#i have to clock in in like 5 hours

[miikaji]

maaan

nothing sucks more than feeling completely awake at almost 2AM when all you want to do is rest… ESPECIALLY after having like 100mg worth of gummies 🫠

#insomnia kicking my ass #i have to clock in in like 5 hours #help me #rambling #personal

[musicalchaos07]

Jonathan having to work at family video in s5 and that's part of why he and Robin become besties 🙏 (Steve is pouting in the corner with the cardboard cutout of Phoebe Cates)

#they're going on about Alfred Hitchcock and Steve is just like i don't give a fuck #like i imagine he'd be so annoyed #not only is Jonathan stealing his bestie but they have a lot more in common #he'd be so pouty about it #also yes this circles back to the lore of Jonathan working at the hawk #queue me periodically reminding y'all that Byers comes after Buckley and that Jonathan and Robin should know each other based on that alone #stranger things #jonathan byers #robin buckley #steve harrington #... what do we call two alt kids and their golden retriever ex jock? #i just know Mr Byers would clock Robin's crush on Vickie in a matter of hours #... tbh his observant ass probably already knows she's gay #st 5

[marmotish]

I know Talbott probably isnt a person who likes hugs a lot but he deserves one so maybe the 33 one(the hug from that one person who is allowed to hug you ) from the hug prompt? idk if u did that one already. Btw love your art <3

((thanks hon! ⭐️))

ok so Talbott and Freyja are both not-really-into-hugs and then I thought back to the Flying Solo SQ where Talbott tells MC about his parents - like if anyone needs a hug it’s the kid who confides in you about losing his parents and the impact it had on him, yeah? Ha…

“What are you doing?”

Freyja’s fingertips had barely brushed Talbott’s shoulder when she froze at the sudden sound of his voice. An answer to this question didn’t come straight away, instead an awkward silence began to weave its way around the two. The only sounds now were the night breeze through the tower, along with the hesitant shuffling of feet on the floor.

“Just …”

Just doing what people are supposed to do in this situation, right? Hug?

Talbott shook his head, eyes trained on the floor in front of his feet. “You don’t need to do that.”

Freyja hesitated, then withdrew her arm back to her side. It was a bit of a relief, if she was being honest. She wasn’t one for hugs, really. Even with her family she was always on the receiving end of hugs, reciprocating with far less intensity. And Talbott wasn’t one to play games using reverse psychology, so if he said she didn’t need to hug him, she really didn’t.

Distant laughter rang out from one of the Ravenclaw dormitories, helping to break the silence that permeated the atmosphere.

“I don’t know what to do then.” Freyja said quietly, almost to herself.

At this, Talbott huffed out a breath of air. It could almost have passed for laughter. “You don’t have to do anything, not if you don’t want to.”

A comfort, to be sure. Yet Freyja still felt like she’d missed an opportunity to show a little emotion in the face of what was evidently a vulnerable moment for her new friend.. “Sort of feels like I should do something though.”

Only a little over year ago, you couldn’t have paid the majority of her peers enough to sit next to her in class. Now she was a curse-breaker and a member of the Ravenclaw Quidditch team, both of which completely overhauled her social life. Navigating all these new friendships had certainly required a lot of effort. She thought she was catching on to all the nuances of friendship pretty quickly, but apparently she’d misstepped in this particular interaction.

Talbott shuffled aside a little to put a bit of distance between the two of them, then turned to face her straight on. “I get that you’re probably trying to be nice by offering a hug, and if you were someone like Penny then I wouldn’t have said anything.”

Freyja frowned. Like Penny? Blonde? A Hufflepuff?

“Penny’s a hugger by nature.” Talbot explained. “Do I enjoy it? Not particularly, but I appreciate it. Because that’s honestly how she expresses herself. How she shows a friend she’s there for them. But you know, she never expects me to hug her.”

“Aye well, she’d be better off waiting for hell to freeze over if that wasn’t the case…”

Talbot snorted. “Well maybe not that unlikely, but it would be a pretty rare occasion.”

Freyja began to relax a little, the conversation seemingly moving away from her misguided attempt to hug him. She adjusted her sitting position to better appreciate the expanse of the night sky, dotted with countless stars, stretching out over the highlands.

“The thing is that she doesn’t want or expect me to act out a friendship that isn’t true to my own personality. Not wanting to hug my friend all the time doesn’t make me a bad friend, or a cold person. It’s just who I am.” Talbott continued. “And I don’t want or expect that of you either. If you genuinely want to offer a consolation hug, then go ahead. I won’t mind. But I’d be just as happy sitting and talking.”

