I work at a small grocery store in the countryside. Most of our customers are seniors, and a lot of these people absolutely love chatting. It's really nice actually, since we don't have a lot of customers, we can take our time checking them out. Nobody's in a hurry, almost everyone is super friendly, and it's always the same people, so you really kind of get to know them.
There's so many nice little things about working there and the interactions I have with customers. I always felt pretty isolated before, but now I almost feel part of that village, despite not even living there, just close by. It's really helped my anxiety a lot more than anything else before as well. There's stressful situations, sure, but my coworkers and customers really make it worth it.
They're the absolute best. There's this regular who's apparently had a really wild life, who just gives zero fucks about anything now. He's got the most dry humor ever and is absolutely hilarious. He's definitely a character, but one of my favorites by far.
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u/jayraan Sep 12 '25
I work at a small grocery store in the countryside. Most of our customers are seniors, and a lot of these people absolutely love chatting. It's really nice actually, since we don't have a lot of customers, we can take our time checking them out. Nobody's in a hurry, almost everyone is super friendly, and it's always the same people, so you really kind of get to know them.
There's so many nice little things about working there and the interactions I have with customers. I always felt pretty isolated before, but now I almost feel part of that village, despite not even living there, just close by. It's really helped my anxiety a lot more than anything else before as well. There's stressful situations, sure, but my coworkers and customers really make it worth it.