This week been not so good at my main gig gonna have a vent;
CW: transphobia, sexism, racism, ableism, misgendering etc at work
spoiler
My voice doesn't pass on its own but in context with me it typically does since I've got a full beard and try to act all masc and such. So there I was at work at my main gig as a cashier with some poor rando teen and some chud was whining since the line long like a snake in Nibbles about to lose, and apparently he clocked me, so he started ranting that young girls these days lack any work ethic and began on some sexist , ableist and transphobic rant about young women these days being all mentally ill, the poor teen as being pierced and therefore forever unattractive and me as bearded. A bit later I rung him and his bigoted wife up and they tried to start shit and be hostile, but I played my extra thick and friendly cashier ploy that works 99.99% of the time with such sorts and it threw them off, I had to card him for some reason and I wanted to say 'son I'm fuckin 35, young girl? I'm older than you' Also had a bunch of elderly customers clock me, usually they don't and they just spammed misgendering to get a rise, you could see it in their eyes, again the whole thick cashier bit throws them off and the evil sparkle of delight go bye bye but not the and sometimes they fume out the door. Usually I just get a lot of racism 'oh we're hiring illegals now' and people speaking the worst Spanish one can imagine. This week I must have critrolled failed something and am getting a little of everything. Can't wait to start that voice therapy session in a few weeks, maybe help somewhat with this.
They're going to arrest me for the crime of existing as too many minorities in Murikkka at their leisure, I don't need to give them yet another excuse.
working checkout lines, i've come to the conclusion that the most important freedom in american culture is the freedom to tell someone else they're doing freedom wrong
im far too conflict averse to say that to someone's face, but I have found it shuts down annoying people online
I can't be direct and blunt since the job I'm in is totally into positivity including the toxic sort, so theoretically I could say mad shit to people if I could figure out how to cloak it in pure sunshine and rainbows. Being overly sarcastically manically friendly when they're obviously trying to be an evil bigot or a mere nuisance is the best I can do. My cousin also works with the public and just starts working really slowly when they fuck with him, more he's fucked with slower he goes, sometimes I do that too especially when they're mean and in a rush.
I find cranking up the polite, repeating myself, and lowering the personable works. Although that's usually when a customer is being rude to other customers.
This week been not so good at my main gig gonna have a vent;
CW: transphobia, sexism, racism, ableism, misgendering etc at work
spoiler
My voice doesn't pass on its own but in context with me it typically does since I've got a full beard and try to act all masc and such. So there I was at work at my main gig as a cashier with some poor rando teen and some chud was whining since the line long like a snake in Nibbles about to lose, and apparently he clocked me, so he started ranting that young girls these days lack any work ethic and began on some sexist , ableist and transphobic rant about young women these days being all mentally ill, the poor teen as being pierced and therefore forever unattractive and me as bearded. A bit later I rung him and his bigoted wife up and they tried to start shit and be hostile, but I played my extra thick and friendly cashier ploy that works 99.99% of the time with such sorts and it threw them off, I had to card him for some reason and I wanted to say 'son I'm fuckin 35, young girl? I'm older than you' Also had a bunch of elderly customers clock me, usually they don't and they just spammed misgendering to get a rise, you could see it in their eyes, again the whole thick cashier bit throws them off and the evil sparkle of delight go bye bye but not the
and sometimes they fume out the door. Usually I just get a lot of racism 'oh we're hiring illegals now' and people speaking the worst Spanish one can imagine. This week I must have critrolled failed something and am getting a little of everything. Can't wait to start that voice therapy session in a few weeks, maybe help somewhat with this.
i dont envy cashiers. i feel like working in that job would make me want to install a giant cannon on my arm and knives instead of fingers
No kidding, only job around here that will take me being so many minorities though, so have to hold on.
Ugh, that's ridiculous
Fuck everything about that. You're far kinder than I would've been. I would've been fired on the spot if I were in your shoes. Maybe arrested idk.
They're going to arrest me for the crime of existing as too many minorities in Murikkka at their leisure, I don't need to give them yet another excuse.
working checkout lines, i've come to the conclusion that the most important freedom in american culture is the freedom to tell someone else they're doing freedom wrong
im far too conflict averse to say that to someone's face, but I have found it shuts down annoying people online
I can't be direct and blunt since the job I'm in is totally into positivity including the toxic sort, so theoretically I could say mad shit to people if I could figure out how to cloak it in pure sunshine and rainbows. Being overly sarcastically manically friendly when they're obviously trying to be an evil bigot or a mere nuisance is the best I can do. My cousin also works with the public and just starts working really slowly when they fuck with him, more he's fucked with slower he goes, sometimes I do that too especially when they're mean and in a rush.
I find cranking up the polite, repeating myself, and lowering the personable works. Although that's usually when a customer is being rude to other customers.