u/Mysterious-Trade1362

I just wanna leave so badly it’s gotten to the point where it’s starting to look like I wouldn’t mind being unemployed rather than finding a different job before quitting.

There’s a lot of shit with the culture of the job, the job itself isn’t bad but the more I show up to work, the more irritable I am, and now the irritability is starting to affect my life outside of work (barely any life).

At the beginning, I asked the manager if she could give me 2 consecutive days off every once in a while. From the 5 months I’ve worked here, I have never seen 2 consecutive days off.

My schedule the past month and the upcoming month is mostly 11-8 and 12-close shifts and I work every single day of the weekend (Thurs-Sun) and every Saturday I close. The only days off I have are Mondays and Wednesdays with a Tuesday closing shift in the middle. Next week I close 4/5 of my shifts.

Thing is, I’m one of their most reliable employees. I show up on time, I don’t call out, I take my scheduled lunches, and I leave on time, and I do what is expected of me. Majority of my other coworkers are calling out, showing up 1-2 hours late, leaving early, disappearing off the sales floor and they have a better schedule than me. One girl who’s constantly late doesn’t have to work 3 Saturdays in a row and majority of her shifts are opening. A girl who calls out all the time gets easy 10-5 shifts plus a weekend day off.

My manager will pull me to work on re merchandising one of our largest brands we carry once a week while she doesn’t assign others to do anything.

My final straw was 3 weeks ago my manager came to me and told me she granted me 2 consecutive days off for Memorial Day week. I was so excited and very appreciative. I get my schedule last week and see that it was in fact not consecutive it was work Sun & Tues then Thurs-Saturday with 3 closing shifts, and one of those being on Saturday.

Currently have hopes for another job I applied for (not retail) and honestly if I don’t get it I think I may go psychologically insane. I have no personal life as my days off are during normal work days and all my friends are working and now that I have 0 weekends off I don’t have time to do anything with anyone. I cry every single day on and off the clock. I am a university graduate and I feel more stuck in life than I did when I graduated with no job offers. I don’t make enough to move out of my parents house, I have no time for friends, no time for hobbies all my life is right now is this job.

I work in clothing retail and I had the most dreaded shift today 12pm-close and these customers at night are actually a different breed.

A lady came in 30 mins before closing for a quick buy bc she was in a “rush” so she could still have time to shop at another store that closed at the same time. She picks out a few items then tries them on over her clothes in the store and goes “ok I’m ready” I log into the register and she’s no where to be found. I see her looking at more clothing so I decide to start removing sensors so she can get out of there quick. She comes back with more items and I ring them up as fast as I can. “How are u paying” “split payment, and add my points into the transaction” I added her points then I put in her cash and she said “I’m gonna give you x amount” so I type that in and process it without thinking… then I realize that she gave me $10 more than she said she would. I also completely forgot I added the points so the amount tendered did not match the cash and I was so confused. She was visibly antsy and aggregated with me that I got confused (I’ve been here for 8 hours on a Saturday my mind is fried). I go find my manager bc I’m still confused and we are fucked if the register is wrong and she’s like “aghhh why is this taking so LONG” and starts throwing a tantrum. I finally realized I added the points and that’s why the number was off and very quickly bagged her crap up.

Then right after that customer I had a return. It was on 2 separate transactions ok no big deal. I get thru the first one and my dumbass forgot to print a receipt for the customer but the return tickets printed. Customer gives me the same order number as the first one (again my brain is so fried I don’t even notice) and the same items from the previous return pop up and they’re marked as not returned so I’m like fuckkkk and btw it’s past closing at this time and my coworker and I have done 0 closing tasks (she was dealing with some bs customers too). I’m like on the verge of tears now and I’m trying to explain to the customer that the return tickets printed so it’s returned but it’s showing that it’s not. She’s like “well I never got a receipt so u didn’t return them” (btw, we can only print those return tickets once and if we lose them we are FUCKED) so I call over a manager and it took time to update but it finally showed it was returned.

It’s 15 mins past closing after the return customer left and the floor and fitting rooms are a wreck. We clean out and close fitting rooms after each customer but sometimes we miss them and guess what? 2 fitting rooms have clothes halfway on hangers, on the floor, thrown on top of the door missing hangers, and merchandise hung (without hangers) on the door, you name it. For the floor, Merchandise is all thrown in random places, clothes on the floor, halfway on hangers. Our manager would not let us leave (even after we were cleared by the store to leave) until the floor looked PERFECT. We were there 45 mins longer than the other employees who left.

