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Hi everyone.

I'm new to this forum. I have social anxiety and depression. And when not on my meds I hear voices and things that are not there. And I believe that when people are laughing, it's at me.

So I take my meds religiously.

I have a question about work.....

Is it a good thing or a bad thing to be working in retail with my condition?

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Re: Work

My neck ache is very bad - it hurts a lot

I don't like customers asking me 'how are you?' it doesn't mean anything

I feel like telling them 'shift number one thousand four hundred and ....or is that one thousand three hundred and ....'

I wonder if I should try that next time .....

Then you get the customers who have been going for years and they can't remember the basics - it's really annoying - you reckon after all this time they should have learnt something but they never remember

The problem is because of my current problems I can't apply for another job as it would be too hard to find something that is not too far from home

Where you work is it far from your place?

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In the morning I had one regular customer tell me that it was very busy in the shop...

but she said it to me when I was a few shops away - I was on the way there

So annoying...I don't care how busy she shouldn't mention it

She seems to be always talking about how busy it is - she can't control herself

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I had one 'regular' customer - this was very annoying -

call out to me from another counter - I work in retail in a mixed business -

then after I 'called out' to reply to her 'greeting' - she went and told the other staff

that I was 'shy' .....

I have spoken to her before - does she have a memory problem recently I helped her

by explaining where to do early voting - it's not as if I never talk to her

I wasn't even facing her I was at my own counter so wy should I 'greet' her

And she shouldn't make any comments to other staff very very annoying

Must be something in the water around there

In response to: Work

Re: Work

I had one 'regular' customer - this was very annoying -

call out to me from another counter - I work in retail in a mixed business -

then after I 'called out' to reply to her 'greeting' - she went and told the other staff

that I was 'shy' .....

I have spoken to her before - does she have a memory problem recently I helped her

by explaining where to do early voting - it's not as if I never talk to her

I wasn't even facing her I was at my own counter so why should I 'greet' her

And she shouldn't make any comments to other staff very very annoying

Must be something in the water around there

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