Living like this has to be exhausting

I may have a slightly different perspective here.

As a restaurant server who got 2-3 months of quarantine before going back to work, I'm slightly jealous of those "so we all haven't left the house in a year..." posts while still grateful for my job.

I've been dealing with tables day in and day out.. regular people.. needy people... anti maskers, people who we confirm on the phone that their 12-top will be separate tables according to county health guidelines then they show up and shove them together, and then there are the people who bring outside food AND try to change their baby on our restaurant table!! (In a pandemic, ahem!)

I have to start every day with a blank slate and be prepared for anything. I'm ready to be chewed out, to be yelled at, to be called stupid for following county health guidelines. It's incredibly exhausting. Not to mention the normal exhaustion of someone deciding they got their appetizer too late or any other superfluous bullshit.

Yeah, Morgan. I go in to work feeling shitty and go out feeling somewhat victorious if we managed . But I still grit my teeth and give the best customer service I can. If I walk in feeling good (most days) I pass those good vibes onto all my tables and carryouts. I want everyone to leave having had a better day.

Idk I got lost here but something about emotional regulation that she needs a lot of and I was attempting to share how I do it???

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