Dead end jobs are horror movies waiting to happen.

     Coming closer and closer to finishing school and starting my career soon, I can only laugh at what has happened to me. Before your twenty's it's like a tutorial in a video game, you don't really pay to much mind and you just coast on by thinking this is how great life is going to be. School doesn't teach you how to file taxes, drive a car, save money. But trust me I know how to measure a triangle thirty different ways! Now your twenty's come and you're thrown into the game which is called life and its either you make it or drown. Well what i'm saying is what I did and trust me i'm struggling way harder than I should be.

     I'm currently 21 about to finish college in a year and currently working part time in a supermarket. Boy oh boy, working with the public is the ultimate test of patience. The job is physically easy, but mentally, finals week has not drained me as much as this job. I will never talk bad about anyone but sometimes things need to be said. I come to work to work, not to make any friends and create drama and my current job has more drama then high school. You would think people would be professional and respect others and make your work environment good, but the people I work with, there job is to make you break and give up. It's a really good feeling when you come into work, clock in say good morning to everyone and they just look at you like you got 40 heads. 

     Have a complaint? you should go to the management and they will fix it right? No I was told it is what it is and that I have to live with it. I'm currently being accused of smoking weed at my job where everyone can see and smell but the only person who complained about me about this was a past co worker who accused 3 guys of sexually harassing her because they brushed up against her. Now where I work it's very small and yes we do sometimes touch each other but its never intentional. So seeing this is a problem I went to the management who didn't tell me this was happening to me I asked if we can talk about this, one of my managers said to me to stop complaining to much and get out of his face. 

     I have never had a job that made me question the intelligence of people until now. I am a very honest and open person and I like to vent but when I truly have a complaint about a fellow co worker or something that happened and i'm told to get out of your face and that I complain to much then why are you even a manager. Now this happened a couple days ago, I come into work with my friend to buy a couple sandwiches for lunch and I was taken off to work Sunday and put me on for Monday working as a porter. That's no big deal but call or text me this or I would of shown up Sunday for work and I would of gotten in trouble because I didn't know and that I have to tell the future. It happened to me and to other workers many times already.

     I go up to one of my managers and ask him about this and he said he is just the messenger and that he has nothing to do with this and I told him, well you're really shitty at your job because you haven't told me anything and that the bosses were across the street and for me to talk to them. Now these guys are the head honchos, they are very successful business men and know what they are doing and for that I respect them. So we talked, my bosses said my piece on what they think and heard of me and every time I tried to say something I would get cut of and be cursed at. Now I was raised to respect people no matter who you are, everyone gets mutual respect, but when you're cursing and spitting in my face because "I complain to much" and that I'm a terrible worker and i'm smoking weed in the store, this made me very upset and I had my breaking point. Yes I understand he is my boss but you shouldn't get pushed around and get treated like you're the dirt on there shoes so this is what I did.

     Bosses like to be respected correct? I kept calling my boss dude and bro, this made him very upset, every time he started to curse at me, I would make a face that let him know his breath stunk. I told him to stop disrespecting me multiple times and to talk to me like a human being. I told him to drug test me for the accusation of me smoking weed and he had the audacity to tell me that it's a waste of time. Why would you treat your workers like this. I worked a number of jobs and I never had this ever happen to me for any reason and now he would like me to work with him side by side next week because he believes that I don't deserve to work in his store. 

     The whole point of this story is that yes I do understand that he pays me and he can do what ever he likes and that I'm just a worker and I have to do everything he says, to always respect your boss and all that jazz. I was raised up correctly and sometimes you need to have a little fun or you're going to drive yourself insane. It's been bothering me since it happened but it shouldn't. It's just a job that is helping me get by to finish off college and that I should take this place with a grain of salt, but no matter where you go, this can be my next job and then what do I do then. My idea for my next job is that i'm going to keep to myself and keep it very professional with all my coworkers and try not to make friends because I tried doing it here and it made it so much worse. If anyone has any advice for this I would be more than happy to hear it. I'm currently stuck because I don't know if i should wait it out and just do what I want to do at my next time at my current job, or just look for a whole new job all together. 

     The upside now of this is that I did make really good friends at my job. A hand full of people I can truly call friends and my job did teach me with no matter how impatient the customer is or how awful of a person they are, keep calm and kill them with kindness. This job has taught me about patience and how to make a amazing sand which. I guess you can say there's always a bright side! Thank you guys for reading this, i'm just venting, i'm not the type of guy to complain about his problems but steemit has an amazing community and feel comfortable enough to talk about something like this. I understand people may have it a lot worse then I do, and if you have any questions for me, I'll be sure to answer them!