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First night on the job Hi everybody, This is my first time posting on this — I guess you’d call it a forum — so I thought it would be nice to share how my first night of waitressing went. It was both good and bad. Good in the sense that I met my coworkers, and they all seemed nice (though some were a little standoffish). The customers were okay. My main issue was when I blocked on my words. I do know the tools I need to get out of a block, but in conversation, I rush — and I end up just pushing through. I probably looked like I was crazy. A.k.a. maybe (maybe not all) of the customers and my coworkers thought I was. I got asked if I speak English. I got told I have an accent — which I don’t. And I definitely got a lot of weird looks. So, I hope that when I go in to work tonight, I remember to talk slowly and take my time. But oh my goodness — isn’t it so hard, in the moment, to actually do what you know you’re supposed to do? I guess practice makes perfect.