some people shouldn't have power

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[@the_agate_gate3782]

Yeah don’t ever tell an employer about mental health issues if you’re in America. They will absolutely fire you for it or not hire you in the first place.

[@vampmoon]

Yes!😢 happened to a friend of mine @the_agate3782

[@heartofthewild680]

How are you supposed to get the accommodations you need then?

[@melrhea12]

@@heartofthewild680you don’t.. that’s the problem.

[@Szriko]

@@heartofthewild680 The only special treatment that kind of person needs is an asylum jsyk

[@neurodivergentnetizen4535]

@@melrhea12 More accurately, you can't.

[@zbcrazy]

Fun fact - the US has no federally mandated lunch breaks. A number of states have a law about it, but there are plenty of people who just don’t get breaks or are made to work through them and it’s 100% legal for their employers to do that to them.

[@12rockyroad]

Yup had an employer work me 11 hours as 17 year old in Texas. Absolutely no laws mandating breaks

[@gamebooker114]

Hey that was me! I was in charge of a summer camp and was the only one in the building which was illegal in its own right. I had no one else to watch the kids so I had to work the summer camp for 10-11 hours straight. My manager then told my I was “killing labor costs,” because I wasn’t clocking out when my shift ended, because there was no one else there.

[@_mels_hellscape_]

Double work horror story

[@rinkuraku5251]

Most states do, but there's usually an exception for businesses under a certain number of employees.

[@kaydenk4111]

I though this was everywhere but apparently it's only states like California, but there you are required an unpaid 30 min break for over 5 hours of work, or an hour long unpaid break for over 12 hours of work. the only federal mandate on breaks is requiring a 30 minutes break to anyone working that's younger than 16

[@kat8279]

I relate to the "just learn social cues" so much, since my parents are both very indirect and sarcastic, and when I tell my dad I need him to be specific and say what he means, he tells me I'm "just not trying to learn figurative language." From the man with ADHD who has a very neurodivergent family and two autistic children.

[@ErutaniaRose]

Wow….yeah, no.

[@RPGLover87]

Another problem with the guy buying his employee gifts is that if you quit after it goes too far, he may end up trying to demand the items back. It puts you in a weird sort of dependency on your boss.

[@audreydoyle5268]

Yep, it's a power trip to ensnare an employee in a potential felony charge. If the gross amount of the gifts are over a certain worth, you can be charged and jailed for felony theft if you don't return the gifts. The person pressing charges has to claim and prove that they were lending the items to you. The only loophole, surprisingly, out of this bind is to defend yourself with the pretense of these items given to you were "gifts". Gifts under the law, in most places I assume, transfer ownership to the recipient. Even if the giver has receipts. So you can be charged for not returning gifts, but if you claim they were gifts, then you're fine. Weird. Don't ask me how I know. I had an ex sugar daddy boss.. it was a weird situation, but I'm lucky it didn't get that far legally cause he was madly in love with me. Probably still is 🤢

[@professorfoxtrot]

She should be greatful.

[@4ngels444]

@@professorfoxtrot No, he shouldn't have been doing that anyway. She didn't ask him to do that. it's not her responsibility to be grateful. He is a creep.

[@professorfoxtrot]

@@4ngels444 It's very foolish and ungrateful to be tremendously nasty to the boss, especially after being given gift. Employees should always be respectful of their bosses after giving them their living. Gifts are icing on the cake.

[@galuxius1861]

@@professorfoxtrot Sorry boss man that the 19 year old didn't fall for your manipulation tactics to fulfil your foot fetish Bosses don't "give you" your living. You work for it. They pay you in exchange for your time, labour and skill. That's how jobs work. You exchange money for labour

[@codymartin6117]

PSA: Your Boss and Co-workers are not your friends. Dont divulge any personal information about your life at your job under any circumstances!!! Ever🌟🌟

[@winchesterfamilyforever]

Some are your friends, and some boss have good intentions. You spend more time with your co-workers than you do with your family, it's a good thing to find friends there

[@resintom852]

Just make sure you have mutually damning information on work friends so you both know what’s up. Or just hang out enough after work and become real friends that become trustworthy idk. 🤷‍♂️

[@grim_far]

Yeah having work friends can be tricky at best. I've had both positive and negative experiences with it.

