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Now that I have been fired, there are two employees left in the store. Let's call them A and B. A is working 6 hours a day 5 days a week and has been doing this job for the last 4 years. B is working 8 hours a day and has been doing it for 3 months. Because B is new, and because of some other circumstances, he needs guidance and (have we been told now) cannot be given any responsibilities at all. We also have 3 attendees who has work practice, and one more coming soon.
This means that A has to start work at 9.45am, since our first attendee starts at 10am, cause B can't be alone with the attendees. A then has to open the shop at noon, since B can't be responsible for the cash register. A also has to be in the shop when it closes at 6pm, since B can't be responsible for closing the shop.
The rest of the time, A has to work with production, guide the soon to be 4 attendees AND guide B, plan coming events, work on coming events, take care of customers, find new customers, talk to old customers about coming back to be regulars, handle purchases and NOT BREAK DOWN!!!
So, A is gonna have to work from 10am-6pm when only working 6 hours a day and then take responsibilities for everything.
The thing is, we are parts of this company because we have issues one way or another. Mine is a social phobia and severe anxiety, A has anxiety and depression. B has a minor brain damage from birth, but it doesn't hold him back in way, he just has problems focusing when not being told what to do. The company is being given 70-80% of our paychecks for having us hired and to MAKE SURE we have a good environment that helps us grow and won't stress us out. They get money for it and they treat us like crap!!
It's so frustrating and I want them to close down the shop to save my friend from the psych ward, but I don't know if that will happen. They will just keep using her until she quits or breaks down.
EDIT: I was just told they won't shut the store down, because they can't get out of the leasing contract for the shop. They're just gonna milk it as long as they can. Oh, joy..
Was visiting my parents yesterday and discovered that my dad has been taking medication for diabetes, or rather, for preventing diabetes. My grandmother had diabetes. My dad might possibly develop it. What this essentially means is that I'm at pretty high risk of developing it myself if I'm not careful.
My husband has had to endure more doctor's tests and hospital visits. Now they're insisting that my husband has diabetes (he doesn't), but he's changing his diet anyway as a preventative measure. He's stressed out, which is stressing me out. I also have a massive sweet tooth, so giving up sugar has been hard. No more alcohol either.
I may be somewhat irritable for a while.
However, seems the bakeries near my house see this image as a threat to the family values they try to enforce. After attempting to persuade with charm and bribes, the issue was escalated to a manager, ending with me declaring my thoughts: "Fuck the family values of this establishment. This is Lil' Kim AND SHE'S AN ICON!"
My mad: people telling me what I can and can't put on my cake.
Also, I guess there's a joke in there about cakes and eating them. I dunno.
Not only is it healthy as far as stress relief and tension handling, it's also the time most guys actually are going to actually notice anything amiss testicular-wise. I mean, it might just be that I was taught that "it's fine if you jerk it, just take your time to make sure you check it too." which means I usually take time after it all is done during the "cooldown" period to check myself for anything that might be amiss, such as hardened knots, lumps, sore swollenness along the "wiring", and all other things that could be signs of issues. I mean, that's probably the main time I take time to ensure I'm healthy down there, because it's part of my routine during the day.
People who think that something that's healthy is "morally wrong" and you "shouldn't do it" are not people I have a high opinion of. Especially if they give others crap for something that's essentially healthy, and allows me to detect issues ahead of time.
On the bright side, it's about to come to its gloriously awaited conclusion?
Note to self: avoid shaking hands December 1st.
MAGNETS had NOTHING to do with this...AYYYY
But thank you for sharing your fap habits with us all. It was....educational to say the least.
#1: The Aetolian Discord - I understand that it comes to a point where you play Aetolia for so long, that one starts to crave a little more OOC interaction with the RL players behind the characters that one spends so much time with IG. There is nothing wrong with this, and this rage of mine is strictly of my own opinion. I have zero intention to launch a crusade in typed letters to discourage others from joining the Discord and getting to mingle with so many other creative people that launch colorful, and interesting characters within the Aetolian universe.
