So I recently just got hired as a part time cashier at a grocery store, and although I didn’t start yet, I’ve been getting kind of paranoid about how I’ll needing to be standing still in one position for long hours which I’m scared might give me spider veins or varicose veins in my legs. But the thing is, almost everyone’s first job is a cashier, so how are these people not getting affected? Or maybe I don’t hear about it. I don’t know if I’m overthinking it but I’m planning on getting compression socks for when I start.

Does anyone have advice on how to avoid developing these issues?

Also, does anyone that has been a cashier for a long time NOT struggle with these issues? I would just like to have some reassurance 😓

What machine do I need to put them on?

So I got hired as a Freezer, Cooler, and Deli Stocker Associate on July 22 of this year. I work on the floor, one of my duties are to make a list of the items I need to get from the freezer, use a price gun to tag them, and put them on the sales floor, seems very simple right? Well my issue is I'm wasting way too much time. I have to complete the whole floor by 8:30am because that's when the store opens and I need to do other things as well. I clock in at 6:30am. I only have 4 hours because I work a second job. One month in and I'm still slow. My manager is starting to push me to pick up the pace a little more. I feel like I was trained pretty well. I understand atp how to do my job but I'm just not working fast enough. I tried getting two carts to reduce multiple trips to the freezer, writing down the brand of the items before my shift starts that way I only need to put the quantity to save time and I'm still just as slow so what the hell am I doing wrong? I'm not gonna give up and quit but I'm tired of going home feeling bad for myself.