#or didnt see that a customer asked for no ice

[616nightcrawler]

im really bummed bc i want to work, i like working, but office work is horrible and soul sucking, and retail, which i'm good at and genuinely enjoy doing, means ill get yelled at and treated badly no matter how hard i try because i'm not good at being a person. even if i try so hard. even if everyone else says i do good work my bosses or that one bootlicker mean coworker always find a reason to hate me. i just want a simple job i can do 20-30 hours a week so i have time left over for hobbies where nobody is mean to me but that's like. too much to ask for apparently

[seiquack]

Itchy Feeling

☆ﾟ⁠.⁠* || Rindou Haitani | 灰谷 竜胆 x Gn!Reader U⁠ ⁠´⁠꓃⁠ ⁠`⁠ ⁠U

Mutual pinning?, Rindou has a silly crush on reader but is confused about it, fluff

(⁠=⁠^⁠･⁠ｪ⁠･⁠^⁠=⁠)

It was itching him, the itch that gets under his nails that he couldn't scratch, the feeling of his insides itching, a feeling that he wanted to soothe and put an end to but wasn't able to, something was itching inside him and he desperately tried to ignore it

Strolling down the streets seeing the newly opened coffee cafe you wanted to come by with him yet he was sure you would order your coffee too hot and let it cool down until it's cold and not pleasant to drink anymore

A kid passing by holding a balloon the same as your favorite color, someone dressed in a fashion style you like, your favorite brand displayed on billboards, did everything reminded him of you? the itchy feeling surfaces again, and again he wanted to scratch that itch badly.

"Hey" a familiar voice went through his ears, a hand on his back made him stop his tracks and look back at who came in between him and his thoughts

it was you, looking up at him and engaging eye contact with him as you give him a small confused smile.

"funny seeing you here, thought u didnt want to hang out today"

removin your hand that was placed on his back and resting it on your sides

"oh uh, I didn't like the atmosphere at home and decided to stroll around," he said breaking eye contact from you and redirecting his gaze to the passing people by paying the both of you no mind and continuing their day

the itching feelign was gnawing him more as he feels his palms sweat a little causing him to wipe his hands on his pants

"well since were here now, do you want to hang out?" you ask him yet already grabbing his wrist and leading him somewhere , he hopes you won't realize how his palms got a little more sweaty than a second ago.

You didn't look back knowing the answer since he continued to follow your lead not removing your hand that was dragging his wrist. Rindou feels the itchy feeling gnaw him even more now, he feels something inside him pushing out the words from his mouth that he wishes to keep unheard

before a word could come out of his throat you stopped your tracts as well causing him to stop, he let out a deep exhale not knowing there was built up tension inside of hime that prevented himself from breathing

he notices you were looking at something and he follows the direction where your eyes landed, it was the newly opened coffee cafe that you were blabbering about to him a week ago

"Well, are you ready to go in yet? " he asks you which makes you look at him. He still wasn't looking at you instead he was looking at the view inside the cafe

"Yeah," you respond turning your heel to go inside the cafe and hearing his footsteps follow you inside. the sound of the door chime rings and the smell of brewing coffee and baked pastries filled your nostrils

You find where the line is to take an order and wait in line, while waiting you were looking around the cafe. It was a bit larger than how it looked outside

you were stopped from your trance of looking around when you heard the barista ask what you were going to order

you realized you haven't thought about what to order yet and you didn't want to look at the menu that was new to you and decide what to order since it will hold the line of customers behind you

"Two lattes, one iced, one hot" Rindou said to the barista at the cashier and paying, you looked at him again shocked that he ordered for you, you were always the one who ordered for both of you since he said he didn't like talking to other people.

You heard him mumble a small thanks to the cashier when he got his change, he grabbed your hand dragging you to find a table which sent you to shock #3 for today, you felt a warm feeling inside of you burn as Rindou holds your hand even if he was just dragging you

he finds a seat next close to the corner of the shop where there weren't too many customers, the both of you sit down. You were sat apart facing each other face to face

did he make the right choice by choosing to sit here, Rindou thought

"So, how's your brother?" you ask him, expecting him to reply with his brother doing fine or his brother was being an idiot trying to smooth talk random girls on the street almost getting mistaken as a creep. You didn't expect him to rest his head on the table as he answered that his brother was doing fine

"Okay then, why are you trying to avoid eye contact with me ?" he feels your eyes on him, he raised his head from the table still not looking at you but before he could answer

the barista was calling his name to pick up his order from the counter, what a lucky save for him he though.

He stood up excusing himself which put you into shock #4 for today, he realized he had to stop avoiding eye contact with you since you realized what he was doing

with a sigh he picked up the tray and turned around, he saw you looking at him from the table. he couldn't break eye contact now since it would be obvious he looked away

sucking up the building itching feeling that surfaced again inside of him, he went to your table placed down the tray with 2 cups of coffee and sat down not breaking eye contact

"Do like your coffee iced or hot?" he asks you, you look down to look at the 2 cups of coffee not hearing the small sigh that left his mouth when you broke eye contact

"I'll take the iced coffee if it's okay," you said looking at him he nods and takes the hot coffee from the tray, you follow him and take the iced latte from the tray

you watch him blow his coffee a little before drinking his coffee which prompts you to drink yours as well, you think if you should ask Rindou why he was avoiding eye contact and then suddenly making eye contact when he got back after you questioned him

before you could open your mouth words from Rindou made your eyes widen and leave you speechless

"I like you" it wasn't forced but it certainly seemed like he was trying to keep it a secret.

Well there's your #5 shock for today

( a/n: Sorry if its short, it was supposed to be longer but I should've had posted this at 4am and not 5am but it didn't save when I accidentally closed Tumblr :3 )

Likes and Reblogs are appreciated (⁠ ⁠˘⁠ ⁠³⁠˘⁠) ♡ !

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[miyhhowrites]

꧁“𝐀 𝐜𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞!”꧂

Toya aoyagi x gn! Reader

A/N: so sorry for not writing so much (⋟﹏⋞) exams are coming up in a week, and i still have reporting to do.⁠·⁠´⁠¯⁠`⁠(⁠>⁠▂⁠<⁠)⁠´⁠¯⁠`⁠·⁠. Im very anxious since my last reporting i stuttered alot and the teacher got annoyed and made me sit down, and i got a low score on my reporting cus 1 my voice is too quiet and 2 i stutter alot, im very bad at reporting even my groupmates dont want me to report, thankfully my teacher gave me a chance to report, i just hope i dont stutter ಠ⁠︵⁠ಠ please send me good luck!

Sypnosis: reader has an exam coming up and its taking a toll on them! Toya bakes them a cake in order to cheer them up!

