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Bit of a rant but Iām not seeing my therapist soon and itās bothering me, so gonna do it anyway.
So I realized that I donāt really like one of my friends. I get along with many people in my life despite my horrible social anxiety (part of the reason I only have a few close friends (this one being one of them)). However I only have like six close ones (which is a lot but Iām in theatre and people usually have more). I really like most of them and like talking to them. I like hanging out with them and truly do care about them, this friend too. I love my best friend more than anything and she introduced me to my current friend group because theyāre in the same class and have been for years now. This is important for my later part of the rant.
One of these friends I used to really like, she was obviously insecure (which is also important to this post) but sheās pretty nice and smart and used to be fun to talk to.
Until we started working at the same place. We worked at an afterschool daycare and I worked everyday while she only worked three days a week.
At first it was fine. But then one day one of the kids started telling her that she had an f and worked it up to a d and now it was an a. She was really proud of it and then my friend went on a rant about how people who get fās donāt try and how theyāre lazy in front of her.
At this point it was just this child (whoās like 12) and her younger sister (whoās in first grade), plus all of the workers (four total including me and her who are all high school students) at the time and our manager whoās in college. One of these girls admitted she had an f in math (which Iām sure we can all agree is understandable). But even with me trying to argue with her gently and get her to stop she went on about it. She said it didnāt apply to the kid but didnāt about our coworker who looked embarrassed and then went to the bathroom.
This kid looked at us and quietly talked about how crazy that was and we (I know we shouldnāt have) tried to soften her behavior because sheās supposed to be in charge, but honestly we were all shocked.
After this I noticed more. She didnāt talk to kids about their behavior or really do anything to help clean up. She would be on her phone all of the time (which we did during snack time or if there wasnāt a lot of kids and one of us was watching them, but she was on it ALL of the time). Sheād bring her ap chem book to study during outside play time. She brought stuff to make photo cards for a concert of hers instead of doing stuff to watch the kids and (which I guess could be fun for them) enlisted some of the interested kids to cut paper for her. This bothers me because she brought to focus on something else other than her job. Sometimes I bring books, but those are in case. Iām not actively reading and I almost never actually did anything with them. It was mainly for after we closed cause I donāt drive and had to be picked up.
Iād make jokes about the kids and talk about my day and be frustrated with how kids act (because one of them was ridiculous). But sheād say in an annoyed tone, āI have to see the children todayā.
Sheād only help clean if everyone else was (and I mean everyone). We had to clean the toys before we could leave for the end of the year and instead of helping clean all of the toys, sheād clean the tables. When she did this I was annoyed, because as someone who cleaned the tables, I knew it didnāt take too long. It took her the entire time we cleaned every toy we had for her to finish. What the hell was she doing? You spray and wipe and the youāre done.
We have these of end of high school projects cause weāre both in special programs. Sheās learning programming for hers and I asked how sheās going to have the time to do it all since sheās working the summer camps and sheās working for six hours (Iām not because I realized I needed to focus on next year as well as fixing my mental health (which for an update on that, Iāve started doing things I like again instead of rotting!). She said that sheād just ask for three hours instead and it wasnāt like they could say no cause they needed all the help they could get.
Excuse me? They need all the help they can get? I understand that you have other things to do, but you volunteered for this. You didnāt have to do it. You have committed to watching children, watching young children and being responsible for their well being and you want to ditch? Like, that just rubs me the wrong way and honestly really soured my opinion of her. Not that they wouldāve really benefited anyway since, at least from what Iāve seen when I worked with her, she really doesnāt do anything.
She also worked the spring camp, again I didnāt because I understand that I need breaks and that I put myself under pressure and need to take breaks from that. At that spring camp, she wore a revealing crop top. Now I want it to be known I wish women could dress how they want and generally think dress codes are stupid. But when at work with children, I think you should have a little bit of modesty in what you wear. At least sleeves and a bra. Also working at the regular stuff has a dress code too. Did she not ask? Did she think that itās different? Did she think she could just get away with it? Is she really that clueless?
