It's too... peoply out there.
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
United States
March 27, 2017 12:37am CST
These past few days of working a different shift have been enlightening. If anything, I spend a bit more time internalizing things. I get the impression that I come off as being a bit... standoffish.
That does not surprise me. When I am in my own little world, I am often so lost in it that I forget my outside appearance is intimidating. That's a trait I got from my father. He always looked gruff and non-approachable.
I can't speak for him, but for me, it's mostly because I am deep in thought. I don't like to be interrupted when I am like this. I have to make a conscious effort to smile more while I am on this new shift.
I digress... I think even when talking to others who work for the company.. (I don't call them my co-workers because they aren't on the same team as me) I come off as abrupt.
I'm not going to change that mind you. Atleast I notice it though. It's just who I am, if people don't like it? They do not have to talk to me.
I'm not mean... I just don't suffer ridiculousness.
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@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
27 Mar 17
LOL. you sound like me... I sit here all night by myself (for a reason. I don't care for people all that much) and then the fist shift people come in and they are like ... Good Morning! ... oh yeah, right.. Hi! I can't remember the intricacies of interacting with other humans.. I prefer animals. LOL.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
27 Mar 17
Third shift for me entails communicating with a few people, and that's it. That's not even all that bad, and I generally just say "yes", "no", "okay", or "that's cool."
Now I have to stop and show customers where things are, talk to the other people that work there sometimes... I mean I am still left to my own devices for the most part.. but I still feel awkward haha.
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@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
27 Mar 17
@ScribbledAdNauseum yea, all of my "people" interaction third shift is on the phone. I work at an answering service. And then I have to talk to the girls that come in in the morning for an hour.. although I notice I very rarely say anything.. and they are like "are you okay?" " you are so quiet." yep.. it's just me. that is how I roll.. lol
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
27 Mar 17
@minx267
Well not to mention that while they are just waking up, we are ready for bed... I don't think people take that into consideration too much. I'm definitely quieter when I am ready to go home, wind down, and sleep.
Maybe years of working third has made us look like loners, but I don't think we are. Just selective in what we say and who we say it to.
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@celticeagle (158876)
• Boise, Idaho
28 Mar 17
Work is a place for work and sometimes it is hard to make a happy medium in the social aspect of having to be around other people in the work place. I'd rather just phone it in.
@Poppylicious (11133)
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27 Mar 17
Ah, do you have Resting B!tchface too?! It's my normal expression. :)
@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
27 Mar 17
It's hard to smle all the time, as long as you are doing the job i don't think your coworkers should mind.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
27 Mar 17
Not co-workers... .I don't call them that because while they are there working in other departments, they aren't the people I normally work with..
I work for a grocery store as a stock clerk.
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