Imagine seeing one of these and believing you're so special that you don't drain other people's social batteries. So you get offended when you learn that you do.
I believe scientific studies say it's somewhere around half of each.
The reason you don't see that, is because it's considered socially unacceptable to get socially drained, so we learn to hide it, usually from very young.
I've actually bought some of these for some autistic children I used to work with. It gave them agency, even if they weren't able to communicate it verbally.
Ive been considering getting one of these honestly. as an introvert there are just some days where I really don't want to talk to people but retail doesn't care about that and I need money. at least having some kind of gague seems better than just glowering and hoping i don't have to deal with small talk
I was thinking about gamifying spoon theory in a similar manner.
It's in Balatro style. Normally, you have a limited number of spoons each day, which you need to spend on doing things. If you overspend one day, it will raise your burnout levels and your meltdown chance, as well as having less spoons for the next few days. However you can gain various extra spoons and/or kitchen utensils, so you can have a better chance at surviving the day.
Yes but for some reason when you tell people you don't have energy they don't believe you. Because they think mental energy is an infinite resources you can just force out or something
Yeah, this really is one of those things where if you're not okay with a little idle chatter, it's probably not the right job. And I say that out of admiration for baristas and other service workers. I tried working a service sector job when I was young and I didn't last long. I just wasn't any good at it.
I feel bad for folks who are introverted and not particularly strong. Almost every job with a low barrier to entry demands a lot of physical or emotional labour.
If I see anyone wearing this I will make it a mission to get it down to zero. Then I'll come up with efficient strategies to grind it down. I'll try and beat my new best time. I see this as a challenge.
But the best part is? Once it reaches zero, I leave them alone. Because I still respect them as a person
Just wearing this isn't an open invitation for people (read: you) to be pieces of shit and nothing anyone is wearing gives you the right to monopolize their time or energy.
semi-related but my economics teacher on the first day said "you can't offend me, I've been a national football/baseball/other sport coach for 20 years. I've been called every name in the book!"
3rd week of school as he was talking about how socialism is the devil, showing videos of cubas abandoned builds and stuff, I said "I did the math and you make 0.0006771% of what Jeff bezos makes in a year."
He admitted defeat but still didn't give me extra credit like he said he would as a joke :/
I really like brutalism, especially when contrasted with greenery. A set of brutalist apartment blocks, with ample space between each of them, which contains native flora would be rather beautiful. The space between the blocks could also be used as a communal barbeque place. Or a fitness trail.
There are many different minimum wage jobs out there. Speaking as an introvert who has had several of them, if small talk is that taxing for you then you should consider a job with less intrinsic social requirements.
on the one hand, victim blaming is bad, and we shouldn't do that. On the other hand, there isn't a shortage of bullshit dead end jobs that don't require previous experience, so you can absolutely get a job that is more or less customer facing if need be.
i was a barista for well over 10 years (as an introvert to boot). it's 100% a side gig. it may cover some food and gas, but NO ONE is paying rent with barista pay, especially since they cut labor every time it's "slow" for 20 minutes.
i stayed there because of the free pound of coffee every week and flexibility, but don't act like it's always the only thing between the workers and homelessness
Green = I inform people on my current mental state
Wearing pin at all = I inform people on my current mental state
Taking care of yourself is step 1 to being good to others. Ignoring your depletion only leads to growth of anger and worsening relationships with people around you. Ain't it better to let them know you're not in the mood and this has nothing to do with them personally?
This is about the most asinine, self-centered thing I have ever read. Do you think this employee is going to check the mood of each customer? Hell no. The customer comes first and if an employee of mine showed up with this one morning to work, they would be asked to remove it, as it is a distraction from the goods and services I am offering. Keeping a job is taking care of oneself, and taking care of the customers, including interacting with their requests, no matter how tiresome and mundane, is part of the job.
If everyone had a pin on like this, everyone would be constantly looking at each others pins thinking, “ Oh, can I talk to them today?, oh my, I hope I am not stressing them”.
Grow up or get a job you don’t have to talk to people.
It isn't supposed to say "I don't want to talk to you", but rather "I'd love to talk to you, but I'm exhausted". They'll also probably still talk to you, but just won't be able to be as energetic.