#and I was like fuck you i hate you etc etc and we moved on but that whole exchange has always stuck with me

[fuck-customers]

context: i work in what basically amounts to a mall. we are usually scheduled alone, so if we have to leave the shop for any reason (i.e; to use the bathroom, take out the trash, etc.) we wait for the store to be empty and then put a little "back in 5 minutes!" sign on the front counter and just kinda hope no one steals anything. (I have submitted about this place before, but it's been a while since I've been offline. currently in the process of moving to my store's other location in town because this building is garbage for MANY other reasons besides this. (ex: I had to submit a complaint to OSHA a few weeks ago because we had a heat wave and it got up to 85 degrees in there - the chocolates and soft cheeses some other vendors sell were MELTING - and I'm not even in one of the restaurants, so I can only imagine how bad it was in the kitchens.))

the other night I was getting ready to close up shop and left (when there were no cutomers) for ~5 minutes to take out the trash and use the bathroom. when I got back, there was one person waiting to ask me a question, and a $20 bill tucked under the keyboard on the front counter. I was like ???? and the person who was waiting explained that someone else had wanted to buy one of our oven mitts, but hadn't wanted to wait, so they just took it and left cash. (I wish I could say this is the first time something like this has happened to me. The only difference is people usually do this with greeting cards.) this would have been fine, albeit annoying, except that we sell a lot of different oven mitts, all of which have different barcodes/inventory records, and they left NO indication of which oven mitt they took. 🙄

I helped the person who'd been waiting, and then asked the person at the shop across from me if they'd seen which oven mitt it was. They had a few guesses, and told me they'd tried to make the person who took the oven mitt wait, but they'd apparently been an asshole and had predictably refused. tried cross-referencing the oven mitts the other worker thought it might have been with our inventory records, trying to find one that was short, but it all checked out. I can't stay late to count all of our oven mitts to find the one (1) that's short, or I'll go over my hours for the day - not to mention I had dinner plans. so I kinda resigned myself to having to leave this for the morning shift, even though I hate doing that.

a couple of minutes after I start closing up, a different customer ducks behind my shop screen to talk to me. at first I was like ???? because we're CLOSED, but then they told me they'd seen the guy take the oven mitt and had taken a picture of them because they "fucking hate thieves" (fair, I work for a small business; don't steal from mom-and-pop stores). they showed me the picture and I was able to identify the oven mitt. thanked them profusely and rang it out properly after they left. I tried to find that person after I finished closing so I could at least give them the change that the oven mitt guy would've gotten if he'd just waited for me to come back, as a thank-you, but they must've already left. still, that guy was an absolute legend and I hope their coffee is warm and their pillows are cold 🙏

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[jackytickles]

Follow up post to my good friend Avery's post. Trigger warning

Okay so, were about to go down a big rabbit hole, with my experiences with Maya.

First were going to start off with a little incident that happened on my 16th birthday!

Then were going to move on to the more triggering stuff.

So i was in a VC on a discord server we had together, getting birthday teases from two of my close friends, all was good until that thing joined.. sorry thing is too nice, that groomer joined.

Okay so as i said i was being teased, then Maya joins saying "she's just going to watch" SHE WASNT THERE TO FUCKING WATCH LADS LET ME TELL YOU THAT

First off, WHY THE FUCK would you join an ONGOING and PRIVATE VC between 3 people, KNOWING that i was being teased.

She then proceeds to then start "reacting" giggling, saying "Oh my god that's so flustering" and "Omg that would tickle so much"..... wow so subtle. Totally not trying to be teased as well.

AND THEN SHE HAS THE FUCKING AUDACITY TO ASK THIS >>>

"Hey guys, can i get teases as well?"

ON MY FUCKING BIRTHDAY

AND THE WORST THING... SHE FUCKING GOT THEM!

Now no hate towards the two friends who were teasing me, i love you guys so fucking much, i know you have apologised on multiple occasions about it and I've said repeatedly that it is okay! it wasn't your fault.

Okay now we get to the JUICY STUFF of this rant!!

When she was being teased, about 5 mins into the teasing she started feeling "uncomfortable with me being in the VC"

SHE PROCEDES TO KICK ME OUT OF THE VC WITH HER ADMIN POWERS AND LOCK THE FUCKING CHANNEL SO I CAN'T JOIN BACK

AGAIN.. ON MY FUCKING BIRTHDAY.

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So that's rant 1 out of the way. now we get into the grooming advances she put on me.

First time she made sexual advances on me was when i was 16, she was 18.

She asked me what my "Kinks" were.. me being the naïve 16 year old i was, i didn't know what these were at the time so i didn't give her an answer on it. she kept pressuring me about it as well. love that!