[@heartofthewild680]

I had a manager tell me “I realize you have some intellectual challenges, but you need to do better,” by a manager at my first job, and told “this form says you have a disability, but you seem very articulate” during the interview for my second job (which I didn’t realize at the time was incredibly rude, and didn’t understand why it bothered me until much later). Both were referring to my autism and ADHD.

[@motracey5866]

They can only ask you if you need accommodations! As an employer that is all they are allowed to ask! Give them no more details than that because they will use them against you! 😅

[@anarchistangel2314]

Me: *reads the title* Also me: can i interest you in the abolishment of hierarchies :D

[@moppingpenguin3937]

Yes I’m very interested 😊

[@robbiehasnobones]

you sure can 👁👁

[@ErutaniaRose]

Yes please!

[@Archiver_Studio]

I'm listening👀

[@s0up_1223]

Tell us

[@thefallenangel3454]

Laughing in US citizen at the confusion about lunch breaks. Depending on what state you live in here, it's likely you have no rights as a worker at all, outside of a federal minimum wage, and a requirement to offer you health insurance you pay for if you're a full time employee. Workers in the US are fairly often treated that way.

[@BrowniePokemon]

this is why people join unions

[@Szriko]

As it should be. You're not being paid to sit on your ass and scroll your iphone. You're being paid to WORK.

[@neurodivergentnetizen4535]

@@Szriko Uhm. No. You need, emotionally and physically, to periodically take a break. I don't mean sitting down every 25 minutes for 5 minutes, I mean sitting down to eat once a shift, standing at the water color for 10 minutes once or twice a day, and being able to use the toilet.

[@strangerinastrangeland3613]

​@@SzrikoLol, how to say you've never held a job before.

[@captainngoose]

@@Szriko We're humans, not machines. I hope this is a troll because YIKES.

[@veggiemonkie5041]

When i was in my elementry/middle school years me and my friends believed that the entire percy jackson series was based on true stories and events as told through percy and his friends perpectives, we even convinced ourselves that we were born from/of speicific gods. We had alot of issuse at home and at school and i believe now that this was our way of dealing with all the stress in our lives at that time. However parasocial it really was at the time, it got us through.

[@makihana8860]

I got a new kitten yesterday so I'm showing my new son your videos lol

[@sweetsugarystars2378]

Lil buddy is gonna be cultured :3

[@nicoles.3583]

Congrats on the new family member!! Excellent viewing for your child :))

[@No1MizukiFan827]

DAZAI PFP!

[@clarityashtons4273]

I had a pretty good first job boss but he was a terrible employee 😂 he said fuck the company but cared for his employees

[@vrosa065]

To give everyone a cheer-up: My boss is one of the best imo. Unrelated, but an interesting fact, she’s lesbian and not shy about it so she doesn’t take shit from customers who are rude to her employees (esp those being homophobic, transphobic, racist, etc). One time my girlfriend (transfem who also happens to be lesbian) was getting yelled at for a customer for basically no good reason except her having a slightly deeper voice. The customer was basically yelling at her, telling her she should find god or something and telling her to get a manager. Ofc she called our boss and, skipping the details, the customer in the end got banned from the store and allowed my gf to work in the back for the rest of her shift so she wouldn’t have to deal with any customers for the day :). So yes there are some amazing managers out there and I’m glad for it. There’s more reasons she’s an amazing boss but this was one of the times her amazingness (is that a word?) stuck out to me. Anyway, have a fantastic day for everyone who is reading this :>

[@mr.perfectcell1887]

Ngl, I'd do a LOT of sus stuff for groceries. That's about where I am in life right now.

[@justozzy5559]

The US min wage being 7.25 still is bonkers. I only made min wage at one job and they told me they "appreciated their employees more" so they paid me 7.5 dollars an hour.

