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Caite-chan October 4th, 2019 5:43 AM

Something else that I think helps is if they see how long you stay at jobs and you don't just job hop. I know the place I'm at right now we've been open almost 2 years and I don't even know how many people we have gone through just in my section. Some people last a day or so or maybe even a month or two. I'm 1 of maybe 10-12 people still left from when we first opened. It's a pain to waste time training people that don't last very long.

colours October 4th, 2019 5:50 AM

agreeing with what Zeria says about personality. experience is great and all, but i've always had the feeling that personality matters just as much if not more.

Tsutarja October 4th, 2019 8:16 AM

Personality is key indeed, but sometimes there will be those employers that disregard personality and just go for experience :(

alisaie October 4th, 2019 8:18 AM

Both are important but personality is moreso to me u dont smile during interview why tf do i want u doesn't matter experience

Taemin October 4th, 2019 9:08 AM

Yeah, unfortunately it's really hard for even some of my friends to land or keep a job, simply because they don't make enough eye contact, or talk enough. :(

You really do have to push yourself and punch your comfort zone in the face to get hired and keep something, sometimes.

Tsutarja October 4th, 2019 11:32 AM

I have difficulty making eye contact at times :( ngl

Sami October 4th, 2019 3:02 PM

I find it very hard to smile in general :(

Nah October 4th, 2019 4:16 PM

personally I’d rather that employers not put so much stock in personality, or at least that they lower their expectations a bit in general

like, I don’t exactly have the personality that everybody loves and I’m just asking for enough money to live in something better than a cardboard box without having to put in a disproportionately large effort in a first world country =[

Caite-chan October 4th, 2019 5:34 PM

I also think that companies should help their employees do better. So if someone isn't good with talking or making eye contact then work with that person to do better. I know for me I can be a bitch sometimes and need to watch what I say but at times I may not realize it till someone points it out. And if I want to move up to Supervisor I need to learn how to talk and what to say.

colours October 4th, 2019 6:30 PM

thank goodness i never made it to supervisor at my last job because that would've been terrible

i dont envy their jobs at all

Taemin October 4th, 2019 10:28 PM

My workplace has definitely worked with me since I started. I used to be more shy, and not always the best with talking, and now I have what's practically a management position. So I do wish for others who aren't the best with people / don't talk a whole lot to keep their heads up! Sometimes, you can get more comfy somewhere and open up a bit more.

Though, I do know it's rough, I have some coworkers who still struggle after a couple of years, but in their defense, they always have said they don't care for small talk and niceties. LOL

Sami October 6th, 2019 8:45 AM

I have a slow start, but generally get along with anyone... just so happens that almost every coworker i had did not share a single interest with me lol

Sheep October 6th, 2019 12:41 PM

yeah I was so used to not making eye contact that I still find myself sometimes looking down at a person's mouth rather than their eyes when they talk to me
fortunately I catch myself fast and look up, lol :x

Caite-chan October 6th, 2019 3:05 PM

I feel like if you work hard your job will be more willing to work with you when something happens. Now if you're lazy and don't do your job then why should we work with you.

Sami October 7th, 2019 2:32 AM

my previous job was quite cooperative with me requesting days off etc.

Neon Pink October 7th, 2019 8:46 AM

Not to copy Bellossom Boi, but I need to study too. I've been a lazy butt.

That, and I haven't posted on this thread in a while.

Sami October 7th, 2019 9:13 AM

studying is important :p

professor plum October 7th, 2019 9:57 AM

hello dcc
what's the haps

Tsutarja October 7th, 2019 10:10 AM

i get off of work soon!

Sami October 7th, 2019 10:22 AM

I got an dentist appointment tomorrow very early

I will not survive

Tsutarja October 7th, 2019 12:12 PM

An early dentist appointment beats having one in the afternoon, IMO. especially if you are the first patient of the day :>

Sami October 7th, 2019 12:22 PM

there is some truth in that ngl :P

alisaie October 7th, 2019 2:40 PM

Some truth i agree there.

(And also just to put it out there on the conversation above smiling is the #1 thing bc even if you cant make eye contact or have trouble speaking smiling is frankly a must in customer service especially fast food unfortunately. Even i have trouble looking at customers still but smiling does wonders at the very least. Its the easiest thing to pretend to do over eye contact anyway :x )

colours October 7th, 2019 3:43 PM

i just rely on my sense of humour and energy to hopefully make the interviewer laugh

lightening the mood does wonders in almost every interview i've had.

Caite-chan October 7th, 2019 4:33 PM

A good sense of humor is always good. You can never go wrong with that.

