#so i guess retail it is ;-;
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Solavellan as mr clean and scrub daddy at a Halloween party now part of Retail Rifts AU 🤣 This happened bc of @westlywheatly and @pintura
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This really doesn't have to go on main but I'm putting it here for now:
So uh. Job hunting online for retail positions is definitely an experience. I saw a part time position listing for an office supply store and I think to myself, good! Not a restaurant! I can do office supplies! So I submit the resume/application and then get to the "great, thank you for that! Here are some multiple choice answer questions ranging from word association to number sequences to math problems!"
And I think to myself "great! I'm good with numbers and math and I should be okay associating basic words for this lovely RETAIL POSITION" and then I get the quick and easy practice questions. Wonderfully easy. I've got this. It's neverending and you just have a 10minute time limit to answer as many as possible! No problem!
Then I click "begin" and get slammed with the most ungodly whiplash with the first question being word association about "which of these four words is DIFFERENT" and the options were STRANGLE, PUSH, THROTTLE, and SUFFOCATE.
Hey, uh. Hey retail job. You uh. You okay there? I have some concerns and it was the first question.
#moe talks a lot#not art#so salmon hows the job hunting going? oh you know trying to tell a retail company that pushing someone#is different than strangling or throttling or suffocating someone - you know - as one does in job questionnaires#tbh this got more likes and reblogs than i thought so i guess it can stay lmao#i was gonna delete it but glad you guys enjoyed it#it was also worth mentioning after i got the email saying my app was received and the assessments were done#i got an attached file with my personality test results which honestly were pretty accurate#and im like wow dang imagine being like oh you do uquiz? i do job applications to get judged by corporations to psychologically define me#it was insane dude i have never received personality results in emails from jobs i applied for
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my stupidest personality trait is when something or someone pisses me off i will get more anorexic, To Punish Them, which makes lots of sense bc this is in general literally the last thing i ever want anyone else to notice or discuss with me. this isn't the reason i started starving myself or the only reason i still do it but it is genuinely such an annoying pointless entrenched behaviour loop and also i legitimately think it might kill me one day bc i'm stubborn
#i think when i was working retail it sort of made sense bc i was like ooh im getting back at my boss for profiting off my body. i guess#like there is a logic. but in general its literally like just so stupid. what is the endgame here 💀
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The Fall
{Takes place on the day of Dalaran's fate, in the War Within.}
The world was on fire again.
Or at least, Dalaran was, in a matter of speaking. Not so much as on fire, as smashed to smithereens.
Life never left Safrona alone long enough now to relax for long. She had been spoiled for the last year, business adequately taken care enough without too much of her direct involvement. Her sister seemed made to manage the import office in Stormwind and Saraj had been in his element at The Red Room in Silvermoon. Her Courier teams were well trained - that she personally made sure of. Those that called on her personally always paid handsomely for her delivery or acquisition. Confessionals had become the expectant nearly every night, taking time to reunite with those that sought conversation. Even the Dead seemed less in need of The First Perished, giving her more time with her Orchid. The days passed with less worry, and more relaxed joy.
Until they did not.
The problem with becoming a depended figure imbedded to the infrastructure of most civilization, was that people depended on you to deliver. As an unofficial Postmaster of Dalaran, the panic and unrest became maddening as requests and demands for assistance washed over her communications, asking specifically for the Courier by name in the wake of an entire city’s plummet. For such a small city, the connections and resources contributed and inspired by Dalaran had been an immense loss felt all around Azeroth, on top of the lives and homes lost. But moreover, Safrona had been satisfied to see her own ties forgotten to it - no one expected the Dalaran Mailroom to ever go dark.
The love of the convenience in Dalaran never completely outweighed the lingering resentment she held for the famed city and its citadel. A resentment that lingered in the delicately pieced together memory of a particular culling that had left her in disarray, lost to so many that had cared. She had accepted that resentment as the puzzle piece of her identity, a once Dawnsinger that would never be the same. Business had her passing quickly through for only the use of its portals when needed, nothing more. Some distinct spite had wished the portals would go dark, that the honored ‘throne’ of the Kirin Tor and their oh-so-selective involvement would no longer be regarded or needed by the rest of the world.
Even among the horror, the distress of numerous voices and the demand of news from Dalaran, Safrona Shadowsun felt an inkling of vindication to know that damned city of her undoing had lay dashed to pieces. Some dark part of her had wished she had been there to see it fall. When she had finally stood among the wreckage, something inside her smiled with cold victory, embracing that resentment with a desire to see it bloom into so much more.