[@bradiedean7466]

Oh i wonder if one of fainting OP's chronic illnesses is Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. I've got the EDS-ADHD-Austism triple threat, and i know that having one of those three makes you WAY more likely to have one or both of the others, and one of the most common symptoms of EDS is fainting/pots symptoms

[@sy__draws]

I am a DID system due to childhood trauma and when a toxic friend found out we had an alter of a fictional character he started sending NSFW content of him despite being told not to.. Never talked to them again

[@strangerinastrangeland3613]

Thats so rough, that guy wasnt a real friend. I hope you can someday rid yourself of your alters and just be you again.❤

[@StarriexStelluxfaur]

EUGH that's an awful thing to do to a fictive wtf ..

[@person80]

sure jan

[@ttintagel]

Yeah, labor laws are only as strong as the employer's belief that you can successfully bring a lawsuit. Where I grew up, management got away with murder because jobs were so scarce workers would put up with anything just to keep a roof over their heads.

[@betheguy_posts]

asking someone on the spectrum why they can't "just learn social queues" to their face has big r/ThanksImCured energy

[@ThatFont]

It’s sad that people come for people who they think aren’t equipped to formally discuss the nuances of these topics. I swear they know they’re in the wrong, they just want to feel a sense of superiority.

[@jmc1186]

Here in my state you can work thru your lunch break IF your employer pays you double time. It's fun having a boss who will overload you with strict time frames and then also discipline you for working thru your lunch that just... happened to be during the times you were expected to finish. Why? Because hiring adequate people is dumb and expecting the world out of employees working 15 days straight at 14 hours a days totally makes sense 🙃

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Ideally, self-employed is the best way to go but I’m my own worst boss.

[@claratalbot7613]

That one about the housekeeper fainting & being basically told that they need to keep working hits home for me. I nearly ended up in the hospital twice at a former job because the supervisor cared more about following a list of when people were to go to breaks & lunches. Once I was over 30 minutes past my break time & I called her to ask if I could go to break. She told me to hold on but I ended up having to leave on my own because my symptoms were getting worse. When I got back she was going on about how I messed up her "plans" & that if I had just waited she would have come over. I started looking for a new job after that because while she was saying she was understanding of my medical needs her actions said otherwise. The second time was while I was waiting for my background check to be finished at another place so I could put in my two weeks notice. This time however it was worse. I almost fainted & literally had to all but drag myself over to nearby bench. I couldn't even lock my station because I was so weak & didn't want to end up on the floor. It ended up taking me 2 full candy bars to get my suger up enough just so I could get to the break room. I put in my two weeks notice after that & flat out refuse to ever work their again. Not to mention that I will not step foot in any of their stores outside of one were some friends work. Otherwise I wouldn't go in there at all

[@SparkleBoi24]

Oh my god. Bad friendships. It is my time to shine.

[@hannanadine]

I felt the same! Already sent the story hahah

[@okamiangles7121]

In Canada, if a boss calls you in for work, they have to pay you for at least 3 hours, even if they decide they don't actually need you there and send you home right away.

[@mayowhishes]

4:30 actually ,You can work adults atleast 8 hours with no breaks if you have no union ! In the Us , the break mandate is only applied to children usually:(

[@ttintagel]

I remember at one restaurant where I worked, the health inspector said we'd fail if the owner didn't install a range hood over the grill. He went out and bought the outer shell of one from a place that had burned down and nailed it to the ceiling, and we passed the next inspection. (I assume some sort of bribe also changed hands.)

[@zitasvetec6688]

This is honestly why I'm nervous to get a job. I did manage to have one summer job so far and it was a bit of a frustrating manager, but thankfully nothing was this bad. Hope all the people in the video get better jobs and bosses in the future!

[@rachelppython]

I've definitely had some bad ones, but I can confirm there are good work environments out there! They're harder to find, but there are good bosses and managers. For me, the manager makes or breaks the job lol

[@TabithaSummer16]

I'm a barista. at one point my boss had me coming in to just help close. we always had 2 people but they apparently wanted a 3rd to help close faster? so I would legit be there for 30 minutes. my driving time was more then the freaking work time. I literally had to refuse to do it after a few weeks and she was not happy about it. even complained to coworkers about it and said I was making excuses lol. so glad she left.

