[basuralindo]

So I just simultaneously did, and possibly didn't lose my job today :)

Very much did in the sense that I literally do not know where my job is at the moment. But, for the time being I haven't been let go because nobody else including the store owner knows where it is either.

So, I don't wanna risk doxxing myself by posting pictures but goddamn am I tempted because this is not a believable event. This is a cartoon problem. For looneytoons.

But yeah, so, I work(ed?) at a kiosk selling boba tea, right? Freestanding kiosk in the mall with full water and electrical hookups and multiple fridges and sinks and a mini kitchen and the works. Fully functional tea shop. Very important to note that it was there last night, The work chat was discussing another issue last night at closing time. I'll get back to this.

It's been showing signs of being on the way out with how business is being handled lately and I've been considering other options, which is probably why I'm not as torn up about this as I should be, but maybe it just hasn't set in yet, but that's not the point. The point is there's been a lot of shit breaking and not being replaced and nobody mentioning anything about it until I walk into work in the morning and have to figure out why shit like the fucking cash register isn't there today. So I'm kinda used to having to ask questions about big things that nobody bothered to update me on. I was out for two weeks recovering from a surgery, so I came to work this morning assuming there'd be some kind of bullshit, yeah?

So, the question I had to ask the chat this morning was:

Not a text I ever thought I'd have to send in sincerity, but there it is. Because what I found instead was a fenced off patch of discolored tiles and a few holes in the floor where my entire place of employment used to be.

And the answer? Nobody knows! It was there last night when the mall closed, and every single trace of the structure and all its contents including drink making supplies and our safe and cashbox was gone when it opened again. And when I say nobody knows, I mean everyone from last night's closers to the actual (former?) owner of the store jad no fucking clue about this until getting that text from me this morning. For once I am actually the first to know. 🎉.

So. I guess I didn't so much lose my job as had it stolen. Not by AI, but good old fashioned hands-on human beings picking it up and carrying it away somehow. All mall security would tell me was that they were instructed not to tell me anything and have us contact our management. Who also don't know anything. And later on I came across some construction workers around the gravesite of the kiosk discussing filling in the holes, asked them about it, and was told that they "weren't at liberty to say".

So, not only is my job gone in the most literal physical sense of the word, but it was taken in some kind of super secret kiosk extraction in the dead of night without any warning or witnesses and nobody is allowed to speak of it. The store owner said she was gonna figure it out 10 hours ago and still no word back.

I don't know what else to say aside from I've been laughing all day and I'm gonna have a hell of a time explaining Schrodinger's Unemployment to the benefits office.

[basuralindo]

Update that is not an update because I'm basically certain this isn't what actually happened:

My mother in law thinks the FBI took it.

Not any of the other stores around the state. Just the one little kiosk.

Why? Because she loves a conspiracy and is just a little bit extra.

Also because she was around for the massive crackdown on Yakuza-owned businesses in Waikiki (in her homestate) that did actually involve the FBI seizing stores (no confirmation of making kiosks cleanly disappear in the middle of the night though).

Still no word from my job on what's actually going on, but the most likely theory so far is that maybe the kiosk was on lease and got repossessed? The mystery continues

(also shout out to the person who proposed Carmen Sandiego)

[basuralindo]

ACTUAL (partial) UPDATE:

According to the owner, based on what she's been able to find out, the kiosk was not removed legally and they're starting a potentially long process of legal action. I hope she gets to sue the shit out of whoever did it but for now at least I know for sure I'm unemployed.

Really hoping for more details in terms of who/why/how, so I'll keep updating if I learn anything.

For now the summary is: An unnamed entity that is most likely mall management (on account of mall security cooperating with them) stole an entire kiosk and all the contents including money and machinery with barely a trace in the middle of the night grinch-style, with zero warning or explanation, and ensured the silence of both security and the construction crew, in an action that was definitely preplanned and illegal, and as far as I know nobody knows its whereabouts.

So now I'm officially out of a job. Because my workplace was literally stolen in the night.

[basuralindo]

Actually fuck it let's share some photos cause I wouldn't be inclined to believe this myself. It's not like anyone can stalk me at my job now and I'm not gonna have to see any coworkers that might find my tumblr.

Enjoy the unintentionally funniest text I've ever sent in my life

Aaand a close-up:

The last remains of a once Very Much Solid And Immobile Workplace

[basuralindo]

HEY HI HELLO THIS ONE'S MY FAVORITE

via @kagaminilen

[mysteryteacup]

[cut to a kiosk on legs, sipping a boba, while wandering into the nearest forest on chicken legs]

[ardanelvilyafeanturi]

Here you go @a-bit-too-dyscrasic

[gardengnosticator]

friendship addicts will be like “i just need one more hit of your infectious laughter and zest for life”

[whimsifae]

the most fun a girl can have is finding parallels, noticing patterns, making connections, contemplating

[miss-nerd-alert]

[phantomofthehoepera]

I want the record to state I have never been this hard in my entire life

[hapalopus]

I think Europeans and Indians should be allowed to throttle climate change deniers in the streets after this week

[velvetcloak]

Letter coat by SCAD Student Designer Riley Flynn

[prettyasapic]

Taskmaster cosplay

[ymutate]

Alexander Akeya (Aayanga) (Siberian Yupik, 1928-2011),

Figure of polar bear and cub, ca. 1975. Savoonga, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. Sculpture: ivory and paint, 8.3 x 3.3 x 5 cm

[shamebats]

US Americans are always the world's most poorest little meow meows who can't afford to do anything until it's time to be dismissive of the suffering of folks in less wealthy countries dealing with the effects of the climate crisis (which btw the USA with their hyperconsumerism contributes to the most of any country & does nothing to mitigate), then it's suddenly "why don't you just buy & run an air conditioner 24/7? are you poor?"

