not that it's bad.. I'm just of an opposite mind.
I have little to nothing in common with guys like that.
that's a lie, you do have things in common with guys like that.
sex with hot chicks is awesome, beer is awesome, fast cars are awesome. all of these are facts. you might not like the same beer they do, you might not be as interested in cars as they are, or the same types of women they are, but if you're a teetotaler fag who doesn't say "ohh damn, nice" when a 100k+ car rolls past.. well you're just a liar.
i'm presuming that most of what you'll need to know ISN'T "how cars work", but just inventory shit. Just the same as if you worked at a hardware store. People will come in, and have an idea what they want, and know what they have, and all you gotta do is connect A and B and recall that product C is for use A with item B. That's not mechanics stuff, that's salemanship stuff.
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Anonymous #9
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Quote:
Anonymous #1 said:
I've had jobs like this in the past where I'd get shit for being a worthless sissy.
I tend to be too introverted to tell people to fuck off in actuality. (Although it's a nice thought)
I'll probably end up doing what you say #5 by default.
then again, maybe you are a worthless sissy. i remember this one kid who came in to where i was working at the time. i was 26, 27? i think he was closer to 22-24. Still, a grown-ass man. Kid was worthless, emo fag type idiot. His job was an assistant machine operator in a fucking slitter dept of a rolling mill -- take coils of aluminum, cut them into different widths and diameters, trues up the edges .. important thing is that its industrial work. There's guys with fingers missing. They're joking about how they used to get fucked up at work back in the 70s, and throwing 3/8" nuts and shit 20-30 feet across the plant and hitting eachother with the shit for fun. This kid's sitting there with recent cuts on his arms, off in his own little world, not saying a word to anyone, not doing his job, reading fucking vampire novels.
Now that is a load of shit. Look man, no one gives a shit if you're *DOING YOUR JOB*. You can be weird as hell, but if you're a good worker, you're just *quirky*. "yeah, he likes to pretend he's a wizard and throw paper airplanes at you shouting 'LIGHTNING BOLT!', haha he's an odd cat, gets shit done though i tells ya" So long as you treat people decently, keep a fair sense of humor about things, and actually do your job... really nobody cares about the rest.
Being introverted is fine. I don't tend to seek out people, really *ever*, at all. I can count on one hand the number of people I could count as friends whom I actually met myself -- and it's not that I have few friends, but pretty much all of them are people I met through other people I met and so on and so forth. I don't meet new people. New people meet me, occasionally.
Being introverted *doesn't* mean sitting there like an orange turd on the lawn -- stinking up the place, looking weird as hell, and not getting a damn thing done. You're going to have to, at some point, speak to other people if you have a job. There's a bare minimum of communication that's necessary on your part. If, during that bare minimum of communication, you're about to not treat people like shit, you're doing fine -- if something funny happens, why the fuck wouldn't you laugh at it? and if you're laughing at the same funny shit they're laughing at, well.. fuck dude, that's how society holds itself together. People who can laugh together can get along and tolerate a lot of shit from each other. When a room full of people start laughing except one dude sitting there curled into a ball in the corner looking askew at the rest, it's not a room of people laughing it's a room full of people feeling really kinda creeped out. There's nothing worse than a laugh interrupted by discomfort that others aren't laughing. srsly. think about that.
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Anonymous #10
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i'm with ya bud, i could learn about cars, i simply dont give a fuck about them though so why bother. and i get shit from people all the time, even my grandmother.. i just do-not-care. i'd look elsewhere for a job.
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Anonymous #1
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#9 seriously
i can and do laugh... including at myself.
i'm not EXTREMELY anti-social, i just prefer not to deal with people and their problems.
and i especially have no interest in cars, sports, etc.. i'm going to have to try and bridge the gap somehow. hopefully some of my co-workers do drugs.
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Anonymous #11
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Get another job. Don't apply for something you know nothing about and cant/wont learn about.
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Anonymous #12
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Quote:
Anonymous #2 said:
youre just bein a stubborn retard.
This!
You'll pick it up after a month or two.
BUT... If you don't pick it up then the other macho employees will patronize you for not learning 'manly' stuff because your a retard not fit for the job.
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Anonymous #12
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But just be happy that you've even got a job in the first place!!!
Lots of people are desperatly looking for jobs and can't find shit! (like me)
So just be happy that you even have a job in the first place! Even if you don't like it.
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Anonymous #1
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I know I'm being retarded, but fuck it's causing me alot of anxiety.
Growing up around my dad's auto-shop was pretty alienating.
I was expected to pick up on it but it became immediately obvious that I was hopeless.
I was more interested in computers, music, drugs, etc...
I've tried caring about cars.. For some reason it just goes in one ear and out the other.
My second day is today, hopefully it's not too bad.
I think I'm going to track down the manager (not even sure who my immediate boss is right now)
and tell him that I wasn't exaggerating when I said I didn't no much about automotive stuff.