[@mr.perfectcell1887]

I was working at Dollar General during the pandemic and threw up in my mask. I was asked if I could still work. I just stared at her blankly and she begrudgingly said 'just go home'.

[@going-to-superhell]

Someone I know either walks half an hour to work everyday or her husband takes her because of how expensive the parking is

[@zenleeparadise]

I'm a line cook, and a few days ago while closing with no one else but my sous chef, I dropped a burger weight on my foot, and broke it, and he had me finish out the shift on a broken foot and was a dick to me the entire time on top of it! Hearing these stories doesn't surprise me. It's rough out here.

[@saigeelizabeth8284]

31:51 i’ve had 3rd degree burns before, if the pot was scolding its more then possible the op had 3rd degree burns aswell. I didn’t go to the hospital bc I didn’t know it was that bad and I couldn’t drive at the time so I had to “walk it off” and that’s not easy, I was at home crying, shaking my arm and pacing due to the pain that lasted hours without burn cream. I can’t imagine having to continue working like that, could have been a law suit honestly

[@arcadiaberger9204]

That boss who showered his new hire with gifts while asking nothing in return brings to mind the fact that there are people who get off on being "money slaves": meeting strangers in public places to hand over money. Strangers who take the money, turn and walk away.

[@Katsacaat]

the intro will never get old!!

[@alisaurus4224]

When I worked food service/retail the law in my state was that every 4 hours worked you get a 15-min paid break, and every 6-hour or more shift gets a 30-min unpaid lunch break. And god help you if you were off the clock for more than 31 minutes

[@leighreganarblaster9852]

An hour most will 30 minutes lunch and 15 minutes break. The supervisor is blackmailing the manager

[@angelazeng2985]

Just realized but congrats on 401k subscribers!!!! magical number

[@yoogrldude]

Re the coffee thing… you just… add more coffee. Like you empty out a little of what’s in the cup and add more coffee? Isn’t that possible?

[@audreydoyle5268]

It would have ruined the presentation of the cream to scoop some out. I worked in a sushi bar before, and I imagine there's not much difference in the demographics of customers. They care about the look of their food, and the speed to which it is served to them. Would have been quicker to make a whole new coffee, strangely. Because they may have to brew a whole new espresso just to top it off a tiny bit. Not worth it. Ruins the work flow, and better to just restart, doing it double time. The espresso machine might be a double pour and the other shot went to another coffee. Also, opening the lid to scoop out the cream and pour extra milk and coffee just seems a bit unsanitary to me for some reason.

[@happyartful5042]

These stories reminded me of my bad job experiences. My first one was when I worked at Applebee’s. I’ll give you a list of what happened while I was working there. 1) We had a regular that started yelling about us needing them to sign their names (this was during covid) when I tried to ask him about it. If he just shut up for one second, he’d hear me tell him that he didn’t have to cuz it was optional. 2) On a particularly busy day, I was getting too overwhelmed and ended up having a meltdown in the bathroom. My employers told me to stop crying and get back to work. 3) There was a drunk man rambling about trans people and being “politically correct” to me. I was stuck because he was blocking the entrance and I was a hostess so I had no choice but to stand there and nod. I’m pretty sure he clocked me as trans and that’s why he started ranting. His son came back from the bathroom and apologized to me. 3) When I finally quit, my employers suddenly felt that I was a valuable member of the team, that they really needed me, that I was their best employee. If that’s the case, then why didn’t it ever feel like that? Why did y’all constantly berate me over every little thing if you truly valued my work? Now I see why they were always so short staffed. My other bad job experience was working as an in home caregiver, basically assisted living employee. Here’s what happened at that job: 1) They were extremely disorganized and seemed to never keep things consistent. 2) Some of the patients they had us caring for were entitled assholes. 3) On the section of my application that asked about allergies, I specifically put that I am severely allergic to cats since I knew we’d be taking care of patients with pets in their home. Well, one time, when they needed someone to take another caregiver’s shift, they asked me to do it and I accepted. Guess what was in their house? Not one, not two, but THREE goddamn cats. I immediately called them to get someone else because if I stayed there for more than 10 minutes, I wouldn’t be able to see anything from my eyes swelling and literally start suffocating to death. They practically put my life at risk because they couldn’t read my goddamn papers all the way through 🤦🏻 Very unfortunate first introduction to employment.

