An Experiment

[tj1380]

I haven't talked about my job situation here a whole lot lately. This past summer I was working as a temp at a call center. I liked the company well enough, but I had come to hate the job. I spent eight hours a day answering phones, which taught me a few things

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[tj1380]

You're right. When I say I don't like people, I guess I mean that I don't like being forced to interact with a lot of people for long periods of time, especially if those people start to annoy me. I do have friends, and I do enjoy spending time with them.

Like I said before, I like spending time with people on my own terms. When I go out with friends, it is because I'm choosing to do so. I get to be around people I like, and I genuinely enjoy myself.

I'm sure that anyone who has ever worked in customer service knows that a lot of customers can be rude, annoying, or even downright mean. I can and do avoid those people most of the time, but I can't avoid them when it's my job to serve them. I don't have the option of walking away or hanging up on them or calling them on their bullshit. I have to take it and act like it doesn't bother me. I have no choice in the matter, and I think that's what gets to me after a while.

I wouldn't call myself antisocial, although I feel that way sometimes. I do like spending time with people. It just needs to be on my own terms and it needs to be with people that I like.