Hello from Estonia

[x0xLikeMex0x]

Hello!


My name is Lucy and I haven't introduced myself yet. I'm a 21 year old Estonian girl, working in retail. I'm quite sure working in retail for 2 years already has been the reason I've developed social anxiety.


Are there any other retail workers who feel the same way? It would be nice to exchange experiances.

 

[JCP]

Hi Lucy, it's nice to have you here!


I don't work in retail but I've had severe social anxiety for as long as I can remember (I think I was born with it actually ).


So you think the reason you have SA is because of your job? Did something happen while you were working there that triggered it? (if you don't mind sharing)

 

[x0xLikeMex0x]

Hi Lucy, it's nice to have you here!
I don't work in retail but I've had severe social anxiety for as long as I can remember (I think I was born with it actually ).


So you think the reason you have SA is because of your job? Did something happen while you were working there that triggered it? (if you don't mind sharing)

Yeah, I'm quite sure working as a sales advisor has been contributing to me developing SA. It's just that I see a hundreds of people everyday and some of them are complete jerks. I've had a few people go off at me for no reason and after they left, I would shake all over and couldn't consentrate until the end of my shift. Plus the other small annoying things that people do. And a lot of annoying thing start to get to you after awhile.

 

[sidney]

Hello there and welcome to the forum! Well since you are experiencing some hassles connected to your job, have you tried considering applying for another job? I think that to work in retail you really have to be thick-faced and insensitive, because you will tend to encounter some rude, impatient or irrational people out there.

 

[x0xLikeMex0x]

Hello there and welcome to the forum! Well since you are experiencing some hassles connected to your job' date=' have you tried considering applying for another job? I think that to work in retail you really have to be thick-faced and insensitive, because you will tend to encounter some rude, impatient or irrational people out there.[/quote']
Well I did apply for post of visual merchandiser's back-up, which will make my days at work a bit different. I won't be serving costumers that much and I'll be able to consentrate on my creative side. If I hadn't gotten that "extra job" in the store, I would have quit my current job and found a new one. And I'll see if visual merchandising will suit me. If it doesn't, then I get to quit too.


At the moment I feel like I have no other place to work at than costumer service. I haven't graduated from university yet and there's no other place I could go that pays me that well.

 

[kgord]

Hi Lucy, it takes all kind, and in retail you often run across people who think your sole purpose in life is to wait on them. It can be a diffcult field I know. I think you should perhaps take some classes in retail and purchasing, maybe you could become a buyer so you won't have to put up with rude or insenstive customers. However, nothing is perfect and there will be issues where ever you go, you just have to learn to deal with them sadly.

 

[x0xLikeMex0x]

Hi Lucy' date=' it takes all kind, and in retail you often run across people who think your sole purpose in life is to wait on them. It can be a diffcult field I know. I think you should perhaps take some classes in retail and purchasing, maybe you could become a buyer so you won't have to put up with rude or insenstive customers. However, nothing is perfect and there will be issues where ever you go, you just have to learn to deal with them sadly.[/quote']
I'm currently studying marketing and hopefully I'll find a job in that field.


I've always been a social person, so I thought working as a Sales Advisor in retail would suit me. I guess working in retail has broken me in that case. Yeah, I'm still somewhat social, but I don't enjoy meeting new people anymore.

 

[sidney]

Well I did apply for post of visual merchandiser's back-up, which will make my days at work a bit different. I won't be serving costumers that much and I'll be able to consentrate on my creative side. If I hadn't gotten that "extra job" in the store, I would have quit my current job and found a new one. And I'll see if visual merchandising will suit me. If it doesn't, then I get to quit too.


At the moment I feel like I have no other place to work at than costumer service. I haven't graduated from university yet and there's no other place I could go that pays me that well.

Well I guess you just have to grin and bear it I guess, after all it's just temporary anyway, so for sure when you have already graduated then you have more job options to choose from.