I'd like to stop being a 19 year old sperg and learn to interact with people so I figured I'd try getting a job during the summer.
Is fast food my only option if I have no skills? I've graduated high school and speak english fluently in a non-anglophone country, but that's it.
How should I go about searching for a job?
>>18440776
You could get into retail with no experience and no skills. There are quite a few other places like restaurants, movie theaters, or factories that might hire you. You just need to find them and apply.
>>18440778
What's it like being a cashier? I've been considering applying to the nearest supermarket actually.
>>18440790
I'm a cashier actually, so you asked the right guy. I started out as a bagger and then was promoted a few months later after I asked for a promotion from my manager. Being a cashier is a pretty easy job for the most part. The only time I have any problems with it are when I get rude and difficult customers. Money counting is very easy, even as someone with minimal math skills. At the grocery store chain I work for , we are tracked on the speed with which we ring up customers. I am very skilled at my job in this regard and consistently perform as the top or one of the top cashiers in my score. If you end up being tracked by speed it is very easy to do a good job, as long as you are clever and know what you're doing. Another thing about being a cashier is that it gives you the opportunity to develop your interpersonal communication skills. You typically have the chance to talk to other cashiers during downtime and of course can chat up any customer you'd like as a part of your job. Of course, you don't have to. Typically I keep to myself when chatting with customers, but the occasional small talk is nice. When starting out as a bagger, I was extremely shy, so being forced into a cashier position where I needed to speak clearly and talk to people was very good for me, personally. I think that other people who experience anxiety would benefit from the social experience of being a cashier.
>>18440807
That was really helpful, thanks anon.
>>18440807
One thing I kind of messed up in writing; typically, I am guarded when chatting with customers. If you're reserved like me, there is nothing you truly need to be bothered by with being forced to interact with people. Most of the interactions you will have are very impersonal and very few will know the real you.
>>18440808
No problem man