However. I liked the game a great deal more, when my OOC interactions were limited to the forums, and highly disciplined OOC communication IG when I'm logged on. A lot of mystery and comfortable fog was lost when I saw people being themselves OOC on the Discord, instead of the grand characters that they flex and execute into motion when I'm logged on.
I also dislike the OOC things that come attached to mediums like the Discord. I recently ripped my Discord into pieces because another player harassed me in a direct manner through private messages, the substance of the harassment being a type that would not be acceptable anywhere. It bothered me to the point that I actually felt inclined to pull my reserve chute and get the hell out of there. I will not name names, and I will maintain a measure of privacy for the sake of everyone involved. It's the most professional thing I can do considering all of it. For those involved, who will most certainly read this at some point, I humbly request the same. No names.
#2: Disrespect to the dead, and victims of war crimes. Recently it came to my attention of a particular individual making a highly tasteless comment/joke/ribbing considering war crimes as the main point of the subject.
As a combat veteran who spent his time defending small villages and towns, and sometimes larger population centers, from those that were carrying out real war crimes, it really boils my blood to see a civilian use the topic in so casual, and off hand a manner. Doing so does an immense amount of disrespect to the dead, and to the people that had their families, and communities torn apart by actual war crimes from people that have zero respect for life. It bothered me enough to run through my head for the better part of yesterday, and into today, so I felt inclined to include it in my MAD post.
People really need to think before they say certain things, and bear in mind that the things said so casually, have more weight to them when it involves the memory of the dead, the wounded, and the traumatized.
That's my RAGE/MAD post for the day. Keep on kickin, Aetolians.
Lotta Aetolian veterans suggest that when people feel themselves getting too attached to the game (namely when your raging hits an all time high) it's time to step away from the keyboard. I also say it all the time - this game turns people into monsters that they really aren't, or don't want to be. It happens to anyone that heavily invests time/money into something like this, for the amount of time you have to invest in it. People that play this game also don't get over the things that people do, so cliques form, and the opinion of person A shared by person B to person's B's clique tends to ostracize person A from the entire lot. People stay mad for so long, holding onto their dislike of a person because of something that happened to them, in some cases several RL years ago. If someone/something has that much power over you, that you gotta hold onto all that negativity for so long, I'm so sorry you feel that way and I wish you the best, but ain't nobody here for anyone else's drama.
Maybe it's just an internet thing. People feel anonymous behind their keyboards and subconsciously forget there's another person behind the other keyboard. We all have emotions, bad days, and outbursts under the right circumstances. We're all human. If people took a little time to try and understand each other, it'd go such a long way. Anyway, I can only offer you this advice. Usually, it's best to stay away from the playerbase as a whole. Talk to the people you like, and dab on ya haters.
My husband has been obsessing over his blood sugar levels and blood pressure since the hospital doctors diagnosed him with diabetes back at the beginning November. After about three weeks of some drastic lifestyle changes - 2000 calorie a day diet (balanced nutrients too), going to the gym three days a week, checking blood pressure and blood sugar several times a day - I'm pretty sure he doesn't have diabetes since all of his measurements are back within normal levels. And yet he's still stressed out and obsessing, which has been dragging down my mood a ton. I just want ONE DAY where I don't have to listen to talk about medical problems - I'm at my limit, and it's hard not to snap about it because they are significant problems, but they're getting better.
Speaking of medical problems, switching doctors for me has been proving to be a nightmare. I can't get in touch with my doctor's office because no one picks up the damn phone, and the new doctor I'm trying to have my fills transferred to can't give me a referral for a reproductive specialist until that's done.
My father-in-law has been a bit of an Eeyore, he loves to complain about everything. The latest instance of this has been his complaining about my parents inviting my in-laws over to their place for their Christmas Eve party. Gee, thanks. I'll be sure to let my parents know that you didn't want to come over. He did this last year too and made up some bogus excuse to avoid attending dinner with my parents.
