Unclench, Siouxland...
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3/3/2018
I’ve been here only 4 months and I’m still shocked at how people behave. Not friendly, rude. Can’t tell you how many businesses I’ve been in to where the reception staff could not be bothered even being polite. Who wants a vets office where they front desk girl ignores your animal and acts like helping you is a burden? I work front desk and whenever a customer comes in and I greet them in a friendly manner, I can see them clench up like “why are you smiling at me!” and often they make a rude remark, then still expect me to serve them! Puleeeze. I’ve literally never in my life been “corrected” as much as here. It’s like everyone is constipated and pedantic and no matter what I say they feel the need to correct me. It’s infuriating. Don’t bother extrapolating my point, just interrogate me about how I worded it? And defensiveness?! It’s WEIRD. That goes along with correcting me. They make everything about themselves and then have to defend themselves when nothing I’ve said or done was even about them. And the vibes I get from people... I swear I can physically feel the dislike or contempt or whatever it is, from people, for no reason. Even the way they look at you is staring and hostile. Just weird. Also the lease COOPERATIVE people I’ve ever worked with. Like pulling teeth getting a team to work together. And religion? I lived in a muslim country for a decade and received only acceptance and friendship. Zero religious pressure. Here? I’ve been here 4 months and have been repeatedly harassed over religion (and politics). Planning to leave soon. I do NOT want to have any of it rub off on me.
Maureen | Sioux City, IA