u/throwmeawayew

Everyone warned me about working here, but about the wrong things. I love working by myself. I don’t mind cross training. What I hate, hate,HATE are these know it all stuck up assholes. Barnes and noble must have a recruiter with a talent for finding people who can’t let an opportunity to correct someone pass. People who take their stress out on others. People who only want to hear themselves speak about something no one cares about. Don’t get me wrong, I do have some kind, amazing coworkers, But I’m shocked at how one store could hire so many assholes. Sorry to vent.

I don’t know if I’m going to thrive at my store. I’m a newer hire and I’m the only person of my race at that store. Being around people of other races has never bothered me at any other job I’ve had and I’ve worked in so many different industries that it’s common to do so. But here it’s different. I’m not sure if the people I work with are aware they’re doing it, but they frequently speak down to or treat me as if I’m dumb. Things like my hair or weight have come up frequently. Today someone came up to me and had a unprompted conversation about trump and “the libs.” Sooo many microagressions. I’ve had basic words read to me like I was illiterate while working at a bookstore 🙄. I’m definitely more reserved, but when I do speak, it’s obviously different because I am of a different background (slang and accent for example) I thought that would be common sense, but my coworkers look at me like I’m slow. Sorry if im being vague, but it’s a hard to describe feeling. Being the only brown person in the whole store is draining me. I can relate to a lot of the people around my age and talking to them can be fun, but majority of my coworkers see my skin before they see me as a person.