kryptonite

[TAMPA-BAY]

I work at the supermarket/grocery store. As soon as i put my work uniform on and clock in I feel like I am superman. If i see a complete stranger that intrest me i simply walk up him/her or them and easily start up small talk which I can easily turn into a major confersation. I do this all day long with ease.

Then I punch that time clock take off my apron and all of a sudden I am like clark kent. Its like putting on my work clothes brings me special powers but if i take it off I loose that powers. If I see my exact same customers some where else or efen during my lunch break I loose all confidence. Whats worst is that since I worked at the supermarket for so long I know like half the city or at least it feels like it.LOL So I where efer i go i am constantly bumping in to people that know me but I alwayse end up hiding. When that is not an option I kill the confersation by any means.

The question is What the F***? What is so special about my apron? Is it because It makes me sexy or is it just that on the job we are kind of playing roles? Is this common?

 

[CK23]

When i saw your post i couldnt wait to start typing on the keyboard... I feel like this everyday... There is this Superman in me, whose always there for his co-workers, like a suit of shining armour, assertive, aggressive, loud and clear, making eye contact, maintaining eye contact *... I work with passion even if it's something as minute as taking a newspaper for one of my colleagues or buying bread at the gorcery store... Still, there's also the Clark Kent version in my personality, the shy retiring guy, mild in behaviour, respectful of women, not wanting to argue in a loud voice, not wanting confrontation... Wanting to be sweet and caring even if the other person walks all over me... I wish this Clark Kent inside me would just be more open and communicative and social and not stay clammed up all his life... P.S I am a BIG superman fan, and i adore the Smallville t.v show...

 

[sketchy24]

I'm like this too kinda. Not to that extent cause of where I work, I'm kind of a tool and it was hard to learn everything so I still don't feel very adequate. However now that there are alot of new people under me, they ask me for help and stuff, I do feel like superman. People who have been there longer than me though I feel inferior. However I'm comfortable around them enough to talk about job related stuff.

But I know the reason. Its cause when you put on your uniform and do your job, you have a direction, a purpose. You are supposed to be there. When you're not working, you have no direction. You have to be putting yourself out there on your own instead of the other way around. But since we have anxiety, thats hard for us to do on our own unless we have someone telling us to do it or a reason that doesn't concern ourself as we tend to feel inferior to others.