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I worked retail for a long time and people really do treat you like shit sometimes. But between selling sex toys, mattresses, and jewelry I can say definitively I got treated worst selling mattresses.
All three of my jobs were in sales but selling sex toys we were allowed to put people in their place, and in jewelry people didn’t want to misbehave in a fancy setting. But people at the mattress store had no problem yelling at me, hitting on me, or insulting me to my face.
For a while I was managing my own store for the company. I ran a small location and had struggling employees placed with me for rehabilitation. If their numbers improved they could go back to bigger stores. If not, they got fired.
So this meant I was the manager of problem employees. At one point both of my people had a foot out the door. The company was going downhill and changed computer systems and they were fed up. Consequently, they made a ton of mistakes, because they just didn’t care about the job or learning the new systems.
I strolled into work on what was essentially my Monday to a shit show. Deliveries scheduled without product, wrong things on orders, poor expectations of the process, you name it. I spent the entire morning getting yelled at for mistakes that weren’t mine.
The final straw came when a man called furious that his moms bed for her nursing home had a delivery window he couldn’t accommodate. This wasn’t a huge disaster since we still had time to deliver it before she moved. I ran him through the options and he just kept screaming at me. Not for a solution but because I was there and he was frustrated.
My heart filled with malice and a cold fury. A calculating part of my brain had a realization in that moment that I could stay a punching bag or I could strike back.
I quavered my voice delicately, taking in a shaky, warbling breath like I was trying not to cry. “Sir,” I quivered through fake tears, “I don’t know what you want from me! I told you what I can do, I didn’t make this mistake I’m just trying to fix it!” My voice broke pitifully on the last syllables, sounding in all ways like a sweet innocent person being yelled at who’s just trying her best, really!
It was like I’d doused him with cold water. My emotional act was the realization that he was screaming at someone who was just doing their damn job, and he was being an asshole. He hastily made an excuse and hung up.
I had a third employee covering with me from another store that day who heard everything. When I hung up, I looked over to see them watching me with an awed expression. “Did… did you just pretend to cry?”
“I absolutely fucking did,” I said with feeling, “and I’d do it a thousand more times. If that’s what it takes for someone to realize they’re behaving like a fucking prick, they deserve it.” The employee looked at me like I was their hero.
The man called back, apologizing profusely, having magically arranged his schedule to accommodate delivery. He came in later that week with an apology Starbucks gift card. I was gracious in my acceptance.
I pulled it a few more times before leaving the company. I felt no shame in the ruse. If someone behaves so poorly that it’s plausible their behavior would drive someone to tears they deserve to feel absolutely wretched about it.
#ramblies#ffs foibles#story#retail#retail hell#I have had people over the years had qualms with the ruse#one person even told me it was so unprofessional#that I’d pretend to be in more distress was not nice of me. but getting yelled at is not nice and I’m in a position where I can’t yell back#and who would they complain to that I cried? would they go to corporate and say how unprofessional the lady cried when I screamed at her!
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”getting thicker skin” is great in theory but I think for some people “get better at handling your thin skin” is gonna be way more helpful advice. I have strong emotional reactions to criticism and they might never go away, but i can continue to try and handle each situation maturely and that’s the important part. Sometimes irrational feelings are chronic and living with them is better than trying to beat yourself up into not having them.
#ive cried over completely minor critical discussions so many times this year that im starting to think it’ll just always be a thing#so now i wanna work on living with it#mental health#ok to reblog
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Tamer Abumousa, defends his master’s thesis in psychology in a displacement tent in Rafah
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Jumpscare
#you got games on your phone??#fuckin cried laughing the first time this scene happened why’s he just standing over you like that#kith'rak voss#Voss#oc: dalia#tav#bg3#bg3 art#baldur's gate 3#baldurs gate 3#bg3 fanart#bg3 tav#painterlypeaches
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something something katsuki can't keep his hands off you when he's had a little too much to drink (see: denks the worst at-home bartender in the world, believes a shot of vodka really means four).
it starts off innocently enough, gathered in eijiro's living room, when he cracks a foul-mouthed joke and you double over into side with laughter. the heat starts to creep up his neck, but it's easy to blame it on the alcohol. he nudges you back playfully, a grin quirking at the corner of his lips.