Contains: toya is implied having a crush on y/n (can still be platonic!), y/n loves chocolate cake! Pure fluff♡

✮You were very stressed out, wether it'd be from schools, or from your part time, everything made you nuts! You cant even do anything you love since exams are coming up.. you asked toya for help in studying since he's good at that, while studying toya noticed you looked.. distressed.. your eyes had eye bags underneath them, your hair was a mess and you'd sleep in class time to time, of course he knew that exams were coming up, but he didnt expect it to take a toll on you.

✮Toya felt bad, he wanted to cheer you up but.. how? He doesnt want to look that clingy so.. he secretly gives you trinkets time to time, whether it'd be a ballpen of your favorite color, or buying you snacks, ofcourse you noticed his odd behaviour but he excuses this as being "helpful" or "you needed it", you weren't complaining though..

✮At the day of the exam you tried very hard to answer, to staying up all night, to begging toya to tutor you late in the evening. The time was up and it was time to pass the test papers and wait until your score is revealed, the teacher soon announces that the scores would be revealed next week, which gives you more day to overthink..

✮When you finally get home to your apartment/house you instantly checked your notes, trying to see which answers you got right and wrong when suddenly, toya messages you.

✮"Meet me at weekend garage." You looked at the message with pure confusion, what does he mean by that? Is he mad at you? Dissapointed? You stood up and instantly went to this place called weekend garage, while walking there you noticed a bunch of street artists performing, it was nice.. the Streets felt scary but it made them not scary when you see people performing. You soon entered at weekend garage, taking a seat near the entrance, you noticed that there were no customers here, just an's dad talking on the phone.

✮Soon enough, aoyagi and the others arrived and holding a ten inched cake he then placed the cake infront of you "congratulations on the test" toya added while placing the cake, kohane, akito, and an both nodded in agreement. "Huh? Congratulations? I dont even know if im gonna pass or not.."

✮"I know, but you looked so down this week, i know you love chocolate cake, so we made you one" he replied, an nodded and spoke up "yeah! I didnt even know baking was this hard! Not to mention expensive!" She exclaimed, kohane nodded "mhm, it was difficult.. and some of the measurements we took might be wrong.. those fancy decorations run out so we had to use the cheap decorations.." she added, akito sighs "what are you waiting for? Eat the cake"

✮He says while handing you a fork. The cakes design was kid-ish, it had a flower border, with a brown frosting on the center that wrote "you did it!" The icing was a bit too thin, and the icing was covered in cake crumbs, not to mention the cake was lumpy, probably adding too much baking soda but you didnt mind, its the efforts that matter!

✮You tried the cake, taking a small bite before nodding with a smile "its good, its a bit dry but i love how bitter it is!" You smiled, the group sighs with relief, an grabs a fork and tries it "too bitter for my liking.. but its good!" She exclaims, the rest of the group had different opinions about the cake but nevertheless all of you enjoyed it

✮Once it was dark, you excused yourself and was about to walk home when toya spoke up, "allow me to walk you home (y/n)" he added, you tried declining his offer, after all he might have practice "ah, no thank you.! Youre probably practicing and i wouldnt wanna make you walk back here!" You added, toya shook his head "our practice is in tomorow, for now i wanna walk you home, its dangerous for someone to go home alone at night" he added, you sighed and nodded with agreement, you waved goodbye the others and walked home with toya.

✮While walking he asks a question "how was the test?" He asks, you sighed "it was very difficult, especially chemistry, math i didnt mind.. god i think im gonna fail chemistry.." you groaned, toya pats your back and assures you "no,no your probably gonna pass, you did stay up all night to study right? And plus you finished your test just when the timer was about to end, im sure you'll pass.." he replied, you smiled at him "i hope so.." you replied, chuckling a bit.

A/N: thanks so much for reading, please send me good luck for my upcoming tests and report!! ٩(^ᗜ^ )و

[loversj0y]

MORE CRIMINAL WILL/GUARD WILL <333

you ask, and i deliver. this started as headcanons, and eventually turned into a fleshed-out story in headcanon form so uh. have fun?

Arsonist's Lullaby

TW: mentions of arson, blood, wounds, reader gets a nasty cut :(, a gun is involved but not technically?? used???, its like faux used, but it is literally held to reader, so, yeah, cursing as well but thats far less important in comparison

- when you first arrive, you and wilbur are almost immediately Not Friends

- he seemed to believe he was the guy on the inside, the guy who ran things, and when he heard of your arrival, he was less than pleased

- you were very cagey about why you’d ended up there, solely because it was embarrassing to tell people that 90% of your crime turned out to deal with a customized license plate, a few special brownies, and an old creepy doll you found on the beach from an old lady. 

- this made you very interesting to wilbur

- almost immediately, he seemed to view you as a rival 

- he would constantly try to get you in trouble with officer boo 

- he wasn’t a snitch, but he found his own ways to make your life a personal hell. 

- granted, though, you did the same by stealing every lighter he found. 

- the only time he’d ever felt bad for you was when he got you sent to solitary

- though it wasnt so much that he got you sent to solitary, more that he ended up getting sent there with you, which officer watson claimed was supposed to be a “bonding experience, so the two of you stopped bickering like children constantly”

- honestly, you questioned if these guards even knew anything about being guards at all

- but at least there, you and wilbur got talking. 

- eventually

- “you know, you’re not that bad, when you’re not trying to steal my lighters, that is.”

- “i will literally set you on fire right now.”

- “you have one with you?” 

- so things were better

- but not good

- you two still bickered constantly

- and you still stole his lighters

- it was one day in the yard when things changed

- there was ice on the ground, and though you knew this, you weren’t really paying much attention to it

- until you slipped in it and got a nasty cut on your leg

- the guards didnt see, they were goofing off with another inmate who’d fallen 

- but wilbur did

- he watched from a far as you stood carefully and brushed off the wound, despite your limping

- you didnt want to go to the infirmary, god knows with how bad the guards are, it would only make things worse

- so you hid it

- when you had some free time inside, you went back to your cell and just sat, holding a paper towel to try and stop the bleeding

- until wilbur snuck in, when you tried to hide the wound 

- “you look like shit” 

- “fuck you.”

- “no thanks, im flattered. let me see your leg” 

- you hesitated to show him, wary of the way he looked at you, but for some reason you were unsure of, you did anyway 

- he sat down next to you, pulling a few med supplies out as he started helping up your leg

- “you dont know how hard it was to get this stuff. next time dont be such a dumbass, okay?” 

- you wanted to fight him for that, but you let it slide, hissing in pain a bit as he rubbed alcohol over the wound

- he was mostly quiet the rest of the time, taking much more gentle care of your leg than you would’ve expected. 

