What Has Been The Most Infuriating Experience For You On The Job?
@nicki123tw (37)
March 11, 2019 1:08am CST
Don't we all just wish that we can have the perfect, nice and pleasant customers or employers for our jobs? Unfortunately that rarely is the case!
It's always a trade-off. When you get to enjoy nice employers, you would have really rude and inconsiderate customers. When you have good customers, it's the managers that are unreasonable.
I have a few friends who have been working since when they are in their early-teens, but just because they look young, their 5-year experience barely accounts for anything when the customers look at them!
"I don't want this young boy here to work on my stuff. Get me someone more experienced!" They would say.
The boss would just take a look at the customer and go, "This 'young boy' here has 5 years of experience and is at the very least on par with my skills. Your stuff is in good hands." and the customers would be stunned silent.
Have you ever been undermined at work for one reason or another?
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@Janet357 (75646)
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11 Mar 19
@nicki123tw so many situations i encountered before. Like they want you to release the document right now when the company should be given at least three days to do so because of the needed signatures and so on
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@nicki123tw (37)
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11 Mar 19
*rolls eyes* tell me about it! Those are the worst!
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@nicki123tw (37)
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12 Mar 19
@Janet357 Ah yes. That sort of thing. Unreasonable expectations etc is also really bad! :(
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@janethwayne (5191)
• Philippines
11 Mar 19
Yes before when I work in the office and we have a company exhibit of our products in the mall and customers does the same to me.
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@nicki123tw (37)
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11 Mar 19
Yiikes. That's not pleasant at all :( I hope it's a lot better for you now!
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@janethwayne (5191)
• Philippines
11 Mar 19
@nicki123tw Yes I resigned already that was a long time ago.
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@nicki123tw (37)
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11 Mar 19
@janethwayne Ahh that's a relief :D Keep improving and all the best!
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@cherigucchi (14876)
• Philippines
11 Mar 19
Having to work with an impossible boss!
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@nicki123tw (37)
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11 Mar 19
I'm glad you think so! A lot of people refuse to believe in the junior staff's skills, even when the work results are proving otherwise :( Hopefully this will no longer be a problem one day.
@weevee18 (2065)
• Philippines
11 Mar 19
I think I have. As the team leader, I have attended a meeting back when I was still on my previous job. It was very far from the office. Everyone was saying oh you’re too young, we are all your seniors here / why did you come alone? / How did you get here on your own? / how will you get home?
All because I look young for my age. Really I just smiled at them, I said I can manage. On my mind, I was saying to myself “I wouldn’t even be here if I wasn’t qualified”
I was just a bit annoyed but I didn’t think of it too much. I was there to do what I have to do. None of what they say should matter.
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@nicki123tw (37)
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12 Mar 19
Yikes! It appears that my friend was not the only one who received that sort of treatment. Yes, they don't matter - we should be confident in our own skills and that's enough :)
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@debjani1 (7202)
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11 Mar 19
I only worked in a small NGO agency for 1year 1 month before my marriage. I never faced such problems.
@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
12 Mar 19
yea.customers always lie to get comps at my job-and the boss never questions it.
@cherriefic (10399)
• Philippines
12 Mar 19
Sometimes the people you worked with is ok but the problem is your boss.
