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mintmilano · 8 months

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Hello, I need help again.

To make a long story short, my mom died in December. I left my job years ago to take care of her full time and since her death I have been trying to reenter the work force without any success yet.

Right now my main concern is covering my rent. All told it comes to around 1200 dollars. I can bridge the gap with this if I can get close - I've been donating plasma to keep groceries in the house and I have a few things I can sell - but right now that's the biggest expense I am staring down. Thank you in advance to anyone who helps me by donating or reblogging. I know we're all fighting our own battles.

C*sh app: $nkokay Paypal: [email protected]

#I was unironically very unprepared for how difficult it is to get a like #normal retail job now

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mirrorama · 11 hours

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estimate! and say you currently still work at your first job, just choose how long you’ve been employed. i also understand there might be some nuance as far as maybe like promotions/transfers/etc etc etc, so feel free to explain things in the tags!

#i’ve been wanting to make this poll for a long time #but i’m making it now cos i just got fired from my first job today and i was there for a bit over 2 years LOL #which i don’t think is normal?? to have been there so long?#yay retail #poll #polls #employment

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graciousdragon · 9 months

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OH MY FUCKING GOD

I JUST WENT TO MY LOCAL HOT TOPIC THAT I'VE BEEN GOING TO FOR LIKE. 5 OR 6 YEARS NOW RIGHT??

I GOT SOME MCR STUFF BECAUSE. OF COURSE. IF YOU'VE SEEN MY RECENT POSTING HABITS YOU KNOW. THE BRAINROT IS REAL

I WAS TALKING WITH THE CASHIER ABOUT THEM BECAUSE HE WAS ALSO A FAN AND HE FUCKING SAYS "you wanna know a fun fact? this is the hot topic the lead singer used to work at! :D"

FUCKING WHAT

GERARD WAY USED TO WORK AT MY LOCAL FUCKING HOT TOPIC?!?

AND AFTER I LEFT I LOOKED IT UP TO MAKE SURE HE WASN'T FUCKING WITH ME AND YEAH. HE WAS RIGHT. WHAT THE FUCK

SORRY FOR THE ALL CAPS THIS IS LIKE. WORLD-SHATTERING INFORMATION TO ME AND HE JUST DROPPED THAT SHIT SO CASUALLY WHAT THE HELL BRO. I NEEDED TO SCREAM ABOUT THIS SOMEWHERE

#rys.txt #tw caps #caps #LIKE. ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME??#I KNEW THEY WORKED AT A HOT TOPIC WHEN THEY WERE YOUNGER BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS THAT ONE #ok. its ok i'm normal now (i'm not)#on another note. why are all hot topic employees like the nicest people on this earth. at least they are at mine #they always greet you when you walk in and ask if you need help and if you don't they leave you alone which is nice #and then when you check out they're always really chill and don't rush you and if you're buying or wearing something they also like they'll #talk about it with you #like. i know you have to be nice to people for a retail/customer service job like that but it always feels really genuine from them #same thing goes for spencer's employees too they're also like that #idk its just really nice for someone like me who's scared shitless of social interaction with strangers. it makes me way less anxious 👍#anyways. light and love everyone 💖 i'm gonna go recover from learning that information now #my chemical romance #mcr #gerard way

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ambersky0319 · 3 months

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I was offered the internship!! :D

#now the thing is. ive never had a job before. nevermind an internship #so!#im still gonna look for a second job #the internship also starts in august and i would LIKE to at least start making money prior to that #im excited tho #i have an interview at a store tomorrow #and i can schedule an interview at an apprenticeship #which i will likely do bc uh 836/month is pretty nice #i might withdraw depending on if i can get just a regular retail job tho (bc i want that experience + miiiight have more flexibility of my #payment intervals)#like the internship is a stipend. i assume the apprenticeship is too (or at least just paid once/month id also like just a normal salary #anYWHO #amber's shit you can ignore

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lazaruspiss · 19 days

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im quitting this job i swear i pinkie swear guys

