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TW: Self-harm, cyber bullying

On the surface, my boss seems like a really nice and benevolent person. But lately, there have been instances that make me think I'm actually working for a narcissist.

Last year, my coworker got hurt on the job and needed stitches. After that incident happened, I heard some really icky things spoken by my boss anytime my coworker asks for even something minor, "[Coworker] cost me more money than any other employee!" When it was rumored that co-worker might quit; "If [they] do that [they'll] have to return every cent I paid [them]!"

But whenever my boss is in hot water with their superiors, they will ghost everyone for a couple of days and then show up with some story as to why no one could get ahold of them. "I had a heart attack yesterday, but I'm here. I am working!" I believed them at first until they let slip that they say that every time their customers are getting furious with their lack luster customer service; "I just tell them that and they instantly change their tone with me every time because they don't want to appear unsympathetic."

But this last part gets really bad. I had another coworker who was being cyber bullied in the neighborhood Facebook groups. I was never aware of it because I'm not active on Facebook, and I especially avoid those toxic neighborhood groups. People were making posts in these groups specifically to shit talk this coworker. I later found out my boss and other coworkers were aware of it and chose to ignore it. The bullies even went so far as to send them DMs and make fake accounts to harass them. This coworker eventually attempted suicide and I never saw them again. But I recently heard my boss say, "I don't care! [Coworker #2] put ME at a disadvantage trying to off [themselves]! [They] were out of work 2 months, and it really cost me!"

What the fuck? Is that all you can think about is how it disadvantaged you?! You KNEW this shit was going on, since you're in those groups yourself and you chose to let them suffer in silence because it had no personal impact on you until they couldn't take it anymore and chose the nuclear option? But anytime someone calls you out on your bullshit you pull out your ass some lame excuse to explain it all away and earn yourself more brownie points.

#tw self harm #tw cyberbullying #bad boss #work rant #work problems #tw narcissism

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happy tdov my loves. don't let anyone else define your transness for you.

help trans women evacuate gaza

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TW: Transphobia

I had my first ever encounter with a transphobic member of the LGBTQ community this week.

At work on Monday, I overheard some co-workers discussing Transgender Day of Visibility and how President Biden issued a statement acknowledging Trans Day. Since it just so happened to occur on the same day as Easter this year, my very close-minded co-workers took that and Biden's statement as evidence that Trans people are trying to take over Easter!

Now, I consider myself to be Non-binary (specifically Demi-girl/Agender), but I tend to fly under the radar, which is very helpful since I live in a very, very red state. It doesn't hurt that my normal sense of personal style is very casual and all black. So, I can wear traditionally "men's" pants, and no one pays much attention to me, which is the way I prefer it. I hate anything that draws attention to myself.

So, I bit my tongue and hyperfocused on my work. Then, when I went home, the non-binary gremlin in me just couldn't be contained anymore; I opened Reddit and made a post about how no one is going around trying to steal stolen holidays.

Now, I was fully anticipating pissed off Christians to rain their uninhibited fake outrage down onto the comment section (which happened) but I wasn't anticipating a self-identified 60 yr old gay man to come into my comments saying things like, "Why would you put a Trans holiday anywhere near a religious holiday knowing every seven years it's gonna land on said holiday" and "As a gay man I believe that the one part of our community is stifling the rest of us."

Tell me you're transphobic without telling me you're transphobic.

Now, since I can't just ignore the sheer inaccuracy of his math; according to Google from 2001 to 2100, Easter will only land on March 31st 5 times. Five times in an entire century. The last time Easter was on March 31st, it was 2013. So, 11 years ago, or over a decade ago. No one gave a shit in 2013 that Easter and Trans Day were on the same day. But let the president acknowledge it in a statement and everyone loses their fucking minds.

So, why would you avoid celebrating something important in your life on the off chance that it might coincide with someone's religious holiday? Of course, you wouldn't. If your birthday is on Christmas, do you no longer have a birthday?

"Next, why wouldn't you place it in the month of pride then each day of pride month could have a different day celebrating each letter of the lbgtq+ community."

Yes, that is what Pride Month is for, celebrating the diversity of the LGBTQ+ community. But are you gay only in June?

