Contest #275 Como la presiones me ayudó a resolver mejor las situaciones 🦋
Hello dear ladies and gentlemen of our #Ladiesofhive community! I'm back again this week, #275, where @alessandrawhite has two questions that will take us back in time. This time, I'd like to invite @proymet, @graciadegenios, @soyunasantacruz, and @yolimarag back, because as they say, persistence pays off. My goal is to get these wonderful ladies to share their experiences in this week's question challenge for our warm and welcoming community. To introduce you to them, here's their link: 👇🏼
When have you had to learn a new skill under intense pressure?
When I graduated from high school, I passed by a well-known store in my city and saw they were hiring for adults with a high school diploma. Since I met the requirements, I went to the shipping department to ask about the job. The guy who was helping me saw me and asked if I really wanted to work. I said yes, of course. He advised me to come back the next day, dressed more appropriately. That was in '93, and a singer named Gloria Trevi was popular at the time, so I was dressed in her style, with ripped jeans and messy hair. So I took his advice and left.
The next day I arrived wearing dress pants, a casual blouse, and my hair pulled back in a ponytail. The manager, walking through the aisles, asked me a series of questions. After that interview, she asked me which position I was interested in, since they were hiring a salesperson and a cashier. She asked if I had any experience, and I replied that I didn't, that I had just graduated. She asked if I was capable of working as a cashier, even if I didn't know how. My response was that nobody is born knowing everything, and that if they explained things to me, I would learn. And that was my first job.

My three-day training began, and at the end, I would have to take a test. If I didn't pass, I wouldn't get the job, and those three days would be lost since I wouldn't be paid. Besides keeping an eye on the register, I had to make sure customers didn't leave without paying.
On the day of the test, at closing time, they put me at the register, placed several items for me to ring up, then repeated the same items, and the supervisor put several items (a knife, fork, and spoon) in her pants pocket. After ringing up the customer again, she asked me why she wasn't giving me the same total. I told her that she had put several items in her pocket, and she asked if a customer did that, would I let them keep the items? Since I hadn't said anything, my response was: I would tell the customer, "I need to charge you for what you put in your pocket. I didn't say anything to you because the purchase was fictitious." 😅

My first day getting paid was a bit stressful, because you have someone watching you, paying attention to everything you do, and you feel intimidated by their stares, not because you want to do anything wrong, but because of the pressure of having someone staring at you.
But learning under this pressure, and being a cashier for several years in different stores, taught me to work under pressure in a calmer and more composed way. I learned to handle the pressure of long lines and to learn new procedures at each store, adapting to new regulations, because although there are similarities in each store, there are also differences.

When have you completely misjudged someone upon first meeting them and then discovered they were much better or much worse than you originally thought?
I'm not one to judge people harshly at first glance, unless they behave inappropriately towards me, like what happened almost three years ago when I met my current partner. That day I stopped by a friend's house. I was feeling a bit down because I was going through a breakup, and although I didn't usually stay at her place, that day I stayed because of my mood. She was having a Sevillana (a type of flamenco drink) with another friend, so there were three of us. Between drinks and stories, she helped me clear my head and forget my sadness for a while.
When I needed to use the restroom, I told her I was afraid to stand up and get dizzy. A man I didn't know came up and offered to help me and take me to the bathroom, which I thought was disrespectful. I got up, annoyed, and went with my friend to her bathroom. I told her that guy was being forward, to which she laughed and said he was just playing with me. I told her that wasn't a game, and besides, I didn't know him, so he was a creep.

That man was with Adrián (who is now my partner), since they were friends, but Adrián had gone to his room to get something. They left together again, and after a while, when he was about to go to sleep, my friend... He called to ask to stay with us for a while, and that's how I met him that day. They walked us home, since my friend's other friend was my neighbor (and I didn't know her because I was new to the area). He asked for my number, and I didn't see any problem giving it to him.
The truth is that when I started dating Adrián, his friend (the one from the incident) turned out to be not just forward, but worse. As time went on and my partner stopped seeing him as often as she did them, he would visit him. If I was with him, he would try to annoy me, all to achieve his goal: to make me leave upset so he could manipulate my partner, even taking him to the corner to drink. Before I came into his life, they were drinking buddies on weekends, and he was the one who paid for the drinks, so it was convenient to annoy me and achieve his objective.
If I was talking to my partner and he was listening, he'd chime in as if we were talking directly to him. He always tried to start arguments, and he'd push me away and take advantage of the situation. Eventually, I became smarter, and instead of getting angry with my partner, I'd take him aside and tell him what bothered me about his friend. He'd agree with me, trying to find a solution, because he understood my frustration and knew the friend was doing it on purpose. That's how, little by little, I gained ground and space, and the friend lost it.



