Health, Anxiety, Weird and Work: Outta my way

Outta my way

By Anonymous - 09/02/2011 07:32 - United States

Today, it was my first day at work as a cashier. I was so nervous that my whole body got numb and my eye sight completely blurred. I ran to the bathroom blind while bumping into everything in the store, making sure that everyone knew I had a problem. FML

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By TheNewCashierInTown - 23/05/2016 19:30 - Canada - Gatineau

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By Anonymous - 06/07/2012 02:13 - United States

Today, I was called into my first day of work as a cashier. Not even 30 minutes into training, my boss had already "accidentally" touched my ass 7 times. FML

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By Anonymous - 25/10/2019 12:00 - Australia - Perth

Today, it was my first day of work at my new job. I got dressed and arrived early, only to find out that the store had closed due to a power outage. Then I found out that the person who'd hired me had totally forgotten about hiring me anyway. FML

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Don't mind me

By everyonewasstaring - 22/12/2009 23:32 - United Kingdom

Today, I was shopping in a packed store when I started to feel faint. Since I was quite far along in the queue, I tried to hold out until I reached the front of the queue. Good news: I succeeded. Bad news: I then fainted at the counter, hit my nose, and shit myself. FML

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By Anonymous - 20/08/2010 18:40 - United States

Today, while at work, I started to feel sick to my stomach, hot, and dizzy. My co-worker told me to go home. On the way through the locker room to get my stuff, I experienced a dizzy spell so severe, I blacked out and pooped myself. No one in the building is going to let me forget this. FML

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By marina1686 - 20/09/2019 20:00

Today, I worked a 9-hour retail like this. I didn't notice until 3 hours into my shift and had to deal with this embarrassment for the next 6 hours. FML

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By idiot - 04/01/2013 10:13 - Sweden

Today, I bought an eye mask to help me sleep during the day, as I work night shifts. Upon waking up after my first time using it, I forgot I was wearing it and thought I had gone blind, causing me to fall out of the bed and split my head open on my bedside table. FML

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Bored senseless

By Anonymous - 01/10/2010 16:55 - United States

Today, I started my first day of work. I was told to absorb everything going on and to get used to the high-paced flow of things. I've been sitting at my desk for two hours now, and the office has been empty since I've walked in. FML

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Dude, are you OK?

By Anonymous - 29/06/2022 12:00 - Canada - Thornhill

Today, I was at work at Walmart, casually walking in the middle of the store, when my foot caught on something, so I went flying forward and yelled, being caught off guard, to the point I had to pretend I was running for 3 seconds, then someone blocked my path so I suddenly had to stop. Everyone was staring at me. FML

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kkmonster93 0

Wednesday 9 February 2011 12:15

on my first day as a cashier I was so excited I forgot to count so don't worry lol

Kcek 0

Wednesday 9 February 2011 12:13

professional.

Comments

raven0 0

Wednesday 9 February 2011 17:39

lol i so agree with 57

xmarkstheheart 0

Wednesday 9 February 2011 17:50

You shouldn't be working in public! Sounds like you have some kind of anxiety disorder. Although I think you're SERIOUSLY exaggerating about your body going "numb" and your vision going "blurry." That's just ridiculous. And what do you even mean by "numb"? Like, the kind of numb that if someone poked you with a needle you wouldn't have felt it? I don't think you mean numb and blurry, I think you mean "I panicked," end of story.

nerdsgetmehot 22

Wednesday 9 February 2011 17:55

#59 The key to overcoming social anxiety isn't to not ever work in public. If OP avoids working with people/being around them on a regular basis, it will only get worse. Trust me, I know from experience...

nerdsgetmehot 22

Wednesday 9 February 2011 17:53

To those being harsh to the OP, she probably has social anxiety. It's not "overreacting." My social anxiety was so bad in the past that I couldn't look any strangers in the eye and got shaky and twitchy whenever I had to talk to people that I didn't know. All these reactions are involuntary unless you know techniques to lessen anxiety...And even then, it can take a long time of practicing these techniques to be able to calm yourself immediately.

neppy 6

Wednesday 9 February 2011 20:09

Being a cashier seemed like the scariest thing on the planet before I started doing it. I'd worked in a lot of stores in the past but had managed, somehow, to escape being till trained. At my most recent job everybody gets till trained, so I was no exception. I shat bricks the first day I did it simply because I didn't know how to use the computer and the added dione machine attached to it. Plus it can be embarrassing if you miscount something. Moreso, it can be a bit scary if you get a really nasty customer who starts berating you for no good reason. Never had that happen to me yet but when I started being a cashier it was one of my main fears - so in short I don't blame the OP for being nervous, especially if they have social anxiety.