She had not remembered how she arrived there, or how long she had been standing, watching the Nerubian forces try to end the rest of the survivors in the wreckage. How they had grown so powerful and came from nowhere, had been so effective in dismantling a single city. Perhaps it had been its time, and something better could be rebu–
“You are a courier?” The question cut through her reality, ending the dark fog of swirling thoughts her mind had wandered to. How long…had she been standing there, doing nothing, thinking…thinking of…?
It didn't matter now. Alleria Windrunner was staring at her with a stoic, but slow march down to concern as she waited for a response. “The Courier? The others have spoken of you.”
Safrona had meant to reply with all the professional grace she could muster. An explanation of her elevated role, the charm of invitation to business all was ready behind Lady Shadowsun's lips. But under the intense gaze of what amounted to be a celebrity, a bewildered answer came: “I…yes?”
The decorated Windrunner took in a breath, recollecting her efforts and patience as she pointed to the struggling forces. “We need an emergency supply. Backup. I am told you can be depended on to do both.”
It was the Courier’s turn to sigh, hiding her trembling breath as she readied a void storage portal for whatever resources it could give. “Yes, yes of course.”
Damn Alleria Windrunner, damn all of them.
She could not exactly say “no.”
{ Small mention of @thefirstperished }
#safwriting#I have been working on this story for weeks -.-#IC#Dalaran#The War Within#Alleria Windrunner#World of Warcraft#Warcraft#Xalatath#One takes down civilization one takes down the world#ssssomeone was trying to get into Safrona's mind so very subtley#spoilers#world of warcraft spoliers#I cant imagine a wow player doesnt know about this event in retail now but spoilers I guess
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just internally screaming because how do i want to be a published writer when i can hardly write and im the only person my stories seem interesting to⁉️
#my diary#i’m genuinely freaking out#my dreams are too big they’re unrealistic#i mean i’m really not that amazing of a writer#i’m not doing anything groundbreaking#i only really have one WIP that’s worth anything and i can’t write long chapters i can’t write well#one time someone wouldn’t read it because it was too emotionally frusterating#i’m just#upset i guess#my brother is so good at what he does and i’m just better off going to get an office job or working in retail or something#i can barely call it my passion when i don’t make the time to do it
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I had only kinda wanted this Cleo when she dropped but like... I didnt nearly $100 want her so I was like whatever. But she grew on me and then I was like dang I do want her actually. Then yesterday at a doll show I found her and snagged her for $50 so I guess patience pays off sometimes lmao
#personal#dolls#my dolls#cleo de nile#monster high#monsterhigh#mh#midnight runway#like the guy was originally selling her for 100#but by the time i saw her she was down to 60#and hes like well its the end of the day hows 50? and i said fuck yea lmao#bc no shipping and getting her right that second is worth a lot tbh#and less than retail like god bless#only issue i actually see with her is maybe one of her eyelashes on the left eye is a little out of place#but i might be able to fix that a bit anyway#opening her later fr im so excited#he also gave my sib a mlp princess cadence for free bc we're guessing tehy were the first one to not call her celestia lmaoooo#so bonus!! he was cool#and shout out to my sibling for having cash when i didnt lmao love you!
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if i ever create a future au for duke that isnt torture (becoming batman) he would be a grower at a greenhouse... "are you just saying that because thats your career trajectory" he has light powers ok... plants need light...
#the real question is ornamental retail or wholesale vegetables. i think he could really corner the out of season vegetable production market#what with how much his power could save on supplemental lighting#although idk if it provides heat i dont think it does... so hed still have to pay for that i guess#were getting into unprecedented character projection here.#what if duke thomas ran a hydroponic tomato greenhouse. would that slay or what? [dead silence]#poison.txt#dc
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if i don’t have a genuine honest to god meltdown every day this week i’ll consider that a win. the odds are not in my favor btw
#at least i’m alone in the office so i can cry in peace. i guess#i wanna quit so bad but like. what else am i supposed to do#anything i could do with my degree sounds miserable and shit like retail pays the same but i can’t even sit down#idk man i’m tired and miserable and i’ll have to spend the next few days pretending to be sooo excited about a project idc about#i just need a week to curl up and hibernate or smth
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trying to decipher if the overwhelming dread & Thoughts are cause of the state of the world or cause i need a shower.