- “well, you may be a dumbass, but at least your pretty looks make up for it. unlike your personality” 

- that took a mixed reaction out of you. 

- first of all, that prick

- second of all

- “you think im pretty?” 

- “i hate you so much right now.” 

- he went to leave, seeing as he’d finished wrapping your leg, but you stopped him. 

- “wait. stay.” 

- for a second you thought he would laugh at you. instead, he sat down next to you again.

- you gently tapped your shoulder against his, staying quiet for a moment since you didnt really know what to say. 

- “i think you’re attractive too.” 

- he gave you an incredulous look 

- “are you fucking with me?”

- “no, im serious. it’s one of the reasons i hate you so much actually, you’re too hot to be this annoyi-“ 

- he cut you off with a kiss. 

- you most definitely were not expecting it, but you didnt turn it down either. 

- after a good 30 minutes of making out and sitting on his lap, you two finally pulled away properly. 

- “we never tell anyone?” 

- “agreed.” 

- a week later, it happened again. not the injury, but the secret room make out session. 

- after a while, you were laying your head on his chest, the two of you curled up on the old shitty beds 

- “you know, one day, ill get out of here.”

- “and what will you do?” 

- “i dunno. probably burn another church.”

- “that’s all?” 

- “and find a way to get you out. as annoying as you are, you’re a good kisser.” 

- you didn’t think that would be the last time you spoke to him like that. 

- when you woke up the next day, he was being hauled out by officer watson

- it was a week of quiet normality without him 

- then, the new warden arrived. 

- he never let anyone see his full face, eyes always covered by a pair of large dark sunglasses. 

- but he took a particular liking to torturing you, so it appeared. 

- upon ordering your room inspection, he quickly found your stack of wilburs old lighters

- he immediately confiscated them and ordered you to solitary

- you were in there for a full day before anything changed

- the warden walked in, immediately chatty. 

- “it took far more time to break off from them than id thought, but fuckin’ ‘ell, im here now.”

- you, on the other hand, were not chatty. he left the door open. this could be your out. you went for the punch

- it was unsuccessful 

- he grabbed your hand, turning you so his arms were around you, your back pressed into his chest

- “here i thought you’d be happy to see me. also you did a shit job at hiding my lighters, im mad i never found them before.”

- a click

- “wilbur!?”

- “obviously. c’mon, you shouldve recognized me immediately. unless you were distracted?”

- so maybe he saw the way you gasped in breath when you’d seen a tall and handsome stranger with a nice trenchcoat being intimidating. and maybe he saw the way you stared at his hands for a long while. 

- so what. 

- “shut it. i hope you actually have a plan to get out of here that isnt just burning it down.” 

- “lucky for you, i do.”

- he explained his own heavily convoluted plan, going into major detail about all these wild things, including shooting him 

- “why don’t you just steal the gun and say you’re taking me as a hostage?” 

- he paused

- “i hate you.” 

- you rolled your eyes, pulling him down into a quick kiss. 

- he held you by the small of your back as he kissed you back before leading you out. he did hit you a few times with the baton, but this was more an act for the other guards. 

- it wasnt long before he enacted the plan

- as scary as it was to have him, the guy who just a few weeks ago would have hurt you without batting an eye, holding a gun to your head, you trusted him

- plus it made for a good act, you knew he wouldn’t. but the guards didn’t know that, making it the perfect act of collateral to get both of you out there

- from there, everything was easy. 

[mail-me-a-snail]

Vance have any thoughts on / experiences related to cyberpsychosis?

im not sure if this ask is directed at vance or is about vance, but either way i have talked about his cyberpsychosis at length before

(here as well)

(this one too, though it doesnt explicitly mention cyberpsychosis)

arasaka's primary experiment with him was figuring out how much is Too much. how far can they go without going over the edge. with every implant they chipped him with, they kept him on a short leash for a few days after the surgery for observation.

they wanted to see if his body would agree with or reject whatever it is that they gave him--not that he'd necessarily die if his body didnt take to it, only that it'd have been a waste of time and a perfectly good, custom made implant.

how much of a machine could they make this mostly organic body before it became something else entirely?

sometimes his body would accept it only for the implant to rot inside him days later. vance would be at least organic enough to exhibit biological symptoms; sickness, of course, fevers, cold sweats, nausea. bedridden for a week.

they'd study that too.

they didnt do this to him just to torture him--in fact, that was the least of the corp's motives. i cannot stress this enough, but arasaka did not want to hurt vance. not on purpose, at least. what good is a dog who flinches when a hand is raised against it? you want something that bites. you want something that bites when you tell it to, because it's good like that.

anyway.

once the implant passes the bio check, it has to pass a mental check. keep in mind vance is running maybe 7 or 8 implants at a time, not including his cyberdeck. that is a lot of strain on a human mind.

most of the time he can keep the biological ones running quietly in the background (pulmonary, cardiovascular, etc) but these all run on pre-established subroutines. if a new implant is introduced and vance is thrust out onto the field right away, those subroutines are gonna trip all over themselves trying to accommodate this new Foreign Object.

maybe they'd even think it an obstacle and bypass it entirely. so vances systems would have to overcompensate; dedicate a portion of his programming to the Act of ignoring the foreign implant; or even start writing an entirely new routine to accommodate it.

this wouldn't usually be in an issue...as long as he isnt in combat.

because that's when shit gets overwhelming.

that's when he has to focus on not only not getting shot, but writing these new programs; dumping useless data caches; hacking into some two or three people's layers of ICE, which are all disproportionate from each other and varied in both quality and depth.

it really isnt just implants that trigger cyberpsychosis though; it's stress. its trauma. and i think vance has had every chance to go cyberpsycho and every possible trigger to do so.

[neos127]

[4:45 pm] Jaemin loved people watching, as weird as it sounded to others. It wasn’t in a creepy way, he just loved to observe life and the happiness of others. Often times he would sketch random people that passed by at the local cafe he liked to sit in. The place was cozy, with dim lights hanging down from wooden beams on the ceiling and comfy chairs the lined the walls. It always smelled like coffee grounds and baked goods making it hard for Jaemin to stay away.

“Don’t you ever like to switch it up a bit?” You asked, placing a small cup of iced americano on the table. A smile tugged at Jaemin’s lips, recognizing your voice before his eyes could even meet yours. You were one of the baristas at the cafe, one of Jaemin’s favorites. You were absolutely beautiful and your nature was very comforting. You always greeted customers with a sweet voice, making people feel welcomed and warm inside.