#ramble tag #last day is the 6th!! for real this time #counting down the seconds...#despite this job doing everything it can 2 devalue and demoralize me ive actually developed hella confidence #like i survived this shitty retail job and i can do anything now actually #god is my oyster and im crackin him open like a clam #remember when i said having a job might make me more normal. opposite happened

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mythic-menagerie · 4 months

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To the regular

I don't know you

I know so much about you

I know your favourites

I know your routines

I know when work starts

And when it ends

I know your birthday

I know how to tell

when your day has gone wrong

I know when your dog died

When you got a promotion

When your family came to visit

When you got married

When he died

I know nothing about you

Just your name

Just your face

That despite it all you were always here

I know you don't know me

You know my face

My name from my name tag

You know that other customers

have called me slurs

You know when I clock in

You know when I leave

You know about that time

I messed up your order

And had a panic attack

You know nothing about me

I know nothing about you

But I know you were always here

Until you weren't

#retail #weird vent?#I've worked at my current job for over four years now #and I'm finally thinking of quitting #but... I once again found myself thinking about those regulars I used to know who stopped coming #Because even as I'm thinking of leaving #a regular came in today and greeted me by name #weird sort of vent i don't normally post but I felt I had to put it somewhere

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rosicheeks · 4 months

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#class today was HARD #I was struggling a lot today tbh #and of course this new guy started working in the care team #and he’s my age or younger #I’m sure I’ve vented about this before #but I get so incredibly jealous when it comes to young people doing good #and like it wasn’t just that #we were checking in and he did his and he said ‘happy’ and I swear I wanted to walk over there and choke him #so you’re saying you have a really good job that I’m sure pays great #and you’re happy #cool cool cool #both those things aren’t realistic or attainable for me #but whatever #I’m sitting in the parking lot and not sure what to do right now #normally I’d go out and smoke and chill for a bit #but since I’m trying to abstain it’s so hard #i did a lot of crying today so my eyes are tired #but I don’t want to sleep the whole day and waste it #ooooofda I should have left sooner #this family came out (parents and daughter) and of course they’re parked right next to me #and I see this mom and dad taking care of their daughter and showing up for her #fuck me I wish I had that growing up #anywayyyyyy #if you want to tip me so I can maybe go to a store and do some retail therapy #I wouldn’t say no #for now idk what I’m gonna do probably end up asleep 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️#shut up rosie

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rupertholmes · 7 months

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how are you gonna have me try to comfort myself that i wont be fired for being too slow and then show me an ad for a fucking store that let me go without notice a few weeks ago

#im so fucked im so stressed i hate being so physically slow i know retail and the food industry arent my forever jobs but man does it fuckin #suck being told youre doing something way too slow and its just . normal speed for you #lord help me now

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bravevolunteer · 10 months

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enduring the horrors (9 hour closing shift) but i stay silly (wearing the security breach pajama pants to work)

#it’s their fault for saying we can come in pajamas this weekend really #i’m just going along with the instructions. anything to make retail a little sillier #if anybody comments on it i might explode but it’s worth it for the amount of joy this is bringing me LMAO #LOVE A SILLY LITTLE OUTFIT I CANT HELP IT #me showing up like this as if i don’t have a springtrap sticker on my water bottle and a michael keychain on my bag: IM NORMAL IM NORMAL IM #⁂ ･ﾟ: i was looking for a job‚ and then i found a job‚ and heaven knows i’m miserable now ➛ ooc

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ghosthart · 1 year

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why is it so hard for me to just not be jealous of my former classmates like girl u made ur life this way 😐 idk just realizing why i quit insta 3 yrs ago

