First day of work panic

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Im starting my first full time job tomorrow and im panicking a little. I'll be in a supermarket and the management is somewhat hostile because I made a massive mess of the induction. :- / I could use a few motivational posts.

Many thanks

Oh it'll be completely different once you get into the actual job. You get used to it pretty fast and the ringing things up part is kinda soothing. Even the social interaction part isn't that bad because you're just doing the same scripted greeting over and over. You won't have much to do with management.

I really screwed up the first week of my first job as a cashier at a supermarket. To make it worse, my friend's sister worked in management and told my friend that they were going to fire me if I didn't catch on soon. Yikes. Luckily I did catch on the next day and everything was fine after that. It really isn't that hard once you stop being nervous.

Well, you didn't say what your job will be. I agree with SoA, however, in that your job will be different than your training----for one, you won't have the manager breathing down your neck; another thing is, as you start to get in the swing of things, you'll be able to do things according to your own "rhythm", so that'll help.

Try not to worry about it, too much----unless your manager is a total pooter-head, they realize that there's a learning curve, and that not everybody picks things up, in only an hour. Try to talk to yourself, and say things like: "This is it----this is gonna be great----this'll provide me with finances help----this'll give me more freedom to buy some "happy" things, for myself....." "Okay, I'm just gonna go in there, and give it my best....."

I understand, though, our brain just doesn't act / react as quickly as we'd like it to----just, hope for the best!!

Don't let it stress you.
Do something you like doing to distract your mind tonight.
Get a good nights sleep.
Get up in plenty of time and have breakfast.
Good luck.

Thankyou very much. Im going to be in a supermarket. Walmart to be precise and Asda to be region specific. It should be alot of fun because i'll get to discover all sorts of new foods and items I usually overlook. I start mid afternoon so I have time to get there and get setup at least

How's it going?