u/GoodCalligrapher1343

I made a mistake at work that I was unaware was a problem because I’d seen the managers do the exact same thing before. Them doing it made me think it was normal.
Guess it wasn’t, because my managers were talking about it in earshot of me and getting angry. They didn’t know who made the mistake so I didn’t say anything. They dropped it once I volunteered to amend the mistake since it wasn’t going to jeopardize anyone’s experience here. No problems after that, except for a few other weird things happening around me. Sketchy customers, my coworkers mugging at me when I ask questions (I don’t do well with eye contact btw) —I felt on edge and uncomfortable. I was getting clumsier over the course of my shift because the only thing I could focus on was trying to act normal and calm myself down. So, I said I was feeling gross and went home.
If I step back and look at it now in the safety of my room, the mistake and the other stuff that followed are so small in comparison to what the managers were making it out to be.
I hate that my brain turns everything into a disaster when I don’t get it right or my routine is thrown off.
I’ll survive, of course, it just sucks not to have managers I can come to about stuff without being accosted.