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Rant 3!!! More sexual comments and advances on me as a minor!!!

This time i was 17, which is still fucking disgusting.

She Called me "Sexy", "Hot" etc... which COULD be seen as platonic. please believe me when i say THOSE COMMENTS WERE NOT PLATONIC IN ANY WAY.

I felt VERY uncomfortable and asked her to not say those things, and she didn't listen, 3 weeks later she went into my dms and asked me to rp with her.. not an sfw rp.. an NSFW rp, WITH A 17 YEAR OLD.. LIKE BRO YOU ARE 19. FUCKING HELL.

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Thank you guys so much for reading all the stuff, i feel like a massive load has been taken off my shoulders and i feel so good that she is being exposed again.

FUCK GROOMING

[urineedward]

i completely agree and im too pissed to just put this in the tags. you explained this perfectly enough, but i wanted to highlight why that's the problem with jayvik and this new act/season

this is not necessarily about old jayvik fans, and especially not about lol jayvik fans, you guys arent the problem.

the problem is the people who hated jayce or didnt care at all about him in the first season, but now that the show went the jayvik route, suddenly "care" about him. but the thing is, they dont. they care about him and viktor being together.

the problem doesnt matter that theyre gay, it's nothing about that, i dont give a fuck what they are. it's that this turn in their relationship and the sudden importance of it as well as the sudden influx of shippers of them that makes it bad. because being honest... they are not a well written gay relationship.

and you wanna know why? many reasons. first of all, they were retconned. in the first season it was not the plan for them to be a couple. their relationship was not planned to be romantic, it was planned to be complex, unhealthy. intense, yes, but not romantic. jayce had a romantic partner, and viktor obviously had a crush on sky. jayce having a romantic partner already moves me on to the next topic on why it isnt a well written gay relationship and therefor should not have even existed, mel. mel is that reason. when mel and jayce were a couple, the people in the fandom who actually cared about them respected and understood them both as characters and indiviuals (like said above.) i could write an entire essay on why their relationship (at least before it was thrown away like it was nothing) was well written.

but those two reasons there are the difference. one relationship (meljay) was well written, planned, complex, etc. the other relationship (jayvik) was thrown in suddenly to make an ending so that the mass amounts of viktor stans would be happy. cough cough yaoi bait cough cough queerbait cough. but i digress.

and yes, i know it's not explicitly said in the show that jayce and viktor ended up being an actual couple, but with the amount of writers that are now saying they are and the general public reaction to the ending, we have to unfortunately say it's somewhat canon.

BUT I DIGRESS!!! I DIGRESS!! I WILL NOT GO INTO IT FURTHER!! I AM FINE AND NORMAL

Meljay fans were the only group to consistently like both Mel and Jayce as individuals, but I digress.

[the-paris-of-people]

The past couple days online have been... interesting. I consider myself a leftist, think capitalism is corrupt, and think that it needs to be seriously reformed/overthrown. I admit that while I've thrown around phrases and terms like "burn it all down" and "the revolution needs to come" out of frustration without actually thinking about what a revolution entails: excellent organization, unity, and strategy to defeat the United States, the world's largest military superpower which has inflicted political and social destabilization across the majority of countries around the world. There also needs to be superb infrastructure and community to support the disabled, elderly, and poor populations who rely on government assistance and programs, healthcare, and accommodations while this so-called revolution rages on.

All I've received from the far leftist movement are lectures from condescending intellectuals who rattle off academic citations regarding ideological theory rather than practical, tangible steps to advocate for change in our local and regional communities. I have not seen one of them actually discuss conversations they've had with their friends, family, or Americans about what they want to see reflected for the future of the country. I have not seen one of them discussed how destructive, detrimental and traumatic a Trump presidency was for social prejudice and morale in the United States. I understand that for many marginalized groups they've been living in a facist state for centuries so the possibility Project 2025 doesn't galvanize them to see the two parties differently, but I don't think it is fair to white leftists falsely equivocate the election of both parties for the entire American population at all??? Or like at least specify the issues you're referring to in which you view both parties as the same????? Literally one TikTok creator who I used to follow talked about how true leftists are so much better than liberals because they aren't waiting for a presidential candidate to save the world NOW due to the accelerated apocalypse due to climate change but when asked how to change the world they suggest sharing ideas of your future utopia with other leftist groups. How the fuck is sitting around talking about living in a walkable community is great considered "saving the world now"? How are you going to dismantle and restructure American infrastructure to create these communities? How are you going to remove existing racial and social tensions to create a community where everyone lives happily side by side? Do people not consider reality at all?????