Cid October 7th, 2019 7:32 PM

I have to agree. Not sure if this is relevant but when you find yourself laughing off things that used to give you negative emotion, life just gets a little bit easier.

alisaie October 8th, 2019 6:51 AM

If anything it makes you able to shrug things off a little better i guess.

Sami October 8th, 2019 12:58 PM

I asked a girl out and got slammed with a massive snow shovel AMA

Cid October 8th, 2019 1:35 PM

Where did the snow shovel come from?

Are you doing alright?

Sami October 8th, 2019 1:37 PM

how should I know where it came from it came from downtown nowhere right on my head

i feel betrayed

colours October 10th, 2019 4:21 AM

hey dcc what's up, anything new with you guys today?

alisaie October 10th, 2019 12:37 PM

Same ol same ol here. Still figuring out what im gonna do about this anxiety its been much worse lately???

colours October 10th, 2019 2:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ash (Post 10076895)
Same ol same ol here. Still figuring out what im gonna do about this anxiety its been much worse lately???

yikes ;___; hope your anxiety gets better tara. tbh im worried about you a lot...

Neon Pink October 10th, 2019 4:06 PM

I feel you Ash. I've been snapping at people a lot more lately, so we can relate with anxiety and stress. Stay strong my friend.

Sami October 13th, 2019 2:25 AM

:why: is me rn

alisaie October 13th, 2019 1:34 PM

:rowlyikes: is perpetually me

Sami October 13th, 2019 1:56 PM

:rowlyikes: is me when I play competitive video games

even though im 100% sure thats everyone observing me aswell

Caite-chan October 13th, 2019 4:41 PM

😵 Me with how work and life is going. xD

Neon Pink October 14th, 2019 6:56 AM

👿 This thing......this is the DEVIL! Well everyone is posting emojis why not me?!
I'm devilishly addicted to my Switch Lite. I'm going through withdrawal symptoms send help.

Sami October 14th, 2019 6:57 AM

help is not avalible at this time please try again later

Neon Pink October 14th, 2019 7:10 AM

Oh dang it. *eye twitch*

Sami October 14th, 2019 2:11 PM

unluko

Caite-chan October 15th, 2019 5:34 AM

Thank god I have 2 days off and I can just relax.

Sami October 15th, 2019 5:40 AM

i got rejected on the very last day before I was sure I had a job and im back to square one 🙃

Caite-chan October 15th, 2019 5:43 AM

That's really sucky. You'll get something better though.

Sami October 15th, 2019 5:46 AM

at this point I highly doubt it as so far ive had 0 luck in that regard.

pkmin3033 October 15th, 2019 6:08 AM

It's all valuable experience for your next interview - you'll get there eventually.

Sami October 15th, 2019 6:10 AM

interviews arent even a problem anymore, i've had like 50 this year alone ^^"

life just flips the bird to me at every opportunity
I surrender to thee, supermarkets

Mark Kamill October 16th, 2019 11:29 PM

Wow, the forum formatting is weird on mobile and why do people have signatures for avatars.

colours October 16th, 2019 11:29 PM

idk what you're talking about. are you referring to post flairs?

pkmin3033 October 17th, 2019 5:23 AM

New PC is very, very confusing sometimes.

Sami October 17th, 2019 6:31 AM

not as confusing as New Twitter though

that is one giant mess

colours October 17th, 2019 7:29 AM

new pc didn't take that long to get used to. kinda forgot what using old pc was like somewhat lmao

pkmin3033 October 17th, 2019 7:44 AM

I haven't really been on PC enough to get used to new PC, and I don't want to explore the new features like postbits because I can't design and I'd only mess it up. xD

Caite-chan October 17th, 2019 8:48 AM

I'm to lazy to try and design my postbit.

Soaring Sid October 17th, 2019 6:42 PM

How was the old PC'S interface? Also, I like a lot of signatures here, they're very nice, especially the one above me.

colours October 17th, 2019 8:38 PM

if you change your forum skin to say... Midnight Misty, that was essentially how PC used to look before going back to this new style. and even before then, PC had a more, vbulletin-y kind of look.



The above image is how PC used to look for quite a while before going into a more, semi-modernish design below:



there was some more attempts to make PC more visually appealing, too:



and this:



so yeah, pc went through quite a lot of changes in the older interface while this newer one was in development

pkmin3033 October 17th, 2019 8:52 PM

I like the second variation the most.

