Confessions of a Retail worker.

A blog about me, and my life.

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Confessions of a retail worker

The people that come into Joanns can be a pain and a half. I do not have the word "slave" written across my forehead in big bold letters, so don't boss me around. Yes the customer is always right, but when you're demanding I leave the register when others need to be checked out, I really can't do that. If you need help, be patient please. It will make me want to help you a lot faster.

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Frozen in Reverse pt.1

[ging-ler]

SOME OF THESE ARE SAD AND SOME OF THESE JUST MAKE ME LAUGH LIKE KRISTOFF JUST SHOVES ANNA BACK INTO THE SNOW BUT IN THE LAST ONE ELSA FINALLY OPENS THE DOOR AND WHAT

[miyuliart]

I’ve been spamming twitter with my silly Disney/Pixar genderbending sketches so I thought I’d clean some up and put them here as well~ (I also did some Frozen genderbends) This was fun! 

[amy32687]

I love some Avengers, Loki, and awesomeness!

[darkness-is-sexy]

You heard him tell me to do it!

[carlyisaround-deactivated201406]

Best cast in the world.

[mandopony]

Hans + Hans (Live!) …I did it again, but with guitars this time

[painted-fire]

#tbt to when I first bought Dante #wheee

[braveandboldredhead]

Are you sure his name isn't Susan?

[madamdisney-blog]

+“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.” 

[madamdisney-blog]

My contribution to the Four Seasons fandom. I love these four girls, and I’m glad that I have a reason now to group them all together! Which season best describes you? (I think I’m an Autumn!)

[i-am-silent-sky]

That which holds the image of Nick Cage, becomes itself Nick Cage.

[braveandboldredhead]

Oh gosh Silent Sky would would you post this! xD i-am-silent-sky

[thebossbaby-official]

so i’m rewatching Tangled to find more instances of mother Gothel singing to the hair to make into a pretty little gifset right

and okay

did Gothel name Rapunzel?

like, she just snuck into the castle and took her as a baby i doubt she had much time to find out what her name was

little…

[braveandboldredhead]

She is a princess. They would have named her long before Mother Gothel stole her, and since Gothel lived in their kingdom, she would have heard the baby's name. 

[braveandboldredhead]

You know you work in retail when...

You're out shopping for food, and you see something had fallen on the floor and you bend down to pick it up, even though you don't work there

You feel your OCD coming on when you see something in the wrong place, but don't know where it goes.

You feel like fixing things if they are placed oddly, or just look bad.

[emmeryn-whatcha-say]

As much as I like her final design I’m kinda bummed Disney didn’t go with black haired! Elsa. Think of the trope that breaks, she looks evil as all get out and wears red and white and her snow queen outfit is all menacing and crap but she’s -still- a good person.

[braveandboldredhead]

I don't mind that they made her hair platinum blonde. It's when people think it's pure white, that irritates me. I think if they had gone with black hair and red outfit, people might've seen her as too close to Mother Gothel. We already see complaints that Anna looks like Rapunzel (which I don't see)

[tifamex]

"The first Disney Movie to tell girls they can fight too is Frozen!"

"Frozen is the first Disney Movie where the girl didn’t need a man to save her!! <3 "

[neko-chicana]

"Frozen is the first Disney movie about loving sisters!"

[disneyaddictgirl]

"Frozen is the first Disney movie to question why someone would get married after knowing them for only a day."

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"Frozen is the first film to have a blonde male lead who “doesn’t fit the cookie cutter mold””

[brunette-nymphette]