#ppl be like this is where i am in life!!!!#and i’m like hmmm that should be me #meanwhile i had shitty grade in hs and dropped out of college immediately #and have only worked fast food and retail and i’m mentally fucked #my only hope in life is that some stupid company thinks i’m normal enough to hire #and that my bf finally takes the last class he needs to graduate and get a higher paying job #so that he can support both of us #cuz i think my mom is gonna be like yeah i can’t support u for the rest of my life #but also i’m like why would i want what they have #the type of person i am truly is someone who just does not go outside much #besides like being in nature at the park or something like that #i don’t care for going out to bars or whatever and i don’t care abt going out with friends often #i’m content to just see a couple ppl in my life every now and then and be at home with my dog and cat #so like. why would i be jealous of ppl who get to travel the world and live in other countries and go out partying #idk it’s like even tho i know i would hate that amount of stress my brain is still like hmph that should be me 😡

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gentlethorns · 1 year

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fuck dude i have got to find a job where i can be self-employed and creative. i cannot be in fucking retail hell anymore

#she bork #tbd #like now i don't deal w customers which is cool but now that i work at like a big retail store and not a little mall outlet the pressure is #insane. and i have bosses who never say good job or thank you and who have set me up to fail by throwing a department on me that i was not #hired to run or trained for and frankly don't have time to run properly either. so every week just starts w me in our weekly meeting being a #fucking piñata like 'why didn't you get this done 🤨 you need to manage your time better 🤨 you're losing sales 🤨' and i'm like i'm trying!!!!#what more can i do!!!!!! and then the side of it i actually kind of enjoy (which is what i was originally hired to do) is very very hard on #my body bc it's a very physical job (i run the team that unloads the trucks every day and like i'm usually helping unload bc i'm not just #gonna stand there and watch while my team busts their asses lol) and now i'm finding out that it's actually not normal to wake up every day #w your joints screaming and stiff and that i might have a chronic condition (doctor is thinking some sort of chronic inflammatory arthritis #but i won't know if my imaging and blood tests showed anything until like mid-june) and i'm like. so even the part of my job that i don't #mind as much is not good bc it's like actively destroying my body. okay sick 🤠 and i don't wanna quit bc i've only been there for like #eight months and this job would be really valuable on a resume but i don't want it to look like i'm a job hopper or like i'm fickle or #unreliable. so i'm stuck here for a while i think. but the pressure is destroying me mentally and i know i need to find a position somewhere #else that is 1. not fucking goddamn retail bc retail will always be hell and 2. not management bc i don't see myself ever really getting #into upper management but lower/middle management gets shit on the most so if i go somewhere else and end up in middle management i'll be #right back to wanting to kill myself in a matter of months. basically i'm tired of expectations and pressure and stress and i'm tired of #waking up at fucking 2:30 every morning just to go in and get shit on and destroy my body all over something that in the end i do not fuckin #care about. i need to make art and be held accountable by only myself. idk i've been toying w the idea of learning how to tattoo and trying #to start establishing some artistic skill so maybe eventually i can do that? not now bc the economy sucks and that's scary lol and anyway i #have to give myself some time to actually learn the skill and perfect a style. but it makes decent money (at least before the expense of #supplies and taxes) and allows you to travel and still work and also it would be fun. and i could tattoo myself so it would cut some #expenses for me since i cannot stay away from the damn needle. idk lol i need to save some money before i buy a tattoo gun or anything but #i'm considering it bc i am going fucking crazy rn and ik this feeling will leave me eventually but i also know it will come back bc it #always does. and i'm tired of just surviving and just making it through every day and every week like i want to be happy and this is just #not doing it for me anymore #ugh fuck why couldn't i have been born w a brain that likes numbers and code and technology. i love being an artist but it makes finding a #sustainable career really difficult bc i feel so restless and miserable when i'm stuck in a passionless job but my passions are not #particularly profitable. hate it here why wasn't i born a capybara no job no responsibility just squint and squeak and sun

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timeisacephalopod · 2 years

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I really do hate the idea that somehow if you don't have a job you're a burden to and "useless" to society because most people don't have jobs that contribute anything meaningful to society. Sure maybe that jobless person is "useless" to society but I work in a retail shop lmao. How the fuck is that a contribution to society in any meaningful way? Like is working an HR job really the backbone that keeps society together? I once read a story where bankers went on strike for six months to "show us" how useful they were. No one even noticed so I guess they aren't the backbone of society either, and considering approximately zero farmers, grocery store workers, textile workers, or really any job that actually contributes stuff don't have wages that reflect that I'll assume your "usefulness" to society isn't what you're paid by anyway.

