After being forced to go on a blind date when returning home for the Chinese New Year, the cross-border resident said: I just wanted to pack my luggage and escape back to Shenzhen overnight!

After experiencing the ups and downs of 2020, it is finally time to reap the rewards. During this period, many cross-border workers have posted their enviable year-end bonuses, openly showing off the results of their hard work.

However, no matter you are a seller, freight forwarder or service provider, no matter how many orders you place, how fast the logistics is, or how well your store operates, as long as you choose to go home for the New Year, all beings are equal ↓

Those who don’t have a partner are forced to go on blind dates, those who have a partner are urged to get married, those who are married are urged to have children, and those who have one child are urged to have a second child …

Because I have been forced to go on blind dates for many years, today, I will talk to you about the blind dates of cross-border workers who go home for the New Year ...

Have you fallen into the trap of blind dates this Chinese New Year?

Recently, the editor found that the circle of friends is full of experiences of cross-border workers being forced to go on blind dates, from chat screenshots to emoticons, everything is included.

There is a saying that goes - if I am guilty, please let the law punish me instead of letting my blind date torture me.

There’s also this - if you want to publish a book on “How Blind Date Partners Kill Conversation”, I can do it!

And this - I was actually a little happy when I saw the company's notice to go to work ...

These complaints make everything seem so hopeless.

Among the working people, there was a girl from Hunan born in 1998 who said that she was in charge of Amazon operations in a company in Shenzhen. A few days ago, she was working from home when she was urged by her parents to go out for a blind date. As she was totally unprepared and only changed a pair of shoes, she exclaimed after the blind date - there was no point in living.

In this regard, the editor can only silently offer his own "Guide to Blind Dates When Going Home for the New Year" and "100 Ways to Reject Blind Dates".

Another friend born in 1997 said that he was pulled out of bed by his family every morning. He had to rush to the morning session and then the afternoon session. He could only take a break when he had lunch at home...

Some workers also said, that’s not all, not only do I have to deal with the blind date, but I also have to face the crazy ridicule from my family!

Seeing these continuous bombardments, the editor’s mood of “watching the fun” has faded a lot.

Of course, not all workers refuse blind dates. Some sellers said that they have already made a weight loss plan in order to prepare for blind dates during the Chinese New Year.

Before going home, one seller sighed : Shenzhen has retained my youth, but it cannot retain my soul. I am finally going back to the village for a blind date!

Some sellers even put on makeup and wore pretty dresses to show respect, but the moment they saw their blind date, they could only sigh - compared with the person in the photo, they couldn't be said to be exactly the same, but at least they were completely unrelated. They even had the urge to pack their bags and flee back to Shenzhen overnight.

In addition to the tragic endings mentioned above, there are also workers who reported good news - they successfully got married after more than 40 blind dates; a male colleague of mine finally met the girl he liked after 49 blind dates !

Seeing so many young people in their early twenties being forced to go on blind dates, many colleagues are wondering : Isn't it better to be in a relationship? Why have they fallen to this point?

Can you have both working hard and finding a partner?

Regarding the issues of moving bricks, passive blind dates and active love, the psychological activities of most workers are like this ↓

It has been several years since I graduated, and I have been obsessed with making money and have never taken finding a partner seriously. However, when the Chinese New Year comes, my circle of friends is full of news about former college classmates getting engaged, getting married, and even having a second child. The joyous scene is quite enviable.

Look at myself again - I want to fall in love intermittently, I enjoy being single continuously, I work late into the night to make ends meet, I dream about getting huge orders, I am often driven to collapse by buyers, I heal myself habitually, and the only thing that never changes is that I have to face the bad news of a blind date as soon as I get home!

In order to escape reality, many workers began to think back to their youthful days in school, but after thinking about it, they could only sigh to the sky -

If I had fallen in love early, I wouldn't have ended up going on a blind date during the Chinese New Year.

If I had been more proactive at the beginning, he and I would not only have a story, but maybe even a child. But now, I only care about whether I can get a lot of orders!

There is also this soul-searching question : After working on Amazon, can I still find a partner? Many sellers on the forum have discussed this issue ↓

Guys in this line of work, how do you find girlfriends?

When can Amazon friends hold a salon blind date conference like a lecture?

Is it right for people who work at Amazon to not be able to find a partner?

What should I talk about when I meet a girl for the first time?

I'm looking for a blind date guide. How can I describe the Amazon operations job as fresh, unconventional and unique?

In this regard, the editor started to imagine - if Amazon colleagues held a blind date, everyone would have a lot to talk about. You talk about your operating experience, and I talk about my product selection strategy. If we can get along well, we are soul mates.

From now on, no matter it is Valentine's Day, Dragon Boat Festival or National Day, no matter it is Black Friday, Cyber ​​Monday or Double Eleven, as long as we are together, we can enjoy double happiness - a surge in orders + getting out of being single.

But is it really that easy to succeed in a blind date? Seeing someone go on dozens of blind dates, I can't help but shudder ...

These blind date contempt chains make everyone embarrassed

Speaking of the contempt chain, it is well known in the cross-border circle that those who work on Amazon despise those who work on eBay, those who work on AliExpress and those who work on eBay despise each other, those who work on Shopee and those who work on Lazada also despise each other, and those who work on independent websites despise all of the above...

At present, judging from the various blind date needs of workers, a contempt chain has been formed in multiple dimensions. For example, from appearance to education, from region to age. To be more specific, 985 students look down on 211 students, Shenzhen students look down on mainland students, and people in the second ring road look down on people in the fifth ring road...

Some sellers also collapsed. Blind dates are the same as job hunting. There is a chain of contempt. After experiencing the pain of job hunting and interviews, they really don’t want to go through it again on blind dates!

Of course, this is not the main reason why most people dislike blind dates. The girl born in 1998 in the above article thinks that dating is a waste of time, love is not as good as working, and the blind date partners they have to face are also a headache.

Some people are forced by reality - after checking the balance in their bank cards, they can only look up at the sky at a 45-degree angle and ask themselves silently, it is difficult enough to support myself and a cat at home, so when I find a partner, do I have to starve to death with him?

These cases also reveal the miserable situation of contemporary workers: they don’t save money, they don’t get married and have children.

In addition, data also show that China's marriage rate is declining year by year, and the age of marriage is also being postponed.

However, at present, blind dates are still a way for young people to meet each other, but most of them pay more attention to feelings when choosing a spouse, which also reflects the disadvantages of blind dates.

But parents don’t think so. They have worked hard all their lives, and perhaps they can only feel relieved after seeing their children get married and start their own families …

Of course, all excellent people are excellent in the same way. For those workers who are currently trapped in blind dates, they still need to maintain a proactive and positive attitude. Perhaps in the process of constantly improving themselves, they will meet the right partner for themselves.

Finally, I wish all sellers, freight forwarders and service providers in the cross-border circle can find their partners in singlehood soon and escape the misery of being forced into blind dates.

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