How can I tell my boss that I cant do the work she assigned to me? -

I applied to be a cashier at this place but she has be moving these big boxes and stocking shelves. I agreed to be a cashier not a moving woman. I have a very bad back I have hemorrhaged discs, herniated discs, spinal stenosis, lordosis, scoliosis, degenitive arthritis, and this like degenitive disc disease I am not sure what it is called. I want to continue to work but my back is killing me! I am only eighteen, I don t want to be crippled from this. If the pain gets too bad my blood pressure gets too high and I can seizure, I don t need that at work, it there some way I can tell her, I don t wanna be fired! Any help?

The nature of working for a small business is that you as an employee generally need to do whatever needs to be done. That being said, you should tell your boss about your back problems and inform her that you are simply not physically capable of doing what she is asking. Tell her you re sorry, and you re not trying to be difficult, but if you had known that physical labor (lifting, moving etc) was part of the job, you never would have applied. The simple reality is that if you can t do what the boss needs you to do, you ll likely need to find a new job. If you re polite about things and both you and the boss are reasonable, you can probably work something out where you keep your job until you re able to find a new one.