Just got my first part time job as a cashier. But 1 problem, I stutter. A lot
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Just got my first part time job as a cashier. But 1 problem, I stutter. A lot First things first I didn't work to get this job whatsoever, my mother got lucky and got me it. I didn't have an interview, nothing. I literally got it out of the blues so I don't feel like I deserve it. Now onto the main issue, I work at Pizza Pizza as a cashier and it equires a lot of communication with customers to make sure the order is right and often I mishear what they say and have to ask them to repeat it agaun but it's really difficult for me to get my words out. Even something as simple as telling customers the price or telling them to wait, I struggle on. I always need a few seconds to prepare what I have to say even though I know exactly what it is I need to say so my coworkers probably think I'm inadequate and don't know what I'm doing. I'm not scared of the job despite me appearing to be, but I just can't get my words out, in fact I want to say I'm confident, yet I stutter. I'm hesitant to ask my coworkers questions because I know I'm going to stutter, fuck up and they won't understand, making me have to repeat myself. Today I just had my first day of training and it felt extremely awkward making customers wait so long for quick replies. This is honestly such an easy job and I know I can be amazinf at it if it werent for my handicap. I've been stuttering for more or less my entire life and until now I've never really seen it as THAT big of a problem. The days leading up to today I've been super anxious and couldn't sleep well. What can I do to stutter less because I really want to work here but I don't want people to think I don't deserve to work here.