#why are people

[breelandwalker]

-maintenance drilling and hammering away in the hallway outside my shared office-

Me: -coming off last week's migraine and not eager to get another one- Okay, I can't hear myself think, I'm gonna shut the door.

Officemate: NO! You can't shut the door!

Me: Sorry? I can leave it cracked if you'd rather-....

Officemate: It's RUDE!

Me: ....There are literal hammers and drills going in the hallway. It's 930am on a Monday, I need to be able to focus on my work, and I do not want a migraine.

Officemate: Somebody might want to come and talk to us and the door can't be closed! It's just bad manners!

Me: ....They literally gave us Please Knock signs for exactly this situation.

Officemate: I don't care, those things are RUDE. Leave it open.

Me: -stares at her as the drilling starts again- You can't be serious.

Officemate: -scoffs- You'd never last in a New York office.

Me: No, I wouldn't. That's why I don't live there. -gets back to work with earbuds in-

-Ten Minutes of Banging and Drilling Later-

Officemate: UGH! It's too loud! I'm closing the door.

Me: 😑😑😑

[frostedpuffs]

went to wawa this morning for breakfast and there was this dude just standing in front of the iced coffee machine putting little dollops of every flavor in a cup. then he would drink it. Then he would do it again. and when I said "excuse me" bc he was in the way blocking the machine, he looked at me like I was bothering HIM. so he took one more sip of the coffee and threw his cup out, not even buying any ajdbfbdhs

then when I went to check out he was in line in front of me and he touched literally every single Breakfast sandwich box. And not only did he touch them all. He opened them all up to look at the sandwich inside. And! Touched! Them! then didn't buy a single one

is this the Florida man

[an-sceal]

Had someone give me shit about wearing a mask for the first time in a long time.

"I don't want to stand next to someone with a diaper on their face." Said not-all-that quietly to her boyfriend.

First of all, I did not buy stylish galaxy print N-95s to be dissed by a bitch wearing an "It's Fall, Y'all!" t-shirt with a coffee stain on it.

Second- the drugs destroy my immune response, not my hearing, you sanctimonious little walnut. I hope your expensive orchid dies when you water it with ice cubes.

[flashhwing]

i'm still thinking about whoever it was that asked neil actual gaiman why crowley was wearing a turtleneck in one episode

[acollectionofas]

On today's episode of batshit customers, I had a woman who bought ONLY a cloth tote bag. We have them by till. People only ever buy them because they need a bag for their purchases. She bought ONLY this tote bag.

And then she looked at me, full in my face, and asked me if she could have a bag. To put her bag in.

I told her we did not have bags and she got mad at me. She got mad at me because I would not give her a plastic bag to put her cloth bag in. I am so serious right now, customer service is wild.

[itscooltoskate]

[thoughtslikeaminefield]

Please amuse me in the tags. 💋

[gutwrenchflowerbomb]

I’ve been at my new job for 6 weeks. At least for the last 4, this loose hot pocket has been in one of the fridges. Just sitting there, barely covered in napkins.

I’m going to make a point to photograph this thing once a week until someone finally tosses it out. The Lunchable and Trix Yogurt will also be monitored because I believe it’s been there at least a week.

[red2007]

Plagiarizing anything is lazy.

Plagiarizing fanfiction is just pathetic.

[knockbutimreading]

Good news bad news and omg why news.

Good news, my eyes are good, and I know why they were being weird. (The answer was medication. it's gonna be fine).

Bad news my very old cat of 23 years passed away Monday may 1st at 12:30 in the morning. It was not a fun night but at least he's not suffering anymore. (He's the fluffy one)

Omg why. I work as a receptionist at a nail salon and I had a lady walk in and ask for nails. Which fine I ask for clarification but nails can mean literally anything and she refuses to clarify anything just repeats nails. I'm at this point guessing acrylic and ask okay so a full set of acrylic nails? And she said asked me what are you talking about nails. I gave up and had her sit until someone else was available. And that's not the only insane interaction today. What is up with people and not listening it's infuriating.

[watermellonpopsicle]

When you share your opinion and someone comments “that’s your opinion”

[deadbitch420]

I survive grocery stores

"if you see someone shoplifting, no you didn't" no but like. i really didn't. i have never in my life seen someone shoplifting because i'm not watching anyone else in the grocery store..? how are y'all noticing things like that. my only goals are enter the store, survive, exit the store

[clonerightsagenda]

I was rambling on the issue of museums and human remains and how certain populations are more likely to have their bodies put on display to be gawked at and then went "well I guess the Pompeii casts were of Europeans. there are bones in there right?" and Googled it to make sure, at which point I confirmed that yes there are bones in there, but more interestingly DNA testing revealed that a cast of an adult holding a child everyone assumed was a mother and child were, in fact, a man and a kid entirely unrelated to him. Honestly that's more moving to me. Maybe they were connected in a way other than blood, but maybe a stranger saw a child when the world was ending and thought the one thing he could do was hold them.

[gabrielora]

When I was younger and researching the autism diagnosis criteria and symptoms, I thought “oh I couldn’t POSSIBLY be autistic.” Because when I read “takes everything literally” I thought it literally meant EVERYTHING and I was like “I don’t take EVERYTHING literally, just most things!” And I just realized the other day that it didn’t actually mean EVERYTHING and that was an overstatement.

[some-pers0n]

I hate how people will look at popular indie artists who had one or two songs go viral on TikTok and start making fun of anybody who listens to them. "Oh you listen to Lemon Demon, Will Wood, Jack Stauber, Glass Animals, and Mother Mother? Tsk, don't you know that is stupid TikTok neurodivergent white transmasc preteen music? It's so mid and bad you should listen to real music–" you are a pit of misery