Let me translate that.
If you get overworked at an exploitative minimum wage job, then that’s definitely on you
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solsangraal@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
if you can’t handle dealing with endless insufferable people and decided to sign up for a barista job, then that’s definitely on you
lone_faerie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
There are many different minimum wage jobs out there. Speaking as an introvert who has had several of them, if small talk is that taxing for you then you should consider a job with less intrinsic social requirements.
desertdruid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
this just drained my battery
MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Hey look it’s a comment from the parallel universe where we live in an anarcho communist society and don’t have to work to live. What’s it like being able to make coersion-free choices about how to spend your time?
SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 2 months ago
Exactly, just be born to rich parents smh my head
Empricorn@feddit.nl 2 months ago
Very classy, victim-blaming people that need to eat and pay rent.
glitchdx@lemmy.world 2 months ago
on the one hand, victim blaming is bad, and we shouldn’t do that. On the other hand, there isn’t a shortage of bullshit dead end jobs that don’t require previous experience, so you can absolutely get a job that is more or less customer facing if need be.
Obi@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
I definitely feel like there’s a correlation between jobs being entry level and being customer facing. Also in many jobs of any level you still have “customer management” even if that customer can take different shapes than the usual retail crowd, but that’s not always a good thing.
glitchdx@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Restaurants have kitchen staff. Retail has merchandisers and night crew. I’m sure I can come up with more if I put any effort into it whatsoever. I’m not saying that customer facing jobs aren’t the majority of entry level positions, but they’re far from all of them.
solsangraal@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
i was a barista for well over 10 years (as an introvert to boot). it’s 100% a side gig. it may cover some food and gas, but NO ONE is paying rent with barista pay, especially since they cut labor every time it’s “slow” for 20 minutes. i stayed there because of the free pound of coffee every week and flexibility, but don’t act like it’s always the only thing between the workers and homelessness
Im_old@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Sometimes you have to do what you have to do to pay the bills!
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 months ago
That probably includes not offending the customers lol
Im_old@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That depends, some people need to be offended and get a reality check. Otherwise just muttering imprecations jnder your breath against humanity at large will get you through the day.
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Barista is also traditionally supplemented by tips, which are likely to suffer if you’re wearing a pin that makes the customer feel like a burden.