u/pinkbludger

I have a proposal.

If head office dreams up the initiative…
…they deal with every pissed-off customer it creates.

Confusing promotion? You explain it.

Website says one thing but the store says another? You explain it.

Rewards aren’t working? You explain it.

You advertised something we don’t have? You explain it.

Customer drove an hour because your promotion was misleading? Congratulations. That’s your conversation now.

I’m so tired of people sitting in the glass castle inventing “exciting promotions,” only for retail to be left standing in the blast zone when it all goes sideways.

They create the chaos.

We absorb the abuse.

Then, while we’re getting screamed at over decisions we had absolutely nothing to do with, another patronizing email lands in the inbox telling us to “build excitement,” “drive engagement,” and “provide great customer service!”

Cheers.

I’d love to.

Right after I finish apologising for the mess your latest initiative created.

I genuinely think everyone who signs off these ideas should have to work one Saturday a month on the shop floor.

No head office badge.

No special treatment.

No telling customers, “Actually, I’m from corporate.”

Just eight hours of explaining why the promotion doesn’t work, why the website is wrong, why the product isn’t here yet, why the rewards system is broken, and every other problem created by decisions you made from behind a desk.

I’d genuinely love to watch the customers who berate retail staff every day direct that same energy at the people who actually created the problem.

Maybe then they’d understand why we’re frustrated.

Maybe then they’d stop calling my team and I “aggressive” for sending emails pointing out the issues and trying to bridge the gaps they created.

I reckon we’d see a whole lot fewer “brilliant marketing initiatives” if the people coming up with them had to stand in the trenches and wear the consequences.

I had a strange experience tonight and I’m wondering if anyone else has experienced something similar.

My ex of almost 13 years called to check in on me because my mental health has been in a really poor state lately. He actually had a migraine and had to get off the phone, but before he hung up he said, “Don’t kill yourself.”

I just said “thanks” and we got off the phone, but afterwards I started crying.

The thing is, he’s never said anything like that to me before. He’s someone who knows me very deeply and has known me for most of my adult life. He’s also very emotionally expressive and intuitive, whereas I’m the complete opposite. I tend to suppress my feelings, compartmentalise everything, and keep going no matter how much I’m carrying.

Hearing him say something so simple felt almost groundbreaking. It wasn’t the words themselves, but the fact that somebody who knows me so well could see how badly I’ve been struggling before I fully admitted it to myself.

It felt like permission to feel.

I’ve spent so long being the silent warrior and pushing through things that I think some of the armour finally cracked tonight. I cried, I reached out to a close friend, and I realised how much pain I’ve been quietly carrying.

I don’t really know what I’m asking here. Maybe I’m just wondering whether anyone else has had a moment where someone else’s concern made you realise the extent of your own pain.

it’s getting bad again. send help.

like the title says, what are some good reasons to forget LO? and, maybe, what are some things we don’t like about them?

for me, it’s the “if it was meant to be then it would’ve happened already. let it goooooo and move on! this isn’t even real - it’s just this running fantasy you keep chasing in your head!”

also, my LO just randomly appears and disappears whenever he feels like it. it creates this cat and mouse game. like… classic lovebomby, flirty, heart-eyes to just “seen”, silence, ghosting... i don’t like that.

i thought i might ask everyone in the room just to try and take it back down to earth for a moment 🥴

hi everyone

i’m a bit unsure about posting this but here we go.

my last period started on may 5th and ended on the 14th.

i started my iron and folic supp on the 13th.

that last flow was brutal - lasted 10 days (when i’m normally a 4-6er) and was a bloody crime scene.. unusually long and heavy with pretty bad cramps.

before that, my cycle is anywhere around 26 days give or take. pretty normal stuff but this year so far i’ve had a “period flu” where i get ill during my time of the month. anywhere from a common cold to an actual flu.

i think since i started my iron supps i generally have a bit more energy, my digestions seems better as well, and i’m getting less dizzy spells and bouts of extreme fatigue. this is what i notice so far, and i’m only about 4 weeks into taking them.

however, i’m now 7 days due for my period.

i’m really scared and not sure if it’s because of the iron?? it’s kind of the only thing that has changed in my routine.

a few people say they think i am stressed (which i am but i didnt think it was that bad bc ive been worse). i’m 33f and i just feel this isn’t normal.

i don’t really wanna see a doctor bc i feel scared and also just hoping i get it before i resort to that. also, i feel women’s health hasn’t been backed up a lot in terms of research or support (i’m not sure about this statement but it’s the vibe i get from other women in my life with poly or endo)

anyone have any insight?? anything helps and i appreciate it!