u/chinacheesecake

Hi everyone,

I first just wanted to thank everyone for sharing their stories, progress and even relapses! I’m so happy to see such a welcoming and positive community for people in the same boat as me.

Background: I am a 23 year old woman, been drinking since I was 17 but started drinking heavily since I was 18. My whole life up until I started drinking nearly everyday I was super skinny. Like 110 lbs was my biggest weight (I’m 5’6). People kept worrying I had an eating disorder but I ate more than all my friends did, and more junk food too.

Then due to bedbugs and declining mental health I made the wonderful decision to move in with my horrible ex boyfriend! I started drinking all the time to deal with my anxiety and depression and to numb myself so that when he got mad at me I felt tipsy and silly instead of scared. This is my first major weight gain. I went from 110 to 135 in a couple months. Come to find out he liked me because I was skinny and childlike… gross. Started treating me even worse and I drank even more. Finally decided to leave one night, called up a friend who had previously offered me a place to stay on his and his girlfriend’s couch. Boom overnight I’m on my own and have to start fresh.

Kept drinking but wasn’t at my worst yet, a month later I moved in with my friend / assistant manager and thats when it became BAD. Drinking every night, peer pressure, got introduced to molly and coke, luckily I was not a fan and did not continue to take those substances. Every night was a repeat, hey yalls and split a bottle of vodka, make horrible choices, get sick, regret, repeat.

Then my assistant manager moved away and me and her cousin found a place to stay. It was so small and I basically just stayed in my room drinking. I told myself I wasn’t drinking alone because I was on call with people, i would drink and drink and drink and because I was playing on the computer I never realized how much I drank until I stood up to pee. Eventually stopping once I got sick. Every day. This has continued and my tolerance built up but now that I am on medication for anxiety and ADHD, my tolerance is wobbly. One night I had like 1 1/2 gin and tonics and I completely blacked out. It was scary and I was so embarrassed my boyfriend had to see me like that, I didn’t even drink much! I went on the scale and omg… 174 lbs??? I flipped out and impulsively went online and ordered Ozempic from one of those online doctor websites and that did nothing except for cost a lot of money.

Finally I decided a couple days ago after looking at my pics where I was stick thin. Just do it. Just stop. I bought a case of sparkling water and when the time of night hit where i would crack/pour a drink, I crack a sparkling water instead. I’ve not really craved alcohol now. I know I’m still early but I also believe being on the correct dosage of my ADHD medication helps because I don’t feel like I need to self medicate. Also fortunately for me, I believe I have more of an addiction to the action of putting something from my hand to my mouth. (Before vaping it was lip balm, before drinking it was lemonade.)

Sorry for rambling.

I realized a few things that made me rethink the way I think.

1. My anxiety wasn’t getting better despite medication. Drinking was what calmed me down… WRONG! Drinking made it easier to fall asleep sure, but gave me day long anxiety and panic attacks.

2. STOP LISTENING TO PEOPLE WITH YOUR HABITS! I mean this in the way where I tell someone I want to quit and they make excuses for me to continue. I told my dad I was sick and tired of being this way and that I had alcohol issues. He told me “Our family are not alcoholics, we are just heavy drinkers.” ???????
   Friends i would tell about my need to stop because I’m not happy with myself mentally or physically would run to the “Let’s work out together! / You’re not fat! / Just drink less!” Or pressure me into drinking because “GIRL YOU BITCH YOU’RE SO BORING!”
   I know they aren’t trying to hurt me, they are in the same place as me and aren’t ready to change their habits.
   But I am. No more giving in. I’m doing one month sober, period. After a month I won’t drink to celebrate, I’ll keep going. I want to be able to have a drink out at a restaurant or have wine with family every once in a while. I kept trying to cut down, I’ll just drink today because I’m not working tomorrow. Oh hey, well I have this leftover alcohol, whatever I’ll just finish it and not buy more. Then I get to the last sips and drunkenly order more and order a bunch of food I don’t even feel hungry for.