Reflection: In life, we must learn to recognize what is good for us and what is bad for us. We will always face pressures—at work, in our families, and even in our romantic relationships. It is up to us how we manage them for our own well-being and that of those around us.
This was my contribution for this week. To you who made it this far, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Thank you for your support. God bless you 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
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Hola queridas damas y caballeros que hacen vida en esta nuestra comunidad de #Ladiesofhive, de nuevo digo presente en esta semana #275 donde @alessandrawhite nos trae dos preguntas que nos llevan a los recuerdos, para esta oportunidad quiero volver a invitar a @proymet, @graciadegenios, @soyunasantacruz y a @yolimarag, ya que dicen por allí que él que insiste, consigue, así que mi fin es conseguir que estas apreciadas damas compartan sus vivencias, en estas preguntas semanales de esta calida comunidad. Y para que conozcan de ellas les comparto su 👇🏼
¿Cuándo has tenido que aprender una nueva habilidad bajo intensa presión?
Cuando me gradué de bachiller pasé por una tienda muy conocida en mi ciudad y leí que solicitaban personal mayor de edad y bachiller, como contaba con los requisitos, fui a preguntar en la paquetería por el trabajo, el chico que estaba atendiendo al verme me dijo que si quería trabajar de verdad, yo le dije que por supuesto, me aconsejo que fuera al día siguiente, con una ropa mas adecuada, eso fue en el 93 y estaba de moda una cantante llamada Gloria Trevi, así que yo andaba a su estilo, con pantalones rotos, cabello despeinado, así que le hice caso a su consejo y me retire.
Al día siguiente llegué con un pantalón de vestir, una blusa casual y el cabello recogido con una cola de caballo, la gerente caminando entre los pasillos me hizo una serie de preguntas, después de esa entrevista me preguntó que en cual de los cargos quería trabajar, ya que solicitaban vendedora y cajera, que si tenía experiencia, le contesté que no, que me acababa de graduar, me dijo que si era capaz de trabajar en caja, aunque no supiera, mi repuesta fue que nadie nació aprendido, que si me explicaban, yo aprendía, y allí fue mi primer trabajo.

Comenzó mi entrenamiento de tres días, y al finalizar me realizarían una prueba, que si no la pasaba, no quedaría y esos serían 3 días perdidos, ya que no los cobraría, además de estar pendiente de la caja, tenía que observar que los clientes no se llevarán cosas sin pagar.
El día de la prueba al cerrar el establecimiento, me montaron en caja, pusieron varios artículos para yo cobrarlos, después me los repitieron y la supervisora se guardo en su bolsillo del pantalón varios artículos (cuchillo, tenedor y cucharilla), al terminar de cobrar nuevamente, me preguntó que porque no me daba la misma cuenta, yo le dije que ella se guardo varios artículos en el bolsillo, y me preguntó que si un cliente lo hace, yo lo dejaría llevárselo?, como no le dije nada, mi repuesta fue: al cliente le diría: necesito cobrarle, lo que guardo en sus bolsillo, a usted no le dije nada, porque la compra es ficticia 😅

Mi primer día de cobrar fue algo estresante, porque tienes a alguien encima de tí pendiente de todo lo que hagas, y uno está más intimidado por las miradas, no porque uno quiera hacer algo fuera de las normas, sino por la presión de tener una mirada fija.
Pero aprender bajo está presión, y ser cajera por varios años, en diferentes establecimientos, me enseñó a trabajar bajo presión, de una manera más tranquila y calmada, la presión de las largas colas y aprender en cada establecimientos códigos nuevos, adaptarse a nuevas normativas, ya que aunque hay parecidas en cada establecimiento, también las hay diferentes.

¿Cuándo juzgaste completamente mal a alguien al conocerlo por primera vez y luego descubriste que era mucho mejor o mucho peor de lo que pensabas originalmente?
Realmente no soy de juzgar mal a las personas a primera vista, al menos que tengan un comportamiento inadecuado hacia mi persona, como me pasó hace casi tres años, cuando conocí al que ahora es mi pareja, ese día pasé por la casa de una amiga, estaba algo triste porque estaba pasando por una ruptura amorosa, aunque no era de quedarme donde está amiga, ese día por mi estado me quedé, ella estaba tomando una sevillana con otra amiga, así que éramos tres, entre tragos y cuentos, me ayudó a despejar la mente, y a olvidar un poco mi tristeza.
Cuando me dieron ganas de ir al baño, le dije que me daba miedo pararme y que me mariara, llegó un señor que no conocía a ofrecerme su ayuda y llevarme al baño, lo cual me pareció una falta de respeto, me pare molesta y fui con mi amiga al baño de su casa, le dije que ese tipo era un atrevido, a lo que ella riéndose dijo que el solo se estaba jugando conmigo, yo le dije que eso no eran juegos, además no lo conozco, así que es un abusador.