You made Jaemin feel happy the more he got to know you. He never went anywhere else to get coffee, wanting an excuse to see you whenever he could. You got to know him as well, memorizing his usual order and always bringing it to him whenever you saw the man enter. Sometimes you even gave it to him for free, which caused Jaemin to argue that he should pay. He always felt bad about it, but you just wanted to do something nice for him. It also always got a conversation started up, and you definitely couldn’t complain about that. You loved talking to Jaemin, he always had some great story to tell or something about his life that fascinated you.

“I don’t really like change that much.” Jaemin shrugged as he finally answered your question, slowly and subtly closing the notebook that was settled between his arms. He didnt want you to see his most recent sketch, which happened to be the pretty barista he had set his eyes on. As much as Jaemin loved drawing people, he also loved to draw things he found to be pretty. There were a couple sketches of flowers or the sunset— you were the most recent addition.

“What are you drawing?” You asked, looking down towards the pink colored notebook. Your eyes sparkled with curiosity, making Jaemin’s heart drop. He let out a strained chuckled, reaching up to tug at the ends of his hair.

“Its nothing—oh, you should probably get back, looks like someone’s waiting at the counter.” Jaemin spoke up, trying to quickly change the topic. When you looked back you noticed your coworker, Jeno, treating the customer. When he looked up he gave you an exaggerated wink and a thumbs up, knowing about your attraction to Jaemin.

“Stop avoiding the question.” You whined, taking a seat next to the man. He sighed, gnawing on his lip as you kept eyeing the notebook.

“Im not gonna make fun of you, I’m sure your drawings are amazing.” You reassured, using that soft tone of voice of yours that always made Jaemin melt in his seat. He nodded knowing that you wouldn’t give up and hesitantly slid his notebook over with a small sigh. You opened it excitedly, your eyes scanning over the random sketches. You noticed that his style was unique but very beautiful, capturing people’s expressions so realistically despite the design looking like a cartoon. After flipping through half the book, you settled on the most recent page with wide eyes. The drawing was of you, smiling wide as you handed coffee to someone. The detail put into your eyes and smile was evident and you couldn’t help but think that was what Jaemin noticed the most whenever he looked at you. The thought made your heart rate speed up.

You looked at Jaemin with an unreadable expression and the man wanted to dig his own grave at the moment. He was convinced that you thought he was weird for sketching people without their consent. Fortunately, the wide smile that soon came over your face told him otherwise. You’re stunning smile that made his stomach twist like the lovesick fool he was.

“The sketches are really nice, Jaemin, you’re insanely talented. But, why did you decide to draw me?” You asked, delicately closing the book and handing it back to Jaemin. He met your gaze for a few seconds before turning away, an obvious blush on his cheeks.

“I like to draw things that are beautiful.” He finally answered.

©yyx2 all writing belongs to me. do not copy or modify my

[dinopant]

You were written up for telling a swiftie to not play her Taylor Playlist?? Please tell that story, that's so wild sjfbjsbd

DSJKGHKJD

it really wasnt anything big or special honestly

but uh, the day the taylor swift playlist got re-added aback to the starbucks radio rotation

my coworker who looOOVES Taylor Swift, spent the whole day repeatably turning the radio back to the taylor swift playlist, for out ENTIRE shift. Telling everyone around her all the taylor swift trivia she knew about every song

i didnt say anything! its not a big deal, i think its annoying but whatever. i have bigger fish to fry and care about.

BUT, that same day I was just informed my car was beyond help and was not drivable, so i was without a car

fucking sucks, but i was taking it in strides, as it was all I could do. Be a big boy and just deal

but i go back in two days later, tired, the car stress has started to actually settle in, and its a the day starbucks is doing their stupid half price all ice drinks and its so fucking busy

im really not feelin it! i really didnt want to be there but, sucks to suck, get through the day

but uh, i was like

i wanna do something nice for me! im gonna turn the 80s playlist on, its my favorite

so i queue up the 80s to play

and my Swiftie coworker, who didnt see me do this, had no idea i had just selected a playlist

overrides that choice and put the taylor swift playlist on again

long story short, I told her in qoute 'I cant take anymore taylor swift, i cant fucking take it today'

a bit too loud, a bit too venomous and on the floor in front of customers

i immediately left the bar and went to the bathroom to cry and calm down, realizing i was in no shape to talk to others without being rude. I asked my coworker to come to the back so i may apologize for my behavior, for like. 10 minutes.

and i got someone to cover my shift and i went home unable to continue my shift in my state.

In my YEARS of working, i have never snapped at anyone, or had to leave work early. its just not something iv done and i know i was in the wrong

anyways, that coworker despite everything still went to our store manager to tell her what happen and that 'i know this isnt Sammi's normal behavior, but he made me uncomfortable'

so in short, i was written up for a single moment of rudeness toward the Swiftie at work after she wouldnt stop playing tayolor swift music nonstop.

[golbrocklovely]

I'm truly sorry for sending an ask about seg. I didnt think about any possible stress you may be under especially since you've mentioned you work retail and it's getting to be that hectic time of year. How do you like to destress when it gets to be too much? Do you have any stories about the absolute best/worst customer you've had to deal with? Does the holiday music lift you while working or drive you nuts? Favorite holiday song?

hey you're fine. i'm not upset at any of the anons that sent in asks about the SEG situation. i get it, yall want to talk about it and inform me. i appreciate it. i just had a stressful day and tbh i just don't care about this subject. seeing snc get needless hate over something that was dealt with is just deeply annoying. not to mention bc nothing is gonna happen until after thanksgiving, i would rather we all just wait to hear what gets said until then or straight up ignore SEG than give him more clout.

so, for all the years i've worked in retail, which now is 5... omg ew, i've actually never worked a black friday. first year my dad passed away, and then the past three year i've done overnights so i'm not around customers at all. this is my first time around customers this year, bc i just couldn't do overnights, and honestly... it's not that bad. it's not great, but it's mostly the store i'm working at that's upsetting me rather than the customers, which somehow is always the case anymore lol

i plan to leave as soon as i can. i can't stand the place i'm working in anymore. i pray i don't have to keep working in retail, but we shall see.

how do i like to destress? nap. like i fucking LOVE napping. i think i also have to nap more now bc i don't really drink caffeine anymore. i'll have an occasional soda or ice tea once in a while, but otherwise it's just straight water for me. so i usually just come home and nap. then when i wake up i'll either dance or sing to some emo music (got me like a 14 hour playlist of all my favorite songs) or i'll just watch some youtube vids.

i haven't had too many bad customers, thank god, but the one that always stuck out to me was during the holiday season the first year i work at my current store. so while i haven't worked really any black fridays, i have worked the lead up to christmas multiple times and i swear, i think ppl forget christmas is when it is with the way ppl coming in like the 23 of december buying all the random shit we have left.