No cutting down my amounts. Just stopping.

To be fair, I know for a lot of people they can’t just go cold turkey due to dependence and that can be life threatening. I’m fortunate because I can. I’ll keep going. I don’t eat a lot normally, just drunk midnight binges and i was consuming 1000+ calories in alcohol alone daily.

Also, to be clear. I’m not aiming to be my 17 year old weight. I’m aiming to cut out this horrible habit which has resulted in so much weight gain. Go on walks, eat healthy and balanced and live my life. My goal right now is just to see where I fall without the added calories from drinking and binging and make a new goal once I’ve got an idea of where I stand. Not aiming to be skinny, aiming to be healthy!

Blah blah sorry for yapping, I just was wanting to share!

Lots of love and wishing everyone all the best,

ChinaCheesecake

[Small update: My friend’s mom went to view the apartment today and she really liked it. It was nice and big and new but it isn’t even actually a full block away from Main and Hastings. She face timed us to show us the apartment and my friend really liked it. However my friend hasn’t really even been to the area in years. I had to leave work early due to medical issues and figured I’d take the long way home. So i bussed to Main and Hastings and face timed my friend with the camera pointing in front of me so she could see what the area is like. (She wanted me to.) anyway, i walked the 50 seconds walk to the apartment from main and hastings and showed her around, showed her what would be our alley (maybe 30-50 people crowded around in the short alley) showed her the safe injection site adjacent to what would be our apartment and then walked around a bit to show her the ways we could get home, pretty much only one way was available since the others were pretty scary. She immediately changed her mind. I told her it is up to her, and if she is comfortable living there to let me know and she we can move in. But nah, she thought it would be more removed. There were people camped right at the entrance and people being erratic on the streets.]
(I’m sure it’s somebody’s dream to live right in all the action, just not mine. I lived with a schizophrenic addict for a couple years and we were also near the safe injection site in olympic village (ex’s brother). Constant overdoses, break ins, pawning everything, threatening to SA his cousin while choking him… no thanks. Nothing against addicts, they’re people and it is very heartbreaking but I do not feel safe living in such a concentrated area of people constantly taking mind altering drugs and not being fully there.)

Hey everyone, recently I was afforded the amazing opportunity to have my rent paid for if I go back to school. (Very very generous mom of my friend) the deal is that if me and my friend both get an apartment together, it would be paid for by her mom.

I’ve wasted these past 5 years since high school not really doing anything and escaping a couple bad situations.

I’m not picky either, I know it’s an amazing opportunity but at the same time I feel like she might be a bit out of touch with the state of some neighbourhoods.

For example we are both female, I’m 23 and my friend is 21 turning 22. An apartment that her mom is hopeful for and scheduled a viewing is literally 1 block away from Main and Hastings.

I’m not exactly comfortable with the location and have had some scary experiences both in broad daylight and at night there.

On top of that another huge concern of mine is bedbugs and german cockroaches.

The main reason I never graduated high school (missed by 2 credits) is because when I was 16, living in a 1 bedroom apartment (old Kitsilano apartment) with my dad and 2 brothers, we got bedbugs from another unit. They multiplied very quickly with there being multiple hosts in such a confined space. We had them for 2 years and I genuinely started experiencing psychosis due to lack of sleep because i was consistently staying awake for 40-70 hours every few days. I stopped going to school because they were everywhere. Crawling out of my binders, living in the seams of clothes I never even wore, the toilet paper rolls and even in the cracks where the ceiling meets the wall.

She seems to keep finding apartments in or around the west end (safer) or downtown east side like hastings and Chinatown.

Looking for personal experiences or accounts from people you know about either:

The West End: Infestations
Downtown Eastside: Safety in general, safety as a woman, Infestations: 1. bedbugs 2. german roaches.

Thank you.