[shamebats]

They don't even seem to comprehend that even portable air conditioners might be sold out everywhere & hard to get in some countries, or too expensive for the average person to purchase & run all day all summer (in places where it hardly even cools down during the night) of that most people might not own their homes & be able to get a proper unit installed, or that in some places electric grids might not be able to handle all that extra energy consumption & it would cause outages, or that in places that never got this hot for 100s of years, houses are literally made out of red brick—like a brick oven—they're designed to trap heat. Which means they're much harder to cool.

Or that there will also be extreme temperature lows in the winter because the climate catastrophe goes in both directions, so people's heating costs have also been increasing! People are dying both from the heat in summer and the cold in winter!

If you think it's as simple as everyone getting a/c, you might just be an ignorant out of touch American and this is your sign to stop trying to give "helpful advice".

[shamebats]

Also while you might be used to thinking of everything in terms of hyperindividualist solutions, many cultures do in fact approach this with a collectivist mindset. They're not stupid, they know your approach is an option, they just might think it's a shitty way to to about it to only ensure you're comfortable but at the expense of both the environment & the electric grid with the increased energy consumption & other people in their environment (because the hot air from a/c has to go somewhere and in a densely populated area, it will blow out into the street & into your neighbors' open windows).

[thecaptainkindofgirl]

My dad works at Home Depot and this one customer came in trying to return a lawnmower that wouldn’t start. Another employee asked the customer if he had put any gas in it and the customer was outraged, yelling that they should have told him it needed gas (it was in the manual) and the employee told him “Well it doesn’t run on hopes and dreams, sir.” That pissed the guy off more so he called the manager all “Can you believe this guy!? He told me it doesn’t run on hopes and dreams!” and the manager just said “Well, it doesn’t.”

[solongfranklloydwright]

the french beatles

[solongfranklloydwright]

jean, paul, george, et ringeaux

[solongfranklloydwright]

[merrorpu-deactivated20260424]

🔥

(commission done by 沉公子）

[waskitty]

i’m so glad i’ve never gotten over anything in my life it makes listening to music so fun

[bludragongal]

I had a nightmare last night.

I was a reporter.

[upperstories]

This is absolutely amazing. I hope you hold onto this idea.

[flip-this-table]

OMG, YOU TURN THIS INTO A 500 PAGE NOVEL RIGHT NOW. I WOULD READ THE HELL OUT OF THIS.

[bludragongal]

If this gets 20,000 notes I’ll make a Part 2.

[bludragongal]

Welp.

[yellow-cat]

actually maybe we should turn around

[tragedyposting]

I love the wlwjomarch url idea ! I recently read a published graphic novel that was a modern au of little women where Jo Beth and Amy are black (Meg is white) and Jo is queer and i loved it ! I can send you the exact title and name of the authors if you want !

I don’t read a ton of works in that style (like, modern retellings/retellings in general) but I’m at least curious to see what it looks like! What’s it called?

[mermaiddragon-main]

It's "Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy : a modern retelling of Little Women" by Rey Terciero and Bre Indigo

[allthatispeculiar]

[i-am-a-fish]

I've been doing a lot of thinking about my family and how I was treated as a child, and honestly, my father has never seemed more amazing in my eyes.

I used to love Luigi(Mario's brother) when I was little. Like, he was my favorite character ever, and I had multiple plushies of him. Didn't give a fuck about Mario, vaguely tolerated Peach, but I loved Luigi.

On my first day of kindergarten, my dad gave me the number for his work phone and said it was Luigi's phone number. "If anything happens at school, call Luigi."And not even twenty minutes into my first day, I was having a panic attack. So I went down to the principal's office and called "Luigi."

Now, at the time, my father was in a meeting with his manager and his supervisor, along with most of his coworkers. And when I called, he picked up before he even left the room.

And he put on a very awful Italian accent and said, "Itsa me, Luigi! Whatsa the matter?"In front of his boss and coworkers. Without telling them what was going on. So they were absolutely bewildered, and he carried on like they didn't even exist. He only explained what was happening after I had calmed down and hung up, to which most of them responded with "Aww, cute."

I continued to call him whenever I got upset at school, and eventually his coworkers got in on it. I distinctly remember one of them impersonating Toad. I don't know why I'm telling you this, I just thought it might make you smile :)

this is so delightful I love your Luigi dad

[doomdoomofdoom]