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I just got a a job as a cashier at a fast food restaurant. I'm 23 years old and this is my first job ever due to my really extreme anxiety. Most of my coworkers/managers have been helpful and understanding in training me and showing me how to do things. Most of the time things have been going smoothly and I have learned and corrected any mistakes that I've made. However, I think that my GM does not like me. She has tried to show me how to do things but I have trouble hearing people, especially with how loud the kitchen is and with the music blasting. She also has an accent and speaks very quickly, I am often asking her to repeat herself more than once or not doing what she says immediately. I feel really awful about this, I am not trying to cause problems. She gets…


I just got a a job as a cashier at a fast food restaurant. I'm 23 years old and this is my first job ever due to my really extreme anxiety. Most of my coworkers/managers have been helpful and understanding in training me and showing me how to do things. Most of the time things have been going smoothly and I have learned and corrected any mistakes that I've made.

However, I think that my GM does not like me. She has tried to show me how to do things but I have trouble hearing people, especially with how loud the kitchen is and with the music blasting. She also has an accent and speaks very quickly, I am often asking her to repeat herself more than once or not doing what she says immediately.

I feel really awful about this, I am not trying to cause problems. She gets frustrated with me very quickly. I'm not stupid and I want to do things correctly, but sometimes it takes me a second to understand what someone has said to me. I've only worked 2 shifts.

I was really enjoying this job at first as I like helping customers, learning how to use the register and cleaning tables/bathrooms etc. My coworkers were really helpful and teaching me what to do, even when I had to ask them to repeat themselves occasionally. But now I am dreading continuing my training. She got really annoyed with me at the end of my last shift and I'm pretty sure she was making fun of me (I can't be sure since she was not speaking english) or at the least expressing frustration with me to another manager.

The other manager who was training me said that I had done a good job that day and that I was doing well over all so I'm really confused. I'm feeling really down about this and cried after my last shift. I don't want to quit cause I worked really hard to get a job to help my family but I'm worried this is just going to get worse since I am trying my best and I am not misunderstanding her on purpose, so there isn't really anything I can think to do. Any advice is welcome

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