But sadly, even some in our diverse community isolate and vilify trans individuals just like what this old gay dinosaur is doing. For 15 years, a vast majority didn't know or even give a shit that Trans Day existed. That is until a president acknowledged it.

"May I point out there's no gay holidays that coincide with Yom kipper or Ramadan."

True, Yom Kippur and Ramadan don't coincide with any "gay holidays," but Shavout is directly in the middle of Pride Month. Any outrage there?

"So just piss off the Christian's so they have one more thing to hate us for. I find many in our community asking for acceptance while giving none, just my opinion and nothing more."

How very accepting of you to say, my lord.

"Maybe it's time we all in the gay community and cis people give the whole year to the Trans community."

But they aren't asking for the year, or even a month. They just want one day that is their own. And even members of our own LGBTQ+ community can't even give them that.

"I'm gay so I can't be transphobic."

Your statements say otherwise. Just because you're gay doesn't mean you are absolved of your transphobia.

Perhaps it's time we stop placating these dusty ass old gay dinosaurs and call them out on their hateful thinking. Their "I got mine" attitude only harms our communities. Just because you won the fight for same sex marriage doesn't mean you're safe. The fight for equality is never-ending.

More and more of us are having our rights stripped away right before our very eyes. Roe v. Wade has already been overturned, and they aren't going to stop there. They never planned to stop there. They are very methodically chipping away at our rights. Right now, they are focusing their efforts on the trans community, slowly outlawing their very existence. And while they have you distracted by that, they are quietly overturning same sex marriage laws. Your rights aren't safe and never will be safe as long as we have members in our communities who subscribe to this kind of thinking.

#trans community #trans day of visibility #transgender #trans rights #lgbtq community #lgbtq #lgbtq+ #lgbt #lgbtqia #lgbtqia+ #lgbtqplus #transphobes #reddit #nonbinary #demigirl #demisexual #agender

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A drunk driver took out an entire row of mailboxes on my route the other night. RIP my favorite mailbox.

#mailbox #alaska #snail mail #💌 you got mail! #usps #rural #dont drink and drive

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#lol #comedy #haha #funny #humor #cannibalchicken #memes #cat

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I'm off work today because I'm at an important appointment that I've been waiting months to get into. Work has been aware of this for months. But as I'm sitting here in the waiting room, I get a text:

"[Post Master] says [they'll] need a response on this when you get in"

With a picture attached of a customer complaint.

This dude doesn't even have a mailbox up on my route. If he does, it's not marked, and so at stops like the ones I deliver to, I can't tell which one is his.

Example:

I haven't even been able to access those boxes for the past month because all the people that get mail at the stop have an "It's not my responsibility" attitude. But when they are expecting a package, they have no problem calling in to complain that there is "no reason why my mail can't be delivered."

But have you shoveled in front of your box lately, Karen? Did you have to stand on top of your car to check your mail? Did you have to use snowshoes just to access your box?

Now, this guy claims to have a box at that stop, but there's no way for me to tell which box is his because his address isn't on any of those. So, I held his mail along with the mail of everyone else at that stop while waiting for them to clear the snow so I can resume delivery. That's over 30 days of mail I held for him. When the snow was finally cleared, I took all the mail out for that stop, including his. I was able to deliver everyone's mail, except for his. When I again failed to locate his box, I had no choice but to RTS (return to sender) it. It's been more than 30 days and I hadn't heard anything from him. Thirty days worth of welfare letters, social security letters, bills, and court notices. In all that time, I only had a couple of people contact the post office asking about their mail. Each time, it was because they were expecting a package.

Postal regulations tell us that if the mail isn't claimed in 10 days, it's to be returned to the sender. I gave him 30 days.

Some tips to prevent this:

Make sure your box is kept unobstructed at all times. This includes clearing the snow in winter time and making sure there are no cars or garbage cans blocking your box.

Make sure your box is properly and clearly marked with your full and complete address. This includes the full street name and any apartment numbers.

Make sure your box is in decent working order. The door should be fully attached and closable, (no, setting the door inside the box doesn't count), the flag is fully attached and functional, and the box itself is completely attached to the post and not falling off.

