How do I overcome the fear of cashiers?

It's kind of like a child afraid of vacuums; the child didn't get over the fear until it was chased by a vacuum. I'd suggest going up to cashiers anyways, even if your fear makes you want to run from the store. You can't overcome a fear without confronting it head on.

This sounds like social anxiety Which is a very hard thing to get over. It can take years and years of practice. But confidence and communication skills are key

Well fearing anything doesnt help. Franklin roosevelt once said that you only have to fear your own fears. I had suggest you start by opening up and talking to your friends. If that doesnt help, take professional help. They help you to understand the reason behind your fears and suggest ways to overcome it through behavioural therapy. You will see positive results before you know and with your determination you ll emerge with flying colors.

I think the best way to overcome the fear of cashiers is to realize that they are nothing scary or monstrous, but that they are just another person! It also brings me some comfort to think that they will most likely forget about the entire experience in under five minutes :P

As a cashier myself, I can assure you your visit will not be remembered unless you take the second initiative to do so. Ex: bringing up personal stories. Just keep in mind that there are so many customers it’s hard to remember majority that walk through the door. Also, no one is going to judge you! Their only job is to assist you nothing else. If people give you anxiety giving you this fear practice saying hello or smiling to a stranger better yet, the cashiers! It’ll help you realize they are harmless and hopefully you’ll a little less tense afterwards.

I think it helps to know that cashiers are just people like you and me doing their jobs. They in no way want to make you feel uncomfortable, upset, or afraid; They just want to help you purchase your items or use whatever service they're providing. They don't want you to be afraid of them! It's okay to be nervous, but remembering that they are in now way there to make you afraid can help. It might even help you to ask them a question or make a joke with them to help you relax when you see them respond just like you or a friend would.

You have to accept the fact that you are human. Not everyone is thinking or feeling the same as you are. Over coming fear of cashiers is something's that might take time but it is possible to overcome your fear. Accepting the fact that everyone is diffrent and unique in there own way can be hard at times people are not having good a good day so approaching a cashier who is having a bad day can be tough. However making someone's day is possible simply by being brave and being kind to someone can conquer fear. Be straight forward and think about what your going to say before you say it and body language is important as well

This is one that I definitely struggle with myself as well, and I don't have it down to a science yet. Some things that help me, though, are that most likely, you will never see them ever again. You're there for a few minutes at the very most, and then you leave. Additionally, the cashier sees tons and tons of people each day, so if you think about it, if you just go and pay like the average customer, they probably won't remember you after you walk out of the door. On the flip side, if you go up there with the intention of creating positive change, you can combat anxiety in that way as well. Instead of thinking about all the ways it could go wrong, try thinking of something nice you could say to the cashier to make their day. They probably aren't having the best time dealing with customers, so going with the intention of changing that for them can kind of hide the anxiety and fear in some cases.

Begin to remember that 'no-one else knows what they are doing either'. We are build ourselves to feel like there is something everyone else knows but that we are missing. If you remember that everyone else are busy drinking their coffee and thinking about their on complex lives. And sonder for a while. You begin to realise that your cashier interaction is merely a small moment in another person's day and your anxiety can begin to ease in the knowledge that, there's very little judgement as that person has their own complicated back story that they are thinking about at the same time you are worried about approaching them.

To overcome any fear, you unfortunely will need to face it at one point. There are ways to get through and it's understandable to be afraid of cashiers in general. When am forced to talk to someone in general I think of something i like for example maybe their wearing a nice ring. I make that my focus and not to worry about anything else. If that doesn't work I look at something in the distance to keep me distract well I wait in line or wait for them to get done with scanning the item. At the end of the day it matters on how you look at it.