vent post in the tags. idk. do whatever 👍
#sorry bros im about to ventpost in these mf tags 👍#im so fucking tired man. im already suicidal to begin with but the Everything happening is making it Worse. Yippe Yahoo Hooray.#therapy in a week though so ive got that at least.#this is the worst time of year for shit to go south.but Uh Oh saying that makes me feel like a selfish fuckass because other people -#- have it worse. like. god fucking damn. i get Extra suicidal around september -> march range sure. but other people are literally suffering#like as we fucking speak. and ive done fuckall to help cause i dont know HOW to help. but thats not a fucking excuse#im just being comfortable in my lazy ass depression spiral cause im a selfish fucking prick. “i cant spare the energy to vett things”#other people are fucking dying and im over here like “noo im too tiwed :( i cant do anyfing so im not gona do anyfing cuz im wazy and tiwed”#what the fuck is wrong with me lmao. knowing me im not gona change shit anyway despite fucking complaining about it cause im just. fucking#Like That.#idk. i was reblogging some of those “hold in there dont kill yourselves” posts cause like. yk. suicide bad or fucking whatever. but someone#on this site said something along the lines of “ok but how many people reblogging/posting these told jews to kill themselves” and like.#i dont know. i dont fucking know dude. so i guess im not reblogging Those anymore.#theres bigger issues out there and here i am focusing on some queer people who might kill themselves. idk. i should just join them yk#cause i never fucking focus on the bigger shit cause “i dont know how” and “i dont want to make things worse so i just wont do anything” so#im not doing fuckall other than just being part of the fucking problem here.#i should probably just delete social media for a while and see from there.#or just fucking drink about it thats the other option. its worked for me before (lie) so i may as well do it again am i right#im sorry i never like. boost gofundmes or fundraisers and shit i just.#i dont have a fucking excuse. im just a lazy fucking bastard in my own stupid fucking comfort circle.#“oh no seeing that people are dying makes me uncomforyable :(” ok well people are fucking dying you self absorbed douchebag. why cant you#get off your stupid fucking ass and do something. get a job so you can fucking help people or *something#its not like you have to pay rent and shit.#<- all about myself. cause yk. self centered douchbag. hooray.#i dont pay rent and i dont have to pay for my own food. i still live with my parents. im fucking useless to society so i may as well get a#job and send the money i dont fucking need to somrone who DOES need it. but here i am.#in.my stupid fucking bed til noon cause “the world is scary and jobs are hard :(”#its fucking retail. retail isnt as fucking hard as like. construction and shit but here i am anyway “unable” to do shit.#i fucking could if i just fucking ballsed up and put up with shit. but no. here i fucking am going “nooo i should just kill myself instead”#vent post
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how am i supposed to get a fucking job when everything that doesn't require a specific degree or type of experience requires me to able to stand for 8 hours and squat and lift. a thing i physically cannot do. what the fuck kind of job am i supposed to DO.
#every receptionist job requires an amount of social interaction i (autistic+anxiety disorder) can't manage#every remote job posting is a ghost posting or a scam.#every retail/food service job needs me to stand.#i can't get another theatre gig for several months (and that's if i'm lucky)#and as my father said. that doesn't pay the bills.#i can't even do sex work bc i'm too ace and not a good enough actor.#so like!!!!!!#guess i'll die!!!!#i sure do love having to decide between paying rent or literally any of my other bills next month :)#and either way only having like $150 to live on for the rest of the month :)#this fucking sucks and i want to die#delete later
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you know what . what if the primary reason why i failed all those job interviews this summer was because i was Honest
#thinking....#idk why that thought just randomly came to me#its not like i never passed an interview . so why did i fail like the handful of interviews this summer#and maybe it was because i was actually honest about some of my answers LOL#particularly when they asked why i wanted to work there#and i pretty much said that i wanted to work on my goals and support myself and become independent etc#i THOUGHT that would be an acceptable amswer because idk . maybe itd say something good abt my character or whatever but i guess#you have to talk about why the company is great or how you think youd contribute or whatever -__-#anyway . hoping that i get this tutoring job becaus wi REALLY want to get out of retail lol#ss
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my indirect boss told me today that apparently they are once again talking about having us come into the office more. and emphasized about how it wasn't about performance it just "makes sense" to have people in more.
and like. i didn't argue bc tbh i don't think they want to hear it. but genuinely i'm seething about it bc NO! it doesn't make sense lol. like a) we won't all be in the on the same days, so it's not like it's going to help from a team perspective and b) the doctors we work for are never fucking there, so it's not like it's going to help from that perspective either. every thursday when i go in, it's literally just me all day. it would change NOTHING if i was at home that day vs in the office bc there's literally!!! no one!!!! there!!!!! so how is being in one extra day where they will still be no one there going to do??? anything????
idk it frustrates me bc this push is coming from the doctors who are like. not even in the office more than MAYBE one day a week. and from our higher up boss who for sure is only in the office one day a week. and i know it won't apply to a portion of our admin team bc that portion's supervisor has already point blank said she won't enforce it and won't ask her team to do it. and i have a feeling it will once again just be like the three members of our immediate team which will once again just feel like a punishment for "mistakes" that are a) so small it's fucking insane to me that anyone cares or b) are being caused by the system being shitty and not our own human error.
