u/Jazzlike-Jello487

Let me just start by saying, I love the show and think the monsters are awesome and I love most of the characters, but I wait every week for a new episode and they don’t give us any answers, like it’s some sort of mystery horror where the viewers are supposed to feel just as trapped as the characters.

On top of that, it’s the only thing I do with my life, so they have a lot of nerve. I don’t even talk to my family or work on personal goals or even do my dishes. This is really fucked up and if they don’t give answers in the next episode I’m calling my attorney.

Anybody else just sit in their car in the parking lot for a bit before work trying to decide what their approach to dealing with people will be?

I’ve had weeks where I was very social and got swallowed up in things and different dynamics, then by the end of the week I’m so burnt mentally. I guess I’m an ambivert but lean more on the introvert side. I think there are some situations where I let people get too close and lately I’ve felt more inclined to be the quiet guy with his head down that just does his job (for my own sanity).

Being an ambassador hasn’t helped because I have to be a bit more available, but I do like the role. I’m just trying to find my own happy groove/disposition within the workspace, where I can be a team player but maintain some semblance of privacy and independence.

I also welcome any tips and tricks for mindset/attitude/navigating the work week in a way that isn’t so draining.

I’ve sort of had a hard time just being content lately. I started about 6 months, ago, was converted and made ambassador. But I can’t stop thinking about what’s next. If I used career choice, I don’t know what I’d use it for. I asked my AM about being a PA and he said it usually takes about two years. So like, I don’t really know what I should be focusing on or working toward. But at the same time I kind of feel like I should just be able to go to work and do my best each day, and be happy I have a job and benefits. I don’t know if any of this makes sense, but I’ve just been feeling weird lately.

Most of the week I do pretty well to mind my business and work, keeping interactions positive and walking away from negativity and energy vampires. But every once in awhile it seems unavoidable that I need to have an interaction with someone, and right now in particular it’s this girl that’s always cranked out on Adderall and doesn’t shut the fuck up. She goes and talks to HR every day about why she deserves a blue badge. But when she’s on the floor she works for like 10 minutes. Another is this dude that goes on about how he used to own a business and he’s successful and when he’s assigned to a path he just makes up his own work or bullshits with people. Just one of those guys that thinks he’s the smartest and gets all up in your shit to make suggestions you didn’t ask for. And god forbid anyone else around him succeeds he might blow a gasket.

Obviously, I’m asking myself what the fuck my own problem is, that I let the behavior of others bother me so much, or why I even give it any thought. I suppose it’s because I’m sensitive and soak things in pretty easily. But also I find it frustrating that there are literally policies in place and this job is as simple as going in and doing what you’re told then going home. But sometimes I just feel surrounded by immature wackos that complicate things and try to work angles constantly. I honestly find it refreshing when a stern person in leadership comes down on people because when I go to work I wanna be around people who are focused and care about the bigger picture and enjoy being part of an actual team.

There are times I’ve thought of changing shifts or facilities because of the dysfunction at mine but I fear I’d just be trading one annoyance for another, and maybe it’s just more about me learning how to deal with things a different way.

I was set on moving a month ago, because I’ve been dealing with the guy below me that smokes blunts inside. It’s a non-smoking building and in the lease, but neither him or the landlord would do anything. I don’t mind a bit of weed from time to time but it was affecting my whole place and smelled like ashtray/cigars for days afterward.

Anyway, I started logging things and came down hard on the landlord (mind you this is after trying to do things peacefully with the neighbor and landlord), and he had a talk with him and it’s been better/non-existent.

I thought of liked the idea of moving somewhere better kept/newer, with more attentive management, and downsizing a bit, but I have a 3-bedroom apartment on the top floor in a good neighborhood for $1550, which I feel is sort of unheard of. So my gut tells me to just stick it out and maybe rent prices will get better elsewhere down the line.

This place has its issues, but I feel like most places do, and I could easily move somewhere and have a new set of problems. I’m just posting this on the interwebs to try and confirm that I’m thinking right about this.

I dunno man. I’m on break. Just kind of stressed. I totally understand why people just stick to a path and keep their head down. Since I came to this place 5 months ago, I did my best to kill it and make a good impression. Was one of the first converted, kudos from people, managers, feels good, nice. Made an Ambassador, kinda neat. But now it’s at this point where people, including myself are having L3 thoughts. It’s competitive. I feel like I’m in a race that I don’t really care about winning. I’ve hardly even “mastered” being an ambassador. Today I trained people on a PIT for the first time. I was nervous, but actually found a lot of joy in training people. I think I just wanna learn how to be happy where I’m at and take it a day at a time. I have what I consider to be a good job. One of my favorite things about the job is the people, but one of the most difficult is also the people. I’ve been reading about the leadership principles, and really trying to understand how everything works. It’s just the way I am. I wanna use my brain and learn and grow. But I wanna do it at my own pace.

The thing with having a bit more responsibility and speaking my mind and getting more involved, is that I may often be wrong, and will have to admit it and have an open mind. Which are good qualities and ones I think are worth exercising, but just being an invisible water spider or something is appealing as well. I’m not completely sure I wanna be a PA or Learning Trainer. Maybe career choice is better for something different.

I guess my experience is that while getting this badge and doing pretty well at work has been rewarding, I also just feel like there’s a zillion things running through my mind, and I seem to absorb everyone else’s stuff on top of that and it’s overload. Obviously, I’m probably overthinking it all and should just be an encouraging person for others and do my job. But it’s only day 2 for me this week and I feel like hiding. It probably also doesn’t help that I’m on 2 hours of sleep from the night before lol rant over

Anyone here have suggestions where to mount a tollway sticker/transponder? I’ve ordered like 3 of these things and tried them in different parts of the windshield (the dotted area, under the dotted area etc) and sometimes it’ll work then I get a bill for a bunch of unpaid tolls because it didn’t work.

I wrote the organization about it but they just sent me another sticker lol – maybe the top left of the windshield?