#and they start doing jobs for unions

[victorluvsalice]

Kelly Clarkson - People Like Us - Lyrics by Izzz

Hello, and welcome to the other song I discovered by pulling up the Leverage fan music video for Parachute on my phone and then letting YouTube do its thing while I cleaned my room. XD I'm not sure what video this song was linked with (I think it was a whole-team one), but the minute I heard it, I was like "oh shit, this is Valicer In The Dark." I mean, yes, as I mentioned in the other Song Saturday post, I was already primed to think about Valicer In The Dark stuff because I'd started from a song I already associated with this verse, but -- DAMN. This one just really has the VITD vibes for me, I swear. The whole thing just makes me think of the trio, their dynamic, and their adventures -- stuff like:

"And hey, yeah, I know what you're going through/Don't let it get the best of you, you'll make it out alive" -- Smiler being encouraging to Victor and Alice, since they do actually know a bit about what they're going through (shitty biological parents with Victor, being poor and alone in the world (even if just for a little bit) with Alice)

"Hey, this is not a funeral/It's a revolution after all your tears have turned to rage" -- Alice killing Dr. Bumby AND Victor deciding to officially run away from home after overhearing his mother's "what ghost would marry our Victor?" lines

"People like us we've gotta stick together" and all the rest in the chorus -- the trio doing stuff like running from the cops, pulling off a daring heist, killing the Jabberwock in the Deathlands, escaping a secret murder party with the help of the staff, etc

It's just -- it gives me the feels and I really love it. :) Top tier VITD song here.

[fuumiku]

It was Maid Day today yesterday a week ago so I got struck by inspiration to draw the worsties, and it ran away from me into a whole AU where they’re coworkers at a maid cafe. She’s a med student & this is just a part time job, and this is his depression job while he gets his life back together. He needs something he can be workaholic about to forget what it’s like having a personal life and personal issues. He’s actually the accountant, but the new hire janitor (Izutsumi) doesn’t show up for half her shifts and is a sloppy worker, so he gets the extra work of doing her job on top of his because he’s undervalued and overworked. Of course, janitors also have an uniform to keep the aesthetic cohesion as they go about cleaning the place, of course.

Senshi’s the part time cook you only see slivers off, he’s kind and warm when you do see him and have a chat but most shifts he’s in and out the kitchen without a trace. Laios and Falin are regulars because Falin and Marcille are besties & in the same med school, Laios accompanies Falin as she visits her friend at work and gets hooked on the food. Chilchuck has to remind Marcille to work instead of chatting with Falin for an hour, and next thing he knows she’s distracting him from work too. That’s it that’s the AU. Inspired by this idol AU fanart a bit <3

This was not meant to be birthday gift but well…… Happy bday Chil!!!

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[unopenablebox]

what do we think is the most low effort "observance" of "passover" i could do

[papermonkeyism]

In a surprise twist of events I just got a text message from my boss in the warehouse asking if I can get back to work next week already. A whole month earlier than previously planned!

Awyeah, back to having an income, here we go!

[ambersky0319]

Store managers said even a few minutes overtime will be a write up

I'm calling bullshit

[lesiasmadness]

Aagh

Earch year for employee recognition day our company gives oit these sickly sweet motivational stickers, corporate to the bone, nobody ever stuck that cringe anywhere aside from one "you make magic happen!" above the toilet seat in our office

Last year I did a bit of mild vandalism and cut up a bunch of the slogans, stuck them together serial killer style and put "luke I am your father" on our wall. Very non offensive and that's all I could squeeze out of those stickers, I didn't have much good letters to work with

THIS YEAR HOWEVER

WE HAVE "EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION DAY" AND "THANK YOU FOR BEING YOU"

AND UNLIKE LAST YEAR I DON'T EVEN HAVE TO BE CREATIVE

"THANK YOU FOR BEING A COG" IS RIGHT THERE

BUT PEOPLE ALREADY KNOW I DID THAT LAST TIME SO IT WON'T BE ANONYMUS ANYMORE

[jasperwocky]

how to go to work with adhd. without wanting to kill yourself

[hellsbellssinclub]

Final marks are out! No more Uni for me!!