#liveblogging life#it'd be different if the doctors were in all the time - they are at the other office and the atmosphere there is dramatically different lol#or i guess even if the expectation was that we would ALL be in the office on the same days. but we won't be.#and idk man tbh part of the appeal of this job is the hybrid nature of it so if youre really going to try to force people back 5 days a wee#that's going to lose you people. point blank. hell maybe even me bc tbh the thought of having to sit in the office 5 days a week is bad#i dealt with that for most of my adult life in retail and to be frank i hated it and i dont want to go back. esp for such stupid reasons.#3 days is fine but the way it's being pushed frustrates me.#like if your team is telling you they dont want this and that they dont think it will help - which we all DID last time!!!#idk why you wouldnt listen to them about it.#[deep sigh]#im very glad it's the weekend i need to decompress lmao
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i think about that person who said they like the way i draw knees every time i draw knees
#talkys#im gonna keep talking here so i dont make another text post hi#i bought some alcohol based markers and immediately regretted it but im still excited#i was in need of retail therapy i guess. havent had packages arriving in a while#tmi coming up -> finally also bought pink and cow print jock i'd been eyeing for months#if it gets here on time i might wear it with the cowboy ken outfit to the barbie movey#(if the cowboy ken outfit even happens)#i need to earn sum money and am opening comms today but ive been doing really bad#i keep sleeping fine but waking up with headache and tired no matter what#last night i tried so many times to draw talon for a redraw and it wouldnt work#and my wrist started hurting after like 10 mins#i thought taking a break from art was supposed to help. i just feel like ass. i feel horrible in every direction.#waugh#feel bad about art feel bad about gender feel bad physically feel bad about my life and future. feel bad about. lonely. i just feel bad.
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may or may not have voiced my. strong. disagreement about the store policy of "absolutely no earbuds during ur shift no matter what" with the general manager. may or may not have said that if he insists on taking such a hardline stance on the matter i would escalate it as a disability accommodation thing. help. 💀
#THE RULE DOESNT MAKE SENSE I WILL DIE ON THIS HILL#not even when the store is CLOSED!! or were exclusively in the warehouse!!!! its B U LL S H IT#anyways. i didnt say it like that i said it had no impact on the performance of my job duties or the quality thereof and would he pls#explain the reasoning for the rule. he rather failed 2 do so satisfactorily. so here we are.#guess ill dig out my $3k adhd diagnosis paperwork 2nite :|#honestly tho i shouldnt even need 2 make it abt that its a general QoL thing in an otherwise fairly shitty underpaid retail/warehouse job
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get drownedt dummy ((affectionate))
#us americans understand the evening before a holiday is for drinking#and i am traditional#so ofc i'm drinking wine i bought from tjs in an adorable mug#the real reason we get a random thursday off (and sometimes friday or more depending on your PTO package)#anyway everyone say i'm sorry to your local retail worker#if you can guess what kind of wines i like i'll give you a kissy#am i already kinda crossed?? well#duh#hikey#also it pours like that bc i use an aerator#if that helps you narrow down what kind of wines i drink too heh
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Did I really just sink 15 consecutive hours into Supermarket Simulator?
Yes... yes I did...
#do I work retail? also yes#i don't remember the exact wording... but someone once said that humans enjoy Mundane Sims bc#of how low stakes they are....#like... Im trying to run my stock low so I can fix my shelves in game. and I can't get fired!#I can swear at the customers and call them mean names and tell them to go fuck themselves!#and I can hire people to help me with the work#Mundane Sims are repetitive tasks that allow us to see Actual Progress#we can actually see the fruits of our labor and it feels like actually acomplishing something for once#i can paint the store pink!!! i LOVE pink! (my fave color is white... but pink is a very close second*#*I guess you could say I like gentle. innocent colors. fresh like snow. endless possibilities kind of colors. bright)#supermarket simulator#weeeeeeee#at first it reminded me of when I was the Lone Cashier at Dollar Tree#but then I could actually tell off the customers who silently stood in line and patiently waited for me to do my job like#the customers dont speak in that game! ITS THE BEST!
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