Work has been a nightmare. Not only is there inventory count to do, but we still have to deal with the massive pile of orders that has been building up over the past few days in addition to helping out customers, both drop-in and over the phone. I've been *very* short with people because there's only ever two employees around at any given time, and I can't afford to spend ten minutes or more listening to people droll on and on with their anecdotal stories. Just tell me what you need or what you need to find. Have item codes? Awesome. This will be quick. You want me to explain how to do x with y tool? I'm sorry, do you not see like six other people hovering around trying to ask me questions? Time is a luxury I can't really spare at work right now, and I hate it when people waste it like I don't have other things that I really need to be doing.
Speaking of work, my boss came into work with strep throat. This is after we've told him dozens of times to not come in if he's sick. Instead of calling us like we've asked, he waits until I've arrived at work and noticed that he looks sick. Ripped a strip off of him about it and told him to go home or I would. He may be the manager, but I boss him around, and I'm pretty sure he's afraid of me.
Ended up spending $150 on winter tires unexpectedly because we got a flat a few days ago. That's kind of been hurting a little bit, but at least it means driving won't be quite so bad with all the snowfall we've gotten.
So. Yeah. I've been a bit of a grouch lately, and I probably will be all the way through to January. So I apologize in advance if I end up hurting anyone's feelings between now and then - I have like zero patience for anything right now.
Why can't the McDonald's on the way to my workplace not be a fail McDonalds? All I wanted to start my hell day at work was a Medium peppermint mocha Frappe. They don't make those, says the voice on the other side of the order thing. . . . What? I ask, confused.
We don't make those, insists the voice, we make mocha frappes. Not with the peppermint mocha syrup.
Okay, FailDonalds, you're the only one to not do that but okay.
SO, I order a medium peppermint mocha iced coffee. . . And they hand me a plain one. I don't have time to go in and be like 'will you please just pump the damned syrup into my cup already? Are you hoarding it? What the hell'. No. i go to work. And chuck in 3 peppermints to create a sad mockery of the deliciousness that I had wanted.
I even tried saying 'just meat and bread'. Still got cheese and sauce.
Hi.
Number One
- Plain
- No cheese
and then I pull around aaaand there's special sauce and lettuce and onion and cheese and whatever else.
I tried mcnuggets once and they just didn't give them to me. I think the place hates me.
I hate feeling like I want to burrow into my bed and never come out again for anything.
I had balance problems for two days, getting consistently worse.
I fell three times in two days.
The last time, I had a seizure. That I was conscious for the beginning of, when I started convulsing.
Ended up in rescue to the ER without quite understanding what happened. And without my dog for like an hour.
I'm home now, and terrified I'm going to have another one.
On a much more minor-irritant, first world problems note: online shopping. -.-
Bought two pairs of leggings on black friday. One black mermaid and one holographic purple mermaid. I JUST got them in the mail today. They were insisting it was delivered in my mailbox weeeks ago and it was not, I checked, and I checked the office and my porch, and all the usual places for such things. Nowhere to be found. I finally got them to resend them, and got an email today saying they'd been delivered. Cool. I go check the mail. And I have two sets of them in my mailbox. They weren't there yesterday. So. Ordinarily, I'd be like, cool, extra leggings. You can't go wrong with extra leggings, especially in black. Except that despite being the same size, style, and colours, only one set of the leggings actually fit. And the purple ones (both) they sent me are the wrong colour. -.-
Size disparity across brands is one thing. But from the same website, in the same style, in the same size and the same colour? Wtf. There's like an inch difference in the waistbands.
Since I bought two pairs of leggings, and I have two pairs that fit, ultimately it'd be whatever if the one pair wasn't the wrong colour.
Grrf.
I'm also angry that(outside the munchies) I'm hungry af almost all the time. Hnnngh.
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