I passed of course. I was expecting that. I didn't do too bad for the semester. 2 C's and 1 A. I have maintained a range of B's and C's with at least 1 A per semester so I am happy. My lowest mark was only 64% and I did not fail any assignments so I am good.

With my marks been finalised I am now just waiting for the school to send them to the registration body and then I can be a registered nurse.

(and enjoy a payrise)

I am still waiting for my new work contract. We got an email saying that we will not be recieving a contract of 0.8 eft like normal but instead a 0.6.

Like I enjoy 0.6 because it is less stressful and easier to manage and the such but I have been budgeting to be able to have a more expensive rental with those extra 16 hours a week. I am not very happy at this point but there is nothing much I can do about it right now until I get my contract. I might look into going Bank (casual) at my current work place to pick up extra shifts. Thing with that is I will be taxed to shit and back with two jobs and there is no garentee of shift. I could do agency again but I really dont like it so idk.

Either way:

I am enjoying not having to worry about assignments anymore. No placement or school things I have to organise. I am a free girl and I am just loving being able to just sit back and play video games and relax for a bit.

I plan on gaming today and writing Fic tomorrow. It is nice not to worry about Uni anymore.

[snezus-christ-risen]

Post-vacation anhedonia has me dissociating at work wishing I was flat on my couch with THC flooding my veins and a brain full of beautiful words to finish this fic.

[ankhisms]

thinks about going on indeed and feels nauseous

[lzrdprsn]

I've convinced myself that I'm in trouble (I'm not) and that im gonna get yelled at on monday (almost certainly not) and that I'm going to get fired from my job (absolutely that isn't happening)

[21st-century-minutiae]

An interview is a step in the employment process where prospective employers and employees meet to determine suitability. Depending on one's socioeconomic position, the power dynamic might be very lopsided.

If a laborer is desperate for a job, and they are applying for a job in such a class of employers, they can generally expect a miserable experience for a miserable job, as the employer, who has a large supply of potential employees, can force the individual to jump through hoops for a meagre job. A desperate employee will accept a miserable job for lack of a better option.

In the case where the employee has a large number of options available, and where they are in the position to simply decline to jump through hoops, the situation is far more equitable. Both the employer and the employee will quiz the other for suitability, and only should they both agree will employment occur. This is a generally humane an humanizing process.

The miserable reality of supply and demand ensures that only low supply workers are treated fairly, because low supply jobs have an economic incentive to mistreat high supply workers. But individuals with particular skillsets, who aren't desperate to leave their job, who already have enough money potentially, are empowered to have a positive interview experience with a very positive outcome that can only improve their situations. Those who are already in a bad position will have a bad experience that might end in a worse result.

Because more people are in the high supply part, interviews are viewed as negative experiences, especially in subcultures that lack privilege.

remember that interviews are not about giving a good and honest first impression that they'll carefully consider. interviews are about saying the special words and phrases they're looking for that give you points and when they tally those up whoever earned the most job points wins

[thewingedwolf]

i never really talked about it on here but that friend group i was always talking about irl just blew the fuck up like six months after i left my old job. it wasn't even really a blow up, i just stopped responding in the group chat one day and after about a month of it being dead silent i felt like it confirmed that i was right and they did have a side group without me and so I just deleted the chat and their contacts and unfriended everyone everywhere. then one of them took it a step further and blocked me everywhere so i went nuclear and blocked them all and also archived all the pictures of them on my insta. well anyways it's been like 18 months and one of them (the one i was sleeping with) reached out and basically said she has no idea why it all blew up, only that it did, and it really sucked, and she's been thinking about me (and my dog) and she hopes i'll reach out but if i hate her she doesn't mind, she just wants me to know she doesn't hate me. i have like, no idea how to even process this rn.

[doomdoomofdoom]

According to my therapist

e) you probably worked a lot harder than you thought. Even if you only sit down and do your job for an hour per day, if you spend 10 more hours thinking about work and feeling bad that you're not currently working and trying to make lists of all the things you will do once you actually work:

That's 11 hours of work.

So if you're thinking "I don't even work that hard", that's a red flag that you're spending bonus time guilting yourself, which takes even more out of you! And it's not even paid!

why must reductress hurt me in this way

[asheninks]

When your FC is owned and operated by merchants, everyone has to pick up shifts. Time is gil, and the Lalafell overlords do not care about your adventuring plans.