two more shots of whatever vile concoction denki mixed up and he's melting into the couch. he's sitting on one end, a little squished with how mina, eijiro, hanta, and denki are piled on top of each other - chatting away, drinking, and desperately trying not to make eye contact with the wasted blond. katsuki's got you perched all pretty in his lap because "there isn't any room left to sit." a convenient excuse.
you're flushed and trying to keep up with mina's story and you're having a great time with your friends but katsuki's hands are looping casually around your waist and pulling you closer to him and he's leaning a little on you for support and you feel a zing speed down your spine as his lips brush against your arm. an accident.
his head's a little fuzzy, but katsuki's practically melting with the alcohol swimming through his veins. and you're so soft it's making everything even fuzzier. before he even finishes that thought he's testing out the plush of your waist, your thighs, pinching a little at the small of your back, and back down to your thighs. you squirm in his hold, and he retaliates with a soft grunt and by biting what he could reach.
the spit on your arm is more uncomfortable than the rather tame bite he gives you. you can see his eyes wobble, flitting to different parts of your face. "hol' s'till," he garbles and your heart leaps into your throat. you can feel four sets of eyes boring into you both, but you can't break away from katsuki's heavy, lidded, lovesick gaze.
#no idea where that came from#the holy spirit took hold of me#maybe i'm just touch starved cries#i think katsuki doesn't drink often so his tolerance is piss shit#and he already struggles to keep his emotions at bay when it comes to you sober. even worse when drunk#and i like to think this is early enough your friendship / crush that the physical barrier has not yet been breached or#has just recently been breached#he wants to touch you so bad! not even sexually (although he does) it's just a matter of a new level of intimacy#that drives him wild and spills over when drunk in a single-minded way#ok goodnight#bun.writes#char.katsuki#suggestive ?#bakugo x reader#bakugo katuski x reader#katsuki bakugo x reader#katsuki x reader#bakugou x reader#bakugo headcanons#bakugou headcanons
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Not all heroes wear capes. Sometimes they wear fedoras.
#Genshin Impact#Navia#Melus#Silver#I can't remember the last time I cried over NPCs in Genshin#I think it was Ruu#but then for some reason Melus and Silver hit different#4.2 spoilers#Fanart
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i hear the wind across the plain
a sound so strong, that calls my name
it's wild like the river, it's warm like the sun
yeah, it's here, this is where i belong
#spirit stallion of the cimarron#spirit#horses#horse art#fanart#my art#a sudden flood of emotions came over me#that's his momma watching over him :)#also i listened to the soundtrack while drawing and i cried it's so perfect
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Goodnight kiss ✧
#tf2#art#fanart#team fortress 2#tf2 demoman#tf2 soldier#boots n bombs#averiart#emesis blue#second emesis blue art and its the same scene okay this is a little embarrassing#i think i like this one#dont think this will do well but live laugh love or whatver#cried over this scene while drawing it again no joke#i think its just insane
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on twitter, a viral thread started where people around the world shared their translations of “If I must die”, the last work of Dr Refaat Alareer also known as "the voice of Gaza". A beloved poet, teacher and life-long activist for Palestine, he was recently assassinated along with members of his extended family by a targeted Israeli air strike. His loss leaves a hole in the heart of palestinians all over the world.
Below the cut, I’ll be posting the translations of his poem, with links to the original posts. Unfortunately, tumblr limits posts to a maximum of 30 images. I will update when I can.
Arabic (Refaat’s mother tongue)
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2. Spanish
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3. Irish
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4. Dutch
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5. Greek
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6. German
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7. Vietnamese
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8. Tagalog
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9. Serbian
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10. Japanese
and the traditional japanese calligraphy version
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11. Nepali
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12. Tamil
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13. Bosnian
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14. Indonesian
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15. Romanian
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16. Italian
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17. Albanian
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18. Urdu
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19. Turkish
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20. Polish
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21. Norwegian
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22. Galician
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23. Swedish
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24. Jawi
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25. Bengali
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26. Russian
#probably one of the most beautiful threads to ever grace twitter's rotten husk of a platform#i really earnestly almost cried#when people say the world stands with palestine#they mean they speak with palestine as well#israel murders palestinian poets to silence their voice. their culture. their lifeblood#in response the world amplifies his voice tenfold#but what a loss#what an unforgivable loss#i hope it is some consolation to those who loved refaat that his words are now immortalised in languages all over the world#that he has united so many people in their pursuit of palestinian freedom#please please please feel free to add your own translations onto the post in reblogs#i just havent seen anything about this thread on tumblr yet#im just the messenger#palestine will be free#the words of refaat alareer will be immortalised#and his students will carry on his legacy#ah but it is almost 5am and i havent slept#when i wake up i will add more#free palestine#israel#refaat alareer#rest in peace
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Can We Start Over?
