Showing interest in a job where you have no interest.

schmucker

I'm sure non of us aspired to be check out operators, cleaners, factory workers etc when we were at school. My wife works as a check out operator, recently she had a mystery shopper in and the mystery shopper said, "The assistant looked miserable and looked like she didn't want to be there" well she was telling the truth, she didn't want to be there.

I commonly get the old "Cheer up, it might never happen" well sadly it already has happened, I'm here. Packing pieces of chicken in trays isn't high on my list of things I enjoy in life, and then there is the constant being tortured to do overtime when its a struggle to get through the day let alone do overtime, all for £6 an hour, I am just curious as to how people stick this? I'm searching to find another job but its hard as you know so i've to make do for the moment.

Any tips how to enjoy things a bit better.

Sambucus_Nigra

schmucker wrote: »

Any tips how to enjoy things a bit better.

Smoke, drink, take drugs and have sex.

Not when you are with the chickens, might I add.

MissMotivation

schmucker wrote: »

Any tips how to enjoy things a bit better.

Yes......think about how life could be much much worse if you had to survive on benefits and thank your lucky stars that you have a job!

Jarndyce

Sambucus_Nigra wrote: »

Smoke, drink, take drugs and have sex.

Not when you are with the chickens, might I add.

:D I don't know though....

BackOnTrack

There's a reason it's called work and to be honest they all pretty much suck in my experience. Even as I sit here surfing MSE while being paid (well) to work, with a comfy seat, pleasant work conditions, air conditioned office, reasonably interesting job and a fresh latte I still find it a struggle to get through the day at times. Quite honestly the truth is work sucks but you just have to get on with it because the grass aint greener anywhere else you just sometimes get paid more for being there.

t0rt0ise

MissMotivation wrote: »

Yes......think about how life could be much much worse if you had to survive on benefits and thank your lucky stars that you have a job!

I've found that that only works for a while. After that it wears a bit thin. I'm lucky in that I enjoy my current temporary job, but I am also lucky in that I can put myself in the place of another and understand how they are feeling.

Having said all that the only thing you can do, apart from looking for other work, is to make the time outside work interesting so that while at work you have something to look forward to. I do evening classes and study other things, as well as the usual going out with friends, and it does help in those less interesting days.

DCFC79

I know how you feel OP, i just carried on and kept on looking for other jobs. I kept on telling myself at least i had a job and was getting paid for it.

smileylondongal

I think a lot of how you feel about work is with the people you have around you - I remember having the worst job I'd ever had and found it difficult not due to the tasks but because it was such long hours and so much was unreasonably expected of us, but the team is what kept me in the job for the time I was there. It was the fun we had through tough times. Not sure if this would help you but it's worth keeping motivated through others as well as yourself.

DCFC79

smileylondongal wrote: »

I think a lot of how you feel about work is with the people you have around you - I remember having the worst job I'd ever had and found it difficult not due to the tasks but because it was such long hours and so much was unreasonably expected of us, but the team is what kept me in the job for the time I was there. It was the fun we had through tough times. Not sure if this would help you but it's worth keeping motivated through others as well as yourself.

yes i do agree with this, last job the people there were either nob jockeys, oldies or just complete !!!!! but a few there who i got on with.

schmucker

smileylondongal wrote: »

I think a lot of how you feel about work is with the people you have around you - I remember having the worst job I'd ever had and found it difficult not due to the tasks but because it was such long hours and so much was unreasonably expected of us, but the team is what kept me in the job for the time I was there. It was the fun we had through tough times. Not sure if this would help you but it's worth keeping motivated through others as well as yourself.

I think this is true, sadly I work with 90% eastern europeans with poor English skills.

Yep its all well and good imagining how worse things could be, I've tried that, but then the thought of housing benefit etc kick in and well I'm not really any worse of but I don't want to be a dole sponger, its sickening to think I am going through this torture day in day out while my neighbor sits on his behind as is equally as well of.

Evilm

Well for a start stop thinking that a job is "beneath you"!

There is no reason why people can't be happy doing these jobs and there is no reason why you have to look (and behave as if you are) miserable about being there.

Retail is one of the industries in which you do need to appear to be constantly "happy" and if the mystery shopper picks up on the fact that the person is miserable its worth the management finding out why that is. It could be for a variety of reasons and some of those could be sorted by the retailer if they are informed of them. Thinking that the job is beneath you is unlikely to be one of those they can help with (or that you should admit to if you want to keep your job) but the employer has a right to know that their employee is showing all their customers they are miserable at work.