Well firstly big hugs, you are in a very scary place right now, but that was exactly me many years ago.
Rubbish retail job, until I said this job is going to be fun or else!!
No car, no money, no hope of new friends or holidays.
So back to the rubbish job, I decided I would be the best retail assistant in the company bar none, and I did succeed, in fact I ended up owning a small share of the company.
I started by learning everything I could about sales,customer relations and work ethics. Very helpful were American sources, there doesn’t seem to be the stigma in working in retail as much as here in Britain.
The more I practiced, the better I felt about myself, now customers were asking for me when they came into the store, I got promotion quickly because management could see I was knowledgable and could guide a customer to be thrilled with a purchase, no matter how small.
Every day became a challenge, in fact I would start the day whispering to myself “it’s show time” now retail is more like an acting job, every day is first night!!