[@TheInvisibleGirl24]

3:06 damn this sounds like my old job at a dogs grooming salon…

[@Unikay]

Speaking of rat candy, this year one of our Easter eggs that we found had a bite taken out of the egg and the candy inside. It looked like that "y'all eat your burger with or without the peel" meme XD

[@dinogrl4102]

please tell me why i read the title as "some people shouldn't have a shower" and i was?????

[@baka_yu9343]

Concerning the one housekeeper with autism: It sounds to me like she was taking out her frustration of having a child with autism that isn't how that monster wants it on her employee, which is insane on all levels. And the young barista that got hit on by her former boss: That is disgusting, first of. And to have to come in to see if you'll work that day and get paid or not. That is so controlling, since you can't ever plan something for the day on the off-chance you work. That is such a shitty practice, how is that legal??

[@martianpudding9522]

Not to like blame autistic people for people being ableist against us, but I think it's possible that mom was aso autistic but not self aware of it. I was diagnosed in my twenties and in hindsight I think several family members are autistic too, but because no one was diagnosed I heard a lot of comments in the sense of "this is normal we all feel this way and you just have to live with it". Her comment of "just learn social skills" gives me the same vibe, like "well everyone has to spend hours every day studying how to do social interactions, duh"

[@Starsongzz]

23:18 see, I have recently become very okay with receiving gifts, and I feel kinda bad about it lmao😭 I feel like I should give the obligatory “ohhhhhh noooooooo i could neverrrrrr” but I really could tho😭😭😭 I just need to learn to embrace it, I always appreciate gifts, I just don’t feel inclined to turned them down when they’re offered freely and willingly. I love giving gifts, so if I want my gift received, then they want theirs received.

[@EVIE_ASH]

Dear Qiwi is one of my favorite segments:)

[@kylief03]

At my first proper job, which was in retail, a manager came to our store within the first month of me working there. He kept telling me I needed to clear the pallets of freight faster, which was really demoralizing, since I was genuinely working as fast as I could. Eventually I said "I'm going as fast as I can. If you know a faster way to do it, please teach me, cause I don't know any other way." He walked away and left me alone after that. The expectations were unrealistic and he knew it.

[@DraperStan23]

Toxic work culture is so awful, I know a woman that got fired after getting in a car accident and needing to take a day off.

[@DeuxMilleVingtQuatre]

I'm nearly 25 and have ASD and OCD, and I've never had a real job (other than some weeks of volunteer work when I was 18). I feel so guilty and I'm so sick of feeling useless, I would love to get a job but I don't know where to start. And I'm so worried about getting bosses like those described in these emails. That email from the autistic person about the boss with the autistic son is triggering for me. I guess I will have to stick to the occasional Wikipedia editing and taking photos for Google Maps for a while yet 😞

[@maisa5234]

hey, I know I'm just a random person on the internet, but maybe you should give it a try! The world out there seems scary, but you might just get lucky! Most jobs are just 'average', just a place you go to regularly that makes you neither extremely happy nor extremely sad. And the ones described in this video are surely an exception, I mean Kiwi asked for absurd stories and obviously got a few of them. But think of how many people there are on this channel alone and how many must have good (or at least not particularly bad) job experiences! In the end it's your life and your decision, I just want you to feel encouraged that you can do it!! Anyway, I wish you all the best for whatever you decide to do :)

[@DeuxMilleVingtQuatre]

@@maisa5234 Thank you! I was actually considering going to the local Job Center last week, but my parents advised me against it for now because of a personal issue. So I'm planning to go the Job Center after the issue is resolved, to see if they can advise me on which types of jobs could be feasible for me. Though I have a feeling the range of feasible jobs might not be very wide for multiple reasons.

[@letterborneVods]

Yay, it’s the butter earrings again 🥳 love those!

