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This was one of the worst “recruiting” experiences I’ve ever had and I once had ESL job nope out and ditch me at the airport but that is a story I'd rather forget this one I need to share.

I applied for an open position through Job Bank and got a call today from a private number. The woman on the phone was speaking incredibly fast and was difficult to understand. She started asking about my experience while very obviously having my resume right in front of her and asking if I had any more experience that was relevant to the job at the bottle depot.

When I explained that most of my previous experience as listed in ny resume. She immediately told me I wasn’t qualified and started accusing me of “wasting her time.”

I tried explaining that I have transferable skills and am genuinely trying to pivot into a new career path. Apparently that was the wrong thing to say because she just kept repeating that I had wasted her time.

The ironic part? She was completely willing to spend time on the phone just to call me unqualified and tell me how much of her time I’d wasted instead of just ghosting me like the other several hundred jobs I've applied for.

I we t to the grocery store for some bread, milk, bacon, eggs, and i ended up getting a couple things that were on sale because apparently I now get excited about discounts.

The store was packed and the self checkout lane was down to one machine. Luckily there was a spot behind this little old Asian lady with a cart piled dangerously high with groceries. We started making small talk while we waited.

Out of nowhere she smiled at me and said, “You look just like my son.”

I laughed because… I’m very obviously not Asian.

She laughed too and said, “Still, it would make me very happy if you said ‘Bye Mom’ to me when I leave.”

Honestly, she reminded me of somebody’s sweet grandma, so I figured why not. It costs me nothing to be nice.

A few minutes later she finished paying, waved at me, and started heading toward the door.

So I smiled and called out, “Bye Mom!”

She turned around grinning and yelled back, “Bye son!”

A couple people in the line beside us smiled. One cashier even said, “Aww.”

Then it was my turn.

The cashier started scanning my stuff. Bread. Milk. Bacon. Eggs. A frozen pizza I absolutely did not need. Total seemed to be climbing pretty fast, but groceries are expensive now so I didn’t think much of it.

Finally the cashier looked at me and said, “Okay, your total is $487.63.”

I nearly had a heart attack.

I said, “WHAT? For this?”

The cashier looked confused and said, “Well… your mother said you’d be paying for her groceries too.”

This actually happened yesterday, but I’m such a rebel you can call me Billy Idol and watch me yell.

Yesterday, my kids and I were watching My Hero Academia when my eldest asked if we could have a snack. I said yes.

My youngest volunteered to get the raspberries. He’s six and a half, so I said yes… this was a big mistake.

He had to wash the raspberries before serving them. A few minutes later, he brought them back to the living room and put them on the coffee table, smiling and so proud of himself grinning ear to ear.

Can you guess what the fuck up was? I bet you a cool million that you can’t.

Turns out he washed them with soap.

Nothing prepares you for the taste of Dawn-flavored raspberries.

TL;DR: My kid served us raspberries washed with dish soap.