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I weighed my money and pride and became miserable

I wrote it in a question quite a while ago, but from an objective point of view, I grew up in a pretty poor family environment, and I keep telling myself that even if I had a family, I couldn't (can't) be happy, and even if that were the case, I would die soon anyway, until now.
There are only things I fall into self-loathing just by being alive, yet everywhere I go recently, “it's still better just not to cancel my work or be absent without permission.” But “it's great because I was able to live alone even at the last minute (from someone I don't know that I inherited my father's inheritance), isn't it?” I've only been comforted, etc., but I'm not going to say it's humiliating, but it's complicated, and I still seriously think that the reason that happened in the first place was because my mother didn't get divorced.

Actually, I had a one-off job at a shopping mall today, but I was about to go home on the way home. Incidentally, the job type is customer service (food and drink).
For the job, “Application conditions: You must complete a stool test by the day before work, regardless of age or gender.
I will teach you kindly and politely on the day.” That was true when I went to work while feeling a lot of anxiety that it was a company name I hadn't heard locally during the consecutive holidays...
Live performances by entertainers began right in front of the place where they opened the store at the same time as the start of work, so I and a man (probably younger than me) were alone in a place that stood out even though they didn't like it, and from morning to evening, there was an onparade of cuisine names they had never seen or heard locally at the cash register. I was able to take a break, but the man was alone the whole time and no matter where he went, so I couldn't relax, and when I got back, the man was probably still frustrated and had an ironic smile on his face from the middle and started tingling, so be quick from customers! That's because my heart was broken when I was yelled at.
I just said, “I'm leaving early because I feel sick,” and when I packed up my luggage and tried to leave the place right away, the man made a surprised face and asked why. I kept saying in a low voice that it's impossible because it's the reason I mentioned above, but the man said, “I'm not convinced by that. Did I do something? ' and in the end, “Don't do the opposite!” I was even told that, and at that moment I thought I was fine.
In the end, there were people and we stayed until the end without any further arguments, but I was extremely doubtful that it was necessary to have such a painful experience even though it was for money, and maybe this state of mind is similar to that of my mother who didn't break up until her father died? I thought that for the first time.

What was the “right answer” to do in that case?
What do the monks think?

3 Zen Responses

The weakness of the management side that made the recruitment. One-off job risks. You did your best

The shopping malls were also probably crowded due to the consecutive holidays in May. Also, it was a job like an event staff, and it was difficult for 2 people to work together.
Customer service jobs require flexible responses, right? I was taught today, and I must get to work right away. The situation of being driven into such a tense scene must have been a panic.

Far from being supported, if you get reprimanded, it's going to be painful, isn't it? If the customer's frustration is directed at this point, they'll probably want to go home already. (My heart was broken) You really did your best.

If you leave early, a man will have to go around the scene alone. The man was working alone even while you were taking a break, right? It was too harsh, and unless you had a good reason, your actions would have seemed irresponsible.

It was frustrating, but you persevered, too. You endured it very well.
Unreasonable treatment can also happen in society. I have had that experience too. That's why it's important to acquire a heart that won't lose and the ability to overcome. If you can grasp the situation and move, you may be able to take anticipated actions to some extent.

However, this is my first time, and I was tasked with an event at a shopping mall during the consecutive holidays, and there were 2 staff members. I think it was poor on the management side that did the recruitment. If they had had a little more staff, they would have been able to serve customers with plenty of time. One-off jobs also have this kind of risk, right?

Let's applaud ourselves for doing our best. That was really great.

As a piece of wisdom

I read it.
I see... if you are driven into such an extreme state, both that person and you will be mentally driven, and it will be sharp and painful. I don't know the details of you or that person's condition, but I feel like I can understand what you think. I understand your feelings from the bottom of my heart.
I really didn't like having to face such a difficult situation in order to make money. Maybe there was no need to do such a thing, but I think it's definitely not a waste since it happened in various situations.
I've had such unreasonable thoughts before, when I was an office worker, when I was just becoming a monk, or recently. At that time, there were times when I felt so sorry that I had to go out of my way to have such painful feelings and why I ended up in a place like this, and there were times when I got angry at people.
Looking back on that, I'm sure there are people who are still having such a hard time, and I think there are things that need to be improved. Knowing such things may also be very important in life.
Various people have various thoughts and are still alive today.
There may be no need for you to have such painful feelings as you live from now on, but living while avoiding such things as much as possible is probably one piece of wisdom.
I sincerely pray that you will be able to live a peaceful and healthy life for the future, and that you will be able to live a fulfilling and moisturized everyday life with all of you in a wonderful relationship. We wholeheartedly agree

The people around me were saved

Your male colleagues and customers were saved (made happy) because you worked until the end.
Therefore, I think that what you worked until the end was the “correct answer” for the people around you.
I work at a government office, and during the heyday of vaccination against the novel coronavirus, all the staff worked as staff at vaccination sites.
Even though I had no medical knowledge, I did tasks such as supporting injecting doctors, and I was made to do everything, such as reception work and parking lot attendants.
Since I go to work on a holiday, of course I paid for that part of the part-time job, but rather than for money, the whole world is in a situation where the whole world has to get vaccinated, so I felt like “I have no choice but to do it anyway” due to the atmosphere of that place (society).
Other than jobs where you get money, there are parts where society revolves because someone is doing it, such as the role of a neighborhood association or condominium management association, for example.
If I were to say tough things, doing it not only for money, but also because you have to do it for others, and finding joy, fulfillment, and the joy of learning in it may brighten your life.
Now, in Buddhism, I think that if you do an ascetic practice called worship (fuse), you can have a personality that is easy to understand (easy to attain Buddhism).
Giving an offering is providing services or gifts for others without asking for anything in return.
Even at work, when you do excessive service that isn't commensurate with your contract or salary, if you think you're glad you were able to help people around you instead of thinking “give me more money,” it's also a charity practice (good act), so I think it has the effect of speeding up future attainment of Buddhism.
appending
I've heard the theory that women tend to be attracted to men who have common weaknesses with their fathers (since they grew up forgiving their father's shortcomings, they also fall back on their lover's similar shortcomings).
If your mother's father (your grandfather) and your father had similar weaknesses, there is a possibility that your mother just forgave you for those shortcomings.