(Also little note because I feel like it is brought up whenever someone asks how safe the DTES is, I see a lot of people say that the homeless/addicts keep to themselves and are not a threat and I agree that the vast majority of them aren’t. But a couple years ago my friend was attacked in broad daylight on beer island olympic village with plenty of witnesses. Random guy on drugs came out of nowhere with a knife and swung at my friend who luckily last second dodged. I was there, I saw it happen, other people saw it happen and the cops were called. Even if it is rare, it is a possibility. They are people after all, and people can do all sorts of things, especially if their minds are altered.)

Not trying to be insensitive just talking too much and don’t know how to summarize.

Thank youuuu!

Also I’m not opposed to the West End and was not trying to bash it. Just heard personal accounts about bedbugs and it ranks highly as a neighborhood for them.

Hi everyone. I was just wondering if anyone else has had experience with a neighbour in a shared house renting out the their suite?

My old upstairs neighbour moved out a few months ago and then a couple moved in, they were there all the time and doing all these renovations and everything so I thought they were going to idk live there?

I started getting confused seeing random families leaving the house sometimes but figured since she does a lot of art and sells furniture and stuff, they were just buying stuff.

Then recently I swear I never hear my neighbours anymore (really loud), instead I’m hearing foreign languages and children’s voices and running around. But whenever I stop to listen it stops. I thought maybe they had friends over or were watching foreign movies or I was just imagining things.

Today when I left to go to work, there was some random guy at the front door and I heard the beeping of a passcode lock and he entered, so I searched our address on Airbnb and boom there it is.

Idk, like do whatever you want, I assume you were given the okay? Idk I’m not really a snitch anyway but I just feel uncomfortable with not being informed. We have a small garbage and recycling which is always too full regardless but now we have been noticing a bunch of random crap in the recycling bin etc… And I’m assuming since the guests have to clean out anything they brought like food, our garbage is going to fill up a bit more since they either take it with them or toss it, instead of being able to keep stuff in the fridge.

On top of that concern, we share the laundry room and our door is right next to the machines, which the guests use quite frequently. And the thermostat is upstairs. If they like it hot, we get left melting until our neighbours can come and turn it off.

Idk it’s just a bit uncomfortable, meeting my “neighbours” and feeling like they are nice and good neighbours to have, only for my actual neighbours to be a revolving door of strangers.

Sorry for ranting a bit it’s just not exactly ideal.

Does anyone else have experience with this, did it cause any problems (utilities(ours are shared), garbage, noise?) or was it fine? I’m also traumatized from apartment living where I got bedbugs. Having a bunch of strangers bringing their stuff into the house makes me anxious, as I know how easy it is to take them with you.

***Edit: i was mistaken they gave me the 6 pack not 3***

Hi y’all,

I was wondering if anyone has any affordable vet recommendations? Or the reverse, ones to steer clear of due to exorbitant pricing?

I know that vets are just expensive regardless and this city is expensive too.

I took my cat into Trout Lake Animal Hospital on Sunday and I mean, the prices made sense I guess except for the Revolution Plus Cat Orange. They told me it was 3 monthly doses and the total came to 190.88? I’ll double check when I get home if it’s actually 3 doses but from what I see online that pricing doesn’t really match. Maybe they gave me 6 doses but the vet and vet assistant both said 3.

Just seems kinda crazy!

Thank you,
Have a nice day!

Today was my first day taking Lisdexamfetamine 20g, I had been diagnosed with ADHD by accident when I went to my first time ever family doctor for crippling anxiety. She had me complete my anxiety assessment and was like "How's work?" I was like "Um, like my job? It is okayish" and then she was like asking me if I struggle with stuff and I said I did, and then she goes "ADHD is often overlooked in women, I am going to send you an assessment."

I did it and boom adhd huge surprise (NOT!!!) NOBODY I TOLD WAS SURPRISED THEY JUST SAID "DUH" even me.