[@trcsunny2187]

Me too. They are so cute.

[@saylemayoub]

these are insane 😭😭😭😭

[@aduckofsomesort]

Why does it feel like no one knows they can contact the department of workforce services?

[@averybutdifferent5294]

People shouldn’t be in power. Why do people have power over each other?

[@kawaiigeorgiapeach]

I live in USA. My dad regularly works 12 hour days with little or nothing to eat, and is convinced that breaks are for lazy people. Hooray capitalism wheee! 🙄

[@stina5912]

this reminded me of when I had a summer job at the same place two years in a row, for context it was a restaurant and she had only teenagers as employers and I have really bad period pain, like i eilll faint and throw up (got medicine now so it's better but didn't then) And one time i gt my period while i was there and got really lightheaded and nauseus. She told me to go to the "staff building" (it was a cabin) and i was alone in the bathroom according to my coworker for 45 minutes before she sent someone after me (she knew I had bad periods btw) and that was just to ask me whenever I could be ready to come up again and if i really needed the pause. My coworker saw how bad it was as i was laying on the floor, she called up my boss and i got to go home. When i came back a few days later she told me I needed to learn to manage my period better and i told her that I needed painkillers (which only helped a little but it was something) and she said that I should just learn to deal with the pain and that painkilers was a waste...

[@puraidoeustass]

Imagine not being able to pick up on social cues. Super cringe! Who would do that?! (I'm not good with social cues) After my training (retail), I got a job at this junk shop, and they had about everything. And I was told to hang up clothes. I hadn't worked with clothes before, only with groceries. So I hung up everything. Then the mother of the owner came around (at that time, I didn't know who that was), and she asked who would hang up all of the clothes. I told her that was me. And she berated me for it. The person who told me to do that apologized. She should have told me that I was only meant to hang up a few pieces. Then New Year came around, and one had to watch the fireworks. I didn't have that at the store I worked before, so I wasn't exactly sure what to do. I was working in the area, keeping an eye out. And the Owner's mother came again, asking what I was doing and why I wasn't watching the fireworks. If I didn't know how to do that. And I told her, No, we didn't have that at my training. She then goes to the manager and complains about me, that I wasn't supposed to talk about my training. After New Year, I was immediately fired because, suddenly, they didn't have enough money. After this job, I had no luck finding one for 8 months. I got a job interview 5 months after I sent out my application. When I arrived 10 minutes early for the interview (the way was pretty long, and I never had been in this store, so I got up early for it), I got yelled at. The Interview was on time X. I mean, I just wanted to let them know I was there, they could have come later. I was immediately asked how many sick days I had in my previous job. They wanted me to work there for a week to see how well I fit in (without payment). The first day was so horrible that I cried on my way back home. They gave me three containers with groceries and told me to fill them up. I asked them one time, when my shift ends, and they said, when I'm done with my work. I was there for 7ish hours already. Then, the owner's son came up when I was halfway through the second container and asked me why I wasn't faster. Uhm, because I don't know where everything is? Next to that, I was also supposed to fill up the fruit department. I was close to 9 hours there in total. And after 8 months of unemployment, that was hard. At the end of my shift, when I brought the containers back, the son asked me if I had done it correctly and in the end, he said he better control it himself. I knew I didn't want to work there, but I was like 20 and very shy, so I didn't have the courage to tell them that I didn't want to work there. The next day, the boss called me in and told me, "I'm not what he expected" I still wish I had retorted with something witty at that moment, but I just left.

[@thatonebab7351]

i hit the option of declining to state my disability status when applying for jobs rather than yes/no strictly because: - i don't want to technically lie - but i also know employers DO discriminate against people for such, because they know they can get away with it anyways i lucked out and got the 90% neurodiverse and queer work space, the synergy is unreal

[@Unikay]

My sister also worked for an animal place for weeks and didn't get paid we had to threaten to sue qwp

[@TheInvisibleGirl24]

Had a grippy sock vacation for 3 months; had leave, vacation, FMLA and short term disability insurance to cover my time away and take care of pay. Came back from leave and was fired 2 months later.

