We have all had a bad job 😖 | Weekend-engagement #138

Hello hello, my beautiful hivers friends! during the weekend I was checking a little in this community because I know that every weekend they give very good topics to make post and this was no exception .... While I was reviewing the post of this community with the varied and very ingenious topics that we have at our disposal to use, one in particular from the moment I read it, called my attention because I think that all of us who already know a little of the working life, have ever had the bad luck to work in one that was really very bad for us and I want to tell you a little about a job that for me was bad both physically and emotionally, noting that the pay was not really the best😕.

You see, during 2021, a year in which we were still going through a pandemic, I returned to my hometown because with the confinement and protection of people in quarantine to prevent the spread of Covid-19, all activities were suspended from work to academics so I decided to return home. The above is a small context that has a presence in one of the factors why this job was quite bad. In the middle of this year, when some businesses could open their doors complying with biosafety standards, I decided to look for a job in a place not far from my home, since I needed some extra money to cover my personal expenses. This was a place where they supplied all kinds of food for human consumption and groceries.

When I started working, I realized that it would be a really bad job from day one, but since I was just starting, I was not going to throw in the towel so easily, so I decided to give it another chance. After a week I already felt physically exhausted and my bosses, at that time, were really strict and said things in a very bad way, offensive and humiliating. It should be noted that at the beginning I was only part of the staff that looked for each thing that the clientele asked for and I was in charge of placing it in a basket so that it could be billed later. Customers asked for things in such a bad way that countless times I felt the need to answer them just as they asked for things, in a very rude and humiliating way, even receiving comments that this happened to me because I was working and not looking to study (which of course made me angry because I also continued with my studies only via online)😌.

After a few weeks, let's say I got a small promotion to cashier, because the other girl who held that position, decided to quit and really at that moment I thought she was making the best decision. Being now as a cashier, thinking that maybe it would be better, I was very wrong because the humiliations continued both by the bosses and by the customers, which each time surprised me more and more because I did not see how someone could be so rude and ill-mannered, since I was not educated to give such treatment. Every day I arrived home exhausted because I had to be at the cash register standing from the moment I arrived and we didn't have any chairs either and that was for 8 hours. All that time on my feet was taking its toll and every day my back and feet were hurting more and more😖.

You may wonder why I didn't quit this job? Well, during that time, the financial situation in my home was not the best as we were going through a pandemic and we saw the economy dropping every day. Since I mention the pandemic again, one of the factors why this job was bad is that I was always exposed and many people refused to maintain biosafety standards such as wearing a mask or using antibacterial gel when entering the facility. I was in that horrible job for three months until I decided to quit and it was the best decision I could have made. What did I learn from all this? That no job in the world, none, can be worth it if it makes you so very, very unhappy and fills you with so much anger and sadness inside, it practically poisons your soul and every day you feel tired of getting up and getting out of bed.

I learned that we can not cling to a toxic job and that hurts us so much, but I think the most valuable learning that left me was that I learned to be a customer, because with so much bad treatment I received from them and living the side of the coin where I was the one who attended them, I know exactly how each one of those people who today works in the same or similar job to the one I had feels, so now every time I buy something or someone is serving me, I treat them as kindly and politely as possible so that maybe their day will be a little less difficult😉.