#alaska #work problems #work rant #fuck work #mailbox #snail mail #💌 you got mail! #letter carrier #usps #rural

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Gotta recharge the social battery.

#adhd #adulting is hard #neurodivergent

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Every single day

#Comics #Foxes In Love #Foxes #Humor #Humor Comics #Art #adhd

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A man walked up to me today with his peen hanging out.

I'm a mail carrier on a highway contracted route in Alaska. I do work for the USPS, but I'm not employed with them. These are routes that are too spread out and too rural even for the USPS employed rural carriers, so they contract these routes out to independent carriers like us.

So, that's what I was doing today when I got an eye full of a 50 yr old penis. This is how it happened.

I pull up to a stop, and since this particular stop was what I consider to be the halfway point of my route, I decided to check my email. I was waiting for something important and I didn't want to miss it. I wasn't even there a minute when I looked up to see a big white truck pull up in front of my little Forester.

I decided, ok, I'll wait a little more and proceed to mess around on my phone while this dude gets out of his truck and goes to check his mail.

He gets back into his truck, and I wait another minute, but he doesn't leave. OK, I think to myself, maybe he decided to read his mail before he drives off. So, I get out, grab the next bundle of mail, and pull the arrow key out of my pocket to open the first CBU (Cluster Box Unit), and I start delivering the mail all the while I'm acutely aware of everything around me. I'm delivering mail on the side of a highway with only my car to shield me from the traffic going by 20 mph over the posted speed limit. By now I can tell by the sounds of the tires on each car if they are just driving past me or if they are going to stop behind my car and ask me some inane question like "Do you have anything for me?" You're a complete stranger to me. Am I supposed to know who you are? But on this particular day, the traffic on that road was nearly non-existent

Since he hasn't left yet, I decided to deliver the mail to each CBU before I even start on the packages. I don't care that he's sitting there as long as he stays in his truck. I get halfway done with the third unit when I hear his truck door open again. I can hear the snow crunch under his feet as he approaches me. So, I close up the CBU all the while mentally preparing myself for yet another stupid question. He doesn't disappoint, either. Upon seeing that I closed up the CBU, he asks, "I guess I have to go get my key then?" I turn to answer him and tell him that yes, he needs his key to get his mail when I see something that I never once saw in all my seven years of working retail.

Don't get me wrong, though, I've seen a lot of shit working retail. Some of it even included actual shit. But seeing a grown ass man piss himself in the produce section while snacking on grapes still could not mentally prepare me for what I saw today.

This man stood there and asked me if I finished delivering the mail for box #5 all the while free ballin with his little Vienna sausage poking out of his fully unzipped and unbuttoned pants. It was roughly 20 degrees outside today. How could he not feel his Vienna sausage shrivel up like a piece of Jerky?

I quickly told him no and finished locking up the CBU. Then, as he was walking back to his truck to get his key, I walked back to my own vehicle and fully noped the fuck outta there. It didn't matter that I hadn't finished delivering the letters, nor did it matter that I never even started delivering the parcels. I just had to get away from there. I circled back, of course, after completing all the other stops on that street. But I found he was still sitting there in his truck. So I passed the stop up again.

Later, after all my other stops had been completed, I would circle back one more time to find he finally vacated that stop. The folks got their mail and packages, just a little bit later than usual, thanks to their free ballin neighbor.

#alaska #mailbox #gone postal #usps #letter carrier #that happened #rural #highway #work problems #work rant #work stories #nope

[roguekhajiit]

To the lady in the dark grey Ford Bronco.

You were turning right on the Kenai Spur HWY from South Forest. I was in my clapped out Subaru, turning left onto the spur hwy from North Forest.

The light turned green, and we both made our turns into our respective lanes on the 4 lane road.

But in the middle of making your turn you decided you wanted my lane instead, forcing me to slam on my brakes mid-turn and pound my fist into my horn for a full 30 seconds.

Now, I know it's very unlikely you'll read this but I'm typing it anyways.

When turning, you should turn into the lane closest to you. Right turns into the right most lane and left turns into the left most lane. I know this might be difficult for you to understand. But the right most lane is the one closest to the curb. That is your lane, stay in it.

