I was working out the other day and some retarded old lady walked up to me and asked “Do you know our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ?” She asks this as I’m literally in the middle of my workout and my first instinct was to tell her to fuck off. But she looked frail so I decided to fight that urge and use my customer service personality to humor her until she went away. The fact I have to do customer service even outside of work is ridiculous but what surprised me was my first reaction to a stranger approaching me.

I’m about over a year into my retail job and I think it’s starting to get to me. Having to deal with constant verbal abuse, doing multiple jobs that should be for multiple people but crammed into one instead. Coming home physically exhausted. And doing all this for $19/hr. I want to quit but I’m scared I can’t find a job outside of this (I am a student). When I’m not working, I just want to be left alone. It’s costing me social opportunities because I start genuinely feeling offended or bothered when someone talks to me unsolicited. I don’t have parents to help me so I can survive maybe 3 months at most on my savings.