Author: Olivia

Hello, I work at a gas station, and I have been making it so far. Most of my jobs in life have been either gas station or some kind of customer service work. I have seen a lot of things doing these jobs and frankly people never cease to fucking amaze me. I pride myself on great customer service and can keep my cool generally but today has really tested me. So today had actually started pretty good, didn't oversleep and did my hair, I'm a male in the red south and have recently dyed it blue, not that it pertains to the story I guess. But you can grasp the general level of selfish, headstrong pricks I usually deal with. I've grown accustomed to it. A man comes in today and at first base meeting we get along alright, the usual “how ya doin, is that all, would you…

fml Where did all my time go? Um how do I buy time?

I worked at a Staples store for about 2 months. While working there the managers would often put me in the back and tell me to restock the shelves because my social skills are not up to par with what their standards are. I struggle to read others' body language and facial expressions understandably because I have autism. Over the 2 months, I had made mistakes and did things like take a tip for helping someone carry a printer to their car. (Which was a violation of their corporate rules but seriously $12/hour smh) At some point down the line, they had decided they would fire me even though they were complaining about being short-staffed all the time. My reaction wasn't that appropriate but the first thing that came to my mind was to say “So you're firing me because I am autistic” and the manager's response was “Had we…

Actions speak louder than words. None of what you are sharing is new. THIS IS OLD NEWS. HOW ABOUT WE DO SOMETHING.

I think that either: 1. Most people will be out of a job and will dip into poverty. They'll realize that the .01% have taken all the wealth and will unite against them under the common cause of not starving to death. The .01% obviously can't fight off 99.99% of humanity, even with their robot soldiers, so they go off to space to be taken care of by their machine slaves 2. Same as 1 but the .01% realize 1's inevitability early and go off to space while they still can, leaving the rest of us on Earth to our own devices 3. The .01% give an upgraded UBI to everyone so as to both keep us from revolting and allow us to buy their automation-produced goods

I started work when I was 14 as dishwasher boy for family friends parents restaurant to now doing IT career at 30. I have been recently let go, though the job was paying me well, it was a toxic environment. I got into my IT career at 21 doing non paid internship. At age 24, I job hopped 6 times because I hated working for my bosses. I had to find a way out and realized I would kill and hate myself working until I am 62 or something. I was let go two weeks ago, but I already had an exit plan way before. LUCKILY, Being Japanese and Filipino has many pros. I am able to leave this country. I have saved and invested well and can finally retire at age 30 with my wife outside America. Every day I worked, I felt like I wasn’t really living. I…