#ranch work

[mbrainspaz]

guess who just wasted 2 hours drafting and deleting about a dozen text messages to their corporate boss who acted all sad and pitiable about being asked to pay them about $300 extra for two weeks worth of grueling overtime in the summer heat doing the full work of a barn manager while being paid like a teenage stable hand?

ya boy

[suspiciousmammal]

Working horses (x)

[backroad-life]

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[roofrunner104]

Ranch work is the best work!

[enbyequestrian]

[mbrainspaz]

me: Have you read the book thief?

coworker: WHAT?

me: DID YOU READ THE BOOK THIEF IN SCHOOL? IT'S LIKE, CLASSIC LIT BASICALLY RIGHT? I THOUGHT MOST PEOPLE READ IT IN SCHOOL.

coworker: NO. WHY?

me: I wanted to know if it's sad. I don't like sad books.

coworker: What's it about?

me: Well I'm about 10 minutes in and so far it's from the POV of Death in 1930's Germany so I'm not optimistic.

—2 hours later—

me: There's a lot more swearing in this than I expected and I feel like I'm not supposed to understand it all but I'm German.

coworker: *

me: WHAT?

coworker: IS IT ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST?

me: NOT AT THE MOMENT. BUT THE BAYERISCH SWEARING IS ENTERTAINING.

[mbrainspaz]

can we talk about how my cis male coworker who’s the same age as me and largely less qualified gets consistent praise, respect, and overtime pay from the boss despite wandering off on the job to do very ADHD things like build a bridge, break in to a building, or zoom around on the tractor while he’s forgetting to latch gates and neglecting scheduled chores and cleaning, whilst I, the mostly femme-perceived guy who’s consistently finished all my chores (and some of his) on time and also kept the space much cleaner and safer, get no overtime pay, get called lazy and inefficient, am not allowed to drive the tractor, and also get falsely accused of breaking and entering

[mbrainspaz]