Am I crazy for wanting to quit a new job after the first shift?
Anyway, a few days ago was my first day at a new job in a supermarket, in the cheese and meat department, and the day was a disaster in every sense of the word. Even though, honestly, I was very excited about this job.
Saturday was my training shift. I went, got my apron and hat, and went to the counter. The guy who met me wasn't the person they told me was supposed to train me. The first thing he did was point to a pile of things and tell me he left all that so I could 'get used to the work.' I told him okay, no problem, but I'll probably be a bit slow because it's my first day.
After less than an hour and a half, he started picking on me, saying I wasn't keeping up and that the department was behind because of me. His attitude was very provocative and he was making snide remarks, like 'Are you serious? Do I have to show you this again?'. A little later, he basically told me to get out of his face, so I had to go hide in a corner of the stockroom like I was being punished, because I didn't even know where the break room was. Honestly, my eyes teared up a bit, but I pulled myself together and went back to try and help.
The situation didn't improve at all. He lectured me for not arranging the chicken pane correctly in the display fridge. Then he accused me of putting the old cheese behind the new cheese and forgetting where it was... Even though I had put it in the front in its correct place.
At the end of the shift, he tried to give me a half-hearted apology, saying he 'didn't mean to be a jerk' and he seemed worried that I looked like I wanted to run away. Which, honestly, is what I wanted to do. He threw an impossible amount of work at me on my first day and then blamed me for his own poor planning. To top it all off, he left early and left me to clean the display fridges by myself without any instructions, after nagging me all day about being slow.
While we were cleaning, he kept 'accidentally' bumping into me hard while I was trying to wipe things down, especially after he made fun of me for not standing in the right place. It was very obvious that it was intentional.
I'm supposed to go back to work in a few days to stock merchandise, and the day after that I'll be back in the meat department. But since Saturday, I've had a killer headache that won't go away, and it gets worse whenever I even think about going back there. Is it okay if I call them and tell them I'm quitting before my Wednesday shift? I feel like I might be overly sensitive, but no job I've ever had before has made me feel this awful.