u/Lucky-Heart3139

I’m 21, and I genuinely feel like I’m wasting my life.
Every single day is exactly the same. I wake up, grab my phone, and then somehow it’s nighttime. Not because I love being on my phone, but because I literally have nothing else to do.
My job has barely been giving me any hours, so I’m home almost all the time. I don’t have a car, so I can’t just go out whenever I want. If I want to go anywhere, I have to depend on someone else to take me, and that usually means waiting until it fits their schedule.
I don’t have any friends to hang out with. My partner is long-distance, so we can’t just go do things together. I feel like I’m just stuck in my room every day.
People always say, “Get off your phone,” or “Find a hobby,” but I feel like they don’t understand. If you have no friends, no transportation, barely any work, and you’re home all day… what are you actually supposed to do? I can only clean my room so many times.
The days have gotten so repetitive that I honestly couldn’t tell you what I did last week because every day blends together.
I feel like I’m watching my 20s go by while everyone else is out living their lives, making memories, and meeting people.
Does anyone else feel like this? If you were in a similar situation, how did you get out of it? I mostly just want to know I’m not the only person living like this.

hey everyone! i’m 21, live in the woodlands, tx, and i’m currently a college student. i’m looking for a decent-paying part-time remote job because my current job has been giving me little to no hours lately.

does anyone know of any legitimate remote positions that are hiring or have any recommendations? i’m open to customer service, admin work, chat/email support, data entry, or anything similar. i’d really appreciate any leads. thank you!

i hate the fourth of july.

not because of the fireworks or anything, but because holidays always remind me how alone i am. everyone seems to have plans, bbqs, lake days, parties, watching fireworks with friends or family and i’m just… here.

it’s like holidays put a spotlight on everything you’re missing. i can usually keep myself busy the rest of the year, but days like today make it impossible not to notice.

i know social media only shows the highlights, but it still sucks feeling like everyone has somewhere to be except you.

does anyone else feel this way on holidays?

Lately I’ve only been getting 1–2 shifts a week, and what confuses me is that it doesn’t seem like my performance has much to do with it. My UPH is decent, and even on weeks where my UPH is really good, I don’t see any difference in my schedule.

At this point it’s hard to stay motivated to chase numbers when it feels like they don’t actually affect how many hours you get.

On top of that, sometimes it feels like curbside wasn’t designed around what a human can realistically do. We’re expected to shop at these crazy speeds, but we’re constantly dealing with things that slow us down that aren’t reflected in the metrics. Customers stop us, items are out of stock, substitutions take time, and delivery drivers are constantly asking where things are.

Half the time it feels like I’m shopping my own run while also helping shop everyone else’s. If speed is such a huge focus, why are we expected to do all of these extra things that pull us away from our carts?

I’m genuinely curious if this is happening at other stores too. Are hours down everywhere right now, or is this just my location?

i'm a personal shopper and this is something that stresses me out more than i'd like to admit.

most days i'm either right around the UPH goal or just barely under it. sometimes i hit it perfectly, sometimes i don't. every now and then i'll have a really bad shopping day and my numbers take a hit, and it always leaves me wondering if my job is actually at risk.

i feel like the UPH metric doesn't always reflect what the job is actually like. we're expected to depend on every other department being stocked and ready, but if an item is missing, we're the ones spending time looking for it, asking departments, finding substitutions, etc. on top of that, we're constantly helping customers who stop us with questions while we're shopping.

don't get me wrong, i understand why metrics exist, but it feels weird that the calculation doesn't really account for all the things that slow us down that are literally part of the job. sometimes it feels like we're being measured as if we're just walking around grabbing items with no interruptions.

for those of you who have been in curbside longer, would someone actually get fired for not consistently hitting UPH? or is it more of a coaching/conversation type thing unless your numbers are way off for a long period of time?

i'm probably overthinking it, but after a rough day of shopping i always end up stressing that my job is on the line.