[@ShinyGoldfish]

Oh do I have a STORY for the next Dear Qiwi

[@catabat49654]

Ooooooo, Qiwi, I am SOOO excited to send you my toxic friend story, I’ve been holding onto it for just the right occasion 🤗

[@baileyb123bb]

Im gonna go ahead and blame Jim for the christmas tree shop near me closing.

[@booterfly6367]

I was pregnant, my literal bones were moving and i had pain shooting down my leg. I was a great worker, i was efficient and put love into everything i did. I sat down for 10 mins after i finished my station. We were staffed enough that i could've been able to take a much longer break with no problems. She didnt believe me and said if i was going to sit down, i should just clock out. I said okay, and hobbled my way to clock out and f-ing left, making her work my station. Couldn't let me wait 15 mins to feel better

[@EmmaSpAce111]

“It’s just feet and who cares?” That’s exactly how I feel and why selling foot pics is always my final backup plan. I get it if the idea makes someone feel uncomfortable themselves, but I posted one picture of my feet in sandals when I went to a very clear lake (I live in an area where you can’t drive five miles without seeing a body of water, but a lot of them are more murky) and I was like “I’m uncomfortable posting my face on my photography account, but the way the water plays with the lighting on my feet looks kinda cute, I could use this as a self portrait that I AM comfortable posting” (I think my toenails might have been painted too. I haven’t looked at the picture in awhile) and then someone posted in the comments “cute feet” and I was like “damn. I shoulda been charging for these” (as opposed to my reaction when people say that to pictures of my face, which makes me slightly uncomfortable). I’d probably already be asking for money for foot pics tbh but I’m not sure how you would even sell that and without shoes it’s really obvious how asymmetrical my feet are 😅 (I have a tendency to lean on one foot when I’m just standing somewhere and also would do that yoga pose I forgot the name of while brushing my teeth for a few years but I would always get too unbalanced to focus on brushing my teeth when not using my dominant foot, these resulted in only one foot getting the weird bump on the side that my dad’s feet have). But yeah, one guy commented “cute feet” and I was like “I could make money off of that”

[@kf1439]

In the US, it's still illegal to fire you for discriminatory r reasons, even during your probationary period.

[@hexonyou]

the girl in the boss story where the boss hit on her after firing I think was wrong about the probationary period. True, the boss doesn't -HAVE- to give a reason for firing you at that time.... but if he mentions a reason, he's the one opening up those grounds. He's the one who gave the reason as being OP's depression and not wanting to accommodate (if needed, not that it had needed to be at the time). I feel like a number of things from that story would have him sued out the ass

[@Omneyvdwatering]

Fun work story. I worked at a call center, helping customers with computer problems for an internet cable company. We were not allowed to be late. If you were late, you got written up. 3 write ups and you're fired. I had to go by train and at times the train was just late. But i couldn't risk being late for work, so i always left home an hour early. So I was either 45 minutes early.. or exactly in time if trains were running late. One day, There was a train on fire and there were no trains going to the city i had to work. It was absolutely crazy. I called in immediately (1.5 hour before the start of my shift). Got alternative transport and after all the mess i was 3 minutes late. They wrote me up. I kid you not.

[@lorraynemiranda8959]

Hearing those stories makes me glad I live in a country with very specific laws to protect the workers. I'm an intern in a fertilizer company, and have paid vacation, meals buget, transportation buget, health care, dental care and mental health care. I even get what is called the 13th, wich is a double paycheck at december. Not saying is perfect, far from that. We're still fighting to abolish the jobs that take over 5 days a week, bc is honestly insane to have someone working over 50 hours plus weekends, but I hope someday we'll be able to get to a place where the workers are better treated by the companies.

[@SharkGirlValentine]

Regarding when you said workers shouldn’t have to pay for their commute/parking, I’m a nursing student and they make us work at the hospital every week as students for free and we have to pay for parking 😂

[@Bunny_xoxo.]

In America it differs, the pay can still be bad but where I’m from in the US the Minimum wage is $12.