so, i was up at the registers, and we have only self check out. i'm assisting ppl when i can and directing the line bc it's basically to the back of the store almost. the thing is, to literally come into the store, you have to pass the registers. so this shouldn't be a surprise to anyone that it's self checkout only. but these two women are next in line and i direct one to an open register. she immediately says "what, i have to do it myself?" i'm not in a good mood bc there is just too many ppl around (and this was pre-pandemic) and i was like "yes ma'am, you have to."

my thing was always if you ask me nicely to help you, i gladly will. but being a bitch to me will basically get you no help whatsoever.

she starts to scan her items, and scans one too many times. she starts yelling "oh my god, i don't know how to do this, i double scanned" loudly, i come over, clear off the extra item and then direct her friend to the next register, which is coincidentally was the one next to her.

the main lady goes back and forth with her friend, saying and cursing "i can't believe i have to fucking do this myself, i don't like this, why the fuck can't they help us." mind you, i work in basically a kid's store. there are plenty of children around. there is no need to be cursing that much, and i say that as someone who does curse a lot.

finally she finishes up and for some reason the register spit out her change really fast so her coins fell on the floor. she picks up one of the coins turns to me, and basically throws it at me and snidely remarks "here you go, since you clearly need it"

i about swung on her, but she's lucky i didn't.

that was really one of the very few times i ever had a bad customer. as for good ones, i think for the most part most of the customers i interact with are either normal or pretty nice. i did one time have to explain to a man what bluetooth was, which is great bc i know so much about it….. and then he told my manager i did an excellent job helping him understand. so that was nice :)

as for the holiday music…. it's 50/50 depending on my mood. sometimes it's not too bad, sometimes it's annoying. bc we play random pop songs (that most of you have probably never heard of) in between the christmas songs. so for every one pop song, we get two to three christmas songs. and we only just recently started getting mariah carey and actual well know christmas songs to play in the store. before, it was like random covers of popular songs, which is very strange to me but whatever lol

and my favorite holiday song… i'm actually gonna list my favorite christmas songs bc i think i have the weirdest taste in them lol

christmas don't be late by alvin and the chipmunks

santa baby by eartha kitt

last christmas by the glee cast

baby it's cold outside by the glee cast

feliz navidad by josé feliciano

obviously mariah carey and michael buble are the top ppl for christmas music. but genuinely… i love these songs more.

a lot of christmas songs make me sad now since my father passed, especially 'i'll be home for christmas'. so sometimes it's a bit hard to listen to christmas music. but i usually hold off on listening to until like the 23rd lol

[moss-selfship]

Day 3 Alternative universe

A coffee shop in new Meridian was going through its day, the workers busy getting orders for everyone and making sure their drinks were all correct. The Barista at the register called out for the customer to grab their drink. “One large caramel ice coffee for valentine?” The feline barista shouted her tail swishing behind her with a name tag on her chest that read nadia fortune, a minute later a woman in nurses scrubs walked up and grabbed her drink thanking the woman at the register. The next customer walked up. “Hi what can i ge-” Nadia asked the customer before her words caught in her throat, in front of her stood a man she recognized and had been secretly hoping would show up today.  He stood in a pitch black suit and pants, dress shoes, a shirt that was black with white stripes that made it look like ribs. He had pale skins with freckles, a red goatee and slicked red hair. He walked with a black cane with a silver skull. “Oh hey! Welcome back, the usual mort?” Nadia asked with a wink and a smile, already knowing the answer and putting the order in. “Ah nadia you know me so well.” Mort said happily as she rung him in, he paid with his card and took a seat. Nadia quickly made his drink personally and instead of calling out for him to get it, decided to bring it to him personally. “Here you go! One vanilla ice coffee with three pumps of caramel.” Nadia giggled as she placed the drink down as well as a napkin for him. Mort smiled up at her. “Aww you didnt need to do that nadia, your so sweet.” He said with a grin as he took a sip of his drink, picking up the napkin and realizing there was writing on it. The writing had been hastily wrote onto the napkin. “I get off work at 7. How bout we go out for drinks, here's my number just in case” Mort looked up just in time to see nadia looking back, she gave him a wink and motioned for him to call her. Sorry this one was shorter, work was fuckin miserable so dont have as much energy as normal. but still wanted to get one out today! as always prompt list is here

and as always, shout out to @huntinglove for making the prompt

[bunnyb34r]

Okay finally rested enough to talk ab the craft show!

So for YEARS this one has been heaaavily coveted by many crafters and has been hard to get in, but always told that it's worth it. That you'll make your table cost back in like two hours!

Yeah no... had mom not made wreaths, we would have lost money... Anyway super super dead at times like absolutely no one walking around, just the vendors getting up and shopping bc they could. Then it would pick up but you would get maybe 2 interested shoppers out of every 10. 4 if you were lucky.

People adored the boo boo bunnies and cat toys and I sold the most of them. So now I have to make more cat toys 😭. It's not the amount of effort it takes to make them, I love making them. I hate stuffing them with catnip 😭😭😭 but that's why people (and cats) love them. Also need to put bells on them bc people really like the ones with bells, which I stopped doing bc several people kept asking if I thought their cats would eat the bells... like you can cut it off man idc sgdggdgd once you buy it it's yours idc if YOU eat it if that's your thing just give me my dollar

Have to make a card for the bunnies bc it's hit or miss on if people know what they're for (you pop em in the freezer and hold them to a small "boo boo" and use it like a little ice pack, or you can pop out the reusable cube and use ice. Either way it's a cute little ice pack.

Only my one cousin bought any handwarmers 😭 and her wife had to pay me in $4 worth of quarters sgsgdggddg I was like take your time you could pay me in pennies and that'd be fine too (had a little kid pay me 25 cents for a slap bracelet in various coins and it was so sweet 🥺)

My mom posts our shows on her fb so that family and friends can show up to support us, and the first time since we've been doing these, we had 3 groups of family come in!

But that wasn't always a good thing...

[Put under read more for length]

My mom's cousin brought her daughter and granddaughter, and they talked for awhile and eventually mom's cousin bought a wreath (thank god). And she was like "oh my god this is so beautiful!! 😍" and complimented my stuff as well (but my stuff is more geared towards kids/parents like the boo boo bunnies, so she didnt buy anything from me agdgdgdg)

Then my cousin (not the handwarmers one) came and I used to really love her/she was my favorite cousin... until she moved back to the state and I realized goddamn you're super annoying and have 0 social awareness (in a THE ATTENTION SHOULD BE ON ME! and a never really thinking ab the situations she puts people in when she does shit, way. Not a "I am incapable of grasping social norms/social rituals"/"I cannot control how loud I'm being/why what I say might be considered rude" way.

