You're 19 and STILL have acne?
I am a 19-year-old and I have acne, its genetic is not gonna go away until my mid-twenties. No one ever really acknowledged or mentioned it unless I did it.
Recently I got a job in customer service, which is very exciting, finally a stable source of income. Interaction with costumers can go in 3 ways: normal human being, they’re just there for the service nothing more, maybe some irrelevant talk; Shitty beings, they’re just rude, and exist to make workers feel awful; and the condescending ones.
Now for the 3 class, I realized that these might only be my personal. experience. these interactions will usually go like this:
The person will either spend and awfully long time looking at me, then deciding to go to the front desk, or just go to it from the start.
They ask for whatever they need. As I turn around to get them whatever, they will mention my acne.
Then proceed to give me a list of homemade remedies. or recommend a product I never heard of before.
I just respond with a fake tone of gratitude, saying: I didn't know about that, maybe I'll try it.
They do all of this while sounding like my acne means the end of my life. To clarify I am aware of that they might not have any malicious intend when doing this but is still tiring.
Like you don't have to tell me it's there. I AM VERY AWARE OF IT. I've already tried pretty much everything, and I'm finally in a place in life where having acne has almost become irrelevant. Almost because whether I like it or not is still there, and because of it I've discovered a bunch of things that I enjoy, like make up, or skin care. But it still hurts how one of my biggest insecurities is mentioned.
I think they see me as a pitiful person working a low paying job (I'm not complaining, I unironically enjoy my job very much.) with a face that resembles a cheese pizza.
Just a piece of advice to you, if you see someone with acne like me, don't mention it unless they do. More importantly DO NOT offer unrequested advice. While some people are okay with it or seem okay with it. I can assure you (on the base of anecdotes, and personal experience) we're actually not.