Feel free to sexually harass me if you’re male. You know what they say “Boys will be boys.”. Although I’m not sure any of you will want to do that since I’m not very modest, therefore not attractive. - - - - - - - - The new principal at my school used two phrases while addressing new dress code rules to a class. "Modest is hottest." and "Boys will be boys." He should have said something more along the lines of: “The school dress code was established to provide our students with a safe and orderly learning environment that is free from distractions.” Let’s start with the phrase “Modest is hottest.” Shall we? Modest-Having or showing a moderate estimation of one’s own talents, abilities, and value. If modest is hottest, then it’s not modest. You are literally sending the message to young girls, who are already struggling with self confidence, that hiding their body makes them more attractive. You are establishing a sense of shame in these young, developing minds and bodies. A human has the right to wear whatever they feel comfortable in. Showing less skin doesn’t make you any more attractive. Showing more skin does not make you any less attractive. When someone calls you attractive that just means that they are attracted to you. At what point in your career did you find it appropriate to define my “hotness”? Why are you at all concerned with how “hot” I am? You are teaching us, through modesty, to be objects of sexual arousal. I’m sorry, but I don’t dress myself to look “hot” for anyone. I dress myself as a way of expressing myself and my body. “If covering up my body is supposed to make people sexually/physically attracted to me, then how would those people feel if I decide to have sexual relations with them, without clothes on?” “How am I supposed to love and feel proud of my naked body and develop a sense of sexuality when exposing my body is deemed shameful and unattractive?” Since when should being “hot” be my concern. I don’t want to be with someone who just thinks I’m hot. I want to be with someone who loves and respects all the parts of my mind, personality, and body. THAT’S what you should be teaching, not “How to be hot.”. My body is not a sinful temptation that needs to be hidden.  My body is not your personal, sexual object.  My body does not overshadow my character.  My body is not any more sexual than a man’s body.  My body is not here to look “hot” for you. Next up is “Boys will be boys.” Being a boy refers to your gender. That’s all. It does not make you constantly sexually aroused, animalistic, or sexually uncontrollable, but for some reason society has come to the conclusion that you are this stereotype. This is extremely sad. This gender stereotype is unfair to all men. By telling them who they are as a man you are absolutely taking away their moral agency. “But he’s a teenager. He’s raging with hormones.” You don’t think I’m raging with hormones as well? Believe me I am. Men are not stupid. They are not unable to see when someone is not consenting to sex. It’s not ‘in their nature’ to rape because they are a man, it’s not ‘in their nature’ because IT’S WRONG TO RAPE SOMEONE. Raping someone is a cognitive choice. (how modestly the victim dresses does not affect them being raped). When the few people that do sexually harass people happen to be male and you use the excuse “Boys will be boys.” you are not only excusing their behavior, you are condoning it. It’s this “Boys will be boys.” mentality, culture, and attitude that condone sexual assault. Whenever the excuse “Boys will be boys.” is used, it’s just an exercise of male privilege. It’s this attitude that condones sexual assault. You are giving them a free license that makes it okay for them to be sexually violent, that says “Well I’m a boy, it’s just who I am.” Sex needs to stop being about “no no no bad dirty gross shameful” and start being about “Yes. Let’s have consenting sex because I want to.” Consent. THAT’S what you should be teaching, not “Well you know how they are… Boys will be boys!”  Boys are not sexually uncontrollable. Boys do not have a genetic, animalistic, violent nature. Boys are not born with a natural desire for destruction or control. Despite what society and culture keeps trying to cram down everyone’s throat, having a penis doesn’t make it okay to sexually harass someone. The false idea that men can’t control themselves is so unfair and completely ridiculous.

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The next day He called me down to his office to discuss my concerns. (Students and teachers told him about it, which I expected)

I spent a good hour and a half arguing with the principle about his comments when he called me down to his office, today. I offered to send him what I posted if he was interested in reading it. He said “No, that won’t be necessary.” I explained to him that I wanted him to read what I wrote and I would appreciate it if he did. He said “No, I don’t really care to read it. That’s okay.” I asked him what he meant by the phrase “boys will be boys” and he explained that if a girl is inappropriately dressed that it can lead to inappropriate, sexual touching and staring (sexual harassment). If a boy chooses to sexually harass someone, it’s his choice no matter what his gender is. He explained to me that boys are more “wound up” than girls are. I didn’t quite understand what he meant by that so I asked him for a different adjective and after a minute of mumbling he chose the word “aggressive” but then followed that up with “…well I don’t think that’s the correct word to use…”. I agree, not the best word to use, eh?  I asked him to explain why boys are different than girls in this regard and he said “Well to start, all boys are attracted to girls…” I interrupted with “No. There are actually boys who are attracted to other boys.” He laughed and said “Oh, yes of course!”… I guess that part must have slipped his mind. I asked him, in general, what the difference is between girls and boys. He said that boys “misbehave more” and are “outgoing”. He said that girls are “reserved”. That’s all. That’s the word he used, “reserved”. Boys and girls are different because they have different organs and hormones. Being a girl doesn’t automatically make me reserved. Just like being a boy doesn’t make you automatically misbehave. I explained to him that by using the phrase “Boys will be boys.”, he is excusing and condoning bad behavior from boys, such as sexual harassment and rape. “But that’s not reality, that’s your opinion.” he said.  He explained that his daughters “behave” and that his nephews were disrespectful… because they are boys. I said “That has nothing to do with their gender. They act that way because of how they were raised, the environment they are living in, and the choices they make.”  I told him that the phrases he used were sexist and stereotypical and unfair to all genders. I explained to him that many students and people of society were offended by what he said and the phrases he used. I told him that I thought he should apologize for what he said and explain to students and society that this kind of message is not okay or appropriate. He said he wouldn’t apologize for that, but he would give me an apology, which was “I’m sorry you feel that way.”  After he dodged almost every question I asked by sharing his plans to improve LHS, he decided that he had had enough of not being able to answer my questions or concerns and ended our discussion by saying “I’m going to end this discussion.” and I was sent back to class.