Anyway she fosters dogs and has 4? Of her own, anyway she always has at least one dog with her at any time. Doesn't matter if you were attacked by one when you were a small child, or that you only have cats, it's a small dog! You're gonna like this one!!

She takes them into the grocery store too 😑. Anyway she brought her foster dog to it and ofc everyone kept coming over to see it and every fucking time she would canvas this dog like "his name is Bob. He goes up for adoption in two weeks at [shelter she volunteers at]" to every goddamn person who walked by.

"But Mar, doesn't that mean she brought customers to you?"

Nope! She and her dog blocked customers from my table bc they couldnt fucking get in with the people cooing at the dog and figured eh I'll skip this one, there's 100 vendors here.

Doesn't mean that every person who skipped would've bought from me, but none of the people who came up for the dog bought anything or so much as looked twice at my shit anyway. 😑

She did tell our cousin to meet her there though bc our cousin's wife is a photographer and she was gonna take pics of the dog at a nearby park. Didn't mention AT ALL that we had a booth, so they didnt really bring a lot of money, they thought they were just gonna say hi to us real quick then go.

My cousin's wife was like YOU DIDNT TELL US THEY HAD A BOOTH HERE?!?! OMG LOOK HOW CUTE!!!!! and they bought 2 handwarmers from us 🥰. And we gave their son some stuff for free as a gift (plus bc they ended up staying for like 2 hours and that shit is only so fun for a 7 year old for so long. But it was more so just Handwarmer Cousin staying to talk to my mom for most of it while her wife, son, and Dog Cousin went shopping/canvased Bob around. But I like HW cousin still so it wasnt bad sgdggdgd I just half listened to them talk while I took care of customers. Sold 1 ornament (the whole show), some cat toys, and I think another bunny, in that time lmao)

But the whole time Dog Cousin was there I was like 😐/🙁 instead of my fake customer service smile bc that smile only lasted until the second person she canvassed Bob to and that was approximately 30 seconds.

She didnt even consider buying anything, or say anything ab our table. Only when my mom asked her if our prices were reasonable. To which we got a "yeah." Then immediately back to Bob. 😐

After they left I went to walk around and goddamn there was nothing really good there except two crochet tables which had little plushies but nothing that jumped out at me.

Did trade a tooth pillow for a small tombstone shaped bar of soap of about the same price with another vendor sggdgdgdgd which was odd but nice

Anyway here's hoping my cousin wont come to the next/last show and that we find fun stuff at that one to buy sgdgdgdg

[vampfucker666]

i had to make the drink of this one guy today who everyone else in there apparently cannot stand (talked to my one coworker for AN ENTIRE HOUR. YUCK)

his order is 7 bags of earl grey over ice in a trenta cup. he wants the tea bags IN THE TRENTA CUP (it gets steeped in like a grande first and then poured over ice. etc) ive never fucking met this guy before or made his drink and he DID NOT make it clear he wanted the tea bags in the ice cup.

i accidentally threw them away and he through a hissy fit abt it. like dude wanted me to put 7 fresh tea bags in it bc 'its worthless without the bags' well thank god i didnt even fucking know where the extras were (he wiped us out) and wouldnt have been able to reach them anyway. i hope that guy thinks im an incompetent idiot and avoids the kiosk if he sees me. also i hope he dies a little bit.

btw he apparently brags abt money all the time and i asked why he even bothered with fucking starbucks if he has so much money and can buy his own goddamn earl grey that would taste much nicer. he apparently likes the 'customer connections' :] so he likes holding people hostage by bragging about money at them. lol

[indigo474]

April 12th-

I had a very nice dinner with Marci. She fills me in on everything going on in her side of the office. Funny,there is a woman who has been Drew's favorite since day 1- this person has made it clear that we are beneath her and she will be supervisor one day- she actually walked in the door saying this. I got to work with her for a brief time and i thought she had a sharp tone when speaking to customers. I was asked my opinion of her and i didnt say anything about her tone because she was so loved and she did a good job in other areas. Month after month i am waiting to hear something about hear something about the woman. Turns out i was right about her. Drew isnt very pleased with her and Marci has had it. I spoke to the ice queen yesterday about the training she sent me to. the manager from dispatch-who was in the training- sent her an email saying how engaging i was in the class and he told her i was a good choice. I thought that was nice of him. out of the 5 other supervisors on the floor- 2 talk to me and 3 don't- or i talk to 2 of them and the other 3 are just miserable. Every time i get singled out for things like this it just makes them hate me more... why her and not me. I called the one supervisor by her real name yesterday and she acted like I did something horrible- I have no idea why I called her Denille instead of Leah- no idea..

Wednesday was a pretty awesome day- manifestation day... when I woke up I knew it was going to be a good day- some days its like the universe is speaking to me. numbers, signs, people, conversations, life feels like a game-i'm on this path and I'm seeing signs and the more I notice the faster they come. this what happens when I am present- I have a great day- which I knew it was going to be-i'm on my way home and I start thinking about what kind of car I want.. I say to myself - you can't get a corvette- definitely not a corvette- Madison doesn't like them. I start laughing to myself because out of all the reasons I cant get a corvette the fact the Madison doesn't like them is top on my list- a Corvette passes me - you got to be kidding me.. I love days like that..

i'm excited to see what is growing in my garden. I think maybe tulips.

it took me over 6 hours to get through all my work emails from being out of the office for 3 days. My back is better for now. I was able to get 2 good workouts in. Life is good... very good

[michellemondares]

Memoir

Ma. Michelle Mae Mondares

12-Bookkeeping

April 14, 2006

I was born in April 14, 2006 and my mother named me Maria Michelle Mae Mondares.

