Showing interest in a job where you have no interest.

Mr_Falling_Star

My worst job was working in a chilled food company. Getting shouted at because a bunch of strawberry yoghurt didn't make Lutterworth in time was not a high point, neither was collating the endless endless petty little reports about the various ways puddings met their end. I am still surprised about how much emotion and raw anger the afters industry generates.

Seriously though the fact you hate this job will spur you to change it, don't get stuck in a rut. You also have the bonus that you are in work and it is ususally easier to find another job from their

purplelila-2007

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'm in the same situation i HATE my job I actually hate it. It feels me with a sense of dread everytime I think about it .

I dont even have decent team members to work with . We're a fairely young team aside from the manager I'm the oldest one there at the age of 27. The youngest is aged 24 , but they all behave like a bunch of children it's embarrasing eg. making silly noises , taking about embarrasing things , shouting across the office , and general office b*tchyness and office politics. I can't be bothered with any of that .:mad:

It's not me being 'stuck up' either,as recently we all got pulled into the office for a general chat about office ettiquite

Gingernutty

Do not get me started about FISH!. :mad:

Dear Lord.

You can't magic fun out of thin air, you either have a bunch of decent people working around you or you don't.

You either have circumstances conducive to having a laugh occasionally or you don't.

And you can't make it happen if it ain't so.

No amount of concert parties, 'fun' committees, target competitions or ice breaking team building exercises will 'make fun happen'.

As a chronic depressive, being a shop assistant was a screaming nightmare.

I found that smiling wasn't as important as efficient, attentive and polite service - if I could get that right then very few people actually said "Cheer up, love! It'll probably never happen!"

Ooooooooooooooooh :mad: I hate it when anyone says that............:mad:

Right now, thanks to being made redundant, I have blundered into a profession which embarrasses and shames me.

It's not sales.....:o

It requires study, hard work and keeping up to date with a bewildering set of rules which can change on a monthly basis and I hate it. Most of the people I work with hate it too.

I'm looking for a new job, but I know I'm unlikely to get another one in my original profession - I'm stuck in a dreadful occupation with a bunch of like minded souls and it's that which makes it bearable.

Knowing I'm not the only one, that we're all in it together and that when the Bosses aren't around we can let of a tiny bit of steam makes it a little less like a 'pills and booze' day.

seven-day-weekend

schmucker wrote: »

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.

But part of her job is to look as though she DOES want to be there. Stick a smile on her face. It will make her feel better.

My son worked on checkouts for nearly four years, he always smiled and chatted to the customers. (He's now on the roast chickens counter and STILL smiles and chats).

There are FAR worse jobs than working on checkout.

Nessi

KiKi wrote: »

That's possibly the funniest thing I've read today, and I really needed cheering up. So thank you.

Thanks from me too. I'm feeling thoroughly fed-up this morning but the posts on here are helping tremendously!