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they're saying that Thursday will be falling on a Thursday this week. the rare double Thursday phenomenon

just saw someone call trans unity an "unobtainable fantasy," getting real sick of the doomerisms yall are hooked on these days

touhouweed

What pisses me off the most is that y'all don't keep this doomerism to yourself, it would be one thing if you just wrote this shit in a diary, but y'all are putting that out there trying to scare young trans people into being divided. spreading the idea that trans unity is an "unobtainable fantasy" only serves to make trans people feel even more alone and desperate than before, during a time where being united will give us strength.

Trans people should be encouraged to find safety and community in one another, and not just with trans people that are "like them."

balkanrose

very controversial opinion here, but sometimes customer service workers are the problem 😶

balkanrose

no, you shouldn't be expected to be polite to customers because they're customers. you should be expected to be polite to customers because they are people

balkanrose

like, a person with a stutter trying to order or an old lady asking you for help with a chair is not rude customer behavior. you are not excused for being nasty to them because you work in customer service

sanktpolypenbourg

The "just don't be an asshole" rule strikes again

you get little cultural (sometimes social justice-) memes about which categories of people you get to be systematically annoyed at- or mean to, or whatever little outlet for rightous rudeness and casual cruelty, but at the end of the day maybe just don't lose sight of "don't be an asshole"

dabwax-deactivated20250410

I overheard a coworker at the college who works essentially customer service for students mocking people with a mean voice who want their names changed or fixed on their records. For what? Why? Why be an asshole over someone's NAME? Why is it bad to want your name correct on student records?

And the funniest part of that is I'm a student worker and my name is fucked in the system. So they were mocking me directly without knowing? 😭

dailymanners

I say this as someone who worked food service and retail for many, many years and is fully aware of how awful and soul destroying working customer service can be, but:

I think people also often forget that power dynamics don't always fully favor the customer, and sometimes power dynamics can be tilted in the favor of the customer service worker and subsequently abused. Able bodied customer service workers can be, and often are, ableist to disabled customers. White customer service workers can be, and often are, racist towards customers of color. Customer service workers who are men can be, and often are, sexist towards customers who are women. Customer service workers who are non-immigrants can be, and often are, xenophobic towards immigrant customers. Shall I go on? That's obviously not an exhaustive list and I could very well go on.

When I worked retail I had a co-worker scream at a little old lady and kick her out of the store because she spoke to him in a language he didn't speak. I saw her face as she was leaving and she looked so shaken up like she was about to cry. I've overheard so many of my co-workers calling customers racial slurs behind their back. Once again, I could go on, but I feel like my addition here is already getting long enough.

Yes, you should be able to stand up to customers who are being unreasonable jerks, you should be able to refuse service to customers who are being unreasonable jerks. But the ones who aren't doing anything harmful you should still be nice to, not because it's your job, but because they're a human being.

dailymanners

Here's the other thing worth mentioning, the more you are unnecessarily rude, aggressive, or even just snippy to customers who really aren't doing anything wrong, the more you are making your job unnecessarily worse, not only for yourself, but for your co-workers too.

If a customer experiences an employee being rude or mean for no reason, then they're going to anticipate this kind of treatment next time they have to do business at your place of employment. This means they're more likely to be up in arms and defensive and generally more difficult and unpleasant. The more your place of employment gets a reputation for mean and unhelpful employees, the more people are going to come in defensive and anticipating a fight.

animentality

wizardshark

Why was there an all male BBQ competition?? Why did they fall for such a terrible disguise??

fuckyeahchinesefashion

How to craft an Archmage Robe (cr粘花贴草)

wordproblemapoligist

tom nook is NOT a landlord!!! he is a construction worker! he SELLS you a WHOLE HOUSE! He is not CHARGING YOU however many bells a month to live there! You PURCHASE a HOME that he BUILDS FOR YOU and then you PAY HIM FOR HIS SERVICE. He charges no interest he sets no time limit it is a relationship built on trust. the only penalty you get for not paying off your home is that he won't build more home until you pay him for the first one. A guy that builds you a house wherever you want him to and then charges you for the cost of construction is not a landlord you own the fucking home

dragongirlsweetie

the problem with fantasyposting on here is the amount of people who try to "um actually" you on the basis that your post doesn't comply with the rules/mechanics/worldbuilding of dungeons and dragons

unhappytogekiss

a new reality tv show called So you think you can write Doctor Who

twelve episodes, twelve contestants - a mix of annoying middle aged sci fi authors, fan fic authors and random people off the street

a variety of against the clock writing tasks, big finish scripts, ability to interact with actors without shouting at them and challenges where you have no budget or doctor for an episode

judged by solely by christopher eccleston

this is how you find the new doctor who showrunner

bimstown

devourallusurvey

You ever think about many peices of media have zero women and thats just perfectly normal but if a peice of media has an all female cast people get... like that? Women should be allowed to kill over this btw