When I was a month old, I got sick and my whole skin turns to red. My mother was just crying while holding me because she couldn’t afford to bring me in the hospital due to lack of money. When my grandfather and grandmother arrived at home they saw my mother crying while holding me, they ask what happened and my mother said that I am sick. They look at me with pity in their eyes and they rushed me to the hospital. The doctor said that, thankfully that I was rushed in hospital or else I would die that time because my body wont hold it. I was so thankful back then because through the years I am still alive and thats because god is good. Later on, at my age of 5 to 7 I really love to play sisira ang bulalak-bubukas ang bubulak it is commonly known in philippine as children play. I used to wear colorful dress when I was a kid and I really like to wear high heels because it makes me feel like an adult. I love playing outside of our house in mandaue city and I have a lot of friends in mandaue city, named deo, grace, maxine, love, jessa, and many more. My favorite food back then was fried chicken and I really love to dip it in the ketchup. One day when my grandmonther sell an ice candy I thought that it was for free because im just a kid back then, I called many kids around our neighborhood and gave it to them one by one. I was scolded and I cried because I was clueless and I just want to have many friends back then, but if I think of it right now its kinda funny. One day my father died due to heart attack and I cried so hard because I couldn’t afford to accept right away and in 2017 we moved to lapu-lapu city, I met new people and new friends. In 2018, I started online business on facebook. I sell clothes online and I have many customers and I earned a lot of money around 7,000pesos and I used that money for my school supplies and other personal stuff. In 2019 I graduated in junior high and in 2022 a typhoon occurred again and it hits very hard in Lapu- Lapu city. The typhone called “bagyong odette” that time I cried for mercy because the typhoon that we didnt expect that the typhoon will be so strong. All humanities in Lapu-Lapu city was affected and we lost electricity, some of people lost homes. Every night we used candles for light and a diy fan, I used to go out at night and just staring at the moon because if the night came the road is dark. We suffered at least 2-3months because of “Bagyong odette” we used to go in a lanueva or unitop to use their generator to charge our phones and flashlights. That time it is hard to use cellphones because there is no signal and there’s no electricity, so what I did I read books, paint and play with my sister and cousins. The typhoon occurred when christmas is coming, during christmas all people didnt celebrate I didnt see fireworks. I realized that in december 25, 2022, 98% of people was sad because they lost homes and cant eat properly. After 2-3 months, the electricity came back and we we’re so happy. We start to get back on our feet and start cleaning in our house and I helped my grandmother to clean our house. I learned many lessons when bagyong odette occured because if bagyong odette didn’t occurred we will always focus on our cellphone and we cannot notice what is in our environment, we will not learn how to have a quality time with our families. Bagyong odette thought me that having quality time with your family is the best part of our lives. Right now im currently studying in Asian Learning center, I joined a choir in the school called “glee club” and I practiced singing and playing piano but sadly I quit in the choir because of some reason. But through that I met my new bandmates but we dont have band name for now, I am happy with them and I enjoy every moment if were together. In 2024 I joined a singing contest in our school called “ALCI Global Idol”, I won 1st placer. Also I met a boy, he is so handsome and smarter than me. He asked me if its okay to court me and I said yes! I felt butterflies in my stomach that I haven't experienced in years. Right now Im living the best.

[dankqueef]

I ended up at mohos house. I was feeling down and just popped in. Mostly was talking with his mom. Was really nice actually, if a bit awkward. I chatted with his sister and mom. His sister had gotten married, new last name was like, DeMonto or something. An awkward moment where I clarified that she had gotten married. Pretty realistic chatting for a dream. I told a story or two about moho. Eventually conversation just kind of died off and I just chilled. Jody at one point asks me if I'm just gonna sit there; or something to that effect. I say well maybe. Kind of just. Idk. Chilling. Existing. Then a bunch of their friends showed up and sat down at the table to eat food, and a few went to the tv to play smash. I walked over to the kitchen to grab a water cuz I figured it would make Jody happy. Their Dad comes thru and gives me a weird fist bump thing. Like a secret handshake but all fist. Also definitely not their dad but I thought it was in the dream. They kept all of their glasses in the cabinet prefilled with water and ice, which was weird. I walked past the table and Terf Alex was there and froze while eating as we made eye contact. She said something like "Let me eat first" and then I just walked away. I pulled out my gameboy advance and wasplayomg on their couch. Judy started playing custom Kaizo mario levels on the tv. My music kept going on for some reason. I think someone asked what I was playing and I responded "pokemon Scarlet" on the gameboy I guess. Everyone kind of disappears after a bit long of mulling around and I'm about to leave. One guy is asking me where the bathroom is. I point him behind the stairs where theres two actually. I get kind of lost in their house for a moment before making it back to the living room to say goodbye. The furniture has been like pushed aside. And noone is out there so I just kind of stand there confused. Apparently there are a few bathrooms attached to that room and everyone had gone into them. I see Alex and who I'm guessing was her boyfriend come out of one, naked. I dont really know what to do so I just stand there. Then everyone does the same. And I surrounded by naked people. The boyfriend asks me if I'm staying and I say no I was just gonna chill for a hit longer then head out. I turn around to the kitchen not really caring that Alex didnt get a chance to yell at me or whatever. Or that everyone took a shower in their like 10 bathrooms. And theres a bunch of naked people behind me too. I start walking past then when one girl says

"It's an orgy."

And I feel real embarrassed. I start walking out and a shitload of people are pouring in. I walk past a bunch of people I know and just dont make eye contact. Thinking about how this'll be a funny story I leave. I get stopped by a bouncer because apparently I need to sign out. The front of their house has turned into a makeshift entryway.

I'm getting tired again so I'm gonna wrap this up. I just talked to them for a bit. The end.

Ok later the only part of the dream I remember is my dad talking about how he was getting into 8chan.

[chelleztjs18]

Hello you mrs. lefty eyebag 😌

I'm doing okay, couldn't get up this morning cause it was so nice and warm. And it was cloudy and rainy outside. Just working now. How about you? What have you been up to?

I used to do that with my ex when we lived together. We fold the clothes together and she puts hers away, but then I end up reorganizing her stuff because when she picks out what she wants to wear and decides it's not what she wants, she puts it back all messy. And I'm just there like, no wonder it takes forever to get ready lol

I've read that one too! Where they pretended to be together so Vision can notice Wanda? I love the part that Vision is the eye doctor and his name is Vision hahahaha I thought that you were very clever and sneaky.

Yes, I want a game room too! I already know how it'll be set up and stuff. But I want to combine the game room and the movie room. So that when playing games, it'll be in a big screen TV with really good sound.

And it'll have a little fridge for snacks. Because whenever I game, I always need snacks lol. That's why I like the nugget ice. It's a weird habit, but I chew ice a lot.

I'm sorry about that! After I sent the ask, I was thinking to myself, damn why did I say that. I do get a bit flirty when I am tired and sleepy. Good thing I wasn't drunk, or I would have showered you with good compliments hahaha

I get flustered when people surprise me with things. Like if someone tells me that they got something for me because they saw it and it reminded them of me. So knowing that I crossed their mind and feeling appreciated.

Also what gets me weak is the smile and hugs.

Uh so when I used to live with my bestfriend, we basically just go into each other's rooms without knocking. So one time, I walked in on her and her boyfriend having sex. 😵 I ran out, so quick, and was so embarrassed lol

Hm, what's the first thing you would buy if you won the lottery?

-CuriousGeorge

Hello hello righty eyebag!

sorry for the late reply? how was ur day?

my day was okay. I tried to write a bit n then chores n be a mom for the little sassy princess. lol. alsoooo, I made the cover for the dark fic with Nat mini series today!

