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First you procrastinate on the task because it is not a big enough deal to get done urgently. Then you procrastinate on the task because it has become such a big deal that doing it is overwhelming. You would think that this implies a middle point where it is just big enough of a deal to get done easily, however the inherent perversity of the universe's causal geometry prevents this
Be aware, these are late-night musings of the paleontologist variety...
Consider: Jurassic Park rewrite where better decisions are made and things don't go horribly wrong. Instead, we follow the comedic antics amongst the staff and guests.
Kids going "Look a pterodactyl" at every flying reptile, including ones that are clearly NOT Pterodactylus, like Nyctosaurus and Tapejara
*guests looking at dinosaurs* "Wow, this must be an archeologist's dream!" *every nearby staff member takes psychic damage*
"Ma'am, for the last time, do NOT let your kids touch the Ordovician animals!"
Geologist: I'm sorry, sir, but these are just limestone rocks, not dinosaur bones. Sometimes limestone can weather into strange shapes but-- *sigh* okay, I'll get my manager...
Kid: It says 'Adult Velociraptor' but why are the raptors so small and why do they have feathers and why do they sound like birds and where's Blue
And much, much more internal screaming on the part of the staff
In fact, it would most likely be a customer service comedy. From experience at a natural history museum, I've seen a lot... Please, please remember that there's not dinosaur fossils in rocks older or younger than the Mesozoic, and that ducklings do not become petrified. Why do I say that, you ask? Um...
I... I don't want to talk about it...
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I think the truest measure of how horrible people treat anyone who works in the service industry, or retail, is when something goes wrong -- like when the wait time for customer service quite long -- and the employee's first reaction is to profusely apologise.
Even if it's not their fault, they are trained to apologise for ANYTHING that might be perceived as inconvenience to the customer.
I have fifteen years of experience in these industries, so I will always reply with stuff like: "Hey, all good. Not your fault." or "I know what that's like, you're doing great." or "Hey, that person shouldn't have yelled at you. Just take your time, catch your breath. I'm not in a rush."
And you know what happens every time?
That person will look at me like I just gave them a winning lotto ticket. The smallest amount of understanding and human decency will make their entire day. The bar of how customer facing staff are treated is so low, it's on the fucking ground.
It's really not hard to be patient and kind to cashiers, or call center people, or anyone else for that matter.
Shoutout to everyone who's been treated by shit by a customer and yet, you still had to apologise to them for harassing you. Honestly, customer service and retail workers are the backbone of society.
ID: The “(opening my god damn email) there better not be any god damn emails in here” tweet by audipenny edited to read “(working in the god damn customer service industry) there better not be any goddamn customers in here.” End ID]
Talk about customer service!🔥
If you’ve ever read the Anne of Green Gables series and saw all of Anne’s interactions with her students’ parents, you’ll know that Karens have existed since time immemorial and will likely be with us until the sun dies.
do you think the people who worked here in the 17th century had to deal with this or nah
DISCLAIMER: the point I’ll try to make here is about kind, genuine compliments, not cat calling or sexual “compliments”, OF COURSE.
So... a thing I’m trying to learn is to receive compliments. Yeah, really. I suck at it like many people and we usually learn that you have to reject them bc you need to be “modest”, “humble”... but trust me, accepting kind compliments have two good effects: one, it’s VERY good for your self esteem! Trust me! You won’t become an egocentric a**hole just for that. Two, it’s good for the person who made the compliment, they (and you) get a nice interaction and won’t be put in an awkward situation. I bet I’d explain my point better in my native language but... you know what, that’s good enough! Yeah!
(and yes, in a sea of rude customers, there’s plenty of good ones, luckily)
Hey. Hey you. The person aimlessly scrolling, stuck in an immobilized standoff with your brain
It's not your fault. You won't be stuck forever. I know you're trying. I know you hate it. It's ok.
And tell the Mean Voice in your head that it's not helping. It knows as well as you do that you would get up and Just Start the task if you could. You're not doing this on purpose.
Take a deep breath. Relax your jaw. I see you trying so hard to break out of it, but you can't force it. You'll get Unstuck eventually. All you can do in the interim is be kind to yourself.
Real talk why does social interaction feel like you’re trying to get a good grade in being a person
reading the symptoms of autism as a now grown adult after being bullied for no explainable reason all your life