Fairy October 17th, 2019 9:13 PM

There’s shops in the Art Studio for those who want a post flair but don’t feel like making one themselves. :)

pkmin3033 October 17th, 2019 9:18 PM

I wouldn't want to bother anyone. I do enough of that just by being here. xD

Soaring Sid October 20th, 2019 12:46 AM

Hello! Have a good day, reader.

Noblejanobii October 20th, 2019 1:20 PM

You as well!

Neon Pink October 20th, 2019 2:29 PM

Dang....haven't posted here in a while. o_o; I slept most of the weekend but hey, what's the difference between this and my "average" weekend? o_O;

colours October 20th, 2019 2:38 PM

i slept for most of today tbh, felt great.

alisaie October 20th, 2019 4:46 PM

work was decent. managed to keep my anxiety on the lower end for most of the day til the end so i suppose it's time for sleep when that happens.

Caite-chan October 20th, 2019 4:53 PM

I wanted to reach through the phone and choke this lady because she called about wanting to exchange an inflatable for 200 tickets which isn't a lot. I told her we technically don't do refunds or exchanges because we don't know what you've done to it once you've left. Once I spoke with my GM and told her she could come in with in the next day or so and she told me she couldn't because of her holiday or whatever. She said if she didn't come before the end of the year then don't worry about it.

My thought is...is if it's THAT much of a deal that you have to call and complain and argue about it but yet you're not going to come right away to fix it then why bother calling at all. I mean that's like me complaining about $5 and want something done about it but I'm not going to come right away.

alisaie October 20th, 2019 4:58 PM

ah yes. my favorite people. though most of my phone calls end with "okay what's your name so we can replace your order next time--" "i'm at work" "--you come through whether it's today or tomorrow or next week" like damn let me finish my sentence first?

Caite-chan October 20th, 2019 5:00 PM

Or the ones who want to speak to the Manager or GM and they tell them the exact same thing you just told them and they're like Okay no problem. You stand there like WTF what I wasn't good enough. There's the door BYE!

alisaie October 20th, 2019 5:10 PM

As the GM of my store I'm the one that they want to speak to but yes most of the time I do end up telling them the exact same thing that my employee told them which does result in what you just said.

Caite-chan October 20th, 2019 5:35 PM

I just hate that kinda crap. I mean if didn't know what I was talking about I wouldn't be here much less be a Lead.

Sami October 21st, 2019 7:40 AM

I feel like every day is a saturday now T__T

Noblejanobii October 21st, 2019 5:40 PM

I wanted today to be a friday but then I realized it's Monday

moon October 21st, 2019 9:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Noblejanobii (Post 10079885)
I wanted today to be a friday but then I realized it's Monday

mood

colours October 21st, 2019 9:42 PM

have an interview tomorrow that i hope i do well in. @[email protected] ughhh

Sami October 21st, 2019 11:21 PM

Good luck with that

still back on square one applying for jobs @[email protected]

Sheep October 22nd, 2019 3:20 AM

good luck :<
I dread when I have to apply again, but right now I've enough saved to relax for a while and have a small-ish income coming in from something else already

moon October 22nd, 2019 3:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sheep (Post 10079953)
good luck :<
I dread when I have to apply again, but right now I've enough saved to relax for a while and have a small-ish income coming in from something else already

Have you started art endeavors? :D

Sheep October 22nd, 2019 4:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Astronaut (Post 10079958)
Have you started art endeavors? :D

Nope this is from something else! A home attendant job for grandpa where I do basically nothing but still get paid, he lives in my parents' house and they call in/out for me at the appropriate hours haha. half goes to my little brother's uni fund but no complaints about basically free money.....

I also recently began art work for a very small website though, and that's part of why I've been so insanely busy lately. :x

Soaring Sid October 22nd, 2019 5:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TY (Post 10079924)
Good luck with that

still back on square one applying for jobs @[email protected]

TY, I wish you all the best and wish you get a job soon.

Neon Pink October 22nd, 2019 7:04 AM

I have a band thing tomorrow night, 50% wants to go only cause we worked so hard and friends and getting out of the house. The other 50% wants to just veg out with the 3DS and Switch, maybe draw some 'mons. I'm being picked up at 10:30pm tomorrow night.

Idk why, but lately, the noise from the instruments have been really bothering me, especially the drums. There were times I had to leave the room during the rehersal and sit on the floor with my hands over my ears. A specific teacher literally had to keep me company for a good 30 minutes right after my panic attack. What's GOING ON?!?!?!?!?! THIS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE!!!!!!