I decided to announce it tonight and post the 3 parts that are ready since I dont think I cant finish it on time before my vacation. I plan to post all 3 this week. :D So yaaaay! I'm excited!

hahahaha yeah, he is like that too but i'm the one that take longer to get ready. lol. i meant i can get ready fast but when i have to do my hair n dress up, it's gonna take longer. :D

haha yeeep! That's the fic. I love the comment R said about Vision is an eye doctor but cant see how much Wanda into him. 😅

Oh yeah my game room of course have a full bar n kitchen too so i can have a drink snacks too.haha.

Sometimes i chew ice cube too but it depends how hard it is.haha.

Oh no no..dont be sorry or apologize. It's okay. I know u were joking about the flirty comment.. i was joking too. N u werent being disrespect or anything. So feel free to joke around. If u cross the line, i will let u know. 😊

Oh really?? So u always give compliments to people whn u r drunk? Thats nice n sweet. Maybe when u r drunk u should message me. I actually love when people drunk text me.😅

Aaww all the weakness u mentioned are cute n nice. I agree with u. I'm like that too. We r pretty similar.haha. i love something spontaneous act of care like that, it means i was in ther mind.

Oooh haha thats awkward. Good thing i never walk in to something like that.hhaha. i just remember but i dont know if this counts but i once serve my regular customer. They r a pretty cool couple But i think i once came to their table to check up on them n they were in a big argument or something so when i ask if i can get them anything else, both of them say a stern upset "NO" at the same time. I was like ooo okaay. N after that, i didnt go check on them until they ask for the check. 😅 i like them. I think both of them are pretty cool women. One of them is a cop n the other is a lawyer. They even bought me an eifel tower keychain n silk scarf when they went to Paris. 🥰

The first thing i buy when i win a lottery is my dream house n my dream car. Then maybe buy a business so the money will multiply.haha 😅 what about u?

Next question?

Cheerio!

[blackholesandpuppydogs]

ok i VERY rarely post oc but i have a killer story.

first, some background

my family has a tiny lil cottage on lake huron in a tiny little town near this other, slightly less tiny little town called east tawas. now, theres not much to do in our tiny little town except for going to the beach. usually, over the summer, my immediate family goes there for about a week and a half and sees other family, enjoys the beach, and partake in certain ‘rainy day’ traditions - things that started out as backup activities when the weather was bad but turned into things we would go out of our way to do every year.

one of these traditions was going to east tawas and visiting some local shops: the ice cream place, the boat pier, and the Ben Franklin shop. this stupid little store was full of a bunch of crap - fabrics, rc cars, boat accessories. and, and! these little balls of marbles with different themes that came in these mesh net bags like this one

i love the texture and the click clack of the marbles!! i got one of these every year, every time we went to the Ben Franklin store.

ANYWAYS, the point: 5 years ago i was 17 and dumb as hell. so, that summer, during that week and a half at my cabin, my family went to the Ben Franklin store (except for my mom, which is it’s own insane ben franklin story). I, as I always did, went straight to the little rack with all the marbles and spent like 5 mins picking out just the right one. SO, i set out to find my siblings and just kinda wander. at some point i go to pick up some other thing - a deck of cards i think - and without thinking, not wanting to set them down, i slipped the marbles in my pocket. i set off again to find my family, but before i could get far this large, oldish guy corners me and asks me to turn out my pockets. i didnt have anything to hide, i showed him the ($7) bag of marbles and went to explain - i was just pickin something up, i was here with my family i could find them, i wasn’t going to steal it, hell i wasn’t even paying for it - but he wasn’t hearing any of it. he asks me to step into like the little area where the cash registers were. i thought he just wanted to talk somewhere not on his stores floor. whatever, fine... right?

nope. he starts LAYING into me, calling me a liar and a thief, yelling at me in front of his wife, 2 employees, and all the customers checking out, demanding someone call the cops. at this point, i start freaking. at the time i was ‘enrolled’ in a ‘school’ called shortridge academy. it was essentially residential care for super mentally ill teens, which, as it so happens, i was. predictably, i start having a panic attack.

so im 17, sobbing and panicking in front of all these strangers. the shop wasn’t this large, and it was somewhat of a commotion. my brother - 12 years old - walks by and sees what’s going on. i tell him to get my father, which he does. my dad barges into this area and is like ??? what is happening? and the guy is still yelling, and im sobbing and struggling to breathe, much less talk. at this point i realize i dont have to be here. this guys not a cop, i didnt steal anything, hell my dad was there - i could just leave.

sooo i go to just walk out of this little area (still a wreck) and he steps infront of me and puts his hand on my chest, all the while yelling (again - in front of a bunch of people). shortly after this, the FUCKING COPS showed up and asked a bunch of stupid questions to me, my dad, this guy, and his wife. eventually one of the cops comes up and is like,,, yeah theyre not gonna press charges.

charges for what? i dunno. hadn’t even left the store. but finally, we get out of that damn back area. we kinda awkwardly shuffled out of the store with everyone staring (including/especially the cops). i tried to say something to this douche as we were leaving, some accusation or condemnation, something witty, something that showed that i wasn’t actually that scared, that helpless. i didn’t get any words out

SO we FINALLY get back to our car, i’m spitting mad, exhausted, and embarrassed. my dad is pissed and anxious, my brother is a wreck, and my grandpa is MAD. the whole family swears the shop off, and we never go back to the Ben Franklin store.

so what? why mention any of this, especially now?

because of the most astonishing, validating, and satisfying plot twist of all time:

my dad sent me this article earlier today and told me to read until the end. now you all probably know where this is going but i did not. i HIGHLY reccomend reading the whole article (https://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw-bay-city/2022/10/east-tawas-councilman-accused-of-trying-to-hire-man-to-kill-2-people-for-inheritance-money.html) because the details make the story even crazier. 

to summarize, tho, this guy that yelled at me was the owner of Ben Franklin who was elected to the east tawas city council in 2016 (i didnt know this at the time) and in 2021 a guy calls him and says ‘hey wheres my inheritance, you’re the executor of the state’ and this guy responds in a normal way: ‘your half brother is contesting the will, if u kill him and his mom ill give u your inheritance and more.’ guy goes to the cops, records a call of him trying to hire him for murder, bing bang boom.

SO, 5 YEARS LATER, HERE HE IS:

MAY I PRESENT, A FUCKING IDIOT AND DOUCHEBAG: MICHAEL A MOONEY, the ATTEMPTED MURDERER

bonus: a section of the article w/ the singular, throwaway sentence that made me write down this whole thing

“he is also the owner of mooney’s ben franklin...”