Fast food jobs are trash anyways. Don't feel bad if you got fired because, to them, you are as expendable as a roll of toilet paper. It's true what you put in your title though, smiling and being positive always attracts positivity. Then again, like you have said, you do have some problems that can make things a little difficult, but I think if you truly work hard to overcome them then that's all that matters.

About the acting part, you can probably look up free lessons on youtube.

 

I hate that too... I just got a new job in fast food. The mananger pulled me into her office saying i look uptight and stuff and i gotta smile more


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I usually don't make it pass the interviews.

 

One day, i was working on a patient. He was the one patient no one else wanted to work with because he had a very "imposing" way about him. People were automatically intimidated by him, just by his height alone. He was 6'3" maybe taller and big.

He was hispanic and gay and didn't put up with anyone's crap - not even the physicians. I was called down to the Out patient clinic to assist with this patient's procedure. When i walked into the exam room, that patient was already cussing out the physician, and refusing to have the exam done. I thought "good for you man! if you don't like something, speak up! right on!!" cheering him on silently.

A few days later, he is being seen in my department. The other PA's didn't want to "deal with him".. Long story short? He and i hit it off right away. I wasn't grinning in his face, or kissing his butt, but i did my job well and efficiently. He, in turn appreciated that, and requested me every time he had a procedure to be done.

As we were talking, he said: "You know, i know one way you could be more approachable is to smile more." I looked at him with a straight face (as usual) and said: "Why are you telling me to smile more - and you don't even smile yourself?" - and we both cracked up.

:lol

What works for me is this. As long as you know your job, and do it well? It doesn't matter whether you put on a mask or not. If the supervisor can't appreciate that? I think working for someone who does - will make life a lot easier for folks in the long run.

 

Smiling can be really difficult even with just anxiety because how do you smile at something you kind of feel frightened and intimidated by and seem natural? But I think your tone of voice goes a long way toward making you seem friendly even if your facial expressions don't show it. How do you sound when you talk? If you are really monotonic you can come off as bored or aloof and that can really put people off, because it sends a really strong message that you don't want to talk to them or that they are wasting your time. Your voice can really show your feeling. If it's difficult to sound cheery or happy, one thing anxiety can at least do is make you sound submissive, and that's not exactly great, but being interpreted as shy is much much better than being interpreted as angry or bored. The sole thing you just HAVE to convey one way or another is that you really do want to help, that you are there for the customer. A lot of other things can be overlooked if you manage that.