And is it not wrong for people to have a fucking sliver of optimism and hope at incremental change that's achieved within the corrupt bipartisan system of American politics, even if they know it's propaganda??? Is it wrong for people to have a singular fucking moment of relief in feeling like their values, beliefs, and lives will be better protected and THEY can advocate for change better??? Is it wrong when there's a couple months until the most pressing election in recent history for people to make the choice they feel will reduce the most amount of harm???

[ladyalicentshightower]

I think people overestimate how feminist team black is. If someone brings up how Baela should be the heir to Driftmark, it's always "she would've been Queen if not for the Greens!", ignoring that 1, she would be Queen consort, not a Queen in her own right, and 2 she has a legitimate claim in her own right to Driftmark. Team Black's goal is to crown Rhaenyra, but Rhaenyra becoming Queen isn't a win for feminism because it does nothing to dismantle the rest of the patriarchal system that exists in Westeros. From what we've gotten so far, it reads that Rhaenyra wants to be the exception and not the rule. Rhaenyra has made a lot of bad political decisions, which means she can't acknowledge Baela's claim because it would weaken her own claim (blatantly admitting her eldest sons are illegitimate would not end well for her to say the least). So she betrothes Jace and Luke to Baela and Rhaena to kind of atone for that, like as a consolation prize Baela will be Queen and Rhaena will be lady of Driftmark, neither of them would hold either title in their own right. It's good matches because the kids like each other and will treat each other well, but it's not a feminist win or a feministic liberation. It's usurpation, usurpation that takes place because Rhaenyra has to do damage control after having illegitimate children and after a serious of bad political decisions (both hers and her fathers, Viserys is the arbiter of this entire mess). To me, Rhaenyra is very reminiscent of Mary Queen of Scots, I can see a lot of elements drawn from Mary's history in Rhaenyra's story and character, down to their sons eventually taking the crown they failed to claim/keep.

[princessefemmelesbian]

Well would you look at this. 😵‍💫 Because obviously if you dare say anything as wild and controversial as “lesbians don’t like men, please stop using a label that hurts us and tries to force men into our identity” you’re a raging terf radfem transmisogynist. Because obviously ONLY trans women use the bi lesbian label and it’s not like there are transfem lesbians who are rightfully against the label as well or anything and it’s not like terfs use the label to refer to cis lesbians who date trans women and why can’t you just let people identify as how they want of course lesbians like men stop the infighting already if you disagree with me that lesbians can like men then surely that’s because you’re an exclusionist gatekeeper who hates trans women.

[blujayonthewing]

opening the group chat for the first time today and there's like 200 new messages because everyone's Going Through It today it seems but one of my friends dropped 'I'm separating from [terrible boyfriend she's been living with for like eight years] for real this time, I just moved a bunch of stuff to my parents' and I'm losing my mind because y'all the subject changed almost immediately HEY HI EVERYBODY ELSE SHUT THE FUCK UP I WANNA HEAR ABOUT THAT???

[cloud-based-and-rainpilled]

My Mom got legitimately angry at me for trying to learn Welsh because it “will never be useful/l, can’t learn without immersion and/or being a child, won’t help me get a job/learn for my career” so if you’re ever wondering why non-colonialist languages die not being able to commodify them is exactly why

[skillzissuez]

Depression is all fun and games until your skipping school even though you’re weeks behind because you quite literally can’t get out of bed

[nomairuins]

i literally likw felt sick hust now bc i thought abt gay people and ive just realized as i was about to hit post that this sounds homophobic. it was pure envy unfortunately

[tenok]

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[nomaishuttle]

i simsed my ideal apartment :]

[dragons-and-yellow-roses]

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[mushroomgothic]

ughhh these rude ass customers who were shopping past close a few days ago complained about me to head office >:( like granted, I was not as nice as I “should” have been when I told them we were closed, but they were annoying and inconsiderate bitches and I was dead exhausted and mentally not even at work anymore. my assistant manager asked me about it this morning and now I just have this festering anxiety pit in my stomach :///

[blunderpuff]

my mom hates the house, hates the neighborhood (can't walk to anything/have to get in the car for everything), can't find stuff she packed, doesn't have good places to put her stuff, her big desk doesn't fit in the "office alcove", the cat is days away from being put down and so he's clingy and sad...

MA'AM. YOU WERE THE ONE WHO WAS DESPERATE TO MOVE. BUYING THIS HOUSE HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS SINCE JULY OF THIS YEAR. "MOVING" AS A CONCEPT HAS BEEN THE SUBTITLE OF MY LIFE FOR THE PAST 5 YEARS. YOU DO NOT GET TO BE A PISSY TODDLER NOW. THIS IS LITERALLY ALL YOUR DOING.

[skrunksthatwunk]

jumpscared by least favorite seasonal chore