Hey Kay. I worked in a Supermarket for around 14 years. I had friends, but there where trouble makers, and people who would disrupt the whole front end of the Supermarket when they were checking out. I would be aware of them. I'm glade that I had some friends. Those three groups were the people who I would remember.

The fellow workers were a problem before,or after they got fussed at. They were back stabbing and gossiping about each other most of the time. The owner would come out and give her employees a hard time very often. I kept on the move, and did everything that I knew how to do.

All of that got on my nerves big time after 14 years of rushing around the store in fear of getting scolded for pacing my work over time. They wanted more from me.

It was a privately owned store, so there wasn't a national chain of command . At one time they owned around 5,or 6 stores. There were always someone causing trouble.

I don't think that they concentrate on you for any period of time, because all of these other things that are going on in the background in the internal affairs of the Supermarket.

Sometimes certain customers would take a particular interest in some of us working there.

The boss seemed very friendly to the customers. Yo'all come back now ya hear!!! (((But))) it was in the back rooms.

I worked at another place that had trouble in the back rooms with bosses fussing,and angry co workers.

Anyway...I don't think that they are concentrating on you. Maybe for a few seconds. BF

The supermarket we go to is a chain, but it is run like a family business. Most of the checkers are teenagers, and they're slow.

One of the girls (she must be about 17) has the biggest crush on my husband lol. She blushes and gets a little giddy every time we go through her line, and she sizes me up but she doesn't act like she's noticed the scar... she's probably too focused on my handsome husband lol.

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On another note, I'm doing much better medicating my anxiety...

I'm doing okay with 1.5mg of Klonopin in the morning most days. I've been having more days when I need 1mg rather than a half in the afternoon. Part of that is I'm trying to medicate OCD. I still don't take anything in the evening/at night because of that high dose of seroquel. I'm still staying under my 3mg limit.

Years ago, before the BP dx, I was prescribed Adderral, Ritalin, and then Provigil to fight the MS fatigue and stay alert, but they all induced what I now know is hypomania so I switched over to coffee...
I'm drinking a lot of it. Pdoc knows it. I have at least 3 in the morning and reserve another for around 4 o'clock when my energy really starts to take a dive. I know it's not the best thing for anxiety, but it's a coping mechanism and it's helping a lot. When I went to the MD to have him check out my bum, my bp was around 110/60 after 3 cups so I'm safe there.

BTW Bizi, I was shocked that they sell Duoderms OTC now... When I was still working (8yrs ago) they were new and we had to be careful how we cut because they were SO expensive. I wish I new that, I could have taken care of that sore before it got to the point where I needed to go to the MD.

I know kay! they even make bandaides with duo derm or tegaderm which is a clear film.
bizi

I was shocked when my PCP told me I could pick up a Duoderm in the bandaid aisle. I could have slapped a piece on as soon as the skin started thinning out and saved myself a lot of trouble.
They're pretty darn expensive for bandaids now, but the way the floor managers behaved you would have thought they were made of gold back in the day.
I didn't know about the Tegaderms... also surprising.

Making these things OTC is good news for pts. It will save a lot of dough on visiting RNs and MD visits.