Anyway I decided to start with just the anxiety medication because I didn't wanna overwhelm my body with two medications for my brain at once. Anxiety was helped a bit, ebbed and flowed. I just decided like, mmmmm I am pretty sure that unmedicated ADHD might make my anxiety worse and less manageable than people without ADHD. I made a phone appointment and told her what I was thinking and she was very kind and really listened to me. The reason I am not on the 30mg dose right now, will be next month, is because asides from my anxiety medication, I haven't taken much else so we are unsure of how sensitive to new medications I am.

SORRY FOR THE YAP BTW !!! My brain so many things so many soooo many just boom boom boom hard to not ramble so sorry.

ANYWAY! Omfg I felt great today, totally relaxed, yet energized. Able to do boring tasks that I would normally cut-corners on and I ENJOYED IT. Still had a lot of thoughts but they were like, funneled. My tasks weren't all screaming at me at the same time to the point where I go "Ummm, I'll just do nothing." I was like MMM okay pull forth this task and complete and we can think about that later. BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM ZIP ZAP ZEE!!!

I am so sorry for my erratic writing I just got home after being at work all day and idk. This is also just how I am, It is even too much for myself.

While at my boyfriend’s house, we found these two kittens in the road at 10 PM.

They have, can and will be taken care of, it has just been a rough couple of months for the both of us and things are stretched thin.

I regularly donate to a local cat Café that is also an adoption shelter. The shelters in my boyfriend’s area are all overwhelmed and the people there mainly have outdoor cats, which are constantly going missing or found dead. We have decided to keep them, but the cost of vet care there is higher than where I live, but as we live across the border from each other, we need rabies vaccine. They have been taken to the vet the first possible appointment we could make.

Of course prioritize sick people and pets!!!
Only if you have extra to spare, it would be appreciated.

Anyway, just stretched thin and figured it couldn’t hurt to share, we both have full time jobs and separate stable housing.

https://gofund.me/26e625194

Idk it just really pisses me off. I live in a city where cats are always going missing or end up dying by car/coyote/raccoons and people never learn :-/.

I get the topic is heavily debated, with a lot of people saying that cats need to be outside and it is abusive to keep them in, and the other side, which is where I stand, believing that there are many ways to ensure your cat has proper enrichment without allowing them to go outside on their own.

My boyfriend and I spent a good while the other day searching in the daytime and the nighttime for a lost cat in his area, there were a couple areas that smelled of death but were inaccessible to us and it just breaks my heart that there is a possibility of that being someone’s companion.

Obviously lost cats can be indoor cats who got out, but a lot of people have outdoor cats and then their cat doesn’t turn up for a while leaving them devastated, and when the cat doesn’t turn turn up (if it does) they continue letting them out!

Not to mention the injuries from cat fights, unfixed cats, people who shoot or poison cats, fleas!!!!

Idk really bugs me, i know a couple people who refuse to fix their cats, let them out, then complain that they have 2 litters of kittens and no money to feed them and beg me for heaps of free cat food samples. Fuck off!

Um idk, I have bug sense.

It isn’t even like just hyper vigilant due to a fear of bugs, though I do have quite a huge fear of bugs.

Started when I was very little. I remember one night I was dreaming, my dream stopped all of the sudden and I had intense fear, my dream just went black and I woke myself up. My dad was out of the house smoking so I waited for him. I felt nothing and saw nothing. I begged him to check my bed and he did, and found a silver fish on the top of my blanket.

I was then inflicted with a silver fish curse.

For many years I lived with this curse that if I saw one silverfish, within the next 24 hours there would be a second. Sure, they are rather common pests here but not to the point where I saw them more than 1/2 times a month at most (minus curse). Didn’t matter where I saw one, I would see another. And it was always so jarring. Not just the average bathroom silverfish, the second one would just show up on the ceiling, or on my clothes etc… it was awful as silverfish are a big enemy of my mind.

