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No. 1993489

If mods think this is too similar to the employment thread >>>/ot/1962884 they can delete it. I thought it would be nice to have a thread for discussing wagie jobs (retail, food, service sector stuff for a low wage) specifically.

No. 1993493

I'll start I suppose. Got a job at a grocery store recently, most of my coworkers are 17 year old boys I have nothing in common with. They literally always have earbuds in and take every opportunity to slack off but management is so desperate for workers they never get punished for it. The older people are nicer but they also have real lives so it's hard to relate to them too as a shutin loser

No. 1993519

I think this is a reasonable thread. It should stay up.

No. 1994152

Should I lie about my job experience in order to land a waitressing job? Might fib my resume…

No. 1994160

>>1994152
Are you the bored autistic anon that was in the stupid questions thread asking if a restaraunt would hire you if you didn't have experience? They hire retarded 16 year olds with no job experience all the time. It's not even worth the effort to stress about getting a waitressing job, like seriously. Just apply. Lie or don't it really doesn't even matter.

No. 1994170

Is anyone working gas station nightshifts? How is it?

No. 1994177

>>1994152
pretty much exactly what >>1994160 said. i worked in a restaurant when i was a teenager, they really don't care about your job history as long as you're personable. the only waitressing job i can see you needing to lie about your experience in order to land the job would be like a high end fancy restaurant, but even then i think they probably care more about your personality and appearance

No. 1994186

I work in retail only part-time because I would be suicidal if I worked more than 6 hours a day (I tried working 10 a day in the past and it landed me in the psychward). Honestly I kinda like it. Yes, working minimum wage in a dead-end job sucks. Yes, customers suck. But I really enjoy the routine, being on my feet the whole time and getting to be around people. I'm an ex-NEET so I'm feeling pretty accomplished working this job for almost two years now and I even moved into my own appartement in the meantime! I'd say one of the worst parts is how many people quit and all the new people you have to explain stuff to you barely know yourself. But I really like most of my co-workers even though soon everyone who was around when I started here will be gone soon. Bittersweet I guess but whatevs. I secretely call us the "losers club" kek

No. 1994226

I got a relatively nice job but had to quit so in a month I'll be back in retail hell. My last job was awful, I was a cashier for 35 hours a week and we were so understaffed I couldn't leave the cash register so the days felt so long. Really the biggest problem was the lack of staff, it could have been fine if we had more people and could switch tasks a bit.

No. 1994228

>>1994152
Yes. Server jobs always try to put newfags in the host position instead of server because they make less.

No. 1994343

What a coincidence, I just started working as a janitor again last week because I couldn't get anything better. It's minimum wage but apparently they didn't want to spend money training me so I've literally been on my own since day 1. It's pretty chill

No. 1994358

>>1994226
I used to like being a closer with 2 cashiers on, it became absolute fucking hell with just 1. At least before we could rotate and take breaks or let someone go early if they had things to do. I’m glad I quit because things sound so much worse now

No. 1994388

I've been working in fast food for a little over a month now and honestly I don't dislike it, although it does get very stressful at times. The thing is that I feel like a nuisance because I'm slow, and it's normal since I'm still new ish but I kinda doubt I can get much better. I'm slow even at things I've been doing forever like washing the dishes or cooking, so I wonder if I'm never gonna be able to become fast. I hate inconveniencing my coworkers…

No. 1994405

I just started cashiering at the grocery store so I often have to look at the chart they give us for the fruit and veggie codes to enter. Often customers will interrupt me and tell me what the vegetable is. Um, yeah I know what a zucchini looks like you don’t have to tell me. What I need is the code

No. 1994526

Customer deadass left a cart right in front of the emergency exit and trotted off. God damn how are customers so fucking stupid and why are they so bad at just saying in plain fucking English what they are looking for. Every single time I get asked to find something I confirm with them 2 or 3 times because otherwise I'll have misheard them.

No. 1994533

>>1994405
I hate that, sometimes items won’t have a barcode so I’ll have to search it up online and customers will go: ‘Oh, it’s x price.’ It’s not the price I’m looking for, it’s the barcode so I can enter the item in.

No. 1994602

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This summer I'm gonna look into trade school. Not sure what I want to do yet, maybe electrical or welding. I just want to make some good money and not get into student debt. Union would be nice. I'm trying to get the hell out of healthcare, I can't do it anymore. If there's any blue-collar nonas out there with advice for me, I'd love to hear it.

No. 1994617

I thought we already had this thread? Not the employment thread, literally another wage slave thread somewhere in /ot/

No. 1994619

I'm sorry for doubting you wagie jobs. I want to go back to retail or food so bad. I work in an office now and hate it, so boring and sitting in a chair for 8 hours a day makes me feel disgusting. Plus I'm gaining a ton of weight despite eating the same. I think I'm meant for a job where I'm on my feet, the customer service part sucks ass though

No. 1994624

>>1994602
"just join a trade" is kind of a meme for a reason, unfortunately. I haven't tried to get into it myself, but i have multiple friends who were smart, did really well in high school, aced the math test given to tradie applicants, and were STILL rejected from apprenticeships. I'm not saying this to discourage you but to warn you that it could be a LONG time before you get something.