Well this was embarrassing. Here Freyja was trying to comfort Talbott after sharing the story of how he lost his parents, and yet now he was reassuring her that not being physically affectionate was not a character defect. The corners of her mouth pulled up a little at this.

“I like the sitting and talking option.”

Talbott grinned. “me too.”

#hogwarts mystery #talbott winger #hphm mc #freyja young #ask #rosachaotic #fic #i guess? i don’t have a fic tag i don’t think…. #it’s nearly 11:30 i have to up in like 5 hours shittttt #if the text makes no sense it’s because my brain clocked out like 6 hours ago #i tried

[mentalmeles]

I swear, one of these days I'm going to just snap and tear into one of/the majority of my coworkers bc I am SO sick and tired of their behavior

#today the newest girl messages me two hours before her shift and tells me she's going to be late #the time for her shift to start comes along and she messages me again saying she's going to be a bit later than she thought #at this point i'm like fine. whatever #30-40 minutes pass and i finally take my 30 minute lunch break #while i'm going she arrives at 4 (a whole hour late) #she clocks in and then proceeds to make a phone call #despite the literal owner telling her to end the call and come work she does not #he leaves and i tell her she has 5 minutes until she needs to hang up #5 minutes come and go and i tell her she needs to hang up now #i then had to tell her 3 or 4 more times before she finally did #and then she starts stalling and asking if she can call her mom or the boss or this and that and i tell her no each time #i also tell her that she doesn't get a 15 minute break bc at this point she was on the phone for a whole hour in addition to being late #but guess what this girl tries to do anyway!!! take a 15 minute break!!! #i confront her while she's trying to leave and she tries to lie and say that i told her she couldn't take a 30 minute break #she also tries to insist that she wasn't on her phone for an hour when i literally checked the time she clocked in #and the time i finally got her to come work #when she realizes i see through her bullshit she tries to say she's going to call the owner and ask if she can go home early #jokes on her but since he was gone that decision was up to me and i obviously told her no #she got mad at me ofc but i am just so fed up with this shit #my boss might put up with it but i have HAD IT!!! #legit going to tell him that we shouldn't allow phones anymore. period. #i hate to do that but at this point it's so much more trouble than it's worth with these kids #earth duty stuff #vent #negative

[todayisafridaynight]

once more thinking about The Morning Of New Years 2001 and its just now dawning on me that arakawa really chugged two bottles of booze and smoked A Fuck Bitch of ciggies Presumably before noon. like dire situation i know but god damn guy got a lot done in two hours

#snap chats #AND he's just chilling in the dark. ok not 'chilling' but yk what i mean #either he can really hold his liquor or bro picked up some .5% shit #now some might say 'snap it's two hours' and to that i say 'it's only been two hours' he just walkin off two bottles like theyre nothin #unless he is The Most Functional Drunk perceivable theeeeeen CHRIST #in all fairness he is only sitting so no fear of him tripping and banging his head into his desk but still #were you doin twenty-minute rule my dude... funny as hell consideration considering. The Fuck Bitch Of Ciggies #like i dont think health consciousness is on the table this morning.. #what time is it. at that point. i keep telling myself i'd try to hunt down the time in-game but i doubt i'd find anything #arakawa office so fucked for not having a clock on the wall like girl id go mad not knowing what time it is #can i get a timeline of events for what happened. jo calls -> presumably they talk about a plan -> drink time #i doubt arakawa would be lying about the time sawashiro got in contact with him.... unless he did.... lol... anyway.. #i just want a timeline of events like masato commits murder at midnight -> calls jo afterwards -> ??? #did my guy sleep on it.. did he think of a plan all night... #ok bye i cant be sittin on this all night i have a comic im lining. which is why i made this post LMAO #I REMINDED MYSELF OF ARAKAWA'S DEPRESSION BREAKFAST ok bye

[autogeneity]

attempting going to bed at 9pm (or earlier! technically. for falling asleep time) feels so ridiculous. like some sort of joke. and yet. purportedly this is what getting up at 5am would demand. is this really something people do wtf

#m #people commonly do get up at like 5 or 6 to go to work and shit right #hell if I were going to the office I would have to as well #do they actually really truly go to bed at fucking 8:30. surely that is insane #kids don't even do that I don't think #also even if I only directly require this twice a week #I probably gotta do it every day because there's no way in hell I am successfully sleeping at 9pm if I woke up at 9am lmao #well I can get away with 5:30ish but I usually snooze for at least half an hour lol so... #my first alarm for when I get up at 9am (aiming for 8:30) is 7:48 #my first alarm for probably 5:30 is 4:48 #so my alarm clock tells me it's time to go to bed at 20:30 and I am like bruhhh #today I probably could and should since last night bedtime was 4am #but it still feels weird as hell like it's unreasonably early #I'm still buying dinners so it is theoretically possible. it would not otherwise be #and yet idk man #just a few weeks ago at 20:30 THE SUN WOULD'VE STILL BEEN UP #even now sunset is like 8pm. you want me to sleep an hour after sunset. this is silly! it's barely dusk!