Anyway bug sense has happened to me for forever. It is like this sudden alert i get and if i turn my head to where the alert tells me to, there is ALWAYS a bug. It is insane and I can not enjoy nature because of it.

When i was a teenager this became a massive problem for me as my apartment became infested with bedbugs. I would be trying to sleep and just get this ALERT (OPPOSITE CORNER OF ROOM, MIDDLE OF THE WALL!) and it would be pitch black, id turn around and stare at the spot i sensed it and turn on the light and boom! Always correct. Very different from searching for bugs where I am not alerted to their precise location mentally. Any time i get an ALERT. It is always correct.

Happened this morning with a spider as I was leaving the house and again a few minutes ago. I left my room to go kiss my cat because I love him and he is very cute. I am walking down the hallway and I am thinking about how earlier my cat ate a spider in this part of the hallway. I GET A BUG SENSE ALERT FOR MY BEDROOM, i enter my bedroom and BOOM THERE IS A SPIDER RUNNING ACROSS MY FLOOR. This is rare as I never find spiders in my room.

Oh yes one time when i was a child I was visiting my neglectful insane mother and I was trying to sleep. I couldn’t sleep because when I closed my eyes I saw colourful dots jumping up and down and I knew they were bugs. I woke up my mother and told her that there are bugs jumping up and down I just knew it. Her cats had fleas. I was maybe 4 years old and never knew what a flea was.

Anyway yeah just wanted to say I have the lamest power ever as you guys all speak of cleansing and auras and awakenings, My third eye is open and all it sees is bugs.

**long long rant. If you are a dog owner you should not be offended by this because you either are a rational and respectful person who isn’t what I am describing or you are what I am describing and you need to be told that we think you are severely inept.**

Don’t get me wrong, I do love dogs and would love to have one one day when I am financially stable and have the time and energy to give it a good life.

I also recognize I have my biases based off of my personality such as preferring mild mannered and quieter people because I tend to be more pessimistic in general and dislike people easily based off of things others wouldn’t find bothering. I get that and definitely I could try to be all la-dee-da happy all the time but also that just isn’t who I am.

Also more info I have worked at 4 different pet stores over 5 years. (Couple months at the first one which was my first job and was horrible, 2 years at the second, 1 day at the 3rd so I don’t usually count it but for this post I will, and coming up on 2 years at my current job.) So i definitely interact with a lot of pet owners

Anyway the reasons I find most dog owners (I live in a city so that adds to the people being insufferable but my brother who worked at a pet store in a rural town says the customers are the same there) insufferable, are as follows in no particular order:

1: They don’t do any research.
They literally rely on their nearest pet store for all of their issues. “My dog hasn’t eaten in two days and is vomiting a lot, what should I feed her that will not make her vomit?”⁠”Oh wow that is definitely not good, you should take her to the vet asap because it could be something more than just diet”
“The vet is too expensive that’s why I am asking you.”

2: Very inconsiderate of other people and their pets.

I have had customers blatantly ignore the on-leash policy by dropping their leash as soon as they get inside. Sometimes resulting in their dog running up to another dog who is reactive and causing a fight which is harder to break up. Also when they let their dogs off leash they tend to run straight to the single chews or toys and get them all mucky.

You would also not believe how many times someone has come in, another dog comes in and they let their dogs greet each other and play with each other while the owners chat. And then when the second person leaves, the first turns back to me and says. “Do you sell flea products, he has had a BAD infestation that seems to be resistant to everything we’ve tried. :-| Seriously???? You have such a terrible and treatment resistant flea infestation and probably just passed it on to this other dog because you are too cheap to get a prescription flea medication?