I got on TikTok and I see that I’m logged out and get a msg “account suspended, it will be permanently deleted on 6/12/26” so I try logging in and it says the reason is they suspect I’m under 13 (I am well above 18 mind u) so they do some facial recognition and it doesn’t work. Tried 3 more times till it said “multiple attempts try again later” tried again later and it worked and got my account back.

System notif said I’m permanently banned from violating community guidelines… I haven’t said or done anything but whatever I got my account back. I realize that they wiped my username and pfp so I had to redo all that and then I realize I can only watch videos. I can’t like, dm, or comment on anything. They never said when this would be lifted. Pretty pissed off rn.

My question is has this happened to anyone else and if so what ended up happening? I don’t wanna get back on the app and my account is completely gone.

I am 23 years old and love piercings. Although, my parents (gen x) are very weird about piercings (and ironically not tattoos… except face/neck). I had 2 lobe piercings before going off to college. When I got to college, I got my nostril done. They weren’t very pleased with it but got over it soon enough. I also got my belly button pierced at the same time and they gave me so much shit about it that anytime I talked to them they had something to say ab that piercing so I took it out. December my Christmas gift was a tragus piercing which I was surprised they let me get.

Fast forward to now I decided to get my belly button pierced again. I told them last night I was getting it done this week and they were so mad at me, saying it was a stupid decision, it’s trashy, etc etc. I told them I’m getting it anyway and they’re like “whatever do what you want cause you’re obviously gonna do it regardless of what I say” so I got it done today they don’t know but they will at the end of the week. Kinda nervous ab their reaction but u can’t even see it unless I’m wearing a bathing suit or crop top, not like I’m wearing that to work.

Just wondering why this specific age group is so weird about piercings? I see lots of people my age with far more piercings than me (including facial piercings). If I were hiring someone for a position and they had piercings all over their face, it personally wouldn’t affect me. I also don’t see people as “less than” if they got piercings (or tattoos) all over them.

I had recurring BV from October 2025-February 2026 and felt hopeless that it was never going away. Medications alone would not work for me. This isn’t super high maintenance either… not a lot I needed to buy for this to go away for good. I’ve been BV free for about 3 months now so I think it’s safe to post this lol.

First, you need antibiotics. I thought the metro gel was more effective (and less side effects) but everyone is different. Took a 7 day course as prescribed.

During my antibiotic course, I started a lactobacillus probiotic (I use uro, found them at target) And continue to take them after treatment daily.

I switched to an unscented soap (dove) and I don’t shave there as often as I used to but when I do, I use a separate razor just for that area and use the unscented soap as a “shaving cream”

Increased my water intake significantly.

This was a last resort but boric acid. I will use them the day after my period ends (my ph is still slightly elevated after so this helps it not elevate further). I only take them for 1-2 nights but I don’t have any problems after.

I’m just glad I figured it out because I was getting BV every 2 weeks post treatment. One time it came back 3 days after treatment and I wanted to cry. This is what is helping me thus far.

For context, I work at this mall. Majority of the time I bring my lunch but sometimes I’ll forget it or not pack that day. I noticed this mall has very little food options. They got 2 auntie Anne’s, 1 sandwich shop, Starbucks, cava, chopt, and the rest are expensive sit down restaurants. I know some of y’all would say to leave and find lunch elsewhere but I don’t wanna leave and go thru all the Hillsboro pike traffic lol.

I used to love auntie Anne’s as a kid. I don’t know what happened but their food sucks now. majority of the time they only got pretzel nuggets out. Nope

Sandwich shop costs $20-$25 dollars for a sandwich, chips, and water. Mediocre at best.

Starbucks, well yk Starbucks, snacky food but their drinks are decent.

Cava sucks. Went there once during my break and waited in line for 25 mins for some slop. $20 dollars and 3 bites later I threw it out.

Never been to chopt but I don’t want a salad. Let me know if they sell anything besides salads.

Just my opinion tbh. I wish there was more of a food court in that mall… maybe it’s just not busy enough for one bc it’s a ghost town on the weekdays. I will just remember to bring my lunch every time.

I know many people love fast food breakfast but I am one of the few who don’t. Sometimes before work (which I get in before 11) I want to stop and get some food. Thing is at that time breakfast is only available. I just want a burger and fries at 8:30am, not some egg sandwich. Usually I’ll get 2 chicken biscuits from McDonald’s and take the biscuit off and just eat the chicken. Sometimes I just go to sonic or Taco Bell bc they have all day lunch but wish other restaurants closer to me did the same lol. I know this is silly but I know there has to be someone out there that agrees with me.

Edit: I’ve worked fast food before and I’m aware of the grill/fryer changes they gotta do transitioning from breakfast to lunch… this is just solely an opinion of mine lol