UPDATE!: Got a Customer Service Job at Albertsons!!

Cthulhu · Post by **Cthulhu** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 11:48 am

Congrats on finding a job that'll fit your schedule. Hope everything works out for ya!

The n00b · Post by **The n00b** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:43 pm

Dave you might want to try working out to deal with your anxiety/panic attacks. I realize my anxiety is probably nowhere near your's in severity but I used to actually get panic attacks during classes and I also had a touch of social anxiety.

Since I started working out, I don't get panic attacks anymore and I'm a lot more confident in what I can handle. Anyway you might have already tried this already but I'm just throwing it out there in case you haven't.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 4:17 pm

The n00b wrote:Dave you might want to try working out to deal with your anxiety/panic attacks. I realize my anxiety is probably nowhere near your's in severity but I used to actually get panic attacks during classes and I also had a touch of social anxiety.

Since I started working out, I don't get panic attacks anymore and I'm a lot more confident in what I can handle. Anyway you might have already tried this already but I'm just throwing it out there in case you haven't.

Thanks, I have gotten proper treatment for my anxiety (although I haven't started working out yet *gulps*), and I have now gotten to the point where I can manage my anxiety wherever it pops up in my life again. I'm on great medications, every two weeks I see a Psychotherapist, and every three months I see the #1 anxiety specialist in Denver-Dr. Neil Weiner www.coloradoanxiety.com .
Plus, I simply wouldn't have made it this far without my faith, and the support of people in that Sunday night Church group I attend.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 4:19 pm

PsikyoPshumpPshooterP wrote:
iatneH wrote:Congrats again buddy, but just make sure you don't bite off more than you can chew. Good luck! Now that you'll have money, come join us new PCB collectors, I know PPPP and I will be fighting over a lot of stuff to come
when times are tough...you always gotta sell your shit

No dude, my Dreamcast might be dying on me, and even if I did sell all the video game stuff I have, I can guarantee you that it still wouldn't be enough to purchase a Super Gun, and even one old-school PCB.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 4:24 pm

Specineff wrote:Just be careful with the whiny, bitchy ladies who believe they deserve to have their flabby asses kissed because they spend so much for so long at Albertson's.

Fed up with the whiny, bitchy ladies who believe they deserve to have their flabby asses kissed because they spend so much for so long at Macy's,

Spec.

I don't like whiny bitchy customers either; but the way I look at it is that no one's perfect, we all have bad days, we've all said and done things we wish we hadn't, etc.

Besides which my family whom I live with (including myself) have been whiny and bitchy to deal with PLENTY of times. That's why I love the pyschological questionnaires on job applications which always ask if you "Strongly Agree", "Agree", "Disagree", or "Stronly Disagree" with the statement: "I could not deal with difficult people all day long".

Umm, I DO-they're called family! STRONLY DISAGREE! (ahem)

magnum opus · Post by **magnum opus** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 7:38 pm

dave4shmups wrote: I don't like whiny bitchy customers either; but the way I look at it is that no one's perfect, we all have bad days, we've all said and done things we wish we hadn't, etc.

while this is true the problem is: as customer service you ONLY get people on their bad days.

i mean it looks better on a resume than bag boy and you said it paid better. I'm not saying bag boy would have been a better choice but man, customer service is a miserable job.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 7:47 pm

magnum opus wrote:
dave4shmups wrote: I don't like whiny bitchy customers either; but the way I look at it is that no one's perfect, we all have bad days, we've all said and done things we wish we hadn't, etc.
while this is true the problem is: as customer service you ONLY get people on their bad days.

i mean it looks better on a resume than bag boy and you said it paid better. I'm not saying bag boy would have been a better choice but man, customer service is a miserable job.

I wouldn't say you only get people on your their bad days; keep in mind that this is a grocery store-this isn't like a retail job where you ONLY get people returning things. There's a lot more to it then that with a grocery store-you have people asking for money orders, picking up their photos, etc. So I don't think it'll be that bad.

And even in a retail jobs, I've been bitched as a floor person/sales associate by people who liked to pretend that I was a manger, or customer service rep!

In the Summer of 1998, when I was working at Office Max as a Sales Associate, Windows '98 came out, and we had people constantly bitching about it crashing their PC's. But, our official line was, "It's not our problem; go call Microsoft."