Also some people, mainly this one lady, but also others have super reactive dogs and refuse to listen to owners when they say no to letting their dogs greet each other. This specific lady had this pitbull rescue who was super sweet with people but super reactive with dogs. Specifically in the store when other dogs would come close to us staff. This lady would come in any time she walked her dog and she lived right across the street so she came in multiple times a day just for us to give the dog treats and pet her. Whenever another dog came in she would ask if her dog could say hi to the dog. Sometimes they said yes and sometimes they said no due to having a puppy or a nervous reactive dog. Didn’t matter she would just be like “oh but my dog is so sweet and loves puppies” and walk over to them. EVERY TIME SHE WOULD HAVE TO PULL HER DOG AWAY AFTER SHE STARTED GROWLING AND LUNGING AT THE DOG.
She never listened and it was very very frustrating.

Also had a dog bite my coworker and draw blood and the owner didn’t even acknowledge it despite seeing it.

They also just ignore boundaries and let their dogs jump up and lick your face sometimes because “she wants to give you kisses!”

3: Very stupid.

This happens most frequently with French bulldogs or very random mixed breeds.

Had a few people come in and ask me for treats for their french bulldogs. I ask if they have any allergies or if they are looking for soft treats or chews etc. and they just say “Treats for french bulldogs. I am like okay whatever and show them some treats that are popular and they are like “No I am looking for specifically treats for french bulldogs.” And once told that maybe a few independent brands make such treats, treats are not really targeted for specific dog breeds, they leave empty handed.

I also had a lady ask me for treats for her CORGI SHIH TZU MIX. I gave her some suggestions best for small dogs and she was happy until she asked “Is this for CORGI SHIH TZUS?” I said that they are great for small dogs and very popular but no they are not for specifically corgi shih tzu mixes because they don’t make such a thing. She handed them back to me and said it has to be for corgi shih tzus. So i just grabbed a different treat and told her they are for corgi shih tzus and she bought them. :-/ wtf

One lady was looking for a harness one time and didn’t bring her dog in. She was asking which size would fit her dog best. I have never seen her dog before. I ask her the dog’s breed and general size but let her know it would be best to get measurements or bring her dog in for a proper fitting because I can only estimate.

She doesn’t give me a breed she just tells me “He is 20 lbs.”
I explain that harnesses are sized based on girth and neck circumference and that 20 lbs could be completely different depending on the dog. I just politely explained that without seeing her dog I can only give my estimate and told her she could get a full refund or exchange it if it didn’t fit. She suddenly got mad at me and told me I shouldn’t have been hired if I don’t know anything about dogs. I just walked away cuz ugh stfu.

4: ENTITLED

Genuinely this one pisses me off the most just because I encounter it every effing day.

Lots of pet stores will either have treats set aside to offer your dog a treat, or a bowl put out so you can take one yourself. It is a nice little way to sample different treats and make your dog happy. Whatever. I used to really enjoy giving out treats to dogs despite my odd reaction to animal saliva that is quite uncomfortable.
I enjoyed it because approaching kind shoppers and giving their cute dogs treats was fun and nice and they were appreciative, this was mostly at my first job and the first while at my second.

Eventually people begin to expect you to be a treat dispenser, or a person they can boss around for their amusement. Literally the vast majority of customers who we have given treats to have just morphed into demanding entitled assholes.

A large amount of them come in every single time they are on a walk JUST to get a treat because “He pulled me here / he knows where the goods are / we can’t walk by without coming in for a treat.”
You might think big whoop just give the dog a treat, you are a pet store.” Well, I vented my frustrations about the entitlement to my dad who worked at a liquor store. He said he gets it, he bought out of his own pocket some treats because there are some customers who bring their dogs in and he wanted to make the dogs happy because duh we love animals. Super nice gesture right??? Yeah totally nice. Well, it went well for a while. People would shop and their dogs would get a treat. Then, they started coming in every time they passed just to get a treat for their dogs. They would just stand there and wait for him to give it to them. Its a freaking liquor store dude bring some treats on your walk and give them yourself. Anyway, people do that all the time.

They see you hauling a bunch of 40lb bags and stocking the shelf. “Helllllooooooooo!”
“Hi, how can I help you?”

