I was a competitive swimmer for years growing up. I trained with various swim teams, from well-known local club teams to the school Varsity swim team. I would say I was probably above average, but not a top swimmer regionally or in larger arenas (such as nationally). However, the pressures the swim teams placed on me was seriously overboard for my goals. It became cult-like. I trained and swam nearly everyday after school for hours. Sometimes I trained in the mornings too, although that became way too exhausting. Morning practices were two to three times a week. One coach I trained under habitually guilt tripped people on the team if they didn’t attend a morning practice or missed afternoon practice. Remember – this is year round rigorous training. I don’t think that’s necessary given that young people need to enjoy their lives too. I would have liked to spend more…
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I used to work customer service at Hobby Lobby and some of their sister stores, and stories like these were pretty common. Tell me about your worst or funniest experiences. I'll try to respond to whatever I can. Backstory: after a tech layoff a few months ago, I founded an indie game studio. We're working on our first title, which satirizes Late-stage Capitalism in a cyberpunk world with synthwave aesthetics. The player plays as a bank teller in a bank where the economy is about to collapse. We want to build a story-focused game, so we're looking for situations to throw the player's way — with a humorous spin. P.S. If you're at all interested in the game itself, you can Waitlist our Kickstarter at https://bankwave.frabjousstudios.com.
It's insane. No one can afford hobbies anymore. When I was growing up(late 90's early 00's when I was a late kid, early teen) a big deal was going to 'the hobby shop', where they had ya know, expensive as fuck hobby toys. $600/$800/$1k+ nitrometh RC cars and trucks, electric cars and trucks, small to big as fuck scale planes or even god-damn jets, with working jet engines. They'd have a whole fucking track and/or dirt track in the back of the store for weekend events/tournaments. They had dice, both loose, and in sets for the DnD crowd. They had 'cheap' $2 balsa wood planes you could assemble and fly, and some even had propeller with rubber band power. Feels like all those stores are just gone. What family can both afford to have a kid AND support some $600 RC car hobby? No one has time for that stuff,…
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This is a long one, but I appreciate anyone taking the time to read it to get it off my chest. I work in Guest Services (GS) at a non-profit that prides itself on internal hiring and professional growth. However, the past four job openings have all been filled externally even though they all were applied for by Guest Services team members. Three of these job openings were in different departments, so it could be argued that GS employees did not have the skills for them. However, the latest opening was for a Guest Services Manager. I started here a year and a half ago as a seasonal worker, then brought onto part-time staff, and a year ago I was made an Assistant Manager. In my time being here, I have seen 4 Assistant Managers promoted to Manager. Not only did I believe that I would be promoted, but all…
A few years ago I worked in a family owned restaurant in my town, and aside from refusing to let us wear pants instead of skirts (I had to come out as trans to finally make it happen), it wasn’t too terrible. Or, at least, I don’t think it was. Being my first real job probably gives me a weird bias. Anyway, one time I washed a dish wrong and couldn’t understand what my boss meant when she pointed it out, so out of frustration she took dish scum with her finger and wiped it on my arm to demonstrate. I’ll preface by saying I’m autistic with bad sensory issues, and I rubbed/cleaned that spot until the skin was raw. I was furious, too. Was this assault and/or something she could have landed in hot water for?
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In my old hometown, a pastor of a large church had a chronic serious condition that affected his ability to speak, have control physically, and give sermons. He could barely pay attention throughout the service and speak in a coherent manner oftentimes. Him and his family had prominent leadership positions in the church, and decided he should keep being the lead Pastor even as his health rapidly deteriorated week after week. I would have liked to think him and his family could have considered what would be best for the church instead of just what the lead Pastor wanted. Large numbers of people left the church and I think most people had issues with him continuing to have such power as his health declined. I think many people were afraid to speak up about their concerns out of fear of being judged by others. However, I think it was unethical…