u/indecisivetacos

The Halloween stuff we are getting is already selling already and I just feel a bit angry at customers sometimes. I don’t know everyone’s financial situation but it’s depressing. The overconsumption is insane. Why are you spending $30 on a wooden pumpkin in July? And it’s not just a one off customer. Just wondering where people genuinely get the money. Yet they keep saying sales are down but it’s hard to believe…

HOW ARE PEOPLE SHOPPING SO MUCH IN THIS ECONOMY?

Am I allowed to say I work for a place that rhymes with TJ Snacks? For some reason every single employee got their hours cut since they just hired new people. That makes sense I guess. But whenever I come in for my twice a week 4 hour shift business is BOOMING. And they consistently crush their sales goals. So I have no idea what they’re talking about that they have minimum hours. I’m part-time but I usually get like 18-20 hours. Now I’m down to eight hours a week until July

I mean it when I say the lineup is constantly to the end of the queue and they are constantly having to call back up and everyone is running around like a chicken without a head- and they are expecting us to do the work of so many different people at once.

And lately they are using their hours as leverage! I got told that I have to finish absolutely everything because they gave me extra hours to do so. Basically saying if I don’t finish then don’t expect hours. This is a new thing for management. I’ve never once felt like hours were held above my head based on my workload. If you showed up you got hours.

GENUINELY WHERE ARE PEOPLE GETTING THE MONEY TO SHOP BECAUSE I KNOW IT’S NOT JUST ME STRUGGLING? I can’t tell you it is countless back to back people with carts full of mass produced junk they don’t need. It’s not Christmas time. I’m genuinely in disbelief every single day because I wonder where people keep getting the money to spend.

I’m going to school in September and working retail has motivated me to chase something new

Can someone explain to me why don’t they just schedule me later if they genuinely are asking me every single day to work an 8 hour shift. I’m tired of being asked to extend and being treated like a lazy employee when I say NO.

I know a lot of people want hours and I’m trying not to sound ungrateful. I just work part time and I’m only ever scheduled for 5 1/2 hours. Out of guilt I say sure I’ll stay an extra hour. But they make me feel bad for not working the full shift like everybody else in the back room!!!

I’m thinking about complaining to my store manager about this? It feels inappropriate to make me feel singled out for not staying as long as everybody else. Also, I keep getting told to hurry up, even though I’m on time, I’m productive, I have been there for 4 years in the back room

What would happen if people stopped extending the entire system would crash and burn because they know that those people are going to say yes, no matter what

Proceed with fucking caution with prescription stimulants. I’m not a junkie, I take my meds as prescribed but nobody wants to talk about the mental dependency that is inevitable. And how you do not need to abuse stimulants in order to develop dependency. Nobody wants to talk about that. I’m completely dependent on prescription stimulants and last week, I took a day off for the first time in a year and I slept all day.

These pills make new users think they finally found the "missing piece" because having the time of your life while doing laundry or sending an email provides such euphoria. The euphoria is not function or productivity. It’s also not like a diabetic taking insulin. So many people are falling in love with a chemical high, literally go on any “ first time taking my meds” post. And it’s not even their fault. When the euphoria wears off and tolerance develops, you raise your dose. For some people like me that quiets the noise inside of their head. But now guess what I need to feel normal?

Mention this to any ADHD community and you will get “If you have ADHD, stimulants don't affect you the same way they affect 'normal' people” as if we are somehow immune to becoming addicted to stimulants. Just because we do not feel “wired” we are immune to the reality of the drug that causes dependency.

These are the hard questions I’m asking myself as I approach another year of being on the stuff. I was prescribed as a teen and I don’t know what I’m like without it. I’m going to call my doctor on Monday and lower my dose because I genuinely don’t think I can do it I don’t wanna go off them. I also start school soon, so that is another excuse I tell myself.