Cubeth October 22nd, 2019 7:31 AM

I believe it's either that something is wrong with your ears, they play really awful or it's something mental as well. Though I think it's recommendable to take a break from the band if you keep having the same problem and look for help in that matter before it gets worse.

Soaring Sid October 22nd, 2019 7:46 AM

Cubie is right. Check if you can perform with the band, if not, take the break you need. Consult someone wise, if you feel like doing so, who knows, it might help.

moon October 22nd, 2019 9:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RedBalloon (Post 10080128)
I have a band thing tomorrow night, 50% wants to go only cause we worked so hard and friends and getting out of the house. The other 50% wants to just veg out with the 3DS and Switch, maybe draw some 'mons. I'm being picked up at 10:30pm tomorrow night.

Idk why, but lately, the noise from the instruments have been really bothering me, especially the drums. There were times I had to leave the room during the rehersal and sit on the floor with my hands over my ears. A specific teacher literally had to keep me company for a good 30 minutes right after my panic attack. What's GOING ON?!?!?!?!?! THIS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE!!!!!!

Are you using ear protection? Like earbuds or over-ear covers.

Neon Pink October 22nd, 2019 12:51 PM

Okay, first of all, about "not being able to handle band" or "taking a break from the band" well, there's a huge trip with the band coming up on November 13th-17th. NO way in heck i'm missing it. However...I shouldn't be telling you guys this, but after November 17th, I MIGHT be going into a...place (can't tell you what it is yet sorry) to help my current state of mental health. No it is NOT a hospital so get that out of your head. More details to come. I really want to do this though. I need a break from...life. You guys are really nice to me, and PC is like a second home to me, so when the time comes, I promise i'll let you know.

As for the ear protection thing, i'll totally consider it.

colours October 22nd, 2019 1:33 PM

interview was weird, but i think i did ok. i'll most likely hear back from my staffing agency, but if not, then it's back to the drawing board.

Noblejanobii October 22nd, 2019 10:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by colours (Post 10080286)
interview was weird, but i think i did ok. i'll most likely hear back from my staffing agency, but if not, then it's back to the drawing board.

Hopefully it works out alright! Best of luck!

Sawsbuck October 23rd, 2019 11:56 AM

Howdy hello everybody

pkmin3033 October 23rd, 2019 1:03 PM

Aaah we're being buried in AMAs again

Sami October 23rd, 2019 2:27 PM

join us

Neon Pink October 23rd, 2019 6:58 PM

No I refuse to join your AMAs. Take them...somewhere else idk.

professor plum October 23rd, 2019 7:21 PM

i love AMAs

Neon Pink October 23rd, 2019 7:32 PM

Hey guys....I forgot to tell you something. I GOT A STREET PASS IN 3DS TODAY! Seriously, it was a tall girl mii in pink with brown hair and devil horns. Her name was "Painting" or something like that, and when my mii greeted her, she was like "Paint my face". Also, she likes cats. She was playing Pokemon Shuffle.

But the weird thing was her creator...the creator of this mii...was...Palamon *gasp* Does Palamon live by me cause that'd be creepy! If it's not who I think it is, then so so so SORRY to point you out!

EDIT: Okay it wouldn't be "creepy", it'd be cool actually.

pkmin3033 October 23rd, 2019 8:54 PM

Nobody would post in an AMA I made, so I think I'll pass. xD

I've not had a street pass in yeeeeaaaarrrrrs ;-;

colours October 23rd, 2019 9:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dawn (Post 10080724)
Nobody would post in an AMA I made, so I think I'll pass. xD

same

Sami October 24th, 2019 1:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by colours (Post 10080725)
same

id definetly post in yours just for payback for your demonic question you asked in mine

colours October 24th, 2019 1:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TY (Post 10080787)
id definetly post in yours just for payback for your demonic question you asked in mine

but what did trains ever do to you

Eleanor October 24th, 2019 1:36 AM

Angie pls

Also yes, trains deep inside are evil (there's a strike tomorrow, coincidence?)

Sami October 24th, 2019 1:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by colours (Post 10080788)
but what did trains ever do to you

they're evil, PURE EVIL

they stole my wallet and ran away at high speeds

they also insulted me with their train language

PURE EVIL IM TELLING YOU

Eleanor October 24th, 2019 1:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TY (Post 10080790)
they're evil, PURE EVIL

they stole my wallet and ran away at high speeds

they also insulted me with their train language

PURE EVIL IM TELLING YOU

You're telling me dutch trains are worse than Trenitalia? Pfft

Sami October 24th, 2019 1:40 AM

yes that is exactly what im telling


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