The reason she keeps working? She wants more albums of her favorite artists. Thatās fine, spend your money on whatever. But find a job where you can actually goof off and dress how you want. Donāt get one where youāre responsible for someone elseās life, especially a childās.
Honestly the main reason I think that we clash in work settings is because she wealthier than I am. One of her parents is a lawyer and the other one is another upper class job. Sheās doing this for photo cards and albums, Iām doing this for work experience and so I have some money for college. She didnāt realize my parents couldnāt help me pay for college and just assumed everyoneās parent did. When I asked if she didnāt realize some peopleās parents canāt, she said she did and that it was sad. Then why would you assume people are making money to buy things for fun. Look where you are going to school and what the economy is like! You were in macroeconomics, use that! Her mom, despite having to work every morning, makes her kids lunch. The rest of the friend group has to make their own or pack their own leftovers. And you know what? She's the only one that complains. She once complained her mother didn't pack enough goldfish for her and complained. I'm honestly wondering what the hell goes through her head.
Earlier I said that she was insecure and that it was important. It is because she developed this thing where she puts her selfworth in her grades and appearance. She puts that on other people too. Which is clear from the grade rant she had. I noticed that sheād mess with her hair a lot and dress nicer than the rest of us, and didnāt mind it. But with the whole grade thing and her insecurities pushing that, Iām wondering how she thinks of us. How she thinks of me. Iāve only recently pulled myself out of a depression with the help and meds and my family. I have had so much trouble taking care of myself and even without that donāt really care about how other people, who I donāt know, perceive me. I can go to school in sweats with crazy Alice in wonderland patterns and be fine. I had a lot of trouble in chemistry and math last year (and this year for math) and have talked about it. Has she thought less of me as a person or assumed I had negative traits because of how I dressed or my troubles with chem and math? If she has I donāt know if I want to be around someone who thinks less of me because of my performance in stem based studies or my lack of wearing nicer clothes than a tee-shirt and jeans or leggings.
For my birthday this year (which was earlier than now) she was sick and I said I could move it if she really wasnāt feeling well. However, she asked me to move it because she wanted to be better for a visit with a different friend the day after my party. I was okay with moving it if she was sick, because she was my friend. But moving it because she wanted to hang out with another friend instead of coming to my birthday party? What the hell? I said no and was honestly worried that she wouldnāt come. She did. I donāt know if she saw her other friend or not.
Despite all of this, her behavior towards work, me and how she views herself and possibly other people, I can never bring this up to her.
I donāt want to cause an argument or seem petty for holding on to something like my birthday party from months ago. Plus, I met my friends through my best friend since fifth grade. Many of my friends other than me and my best friend went to the same elementary school or were friends when they were younger. Plus they were in the same class for three years in a block period, so they were with each other more than I was with them. My best friend is leaving for college, and despite me hanging out with them outside of school and texting and being the best friend I can, Iām not sure if I stop being friends with her if I loose all my friends. I donāt want her to loose her friends either if they decide to hang out with me instead and I donāt want my other friends to have to choose. As much as I love and care for my friends, I donāt know how strong that bond is without my best friend or our shared lunches together (we all have half days next year and wonāt be having lunch at the school). I donāt want to loose my friends over an argument with her. I donāt like how she treats work or what she prioritizes, but sheās still fun to hang out with when she isnāt like that.
As for the other people I get along with, I get along with them, but we arenāt friends. Theyāre in my class or from theater so itās only during a show or up to one.
As stupid as it sounds, Iām going to hang onto this until we either drift apart or the straw breaks because I canāt stand loosing my other friends and even if she pisses me off, her presence in my life as well.
Sorry for any spelling mistakes, this really was a rant and just me typing as I went.
