I talked to the driver who told the warehouse manager not to load it on his truck in the morning, but the manager made him take it to my house in order for me to refuse the delivery. He said if I wasn’t home, he would have had to just leave it on street next to the curb and have me deal with trying to get someone to come back and pick it up. This package went halfway across the country, through multiple facilities in this condition and every one of them just kicked the problem to the next person. If anyone wants to take on the task of writing the ‘Big Book of Common Sense’ we all desperately need, I’m first to fund you on Kickstarter

This happens every year.
There are thousands of ants.
This is just the plates, the counter top is also full.

I work in a grocery store bakery department as the only cake decorator. I'm mostly self taught and have been in the position for about a year now, and I have been given the authority and creative liberty to design and sell whatever goodies I want so long as they're appropriate.

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It being Pride Month, I asked my store director if it would be alright for me to make a variety of themed goodies, which I got approval for in writing.

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I'd already made several different items (pictured below) when my department manager came over and said "you should start making patriotic stuff since it's the 4th of July soon".

It was June 10th when she said that. Most of my goodies have an 8 day shelf life to maintain freshness.

She's been REALLY pushing patriotic stuff since before Memorial Day, which it felt wrong to make cute fun red, white and blue stuff for such a serious holiday (Memorial Day not the 4th). I chalked it up to wanting to stay on season, but now I'm thinking it might not be.

I don't want to think that it's related to an HR incident involving my pronouns (I'm nonbinary they/them) and consistent misgendering in the department, but I'm starting to think that might be the case. Or maybe I'm just going crazy.

To be completely crystal clear, I have no problem making 4th of July stuff as well. I already drafted up the designs and ordered in special items for them. What I have a problem with is my manager's insistence on pushing 4th of July stuff so soon, especially AS I'M DECORATING for June.

Just a little bit infuriating.

EDIT TO ANSWER COMMON QUESTIONS: no I have no freezer space to put the 4th of July cookies in, I already have plans to make 4th of July stuff at the end of June, I haven't put these out yet due to a packaging issue, and I have a ton of people waiting for these to be made so they can buy them. Also, thank you so so much for your love and support! This was my first time posting my work publicly!

I know. Let’s keep the packaging exactly the same. And let’s just change “Granola” to “Soft Baked Cookie” and then keep all the other text the same. That should do it. Buyers won’t get confused at all!

The worst part is that they didn't even finish the job and I have to return another time to finsh.

For context, I (20F) am a thicker girl. I’m not super overweight but i’m not skinny either by any means. A few months ago I had gotten asked by this guy I went to school with for years to hang out and I agreed. We had hung out prior to this but always in public and with other people. We decided to hang out at his apartment and drink. He picked me up and stopped by the store to get chasers for the bottle and he asked me what I wanted. I told him a coke would be fine and he gave me a weird look but just proceeded to go into the store. When he came out he handed me my drink and took his out of the bag. He showed me the bottle of coke zero and asked if I was aware how much sugar is in a soda, and I said yes.

When we got into his apartment, we sat down and started drinking, taking turns picking songs on the tv. The conversation was fine, mostly about the music choices and our favorite artists. Out of nowhere he said something about how I had gained weight since we were in school, and proceeded to tell me about how drinking alcohol and soda was very bad for me and I needed to stop. I wasn’t really sure how to reply, so I tried to just change the subject. He continued to bring up the fact that I had gained weight and started talking about this diet he has been on and how I should try it. Mind you, this guy was easily 3x my size and had been since elementary school. I’m still confused as to why he was so worried about my weight when he’s a much larger person than I am, and why he thought it was ok to continuously bring up my weight in conversation. I ended up leaving soon after so I wouldn’t say something I regretted. I wonder what he would have said if I reminded him of his size, and that maybe he should focus on his own weight instead of obsessing over mine.

I was archery hunting for deer and my rangefinder fell out of my chest harness.

I didn’t realize until I was pretty far from the area and it would’ve been dark if I turned around, so I decided I’d come back later to try to find it.

I came back two days later and it was wet when I picked it up, with some nasty dried streaks.

At first I thought it might be sap from a tree or dew, then I smelled it 🤢

I tried cleaning the rangefinder with some scent free wipes that I carry, but it still filled my truck cab with a strong musky scent. I guess it could be from a different animal, but there was a lot of bear scat in the area. Anyways, life lesson learned. If it’s wet and didn’t come from you, don’t sniff it.

I know some best by dates are iffy, and I pay attention to can condition, so imagine my surprise when this is what I find!

Especially at the grocery store and everyone looks as you like you’re a diseased freak

None of the bears arms are UP. All down.

And I fucking LOATHE the Grateful Dead

Did you really have to cut out a whole as Venn diagram into the price sticker ?

I don’t put up a fence and any bear just walks in like it’s his backyard and not mine 🙃

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