#orbit fear#splatoon#splatoon 3#salmon run#goldie salmonid#horrorboros#oh my GOD this took 30 hours#and actual tears idk why i cried so much making this#anyways the suffering is finally over yay yippeeeeeee#my hands can rest at last#that damn fish skeleton actually put me on the brink of insanity#i am never painting gold again thanks to it#xwx'''''
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crowley, drunk off his ass: and i was yk just some fucked up soul born in cold and rain but he was my fucking sunlight or whatever
hozier, frantically writing on a napkin: HHHMMMM TELL ME MORE
#hozier is INSANELY azicrow coded and i am going feral over the implications that crowley heard the lines 'if the heavens ever did speak she#the last true mouthpiece' LIKE EXCUSE ME?????????#'u called me angel for the first time my heart leapt from me' and crowley cries himself to sleep#'heaven is not fit to house a love like u and i' and crowley projectile vomits onto the floor#'it cant be unlearned i have known the warmth of your doorways' 'i slithered here from eden just to hide outside ur door' 'though i burn how#could i fall when i am lifted by every word u say to me' and his ass is GONE he has EXPLODED#good omens#inefabble husbands#good omens s2#good omens season 2#azicrow#hozier#crowley#aziraphale
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hadestown really does convince you that maybe it’ll turn out different this time. maybe eurydice wont go. maybe hades will let them go. maybe, just maybe, orpheus wont turn around early.
and then she does go. and hades makes them take a test. and doubt creeps in.
#hadestown#like i have never cried over a show or anything before#hadestown made me tear up with the reprise of wait for me#opening night in my city was amazing#i couldnt stop smiling throughout the first act#and then i just went serious mode and started like begging#like#make it different this time#thats what makes a tradegy a tradegy though#it was never going to be any different
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headcanon that percy and annabeth host a 'Grover Appreciation Day' once a month to remind grover how much they value him. they have a picnic out in the strawberry fields where they talk about their future and grover's role in it. they talk about getting married one day and asking grover to be the best man. they later explore the city and take pictures in place they definitely shouldn't. they go to lunch and cause harmless mayhem like they did when they were younger. they end the evening with a movie marathon of all of grover favorite nature documentaries and fall asleep cuddling together on the couch.
#annabeth bringing a purse to lunch so she can sneak breadrolls and butter into it#and percy messes with the plumbing so she doesn't get caught#and grover facepalmimg because he mentioned he liked bread one time and now they'll do anything to make sure he has it#and percy and annabeth definitely fight over who gets to cuddle hrover in their sleep#so they set a timer to alternate#and grover almost cries tears of joy#percy jackon and the olympians#pjo text post#pjo#pjo headcanon#percy jackson#annabeth chase#grover underwood#percabeth + grover#the og trio doing their thang#i love grover#we love grover#so do percy and annabeth
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Junior year promo really said “it’ll be a fun time” as though friendship and financial and academic struggles aren’t a million times more soul-crushing than fantasy adventure hijinks
#don’t get me wrong#i am hyped for this season#HOWEVER#I have already almost cried over both riz and fabian#so#d20 fhjy#fhjy#dimension 20 fhjy#dimension 20#fantasy high#fantasy high junior year
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HAPPY 2ND ANNIVERSARY FNAF SECURITY BREACH!!!!!!💜💜🐻🐻
god this game means so much to me. drew gregory and freddy because man they’re one of the best things to ever come out of fnaf. their relationship is so beautiful and i’ll love it forever and ever. i’ll love THEM forever and ever. this is a tribute to the best relationship in fnaf!!🐻🐻
#also go listen to i found you by apangrypiggy#i was thinking about it the whole time i drew this.#i cried over that song and i’m not lying#go listen to it for the occasion!!!#fnaf#fnaf fanart#five nights at freddy’s#five nights at freddy’s fanart#fnaf security breach#fnaf security breach fanart#fnaf sb#fnaf sb fanart#fnaf gregory#gregory fnaf#glamrock freddy#freddy fazbear#drawing tag#freddy#freddy and gregory#gregory
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