"The New Girl"

If there's one thing I hate more than anything, it's being The New Girl.

The New Girl is my official name for I don't know how long at my job. Not excited about that at all, kind of wish I could jump forward a couple months to the point where I feel comfortable being myself. I've heard myself being referred to as The New Girl, or I've heard "jokes" along the lines of "if anything, we'll just blame it on The New Girl". Hardy har harrr !

I feel like listing all the advice/sayings/ or just words I've heard coworkers say thus far ( & just a quick side note, I make copies all day, color/black & white, 3 hole punched, stapled, double sided, binded (spiral, comb, & cover) laminated, mounted, trimmed, cut... I could be here all day going into depth w. that):

1. NEVER TALK BACK TO A CUSTOMER. no matter how rude, how much they curse you out, how much they blame you for the high prices, how many paperclips or coins they decide to throw at you, do.not.talk.back.

2. Don't do what I do (what my supervisor says after breaking rule #1)

3. Never talk to any of the guys, they will try to take advantage of The New Girl

4. See that guy over there? Yea, the one that asked you a bunch of questions about the prices? He threatened to call the police because of 6 dollars he didn't feel like paying... now he's testing your waters, good luck.

or

See that lady that was crying hysterically in the corner? She asked to use the phone once and stayed on it for more than half an hour. DO NOT let customers use the phone.

5. Coworkers favorite line to tell me, "I would never work in your 'department', fuck that" or "I want to see what she does when a customer decides to curse The New Girl out" or even, "You haven't quit yet???"

It's really not so much the job itself, but I keep hearing little things about customers & their impatience, and how clean&sparkly their mouths are... REALLY looking forward to that :]