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I Gotta Watch How I Talk To People. (Today I Learned #113)


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Today I Learned I have to watch how I talked to people. I was at this new job I got the other day and the employer asked me to come in at 6am. I wanted to say no and I almost did but my plan was to leave this job as soon as I made enough for my tuition. It was a cashier posistion at a 7/11, I didn’t feel comfortable working here. I would be ashamed if any of my friends from high school had walked in and reaffirm their beliefs that I was a big stinky loser. So I came in to the job bright an early and I noticed that there was an extra coworker on shift. Somebody called the boss and he then tried to tell me that it was a miscommunication. I was very angry because I had worked 10 hours yesterday and had struggled to wake up early enough to ensure that I wouldn’t be late. Let alone I took an Uber there. I went off and expressed my anger through my tone and stern disagreement. As I did that felt my surrounding coworkers watch me as I challenged the boss vehemently. Once I realized the taboo I had made I caught myself and politely rescinded. I thought that was the end of it. I thought that everybody would forget my poor behavior and we would all move on. But that wasn’t the case. The next time I worked I realized there was a group effort to go against me. I was told instantly upon coming into to do the lowest job possible. At first I just stomached the passive insult. It was the way they talked to me that struck a never which made me ruble almost automatically. At first it was the assistant manger. Who made it obvious that he wanted to make me feel low because that was the side of the boss. After asking speak with him one on one he quickly apogilized for the way he talked to me. But unfortunately it wasn’t so easy with the boss. He was set on making me clean the entirety of my shift. And also making a fool of me in front of the customers. I tried to ignore it and I thought I could put up with it. But once I felt that the line was totally crossed I confronted the boss. He asserted that cleaning was apart of the job. I saw passed that and just told him that I this wouldn’t of worked out. I realize now that I have to watch how I talked to people especially people on authority posistions. This has happened before in different ways. I could of use the money I would of made at that job towards my paying off my tuition. But now I know I have to seriously use sir and mam. And try not to express anger at people higher up than me in places like work or school. It’s not worth the sense of peace of mind I get when I do so. I don’t want to miss out on any future activities because my inability to use restrain.
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