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I need a new job

Misty Avich

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I'd like to work in a preschool with children age 2-4 but I can't because of my severe emetophobia. I'm on the waiting list for therapy (not that that's going to help really but I will still go along with it to avoid the annoying repetitive "have you tried therapy?") from people. I wish sickness bugs were like chickenpox where you only get it once.

So my other option is to work with animals. I love animals. I want to get in Pets At Home, not a vet exactly but someone who tends to the pets they sell there. That's the sort of job I want.

Failing that, a work from home job is something I'd like to look into, as I'm not very good with rules or being told what to do, I rather just work without anyone watching me and I can just do it my own way in my own time, in the comforts of my own home. Only thing with that is I have to move first, as I can't work in the environment I live in at the moment with neighbours constantly banging and thumping about above my head 24/7. I don't think I'd want to wear earplugs and headphones all day every day, which I have to do whenever I'm home but at least my poor ears get a break when I'm out at work.

Being so I'm discriminately forced to work until I'm at least 75 just because I was born after 1970, I want to at least be content with how I earn a living and I want to do something I want, not being somewhere where I'm under pressure to run around like a headless chicken doing cleaning all my life.
 
That sounds like a good plan with thoughtful options. Good luck with everything!

Working with animals must be great. It would also be one of my preferred options, at a good place where the animals are treated with love and care.
 
That sounds like a good plan with thoughtful options. Good luck with everything!

Working with animals must be great. It would also be one of my preferred options, at a good place where the animals are treated with love and care.
I've never worked with animals before, even if it means cleaning it'll still be a different type of cleaning to the standard sweeping, mopping and emptying bins in public places. I'd much rather clean up after animals than people lol. Yep, I don't even mind poop. I have 7 pet rats so I'm used to dealing with pee, poop and sometimes even blood. Rats can't vomit so there's none of that to clean up lol, but I actually don't seem so afraid of animal vomit anyway.
 
Working primarily around animals instead of people?

Agreed. The first adjective that comes to mind would be "soothing". That might turn out to be a welcome change. :)
 
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The only animals you do not want to clean up after is birds, as their waste produces ammonia, which in turn loves water, not fun if you sweat.
 
I was a single mom of 4 and had no choice but to work. I went to school to become a nurse - chosen to best support my kids, not personal desire, and receiving no financial support from their dad. I hated every single day of my job for 20 years, but had no choice because the kids. I worked night shift because less human traffic and more pay. I did what I had to do - but the day I left that job was one of the happiest days I remember and never looked back.
If it's not a 'have to' situation, find something that you enjoy, or at the very least, don't mind doing.
 
I also wouldn't mind working in the sewers because there's rats that I'd probably end up taking in food for every day lol.
 
I just feel sad because I've been waiting years to get this job and I was thrilled when I finally got it, and I loved it for a long time. It's just so laid-back and lenient, and very anxiety/ASD/ADHD-friendly.

Before anyone criticises, if you go into a job that's laid-back and lenient and then several years later it suddenly changes and becomes strict, it's actually more anxiety-inducing than going into a job that's already strict and rule-based.
 
OK, You asked for it. 😈



Have you considered working in an abattoir? 🤔
No.
It's why I couldn't be a vet, because I couldn't even cope with putting animals down. I'd be crying lol.
 
I considered becoming a vet, but then realised I wouldn't be able to cope with putting animals down, either.
BTW, did you look in the spoilers?
 
And served with BBQ sauce. Mmmmm. 😋
I don't know whether I want to laugh hysterically or cry about this joke..............
(Meant in a funny way, don't worry about it)
It's why I couldn't be a vet, because I couldn't even cope with putting animals down
Exactly my thoughts too. I'd thought about becoming a vet, but I couldn't deal with putting animals to sleep, or even witnessing it regularly. Much too sad. It's one of those things I find very important that people do it, but I couldn't do it myself.
 
I'm thinking of signing off work sick with depression and using that time to look for another job. I don't want to quit and claim unemployment because they put you under pressure to look for work and I can't deal with the pressure. I just want to do it leisurely in my own time, focusing on finding a job that I want to do, not what the job centre wants me to do.
 

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