Sunday, February 14, 2016

Transference (Blog #2) By: Ariya Fuentes






This past week, I was finally called back after applying to many jobs around college station. It wasn’t anywhere fancy or easy, but a job is a job and I need money.  I go to my first interview and notice that the GM who was interviewing me reminded me of my hometown. I realize now that it may have pushed me, even more so, to prove that I was worthy of the job. As the interview continued I find out that he is from my hometown and he has family that lives there now. Now if that wasn’t enough, the GM had the same name as my uncle and looked very similar to him. Immediately I felt at ease because my uncle is a very kind and soft spoken man. We concluded the interview and I was hired on the spot. Since then, I have worked Saturday and Sunday and im noticing that I feel a sense of parental guidance when he constructively criticizes me. Considering transference, I would say that this came from me calling my uncle “dad” as a joke because I was always over playing with my cousin. Along with that, I didn’t have a father figure growing up and this may have led to me considering my uncle a father figure that cared about me.. You can see how this would ignite transference in our employee/boss relationship. When he tells me what to do I don’t take it in a bossy way, I see it more as my uncle trying to help me better myself as well as the team. With that being said, I am hoping to keep this job for as long as possible, as well as keeping a positive transference with my manager and coworkers.

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