u/Desperate_Bed_2675

So I spent most of my K-12 life speaking maybe a word or two on a good week. It’s definitely been a gradual process, but I feel that getting out of that setting has done wonders for me as an adult. I feel like my confident/authentic self carries over into different social settings more often than not.

But a super not fun thing I’ve realized is that all of that not speaking during most of my childhood has probably put me behind in some… basic learning of social skills. Most pressing of which seems to be that when I am speaking to more than 1 person, I cannot begin to fathom when it’s my turn to talk and have gotten some professional feedback lately that I interrupt folks.

I honestly feel embarrassed about it, especially since I’m going into the social work field. I want to be good at this stuff and I know I can improve, but I just feel stupid about it I guess.

It’s a known fact that retailers and fast food restaurants create overstimulating and unpleasant environments so that customers don’t take the time to think about their purchases and leave to make room for more foot traffic.

What if the major retail chains are paying big artists to make the most unpleasant and lazy music possible to contribute to this. Retailers get their evil music and the artists get easy money and exposure.

I think Bruno Mars in particular is suspect. He’s had a few good songs over the years but the majority of his music is same-y uninspired droning love songs with nothing interesting to say or listen to.

Noticed that my store didnt even bother with a small section of pride merch this year. I’m in the central Ohio region. What about your store?

Edit: What are the downvotes on this post even about like...what are you mad at

I just don’t get the logic of locking entire sections of things onto a shelf or peg with individual wraps or boxes, especially since they don’t give us enough to cover everything. It’s so time consuming to wrap all of it