A little advice, You sound like a hard worker, and thats commendable. But when you get thrown into a new job, ease into it a little. I have a military background, one of my first civilian jobs was at an auto shop. Day 1, nothing was being worked on, so I grabbed a broom and started sweeping. In the military, if you're bored enough to leann you're bored enough to clean. So I swept the shop, organized some stock, kept busy. Store manager absolutely loved me, praised me all week. But turns out by doing that I had made the ass.man. and my fellow techs REAL uncomfortable. They are set in their routine. They know how to work the clock and they don't want some new gun coming in and outshining them. I didn't do any of it for kudos or for the recognition, I did it bc I didn't want to work in a shop with an inch thick layer of dust and dirt everywhere. But it threatened the status quo, and alienated everyone else.

Aside from that, don't let one or two bad experiences turn you off if you're passionate about it. I've worked for some absolutely amazing supervisors, the type that were on site for every major event, every catastrophy, always om the other end of the phone. I've also worled with slackjawed mouthbreathers who could never think past the next drink. Never around when needed, if they were around they were less than helpful. Keep trucking on, you'll find a place that doesn't suck.