I worked on a working holiday at a restaurant for a year. I don’t know why, but I was not believed by people at work. I’m going to write about it. I was not also believed by my flatmate and argued with her. You can check out that here and Working holiday story 11 here.
I cook all the time
Cooking is my best hobby, and I want to eat what I cook all the time. But, a guy cooking is rare everywhere. Both in Japan and New Zealand, I was believed to draw girls’ attention. I just did what I wanted, but people want to believe what they think or what others say about me.
I got injured
I stepped on a piece of glass, went to hospital, and had surgery. After that, I was away from work for a while because of the doctor’s stop. The busy season of our restaurant was approaching, so I guess my manager thought I was pretending to get injured. I wrote the details here.
I was a bit sick
I felt I had a fever, but I continued working. I was constantly coughing. I took some pills to stop the fever. I told my manager about it. He covered my shift sometimes, which I was thankful for, but I wonder if he believed my sickness.
My phone didn’t work properly
I used my phone for about 5 years. Sometimes, I couldn’t type properly, so I couldn’t open my phone. We used Facebook Messenger to talk with people at work. At home, I could use Facebook on my laptop, but at work sometimes I couldn’t type messages properly. When I was working with someone else, I asked them to message instead of me, but when I was on my own, I couldn’t do that. When I was too busy serving customers, I was asked to call my manager for help. One day, I got too busy and needed to contact him, so I asked a guy working at a nearby restaurant. I don’t know if my manager believed my phone not working.
I was trying to get a new phone. I’m so cheap, so I checked where I could get the cheapest one. Then, my manager suggested he could get me a cheap one. I believed his words, and I was waiting. It seemed he wouldn’t get me one. I asked if he looked for a new phone again and again. I supposed he was doubtful that I really needed a new phone. Finally, he got me a new phone Thanks.
I left New Zealand for Australia
Japanese can stay in New Zealand basically for a year on a working holiday unless their boss helps them to get a visa. After 1 year of my stay in New Zealand, I decided to come back to Japan. Before that, I went to Australia and stayed at farms because I loved its hot weather. My manager didn’t believed me that. After I left New Zealand, he called me sometimes to see if I was really in Australia.
How being distrusted affected me
I got more socially awkward. I want to be distant to others more. If people don’t believe what I said, it’s a waste of time to talk with them. I can feel people had some wrong biases toward me, which made me uncomfortable. When I tried to clear the biases, they didn’t believed my words, so it was impossible.
Now I am working at a farm somewhere in Japan, and I live with people in the same flat. I’m stressed. I want to be alone at home and at work. However, how did I make a living on my own? I don’t have many choices.
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