[beck-a-leck]

Stayed up til almost 5:30 am alternating between thinking too hard about never gonna happen Empress Fery AU AUs and also writing a story I had no intention of posting or even finishing, but now I'm chewing on the drywall over both of these things and I just...

Why can't i have this kind of energy and inspiration for working on the Actual Empress Frey fic?!?!?

#need to harness the chewing on the drywall fervor for Frey's coronation damnit #instead I'm writing AUs nobody asked for (i didn't even ask for) and just going insane with Worst Timeline ideas #i need to sleep #instead I'm writing rf4 star wars aus #the problem is it doesn't feel like 5:30 to my body. but the clocks say it is. so obvioisly my body is a liar (thanks daylight savings time) #i should have taken a melatonin hours ago

[katandsquad]

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#basically having a mid distance relationship because my partner is living on the other end of the city #best case it takes us 1 hour to get to each other #worst case is 1 1/2 hours #shit sucks ass #he works really close to be my home #but he gets off work at ass o clock for me #he ususally gets off at 8pm #i have to go to bed 9pm to get up at 5:30 / 6 am the next day #he also has to work on saturdays and only gets them off like once maybe twice a month #i'm sick rn and i just wanna cuddle with him #horgh #he came over today because its his free day but i wont be seeing him until next week on saturday #probably #sometimes i just stop by after i finish work

[screamingay]

does anyone else think it's bullshit that i keep getting scheduled for 8 hour 11-7 shifts instead of my usual 7 hour 7-2 and i don't even get paid for the full extra hour because the evening shift workers ALWAYS leave like a half hour early?? im never allowed to leave early on 7-2s in fact i usually end up leaving kinda late bc they're always saying we have to finish everything before we leave. but the evening shift never finishes everything before they leave!! every time i come in for a 7-2 i find so much shit unfinished bc the fucking 4 or 5 hour 2/3-7 shift people don't even bother staying until 7 to finish up and apparently management is fine with this?? and whenever i'm there until 7 they pressure everyone to close up by 6:30 so they can go home sooner but i dont fucking care abt that! they automatically take a half hour unpaid lunch out of my timesheet anyway so that plus the leaving early means i don't even get paid much more than i would on my usual shift. and the 11-7 is the worst shift too they keep putting more responsibilities on that one person which somehow also makes it harder for everyone else bc the 11-7 cant help as much. cant fucking wait to hit my one year there so i can finally job hunt again and hopefully find a place that at least gives me time to sit down and eat lunch while im not getting paid. smh

#i try not to complain too much abt this job bc compared to any other food job it's heaven especially fast food #and i do enjoy some aspects of it #but they rlly have created an environment where they'll scold u for not taking ur legally mandated breaks but then make u take 5 minutes #out of ur break time to walk all the way to the breakroom and also the only time u have a chance to take it theres no food available #bc it's in between meals and theyve already put everything away #and u have to walk all the way back to clock back in of course. and if u do actually do all that ur poor coworker is left to work the #2 person job alone for a full half hour which sucks #so i always end up letting them take the automatic half hour out of my paycheck and working through it or just eating some chips #for 5 minutes and getting back to it bc the alternative is just. worse #they also seem to encourage working off the clock here which i have never and will never condone. one time i implied that it was crazy to #expect us to clock out on time and keep working until the job was actually finished and the cook looked at me like i had 2 heads #and half the ppl there are like her theyve just accepted that this is the best theyre gonna get and theyve already put so many years into #this company or facility or whatever and it's heartbreaking but also snap out of it!!!!! #if u read all this mwah mwah im kissing u on both cheeks ty

[genderfluidgothwitch]

Killing 15 minutes at work is harder now that I'm full time. I don't like it lol

#I had an hour to kill #I walked the store for the end caps and shippers and other non-shelf displays #and there was literally nothing to do #and I'm like whelp #I told my old manager if he needed something to grab me cuz I needed to kill another 45 minutes #at this point I'm basing my time on how early I'm allowed to clock out #which is at 5:23 #good Nyx willing I can just sit in here and pretend I'm busy #I don't have my own office which sucks but at least at this point it's pretty much unused bc all of the other full timers left already

[skeletons-in-ur-closet]

pls i dont wanna go to work

#me when i have to clock into my 5 hour shift at my very easy job #nah but for some reason im like. exhausted today #as soon as i get home its eepy time