Remember, I drive a clapped out Subaru, I don't have the money to be paying for a brand new, crappy, Ford that will be totalled out if your bumper so much as gets a dent in it. If you want your Bronco to stay on the road for the remainder of it's life (50,000 miles) give more than a tire width of space between you and the Subaru with 3x more mileage on it than the car whose loan you're still paying on 5 years later.

Here's to hoping we both can continue to share the road without needing to be in each other's space. See you next Tuesday.

#alaska #kenai peninsula #kenai #roadrage #bad drivers #ford #ford bronco #subaru

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A magnificent Shire horse and his little donkey buddy (Source: https://ift.tt/2RLIbER)

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⚠️ Warning ⚠️ Rant ahead

I'm planning to quit my job. I haven't yet but I've already put in several applications.

I thought this job might really be where I found my place in life. It didn't pay a lot, but I was doing something meaningful. My customers always appreciated the work I did, and I got outside every day. The job allowed me to do what I loved; driving for a living.

But the job has more cons than pros. I make less than $4000 a month. It pays me a monthly salary, so I have to budget month to month. I end up having to pick up side hustles to close the gap every month. Even with the side hustles, I'm still left borrowing money just to make it to payday.

I'm subcontracted to the job and considered self-employed. That means I get absolutely no benefits at all, I don't even get health insurance. I also have to use my own car for the job, and I work 6 days a week.

The long work week means I don't get any time to take care of the maintenance needed for my car. My car is currently 600 miles past its needed oil change. I can do the oil change myself, but it also needs new brakes/rotors, and there is a cv joint that needs replaced. That's a full day it needs to spend at the mechanic and $1100 worth of work needed just to keep it on the road.

I can't even call my "boss" (the person who signs my checks) to tell them I need an extra day off to get the work done. Well, I CAN call them, they're just not answering. I send texts that are left on read. I leave voice mail and never get a call back. The only time I hear from them lately is to tell me my check is waiting for me.

I love my car even though it's old. My best friend sold it to me, and it's the first vehicle I ever owned outright. My car has always been reliable. It keeps on going like the Energizer Bunny of cars. So, it hurts me to know that I am literally driving my car into the ground for a job that can't even afford me a day off to even get the bare minimum of maintenance done on it.

#fuck work #work problems #rants #bad job #bad boss #work rant #i need a new job

[roguekhajiit]

Caught a picture of the Aurora Borealis tonight after work.

#unedited #aurora #aurora borealis #northern lights #alaskaphotography #alaska #kenai peninsula #photography

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It's been a bit since I posted but I saw this on Facebook. And it struck a nerve considering the page that posted it.

This was my answer:

Funny almost every single person agreeing with this are boomers. One person said this is so the customer has to put up with more crap in the store. Oh, but it's OK for cashiers to put up with your crap cause you're too lazy to walk down 10 ft to the next open register? "There's no open registers anywhere! Forcing me to work for you, wHeRe'S mY w-2?!" There's a register here, here, and there. But you complain because the closest ones to your car are self-checkouts. So you use them then hold the poor host hostage to your verbal abuse or force them to act as a cashier for you, drawing their attention away from other customers who may legitimately their assistance for more than just scanning their items for some fat lazy ass who starts huffing at the simple action of bagging their own shit. So yeah when Walmart sees that more transactions are going through their self-checkouts than actual registers, Walmart doesn't see the purpose in maintaining unused registers and replaces them with more self-checkouts. You want stores to keep cash registers? Treat your cashiers with respect so that they won't fucking rage quit because some Karen with an expired coupon they printed off their computer three months ago decided to call corporate and complain about them for the 5th time that week. If you can't treat cashiers as people don't get mad when you can't find them working their jobs. Or shop from Amazon and fuck off.

- Sincerely all retail workers.

#fuck customers #fuck retail #retail life #retail #retail mood #retail hell #customer service #cashier problems #cashier life #cashier hell

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my boss gets mad when we lean against the counter or the wall all the time and tells us to stand up like bro 😐 you’re sitting in the office all day while im up front for 8 hours on my feet politely fuck off

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This abandoned house in the chilling woods of Russia [960 x 860]