I had a small...(small in this case actually being a pretty freaking HUGE)... melt down today after being forced to stay on a register by overwhelming crowds (I'm NOT a cahsier...I'm supposed to be BACK UP not full time register jocky), and having a series of rude and/or downright mean customers during that period when I was SUPPOSED to have gone to lunch and HOUR ago.
When I was FINALLY allowed to leave the register first I went to the bathroom (having not been able to potty for the past several hours) then I went and sat in the break room and burst into tears and suddenly I was SURROUNDED by people trying to make me feel better. The whole store seemed to rally around me.
Word quickly spread that I was seriously considering quitting because I didn't think I could mentally handle the verbal abuse for another 2 and a half months until christmas season is over (because people are 12x as mean during christmas and there are 200x more of them than the rest of the year) and I coudln't continue to run a register with a smile on my face when I had to pee like an over-hydrated race horse.
Then all of a sudden one of my assistant managers was there to give me a pep talk and calm me down and he averted me from actually walking out.
Its nice to work somewhere where people will support you when you need it most.
I work with some great people, too. As I've been learning how to be a cashier over the past couple months, I've leaned on the more experienced cashiers to help me out when things got complicated, or if a customer had a question I couldn't answer, etc. They've all been great. And I have a wonderful supervisor who is constantly putting out fires, and is very dependable when needed.
I've had some good customers. I've had compliments on my hair and on my outfit. Most of the customers I get are in good spirits and a pleasure to deal with.
