Hey y’all, just thought I’d write about my experience as a green bean and a low-functioning sociopath — I also have ADHD.

The only reason I mention my disorders is because I believe they are responsible for what I’m about to write.

During my interview to work at Starbucks I mentioned that I would be an amazing candidate since I don’t get stressed or frustrated. The interviewer warned me that this job will get to you and that I shouldn’t be so confident in my words. Fast forward to about three months of experience, I still have not felt an inkling of stress or frustration at my job. Don’t get me wrong, we are understaffed, under-trained, and most definitely have our fair share of Karen’s but I’m glad none of it has been enough to actually make me feel bad. I think this is because the way I see it… I really don’t care whether or not I suck or if I’m too slow and can’t keep up. I know that sounds like I’m a terrible employee, but let me explain. I absolutely try my best always and come into work with a positive attitude. I try not to cop-out on shortcuts, like skipping shaking on refreshers, because I know what’s it’s like to have your drink made without care. Point is… I am able to understand that it is literally not the end of the world if a Karen screams at me or if the drinks pile on so long as I’m giving it my all.

This brings me to my next point that might shock a lot of you, I actually enjoy drive-thru. I’d like to say I am super duper nice to everybody but I can’t really vouch for myself. If anything, I’m even nicer to the meanies and the dimwits, they really don’t put a downer on my day. Though I’m really not sure if this is because I don’t mind or if because of my disorder, my brain isn’t able to decipher social cues such as tone and non-verbal communication. For example, one time I was in drive-thru and I was taking this lady’s order. My coworkers also had a headset equipped so they could hear our exchange. After the order was placed, my coworkers all said aloud how much of a b*tch she was and how rude she sounded. I was dumbfounded and voiced that I had no idea what they were talking about as I didn’t detect any hostility in that woman! This also happens with my coworkers, I really can’t be phased with rude or disrespectful team members because for one, I can barley identify what they’re sending and two, I don’t care enough to care. Far too often I’ll get comments from coworkers like, “ I can see your nervous, stressed, or frustrated.” and they’re so wrong since I’m not. Or I’ll get the “I know I sound rude and mean but I don’t actually mean it” and I’m like, “huh, you were being rude?”

Here’s another fun fact: I don’t get headaches.

I’d like to say this, being a sociopath is like having your emotions on low-volume. They’re their but just as background music.
Equally powerful but just not expressed as much.

This is really just me writing about my experiences with no agenda, what do y’all think?