[hella1975]

I weep for your sleep schedule

ive given up at this point

#tbh this week has been particularly bad for NO SEEMING REASON? #like not only have I not been sleeping (have had 5 hours the past two nights total and now this one’s not looking much better) #but I don’t FEEL tired during the day despite the total lack of sleep? #and bc ive had insomnia since my earliest memories I do genuinely think my body is just accustomed to working on minimal sleep #BUT USUALLY MORE THAN THIS??? AND TO NOT FEEL EVEN A TINSY BIT TIRED??? #idk i feel like I’ve accidentally sent my body into survival settings even though mentally I’m doing pretty normal #like normally I only get like this when im REALLY going through something and it truly is survival mode #like my body picks between eating or sleeping or washing PER DAY and we manage one task and clock out again #it gets bad #but like. that’s not this so I’m confused #perplexed even. bamboozled #ask

[chronically-enthusiastic]

WHY DOES IT FEEL LIKE ITS 8 ITS 20 TO 10 I NEED TO GO TO SLEEP HELP BYE

#dont worry #just tired #sleeeepppyyyy #wondered why then looked at the clock and realised #also ive been up since 5 cause taylor swift made me do it #but it feels like 8?!?! #I suppose I did have tea like an hour late #im rambling here oops #have a lovely day/sleep here #oh also i am liking all the vault tracks i dont know which is my fave #im tiirreddddddd #gnight #eli has a thought #also tumblr keeps glitching on me and saying theres like 2 posts but no #i refresh and theres nothing

[nerdie-faerie]

I have got to get worse at my job cus no way can keep letting them rely on me like this

#work tag #got on shift on Sunday and my manager pulled me aside when i clocked in to say thank god youre here i need you on front theyre an absolute #mess over there theyve got orders waiting nearly twenty minutes i need you to figure out whats going on and whip them into shape i know you #can just get all those order out right away just put them where you want them so you can clear that screen. and i did sort it in under 5 #despite there having been 3 people on front before i got there which is more than enough people to deal with just 6 orders and yet #and today several people called in sick and one of my managers asked if i wanted some extra hours i said depends when she was like just #until ten tonight which is only an extra hour later than i finish but ive already expressed im not comfortable finishing at 9 for only a #8 hour shift cus its an hour walk back and thats far to go by myself in the dark but i agreed anyway one of my other managers then asked if #i was okay to get home if i stayed that late cus obviously there must be a reason i dont usually stay that late i was like im only walking #so it doesnt really matter but it is gonna be late to be walking back but its fine manager then comes back again and asks if i could stay #til 11 ive only done an 11 once before when they were understaffed again and she did the same but i was wary to agree to the 11 cus thats #reeeally late to be doing such a long walk by myself again other manager is like you dont have to agree to anything youre not comfortable #with then argued to the manager that ive got to walk home and i shouldnt stay however im thinking it over as i make my break and approach #the actual shift runner for this evening and suggest i stay until 12 instead cus thats when my work bestie is finishing and if we finish at #the same time i can then walk back with her instead of just doing the 10 and honestly i need the hours but i shouldnt be so relied on tbh

[stewystew]

That man paid $83,000 a month for the ability to fire his ex whenever he wanted and then he didn’t even do it

#that’s not true he did fire her for like an hour that one time #the newsroom #he gave up on that literally by the end of episode 2. #literally THREE days after he paid 3 million dollars he decided he didn’t want to fire her anymore #… #(4/20/10 was a tuesday and episode 2 was a friday) #so that’s ​a decision that was useful to him for approximately 77 hours #(while trying to figure out how much time I found at the that explosion happened at 10:56 est but that’s ok since it’s a tv show) #(then I caved and watched that part of the episode and couldn’t find the part where I swear Don says how much time they have until 8 but I #DID see a clock that said it was 5:30 at 32:40. which is like right after will comes back from his agent’s office. so.) #. #please understand that this is the same brain that built a timeline consisting of (almost) every leverage episode that included the nba #schedule from 2007 in the evidence list. (or 2006 I don’t remember)

[girlwithfish]

go in at work at 1030 or go at 9 like usual

#Also i forgot to clock out today so i clocked out at 6:11pm instead of like 5:54 which is when i actually left #i dnt thjnk its a big deal but also feel maybe it is bc my boss sent a msg abt going on ur lunch for the full amt of time and not clocking #in early a min at all or anything... lmao so #Anyway i have the option cuz i always come in at 1030 fridays bc i habe therapy but my therapy appt is a diff time tbis week so i dont have #anything but my work doesnt know that so i cld go in at 9 if i wanted the extra hour and a half of pay. but also i want to sleep in