#winters ramblings #look at the shutdowns mcdicks workers were more useful than lawyers and thats not to say laywers are normally useless #but it shows WHICH of those jobs wed keep around in am emergency and it WASN'T the one that required 10+ years of schooling #it was the low wage shit job that probably got a ton more stressful with rick of sickness #and ive said it before but i will scream about it till i die if people were paid by how hard their work was #then migrant farm workers and farm workers in general would be paid bezos dollars because their work is ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY #and its FUCKING BACKBREAKING ive seen those people work those fields its fucking BRUTAL #those people regularly get FUCKED by their employers they have to pay canadian taxes despite having no access to our social systems #and no votes either AND their wages are shite on top of all that. yet these people are ROUTINELY considered less useful #to society than shit like elon musk. every migrant worker ive ever seen has worked THOUSANDS of times harder than musk #probably even knows how to and yet THEYRE the ones we consider a burden to society?? the ones that dont have million dollar meltdowns #on twitter?? really??#besides that how are YOU more useful to societs than the jobless?? tell me what meaningful addition YOUR job adds to society #because ZERO jobs ive had did anything useful #i worked at a tim hortons- not useful a radio station cleaning- somewhat useful but small time #then lush- not useful. then cineplex- kind of useful for displaying others art and entertainment brings joy #the sex shop was the Most useful because i basically became Impromptu Sex Ed Teacher and thats actually very useful #very small time in how i did it but still THATS the most useful job ive had bc now i work retail that doesnt contribute shit #yes people can get clothes there and thats obviously useful stuff but like come on do i REALLY contribute to society #in any meaningful way to be considered more useful than the jobless?? do i REALLY?? bc i dont think so #and thats not low self confidence thats me valuing the lives of people without jobs who probably still do a lot of shit #my mom doesnt have a job but shes CONSTANTLY running around helping my sisters and step dad with their shit #like she runs my step dads summer roofing business but because theres no wage theres no job despite her doing work #and her doing that is way more use to society than probably near EVERY person who has claimed the jobless are useless #she organizes all the shit for a guy to put a roof over peoples heads what do YOU do thats more meaningful than that??#jobless isnt useless and having a job doesnt mean you arent lazy as shit at it either so even if your job IS useful #doesnt mean YOU are just because you get paid to be incompetent. cops.

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salted15 · 2 years

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If I had money I would buy them. Good luck on commissions though

thank you anon !!!! my mom's trying t'get me a bank account so i can start them :]

#i've been wanting to do them for a long time #except now i'm real confident in my art and so i can price accordingly #i'm really scared of getting a normal-person-job like retail or food service so this is a good alternative until i can #anonymous #asked box

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petitgalaxy · 1 year

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#i ran out of tags on the last post AJSJSJS #SO i cant close my eye or use my mouth as well as i normally can and my eye hurts like a bitch #dr gave me 1) a second round of antibiotics 2) swimmer’s ear meds which my parents had to pay for out of pocket (like $90!!!)#3) steroids for the paralysis 4) yeast infection meds bc last time i got one #5) artificial tears to keep my eye nice n lubed up since it can’t CLOSE #so now i’m all full of meds that are making my stomach hurt a fuck ton and fucking with my appetite and making me hot and flushed and angry #i can’t see super well and i cant hear out of the one ear literally at all so stuff like retail job and lab work with classmates are hard #i’m exhausted and sick and have no motivation for schoolwork which I already was struggling w as a result of autistic burnout and PDA #i also do think that this is a hilarious set of unfortunate circumstances and yesterday i was very giggly abt it but today i’m just pissed #i can’t sleep well under the best of circumstances and tonight i rly cant #i tried to go to bed early bc i’m so tired and i need to force myself to go to classes tomorrow since i’ve been skipping a lot of them #my profs know abt the issues btw but :))) academia is hell if you’re at all sick or disabled or having mental health problems or whatever #no room for flexibility or adaptation in my experience #anyway i just wanted to vent for a while!!!#i am not in danger or anything and i’m not a threat to myself or others or anything scary #just frustrated and sick #the paralysis should go away within weeks to months 🙃#for some people it never goes away 🙃#so fingers crossed #but i am thankful to have meds readily accessible even tho they’re expensive and stupid #that’s all!! time to put my sleep mask back on and try to pass out #i tried taping my eye shut per doc recommendation but it wouldn’t stick #💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼

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malewifespike · 5 months

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reading back old posts on here from when I was a teenager is like. I was so normal what the fuck happened to me

#i had normal problems and normal feelings #I don’t want to go work my retail job blah blah my boyfriend can’t hang out tonight I’m sad :(#like oh my god #now at 24 i feel like a holllowef out shell of s person #or s humanoid synth robot imitating human behavior with none of the soul or emotions #as miserable as I was sometimes I would pay real money to Feel Things as deeply as I did back then #I was an active participant in my own life and now I just kind of sit quietly and watch my life happen #like Bella in her depressed era after Edward left her #sooo annoying #even this concept which is objectively deeply concerning the only feeling I can muster up about it is a vague irritation #like oh man :/ parts of me are missing and I fear I may never access True Depth if emotion ever again. bummer :/#of*

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milo-is-rambling · 7 months

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I LOVE YOU PAST MILO -current Milo nauseas head in a sparkling clean toilet I cleaned literally a half hour ago and then got too high while celebrating how clean it looked and feel sick now😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

#but yipppee sparkly clean. gonna put a little sticky toilet gel thing on the inside while I’m in here #maybe throw up if another nausea wave comes before I can stand up 😭#I had too much cereal and a lot of water at once and like. yuck yuck yuck I feel yucky high on the floor yucky I wish I was normal I need to #back off of weed a little to become a real person but also. I’d rather dig my own grave and bury myself in it alive than work a real job #like. fuckkkkkk I want to cry. fuck retail fuck fuck fuck I’m a failure wahhhhhhh I cant even handle beginner jobs #rattling the bars of my cage screaming crying throwing up why am I alive waahhhhhh okay nvm that’s too far it’s not that bad I’m chilling #the toilet is clean! look at the bright side. my therapist when I talked about like my mom maybe wanting to set a goal for working like a #certain amount of doordash hours and my therapists number she came up with was three hours and I was so happy like. she gets it. I am #exhausted just existing and she was like hmm you should work three hours a week. like. at most.#love her so much. it was probably a mistake but also. keeping it in my brain forever #imagine a three hour work week being backed up by my therapist to my mom like haha my therapist said I only HAVE to do three hours #god three hours still feels like a lot rn #like two weeks ago I dropped a salad in a tight packed restaurant and everyone watched me drop it and then walk back to the kitchen and wait #for them to make a salad so I could leave and fucking deliver the food and it was so embarassing and I haven’t done a single order since #then bc I get so anxious that I just exit the app if I don’t get an order like immediately which I haven’t yet so no orders.#I just get high. too high. and admire my cleaning work. it’s nice. I have to do the bathroom floor still. dog hair. dust. brother beard hair #my hair and bleach specks. I need to clean the bathroom fr. I’m excited I’m redecorating the bathroom in my mind and it’s giving me #motivation to clean it and I want to work more dooordash shifts (when I’m not this high) to save moneys to update my room and the bathroom #a little before the summer. just. replace air matress bc it’s low key a trigger now. so that’s fun. so buy a futon or smthing. and update #the bathroom into a thing that I like in my extra Milo type way. while making room for three ppl to share one bathroom. bc. it’s small #small bathroom for sure. but I’ll get it lookin good. add some cute decorations. maybe a candle or two. an incense thing for when I tak bath #slay. slay. building my dream bathroom in my mind and also. my Amazon wishlist land. and Pinterest land. I love making lists of things.

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