After I resigned from a call center six months ago, I swore never to return to that industry. But oops, I am back. I just got hired a few days back. I just finished the dreaded orientation today, and tomorrow, our batch will officially start the training.

Nothing surprised me but myself. I was more sociable than my usual mood. I was not acting like a bitch, and I was not hatching plans of intimidation. In an objective point of view, my batchmates are better than the ones that I mingled with in the previous call center that I worked for. They are friendlier, and there are less hypocrites as far as my current assessment of the team is concerned.

But when I went inside the training room, I could not shake off the feeling of dread, especially when I sat on one of those ergonomic chairs. However comfortable such a chair is, sitting on one for at least eight hours a day can be traumatizing. I found myself controlling the fear that was starting to set in by pushing away the bad memories that I had from the previous call center that I worked for. I am not saying that it is that bad. It has something more to do with me than anything else.

During those times, I was sick and I was struggling hard to juggle my time between school and work. It was a nightmare, and I wouldn’t want to go down that road again. But now, I am just a plain employee, so maybe I could make the most out of this new call center experience.

I just hope that my medical history would not interfere.