How do I overcome the fear of cashiers?

Discover what it is you fear about them. Spend time near cashiers. Go shopping more often. Give yourself time to realise your fear and then perhaps beat it. You may realise you have nothing to be afraid of. You just need to put yourself in a situation where you can see.

They see many people in a day, and their only job is to stand and scan. They won't judge you as they have seen so much in their time in the job. There is no need to be scared because they won't say anything and it is only a few minutes out of your day. The more you do it the less scared you will become.

Overcoming the fear of cashiers is easy when you realize that they are just like you, and that they are not judging you for what you buy, since they've seen thousands buy the same product before. The experience can be quick and easy, don't feel pressured to have a conversation with them if you don't want to!

I knoooow how you feel! For me, I would memorize whatever I need to order and if I mess that up, I just like to think that the cashier probably wouldn't mind and would forget about it as soon as they get past me because they have a bunch more customers to deal with rather than my messing up.

For overcoming fears you have to expose yourself to that what you are afraid of. The best thing is doing it gradually. Set a list of things you are afraid of and do a scale according your level of fear. Try the easiest things first and move forward. You have to be prepare to accept the symptoms of fear and recognise them just as symptoms which come and go. Step by step you will manage better the situations you are afraid of

No worries, you'll be fine. Last summer I also worked as a cashier. I was freaking terrified that the cash did not balance, gave wrong exchanged money, did not give the best service, the list went on….. (I easily panick) The first day was honestly horrible (I hope yours would be fine) as I thought the cash didn't balance and I called the supervisor. But the next day was just fine, even though I still made small mistakes. It doesn't matter how old you are as long as you do your job well. Back then my coworkers was still in high school and even if she did wrong, we forgave her as everyone makes mistakes. I am also terrible at math but again, no worries. Learning by doing. That's what I did. I tried to memorize some math that I found hard. Get yourself a small calculator (just in case if someday you're panic and forget how to count. Hey! That's really possible, right?!) And for your shyness, you'll also learning by doing. You'll learn that you have to greet everyone (even if they're not your customers, they're kids or coworkers). Because in the future, it is extremely important to be friendly every where. (I am still improving this skill) Remember to calm down. You'll fine.

A good place to start is to realize they're just people, and they're probably more worried about doing the job right and getting it over with than judging you at all! I was a cashier and I barely ever remembered people who came in because I was so focussed on not messing up. The only time the other cashiers said anything about a customer was when they were super rude, so if you're nice, you have nothing to worry about!

As intimidating as it can be going up to a cashier to check something out, just remember that they are only human. All they want to do is check out your items that you want to purchase. Most don't hold much conversation minus the "hi how are you" and "have a nice day"

Many people feel as though cashiers are daunting but they're just doing their job - let's face it, they serve hundreds of people every day as a part of their job and they're definitely not going to be judging you if anything 'embarrassing' happens.

To overcome a fear, you first need to understand the main cause of the fear. In this case, if you can identify what it is exactly about cashiers that makes you afraid, I think you'll be able to process your fear and handle it effectively.