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(Pic for fun) I am so heartbroken.
We were informed on Wednesday that the 24th will be our last day of operation. They couldn’t come to an agreement with the landlord on the rent increase for the building.
I started this job at applebees when I had just turned 17 and I turn 25 in a few months. It would’ve been my 8th year here. The only reason I’ve stayed so long is my coworkers. We are one big family that is always there for each other. We all spent the night crying and my shifts since then have been bittersweet.
Everybody at this location has been here for 10, 15, 25 even 40 years- we are all just in shock.
Being an Applebees we knew it was going to happen soon, but we expected at least a couple more years.
I am so grateful for my people and I wouldn’t take any of it back for the world. We all have the option to transfer but I don’t know it wouldn’t feel the same.
I’ve been looking for jobs since I finished school anyways but I planned to keep one shift a week and still come up a visit. This is different. Everything and everybody will be gone.
I have this group of 14-16 old folks that come in every Sunday after church and request me that I have been serving for over the last 2 years. It is going to be so heartbreaking to tell them on Sunday that this will be my last time serving them. There will be tears.
It just doesn’t feel real. I’m going to miss my managers, our cooks, my family.
This sucks.

Hi! I have an almost 6 month old Pomeranian and he needs grooming bad 😭 last place I went barely even cut him just bathed, left his paws and butt too long too. I’ve seen horror stories of groomers completely shaving or cutting their poms too short so I worry about that. I also need somewhere that’s not going to cost me a million dollars for the bare minimum. He is deaf and has horrible crate anxiety so I’d have to let them know that up front as well.

My deaf Pomeranian has the WORST separation anxiety and crate anxiety. I don’t know how to help him. He follows me everywhere I go. If he sees me or any other person leave the room he freaks out and goes to the door- barks and scratches until they or I come back. When I leave the house he barks and barks. I feel so bad for my neighbors. I put him in the crate, he barks and barks until I let him out. I’ve tried covering the crate but I fear that makes it worse. He gets fed every meal in his crate and is given treats when I put him in there to try to associate it with positive, but it hasn’t changed anything. He doesn’t destroy anything really, my wooden door has scratches all over it but that’s the most he does. He just barks. I don’t think he’s ever been alone in his life, I can’t even go to the bathroom or shower without him losing his mind. I took him to the groomer and they called me asking me to come get him because he was barking non stop in the crate and kept peeing on himself after he was bathed- they rebathed him twice. He’s 5 months old so I want to try to stop this behavior while he’s young. He does sleep in my bed with me so I know that doesn’t help, but at this point trying to change that seems impossible. He relies on me so much because he’s completely deaf so I’m doing my best to be patient with him, I just don’t want him to be so scared all the time. I feel so bad for the little guy. If any of you have dealt with this I will try anything and everything.