I don't want to quit the job, it was too much of a pain in the ass to get... had to buy a detox drink so I could piss clean, had 3 interviews, etc.
I'm hoping I can just get transferred to another department.
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Anonymous #12
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Dude, you don't have to be a gear head and know everything about cars.
You're just going to have to learn about the inventory you are selling. And that shouldn't take to long to learn.
Just gotta know which tires are good for what conditions, tire sizes, rim sizes etc.... That shouldn't be too hard to pick up after a month on the job.
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Anonymous #13
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You are really not cut out for working. 2nd day on the job and you are trying to get transferred? As a greeter? Isn't that the job they usually give to decrepit old men? That is the easiest job on the planet! Why don't you just write your boss up a PowerPoint presentation on why you shouldn't have been hired!
Lets be serious man, you just don't want to work, or have no idea what work is. Its ok, me neither, but you need to at least admit it.
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Anonymous #1
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I can admit it! I fucking hate the idea of wage slavery.
I hate the idea of having a boss, and with this job I'll have several.
Shit sucks major ass.
I'd rather lay around all day and follow my creative pursuits.. 
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Anonymous #9
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well.. so would we all, that's nothing special. that's why i don't trust people who never bitch about their job.
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Anonymous #14
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you could always do nails with all the gay asian men
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Anonymous #1
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Well it's official, I just quit that bitch!
Damn do I feel better.. I clocked in and walked right out..
I wonder if I'll get paid for any hours worked today?
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Anonymous #9
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tomorrow all those guys are going to be laughing about the lame fag who quit yesterday
true story
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Anonymous #5
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Quote:
Anonymous #1 said:
Well it's official, I just quit that bitch!
Damn do I feel better.. I clocked in and walked right out..
I wonder if I'll get paid for any hours worked today?
Having no responsibility must be awesome.
Creative pursuits?
Is unemployment a creative pursuit?
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Anonymous #15
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There are going to be other opportunities and they will be better. Actively seek them out.
Don't go waiting on change or you'll end up begging for it.
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Anonymous #3
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Anonymous #9 said:
tomorrow all those guys are going to be laughing about the lame fag who quit yesterday
true story
lol at OP
too retarded to learn a basic new skill
they dont rip on you cuz you know nothing about cars, they rip on you cause you are a stupid pussy who cannot learn the most basic of tasks
although, i suppose i should say they rippED on you
what a waste..."creative" pursuits lol
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Anonymous #1
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I get creative with my masturbation schedule, what can I say? 
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Anonymous #12
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I can't believe you quit your job while the economy is this horrible.
Good luck finding a new one. It might take you another 6 months.
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Anonymous #16
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Anonymous #1 said:
Well it's official, I just quit that bitch!
Damn do I feel better.. I clocked in and walked right out..
I wonder if I'll get paid for any hours worked today?
HILARIOUS!
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Anonymous #12
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What was the point of clocking in a leaving?
If you were gonna quit why not just call your boss and tell him you quit?
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Anonymous #4
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To fuck them over, duh. 
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Anonymous #12
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How is that going to fuck them over???
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Anonymous #4
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Holy shit, are you fucking serious? I mean, it's not that big of a fuck-over, but it's the best he could do within legal limits.
How can you not see how an employee clocking in, then leaving right away doesn't fuck the employer over? The employer expects to have their employees show up when they agreed to show up, and expects them to clock out when their shift is over. Having the clock running just makes shit complicated because they have to collaborate with the payroll department and fix the errors. When an employee doesn't work when he or she was assigned to work, then it ruins the dynamic of the work place, and forces the managers to improvise a quick fix.
You don't know shit about half-assed revenge. 
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Anonymous #12
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You are fucking retarded!
Him clocking in and leaving is such a simple error to fix as far as pay roll goes. And it's not that big of a deal that they were 1 employee short. They still would have been 1 employee short if he would have called in.
You sir, are a tard!
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Anonymous #4
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Well it's better than nothing, that's why I said that's the best he could do within legal limits.
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Anonymous #1
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Haha, well honestly it was a spontaneous decision... I think I have social anxiety or something.
I clocked in normally, got within sight of my dept before I just turned around and walked the other way right out the front door.
I felt so much better walking out of there, like a huge burden was lifted from my shoulders.
Only then did I realize how much anxiety I was carrying around all day in expectation of going in.
Seriously, I should probably be on medication.
I was on Ativan for about a year while at my last job after having a panic attack,
but I stopped taking it once I became unemployed because I can't afford it.
Edited by Anonymous (03/02/10 10:53 AM)
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Anonymous #13
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 Don't listen to these other fools. Plenty of shitty jobs out there that you can get that won't drive you crazy.
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Anonymous #1
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That's the conclusion I came to.. honestly I think I'd rather work a fast food job than feel incompetent working with stuff I have no interest in learning about.
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Anonymous #17
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that blows dud but it could be worse
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