No. 1994633

>>1994624
That's fine I just want to have literally any kind of skill set. Rn I only have "prior experience" at jobs anyone off the street can train into within two weeks, plus a couple certifications relating to a field I no longer want to work in.
>>1994619
I felt the same when I momentarily lucked into a low-impact semi office job. I realized everyone around me only worked maybe an hour or two out of the day and the rest was just fabricated busy work. Stressed me the hell out weirdly enough.

No. 1994667

>>1994619
I also work an office job and have for years now and it makes me want to commit. I have to be high otherwise I'm miserable and a bitch to customers. I work an entry level position so that means I deal with every phone call for an incredibly large company. Every person that walks in the door and am not allowed to leave my desk unless I ask someone to cover the phone. I'm putting in my two weeks soon to doordash.

No. 1994705

>>1994619
I burn around 600cal ever shift. Sitting all day honestly hurts, idk why offices don't normalise standing desks.

No. 1997154

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went to the bathroom after I clocked out this morning. as soon as I entered I made eye contact with a girl who I think is new, idk, only seen her once or twice. she had an extremely concerned look on her face then glanced behind her but didn't say anything, so I proceeded to my favorite stall 'cause I gotta pee. before I can close the door, I hear it. then I looked back at her to confirm I understood now. the person in the next stall just let out a snore. anyway, I shut the door and stuff, then I hear the lady from personnel who I had noticed walking this direction from a distance enter, then knock on the stall next to me.
>"is everything okay?"
>"!?- oh yeah, just diarrhea"
> "ok do we need to call anyone for you?"
> "oh no honey, I'm diabetic and all, just gotta get my stomach settled."

No. 2004439

Why do the pissiest customers always show up in the afternoon towards the end of my shift? Maybe if you don’t like that it’s so crowded here you should shop somewhere else’s? Or come in the morning? I don’t even tell people their total anymore unless they pay with cash because every time I tell them how much their groceries cost they make some comment about how expensive they are and I’m left to just awkwardly try and empathize. I do agree that they’re expensive but I can’t do anything about it and having to feign empathy for dozens of people a day is exhausting

No. 2004476

>>2004439
I think they say these things because they feel like they have to. The whole needing a verbal script to say. A lot of people are uncomfortable with not talking so they will blurt out the most obvious thing. It might help to reframe it this way so your empathy doesn’t activate. I’m autistic and didn’t understand this for a long time so I was similarly burnt out constantly trying to make people feel better. When I switched to nodding or not responding to their quips it usually gave the same result as trying to empathize with them. If one of them got fussy about this I would just say “sorry sir, hard of hearing, what was that?” they usually just drop it at that point. these jobs pay too little to be constantly drained by emotional coddling that isn’t even appreciated .

No. 2004518

>>2004476
Yeah, smiling and nodding is basically what I’ve been doing. The other customer ism that gets annoying is when they come up to my register and say “you looked lonely so I thought I’d keep you company” as a joke. Funny the first time, not so much the dozens more times

No. 2004571

>>1994602
I work in construction as a project manager, working my way up the office lader. its cool but you basically only work with men.
If you want to work for a union I recomend the Elevator Union, they usualy have the highest salaries. Alternativly, I know you said you wanted to get out of healthcare but coding isn't a bad job.

No. 2004581

>>2004571
Did you need any courses for project management? I do flagging and am looking to get into the office

No. 2004905

>>2004581
Not really. Just know how to use Excel & MS Project. You should be able to learn everything as a Project Engineer or Coordinator

No. 2004923

Food wagie here, and I swear to God couples ordering together are the fucking worst. And I'm not saying this just 'cause I'm a femcel, they literally go:

"What do you want to order?
"What do you want to order?"
"You first.
"No, you first."

Whhhhhyyy. Stop holding up the liiiiiine.

No. 2004926

>>1993493
I'm in the opposite direction. Most of my co-workers are older women with old kids, with or without their Nigels. Honestly it's kind of comfy being surrounded by a "motherly" environment. But man, I cannot relate to them when they start talking about marriage and what Junior did yesterday.

No. 2004928

>>2004923
Would it be considered rude to ask one of them directly?

No. 2004949

>>2004928
They'll most likely just go: "Sorry, I'm still picking."

No. 2009243

I hate when customers don’t bring the trolleys back, they just leave them in the middle of the carpark where they get stolen. Then they complain that there’s never any trolleys…

No. 2009259

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>>2009243
nona you would love this youtube acc
https://youtu.be/ytENsM5Yf1g?si=sQ0JEv-r2BCGNvTT

No. 2009261

does anyone else have a 50’s+ female coworker that is high drama and especially hates young women.. I feel like ever wagie job I’ve been to there’s one.

No. 2009274

>>2009261
>>2009261 kek I just replied to >>2004926 "This environment always resulted in workplace bullying for me" before even seeing this post. The middle aged and up people have largely been awful at every wagie job I've worked, including the managers.
>>1994405
When I worked fast food I found it extremely annoying that so many of the customers clearly had never worked a fast food job before


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