#rant post#personal rant#friends#iām struggling#but also#healing#Iām so scared Iām going to break one day#this feels wrong#I donāt think she knows my issues#if she does she hasnāt mentioned anything#she has a bunch of weird things about her too#she dropped a piece of chicken on the table and cleaned it by taking her water bottle and pouring it on the chicken#she hasnāt had sugary cereal#the worst she had is honey oats#I joke about getting her sugary cereal so she can have a childhood#her parents are a little health nutty#I guess she got it too#I admit the group makes fun of it#if a person tells us to stop we do#so I donāt know if she feels she canāt ask#or if she doesnāt care#we do the same with the rest of us to#like i get made fun lf cause I'm short#i don't like her#but I don't hate her#I like her most of the time and I did before the work incident even though the birthday thing happened before we started working together#am i a bad person#should I feel like this? am I doing something wrong?#i donāt think I can let go
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Lisa,
Per our last letter: I am so impressed! Physics is fascinating but I do not have the brain for it. I love when my friends who love math and physics tell me about it though, they make it make sense, you know? My last roommate kept a whiteboard in her room and just FILLED it with mathematics and would dissect math problems in conversations with us in order to solve them. It was fun. Pity about the Men In STEM type of Personality though, I'm sure you're a delight to chat with minus the golf. Funny, I get zapped myself.... not irregularly? I like the way it makes my fingertips buzz.
As for essayists and Youtubers I also quite like Jacob Geller and watch Bernadette Banner, Bernadette is an inspiration to me. I'm very familiar with both nightmind and Defunctland, I also share a theme park fascination. I love videos of urban exploration in places like that, as well as the technology behind them. My specific fascination is dark rides, but I also enjoy just watching rollercoaster videos too just cuz they're neat. I started in the theme park side of youtube when I started watching Haunted House runthrough videos, looking at the effects and costumes, then it moved on to the dark rides and went from there.
I also watch Morgan Donner, Nicole Rudolph, Karolina Zebrowska, Sew Rena and Rebecca Maksy who are in the same vein of creator as Bernadette. I also enjoy doll creators in the background like Dollightful and Hextian, etellan and Poppen Atelier. Essayists I like, or content creators in general, Athena P is deeply funny, Strange Aeons and Izzyzz are very popular, Kaz Rowe is my BELOVED for a LGBT perspective on history, Li Speaks and Dream Jelly for nostalgia essays, CZWorld and Dead Meat are great for horror, Caitlin Doughty for some really good insight on death work and death culture though she is by no means the last and only creator i follow on that, and hazelyt with their AMAZING creepypasta retrospective I cannot recommend more. If you like horror, but not necessarily campy horror, check out the yt channel nana825763. They made the famous username666 but made this absolutely insane short film called "my house walkthrough" that is a must see for those who like horror that allows you to dissect it moment to moment but isn't very long. Entirely practical effects, I cannot stress how much this formed a huge portion of my standards for scary stuff that doesn't rely on jumpscares, but pure artistry. They literally destroyed this house over time to get each take for the movie so it is WILD to imagine how they did it (the behind the scenes is also amazing).
- Creature
P.s.: I'm so glad you liked Frankenhooker! Definitely one of those sleeper hits that you can tell inspired some of LF, along with things like Re-Animator and Weird Science, Death Becomes Her too (which has some WILD old effects). But I also see the Heathers and Edward Scissorhands comparisons. Not sure if you're a Heathers fan?
i do like heathers quite a bit! and i love edward scissorhands! all the movies you mentioned there iāve seen more than once and i like āem a lot! thereās a thing iāve seen around more than once about how if lisa frankenstein the movie was actually made in the 80ās, weād be played by johnny depp and winona ryder, which i do kinda agree with-
thank you for the recommendations too!!!! i cannot wait to check out āmy house walkthroughā! it sounds so so so cool, omg. for your little description, it reminds me of, like, wham city comedyās projects āunedited footage of a bearā and āthis house has people in itā? both of which i absolutely LOVED
plus iām a sucker for good practical effects? i love when you can watch an effect and see viscerally how real it is, because something is actually happening on set? even if it isnāt āperfect,ā at least itās real, ya know?
itās the same principle as my fascination with theme park engineering? cause a lot of those places have to conceal the actual inner workings of things to maintain illusion, but theyāre all real and practical and i think itās so fun to try and figure out every bit of engineering that went into how the effects work? itās like a puzzle, i guess
real, physical special effects are just so so cool
- Lisa
#ps: youāve been chatting with me for a few weeks now so iāll leave the judgment to you#do you think iām a delight to chat with?#:P
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