u/Realistic-Train-6243

Within the last almost three months I’ve been here as a driver , I’ve seen more people shift in and out of this job then any job I’ve ever been at, may I ask what do you all think the reasoning is for that? Yes my boss has an attitude problem, but I’m not sure if that’s the only reason.

Driver here, manager says to schedule our time off two weeks in advance, I’ve scheduled my week vacation in May for the week of July7-14, my managers a btch higkey, I’m nervous she’s going to deny it , but my trips paid for, I’m not missing it, has anyone had a similar experience of requesting time off way in advance and still being denied?

My sister has a lot going on at the moment, she’s in the process of dealing with a baby’s father/ ex husband who’s a dead beat, straight up, no sugar coating, she decide to start school , while also working, and being a full time mom, I moved here out of state to stay with her and help as much as I can, but I work as well and pay my portion of rent/bills and help with my nieces where I can, she hasn’t asked for extra money, but is STILL waiting on her tax refund, which would help with a lot of things she’s stressing about, I’ve been trying to help her reach the IRS, but it’s tough and online it says she may need to provide more information to process her refund, which she’s also done, but it still says the same thing, I pray for my family very often, and all we can do is be patient right, and keep doing what we’re doing, I’ve lended my sister a ton of money over the last couple years, but I would never ask for it back because I had it to lend, and come on it’s my sister, family is family. I’m taking a couple trips this summer and doing some activities alone, I shouldn’t feel bad about doing these things right ? I mean I’m still going to do them, but It’s definitely not my responsibility to take on her stress right? Being the kind hearted person I am, I sometimes unintentionally do when listening to her, she’s not trying to make me feel bad, I just try and give the best advice and help that I can without breaking my pockets, I’d like to hear some of your guys thoughts on my situation and if you’ve had similar experiences with family?

So I tried to upgrade our seats today for the upcoming R&B tour and was told that because the seats I’m trying upgrade to are 3$ cheaper!! But obviously a lot better, that I cannot upgrade, do yall know how aggravating it is? Now I see why people wait til last minute to get their tickets, I just get overly excited when tours are announced and feel like their going to sell out ,but in reality you never know, so my new method is to wait until last minute to get them, no matter how excited I am for a tour.

I am coming here in hopes of getting some type of advice from others on my particular situation. So today is my mothers birthday, last night while at work she text me ask me if I can send her some money for her birthday which I already had plans on doing anyways, but I also have to mention that my mother is in active addiction, and I know more than likely where the money is going to be spent, as someone who is a little over two years sober, and dealing with a parent who’s returned to substance abuse over family that tried to help her, yes I do understand that you can’t help someone who doesn’t want to genuinely change for themselves, of course that’s what it took for me. So I know and I understand what she goes through, but I don’t want to feel like I’m enabling her, I learned in rehab about enabling family members, I wasn’t the addict that got enabled because if I wanted it I was going to get it myself without anyone’s help. But point is , I’m stuck in a rut because I wanna send my mother money as a birthday gift, but don’t want it to go to drugs, what do I do? I love her and don’t want to be an ass.

So lately I’ve been thinking about how being a homosexual that I never really fit in the whole church and bible thing because well, I haven’t , we all know the things they say and the ways they feel, but I have never believed those things because I have always had a personal connection with my higher power and he/she is portrayed as love, I have never believed that someone can burn in the depths of an underworld beyond our understanding just because of their sexuality, it just doesn’t make sense. Obviously we didn’t choose to be this way, it’s just how we are, and don’t get me wrong, I love everything about me, I am proud and comfortable in my skin and my relationship with my higher power and connection is something that I hold dearly to my livelihood. Does having a cross necklace in my space contradict the whole meaning of the point I’m stating that I’ve never fit into the organized religion thing, just have my own relationship with my higher power, I mean we all know the meaning behind the cross and I’m curious to hear what you guys think about everything I just stated.