“Oh, we are just here for a treat.”
“But make him work for it, make him spin, oh he can also dance. No no make him lay down.”
FUCK OFF!

I got so tired of being interrupted by people but I still want to be kind to the dogs so I put a couple bowls out on this table next to the counter. I make sure to have a good selection of treats and you can grab one yourself. Some people adapted to it fine but still the majority of people still come in, stand there and let their dogs run behind the counter to me doing my work. They just wait there expectantly when there is literally a wide variety of treats for them to sample with a sign that says “Please help yourself to a treat. :) <3” nope they will look at it and then look at you and be like “oh he is expecting somethinggggg” or they will fucking talk to their dog like “I guess you aren’t getting a treat today:-( I am sorry buddy.”
“You can help yourself they are just right there.”
“He wants you to give it to him”

Fuck off fuck off fuck offffff

Regardless of my allergies, I have shit to do. Plus it is good hygiene to wash your hands after getting dog saliva on you and the sink is way in the back and I am the only person on shift to man the till. Also if every single person with a dog is coming in and wanting me to give them a treat, thats a lot of hand washing on my already sensitive hands. I have paperwork to do, i might have mouse piss on my hands from stocking the bags that you interrupted me in the middle of doing just for me to give your dog a treat. I have people to ring up I have a pallet taller than me in the back to put away on my own.

If you can’t get your dog to stop you from pulling you in the store, which they don’t because the doors are closed, and you must for some reason get a treat from us, THERE IS AN ASSORTMENT FOR YOU TO CHOOSE FROM. I don’t like getting my hands slobbery all the damn time.

I literally just had a woman come in with her dog. Stand right in front of the treats and let her dog run up behind the till and just stand there. She said “Can you give her a treat?” I told her she can help herself. She half assedly calls her dog like 2 times and the dog doesn’t move. She then goes “Can you just give it to her?”
I am like “I’m allergic.”
“Oh, you are allergic? Okay that’s valid then.”
Fuck off

You just so happen to think I am doing nothing all day and my job is just scanning items and giving treats because when someone comes in the store i have to go to the till/computer to be available.

Ugh i can rant more but I won’t.

Also we are not vet educated, this is a retail pet supply store. Is it reasonable to expect us to know about our products, yes. Is it reasonable for us to be able to diagnose and give you proper dietary advice or know every ingredient in every item and know every breed and cross breed in the world? No.

Also I want to note I stay pleasant and friendly and the most snark I ever display to customers or people in general is by stating something matter-of-factly after being treated with snark or hostility. I save the pissed off ranting for when they leave because I got to let it out of my system.

Yep, you are so very smart! I do in fact spend my whole life plotting against you, a meaningless customer.

I never thought you would figure it out but you did!

I personally set all the prices in the store and raise them on a whim for the sole purpose of making things too expensive for you!

I also take my time to figure out what products you will need on certain days and hide them in the back from you! I do that!!!

I am so dedicated to making your shopping experience miserable that I wake up very very early and break into our suppliers warehouses and destroy all of their stock that you need because I really just hate selling you what you need.

Sometimes I go above and beyond and actually orchestrate railway strikes to cause major delays or pandemics of bird flu so that animals get sick and the brands of pet food you usually buy have to cull their animals and start fresh with better testing and safety measures which causes shortages JUST BECAUSE I HATE SEEING YOU GET THE PRODUCTS YOU NEED!!!

I know everyone says Trump’s tariffs, but you caught me, THAT WAS MY IDEA!!! I MADE TRUMP TARIFF CANADA!!! I WANTED THE PRICES TO SOARRRR JUST CUZ I HATE YOU!

Of course I do this! It totally benefits me! The owners never misguidedly blame me for our sales going down because of shortages that are out of my control, they aren’t misguided at all because IT IS MY FAULT! AND I DO IT ALL JUST TO SPITE YOU!!!

You are so brilliant for catching me and totally justified in your decision to treat me like garbage!