I’ve now spent two days on the job at Walgreen’s. I posted yesterday about my initial experience, but no one but myself will ever see that post. After day two, here are some things I’ve come to consider:
I am not cut out for retail. Seriously. That’s all I’ve gotten out of Walgreen’s so far. Working at a cash register, ringing people up for hours on end, is extremely stressful for me. Unbelievably so. I had to give a speech today in Public Speaking, and any one that knows me fairly well knows that speaking in front of a group of people (any group) is not my favorite thing to do by an extremely-long shot. I didn’t even think about it, because I was thinking about going into work.
Seriously. I got off three hours ago and I still feel like throwing up. If I can find anything else, I’m out of there. The best thing I can say about my extremely short time at Walgreen’s so far is that it has spurred me to get really damn good at anything else, because if I can help it, I’m never working at a cash register again after I leave Walgreen’s.
My buddy Matt says it’ll get better, but I’m very convinced that, at least in my case, that’s just not the case. He’s talking about the a couple of weeks; if I last three more days, I’ll be pretty surprised. I really hope I can find something else soon, because I can’t just quit; no matter how much I hate it, I need a job at this point. I can’t afford to just quit, with nothing else available.
I’ll probably have to go in again tomorrow. If they put me at the register again (which is pretty much guaranteed), I’m probably going to go fuckin’ crazy. I can’t stand it. It’s not just something I don’t enjoy; it’s so incredibly unenjoyable and stressful that I find myself physically ill by the time I get off work, totally shaken.
If anyone knows of some job opening somewhere that isn’t similar to Walgreens (i.e. working at a cash register), let me know. I never thought I’d actually be desperate to stop working once I got a job, but this is where I find myself.