Venting customer service jobs are killing me

[apearl]

TLDR: ranting abt how being a customer service worker is annoying, I now want to kms more.

I've been working 45+ hour work weeks this whole summer to afford next semesters tuition and I genuinely lost any passion for anything.

I don't watch movies, read books, get creative, go on walks, or talk to people anymore. Just wake up work and sleep. I don't do anything, there is not enough energy to do something.

I'm exhausted everyday. After these couple of months I have only gained some money for college (I'll still go into debt) and a brewing hatred for people after dealing with a bunch of entitled assholes.

Any other customer service workers on this forum?

 

[kitkat9234]

I work at a human services call center so I talk to people all day everyday. It is draining as I get yelled at a lot. luckily it's over the phone and not in person. I don't know how I could survive that now even though I have in the past. Im just at a real low point in my life currently. Barely functioning. I also only go to work, eat and "sleep" and do it all over again. Groundhog Day. It's awful and is not going to get any better.

 

[Pluto]

 

[enjoytheride]

Hi! Did it for 2 years, luckily mostly chat. But it was still frustrating and draining at different points in time. I understand the feeling of not having the energy for anything. What made some difference for me were the good coworkers I had. When that deteriorated (people left), I left for a job as an IT teacher. I was bullied for 2 weeks by senior teachers and left.

Now I tried finding a different job for months (6 months now in job hunting). I am finally resigning to getting a customer service job again and will have an interview later today. I applied yesterday and they scheduled an interview for today. Lightning fast response, right? Well, that only leaves me more worried, as good things don't usually happen quickly - rather bad things do...

I don't know what I am thinking, but it's just that I can't continue unemployed anymore. So having to choose between the devil and the deep blue sea... I wish I had the strength and courage to fight some more and to get what I really want in life, instead of getting what life wants me to get.

 

[Forever Sleep]

I worked in retail for 10 years. Most of it was part time at least except, similar to you when I went full time to save up for uni.

I agree. They are soul crushing jobs. I still remember the feeling I used to have on the escalator in the morning- going to sign in. It was like a part hateful, part resigned decent into hell each morning. It was the second most intensely miserable period of my life.

 

[OvercastingClouds]

I salute you guys who work these jobs. The thought of working in retail/customer service is extremely daunting to me with my social anxiety and fumbling under pressure. I immediately want to cry if someone is angry at me so I wouldn't be able to do it, also heard people are pretty dumb as well. I understand the circumstances though, you wouldn't be working there if you had no other choice.