[hugsndrugz-blog]

Yes. This needs to go viral.

[braveandboldredhead]

Retail worker confession 2

I actually know what I'm talking about sometimes. Please don't treat me like I know nothing. 

I had some lady walk up and ask if I knew what Beauty and The Beast was. My internal comment was "I'm twenty years old, and grew up on Disney. yes I do know what it is." I actually asked what she was doing. She looked at me like I had a bug crawling on my face, repeatedly saying "I thought you knew what Beauty and the Beast was!" My internal self? I do. But I have no idea what you are doing and why you need Belle's first dress color. 

I finally got her to sort of tell me that it was for a costume, and she had picked out satin. SATIN. For a stage costume. For the first act. BAD IDEA. But she berated me, saying that it wouldn't show. She went to mumbling to herself, and I walked off to go put stuff away. Not 5 minutes later, there's a call over the radio asking if we have Beauty and the Beast fabric. 

Needless to say, the lady left her cart, and fabric, in one aisle and left the store. 

[braveandboldredhead]

Retail worker confession #1

I absolutely HATE it when people are on their phone and trying to get me to do something for them.

What ever it is that Michelle has to say, can wait five minutes so I can cut your fabric, or ring your purchases up. If I make a mistake, and you don't catch it? It's on you. It's also rude.. 

[braveandboldredhead]

Just coming to realize that most of my posts will probly be me going on about the person I have as my significant other, and how amazing they are.. I apologize in advanced, but he's the kind of person that isn't all into mushy kinds of stuff, especially when busy, and I've been putting some friends through listening to it.. So I might as well write it out so I can get it off my chest.

Basically, if he ended up coming to me, and asking me to marry him (which I expect would be something like "Wanna marry me?" Instead of anything fully romantic :p) I would drop everything and say yes. He feels like my other half, and while I know I'm still young and still have a full life, and not really ready to be tethered down quite yet, I would just for him. He knows how to make me happy, and it almost seems like he knows exactly when I need him to call me. When I'm upset at him, he somehow finds a way to explain the situation without pissing me off more, and having me realize I was foolish in my angering.  I've started adopting his little isms, and have been told countless times to stop using them (though we all know it's impossible). He's told me many times that he likes me for me, and he has given me the confidence I've needed for so long, gotten me to see I'm worth his attention.. and worthy of myself. I've gained a self respect for myself that I never dreamed of having, and he's gotten me to be more comfortable with being close to people.  Before I met him, I rarely let people hug me longer than 5 seconds, and I would feel uncomfortable in group hugs. Holding hands felt weird for me, and the thought of any sort of sexual intercourse made me shudder. I'm an extrovert and don't mind being in crowds.. I just hated people touching me when I didn't want them to, and I would hug them, or touch their shoulder, but not for prolonged amounts of time. 

He feels like my sunshine on cloudy days, and my strength and support when I'm down. I believe I am a happy point in his life as well, and that makes me even more happy. To be able to bring him happiness when he is going through a tough time. He knows I'm there for him, and even though he doesn't open up to many people.. I'm lucky enough to have had him open up to me more often than not. 

I wouldn't say my life revolves around him, because I don't need myself getting broken too badly if he decides to leave. But he is definitely a major happiness in my life, and I love him with all of my heart.

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Enroll today!

[braveandboldredhead]

Dangit, someone thought of this before me.. xD