Ese señor estaba con Adrián (quien hoy es mi pareja), ya que eran amigos, pero Adrián había ido a su habitación a buscar algo, se fueron juntos nuevamente, después del rato cuando ya se venía a dormir, mi amiga lo llamó para que se quedara un rato con nosotras, y el adsedio así que ese día lo conocí, nos acompañaron a la casa, ya que la otra amiga de mi amiga, era vecina mía (y no la conocía porque era nueva en el sector), él me pidió mi número, y no vi problemas en dárselo.
lo cierto es que al empezar la relación con Adrián, su amigo (el del incidente) resultó no ser atrevido, si no peor, cada vez que el tiempo pasaba y ya mi pareja no se reunía con la misma frecuencia con que lo hacía con ellos, lo visitaba y si yo estaba con él, causaba molestia en mi, para lograr el objetivo el cual era, que yo me fuera molesta y poder manipular a mi pareja, hasta llevárselo a la esquina para beber, ya que antes de llegar a su vida eran compañeros de bebedera los fines de semana, además de que él era el que financiaba estás bebidas, por era conveniente causar molestia y así lograr su objetivo.
Si yo hablaba algo con mi pareja y el escuchaba, opinaba como si estaban hablando con él, siempre quería buscar que nosotros discutiéramos y él hacía que yo me alejará y él se aprovechaba, hasta que fui más inteligente, y en vez de molestarme con mi pareja, lo llamaba a parte y le decía lo que me molestaba de su amigo, a lo que él respondía afirmativamente para lograr una solución, ya que entendía mi molestia y que el amigo lo hacía a propósito, fue así que poco a poco, yo fui ganando terrero y espacio y el amigo lo fue perdiendo.





Reflexión: En la vida hay que saber reconocer que nos hace bien y que nos hace mal, presiones siempre vamos a tener, en lo laboral, en lo familiar y hasta en las relaciones de pareja, está en nosotros, como las manejamos para nuestro bienestar y el de nuestro entorno.
Está fue mi participación para esta semana, a tí que llegastes aquí, te lo agradezco desde mi corazón, gracias por tu apoyo. Dios te bendiga 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
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This is such a lovely response to both prompts. I felt every sentence written, and I wonder how looking back at these times makes you feel.
I love that you were determined to work and not stay idle, and you aced the tasks you were given to enable you to get that first pay. That commitment to earn made way for other values, and it's something I have taken from this post. Even more, I'm glad that your beauty shines through these past memories.😍
As for your husband's old friend, I'm glad you were observant and willing enough to trust your intuition. You followed that cue he gave on the first day carefully, and I believe that helped you navigate that relationship with your husband carefully. Sometimes, trusting our observations is really the best.
I'm very flattered by your comment. I was able to fulfill all the duties of my job, and it helped me develop my skills more each day. It was my first job.
Regarding my partner's friend, your observation gave me the advantage of recognizing that he wasn't a very good person. They're still in contact, but not as closely as before. Thank you for visiting. God bless you 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
It's truly awesome, and I'm happy you shared your experiences with us to pick a thing or two.
Happy the relationship has boundaries now. You're welcome, dear.
I'm so glad you visited. And may my experience serve as an example. Blessings 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
It's always a pleasure to participate in these weekly questions. Blessings 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Well done on your entry for #loh #275! 🎉 You received the ultimate 💯 upvote from #cwh's Co-Working for Hive account.
Keep up the great writing you're doing for the @ladiesofhive weekly contests.
Best wishes 💝,
The Crew of @creativeworkhour
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En español
¡Saludos, autora publicada! 👋
¡Qué alegría leer tu trabajo esta semana para el Concurso Ladies of Hive #275! Agradezco tu amable bienvenida, ya que esta fue mi primera vez como jurado invitada para @ladiesofhive. Fue un gran honor servir a Hive y a la comunidad de LOH de esta manera.
Estoy preparando una publicación que publicaré más tarde hoy donde te menciono. ¡Quizás incluso encuentres una sorpresa! 🤩
¡Nos vemos pronto!
Alessandra 😉
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In English
Greetings, published author, you! 👋
How lovely it was to read your work this week for the Ladies of Hive #275 Contest! I appreciate your kind welcome as this was my first go at guest judging for @ladiesofhive. It was such an honour serve Hive and the LOH community in this way.
I'm preparing a post to come out later today wherein you are mentioned. You may even find a surprise inside! 🤩
See ya soon!
Alessandra 😉
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