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“you should smile more”

I work retail and got this one today. She didn't say it directly to me, this woman actually complained to the manager about it. Said he should do something about “girls not even greeting or looking customers in the eyes nowadays.” I have trouble speaking and maintaining eye contact. This is the only day we work nonstop as it's saturday, we are short-staffed so sometimes we have to pay attention to more customers than usual, and do it quicker than usual, i was pmsing and cramping like pretty badly, hungry and dizzy and still tried my best to be polite even though she couldn't decide what to get and asked me the same questions all the time. for like half an hour or more. it hit me i'm just an object and i'm there to sell myself to these people and i have to do it perfectly as if i…


I work retail and got this one today. She didn't say it directly to me, this woman actually complained to the manager about it. Said he should do something about “girls not even greeting or looking customers in the eyes nowadays.” I have trouble speaking and maintaining eye contact. This is the only day we work nonstop as it's saturday, we are short-staffed so sometimes we have to pay attention to more customers than usual, and do it quicker than usual, i was pmsing and cramping like pretty badly, hungry and dizzy and still tried my best to be polite even though she couldn't decide what to get and asked me the same questions all the time. for like half an hour or more. it hit me i'm just an object and i'm there to sell myself to these people and i have to do it perfectly as if i am a machine. I'm a product, because I can't talk back and have to agree with everything those people say to maintain my job. Took me 11 months to realize this.

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