[@darasuumkote19]

At least where I am in the states, minimum wage is $15 an hour and half of my coworkers get paid minimum wage because we are a library working on government funding and donations

[@j3lli3fish]

So I THINK this counts as a parasocial relationship. It’s also kinda a long story. I stream on twitch and started around 2020. Pretty small streamer so I interact with chat a lot and have some regulars I recognize. I had a Mod who was religiously involved in my chat for a while (to the point where I made him a mod) and he was very lovely perhaps just a bit insecure. He did SO MUCH for me, essentially oh my beck and call regarding stream related mechanics and discord and commands, setup, etc. Now there was another regular, R, in my chats who was very charismatic and funny and joined in on discord-video game group of me, my mod + three of my IRL college friends. We created group chats and got along really well. WELL. My mod confessed his love to me after discovering I had been casually dating someone in my real life. I considered us internet friends at that point but I was shocked because I’ve never met this man, didn’t know what he looked like, I just chatted with him for a couple hours while live each week and in group chats full of other people. He told me knowing I was seeing someone was crushing him and he needed to take a break from my streams. However he came back after three days saying it hurt more to be away. FLASH FORWARD, R (the other regular), who lives in New York announces in the group chat he’s coming to San Francisco , (close to where my IRL friends and I Live at the time) and my mod decides to drive 7 hours up from SoCal to SF so we can get the group chat together IRL and finally meet one another. Now at this point I had been dumped and I knew my mod was probably still in love with me but the concept was so foreign I was just like nah this will be fun no drama….. then I meet them and realize R was exactly my type and I immediately developed an overnight crush on him… our relationship was strictly platonic (and… ONLINE.) and I again I had never met him and didn’t know what he looked like. The plot thickens as on the trip my mod seems to be avoiding me and I’m trying to NOT obviously flirt with R bc goddamn this is a very messy situation. On the last day of the trip I hug them goodbye and my mod says to me… “we need to talk. “ I’m a tone that honestly made me kinda anxious. The next couple days I start texting R nonstop and having such fun and genuine conversation while simultaneously trying to deal with the guilt of hurting my mod. mod and I never end up having another phone call and instead he DMS on discord, doubling down on his confession but this time with the “I thought I had feelings for “my screen name” but now I’ve met you I know my feelings are real and they’re for “my real name” now” … the trip was TWO DAYS LONG. And he spent the whole time on the opposite of the group as me 😭😭😭. Well. This got super long so I’ll cut it off there but I started seriously dating R, and there was a fallout between him and my mod (duh). At one point he snapped at me in chat while streaming and said some really uncalled for and rude things for the first time ever… but after that mod began to disappear after things got awkward and recently completely disappeared from my chats all together after about a year and a half. R and I have been in a great relationship for almost 2 years and he’s planning to move to California at the end of next year… 😅

[@spoongodess]

where on earth did you get those awesome earrings please I need them right now

[@rjpendragon]

man I'm upset I missed this prompt, I have a STORY

[@marlin3576]

Omg yaass butter earrings again!! Wooo.

[@mavericksmagic1091]

Have I got a story for you about the parasocial relationship topic next time. Basically I for the longest time had a crush on some Japanese voice actress who did the voice of my favorite fictional character from a show I like. I remember I tried joining a literal manifestation community on amino, and got pretty much shunned by the entire community for trying to manifest a relationship with my celebrity crush. Funny thing was they didn’t shun anyone else who was manifesting their crushes/celeb crushes. Their only reason as to why they didn’t want me to manifest my crush was because I’m transgender and gay. And the staff members of the community said I was a predatory queer freak for trying to manifest my crush just like all the straight girls and guys were doing in this community. I then left and never went back, as soon as I left the community I was in, I got noticed by my celebrity crush several times, she even liked my love confession under her instagram post. Course I don’t know what she meant by liking my love confession comment but whatever. The story ends with me getting a budding romantic relationship with another person who actually loves me and is gender-fluid just like me. I met them on a queer dating app and were currently planning a vacation together once we get past the ice breaking stage of our relationship. I pretty much forgot all about my celebrity crush and now I just feel happy about my new friend/budding romantic relationship. So yeah, the story has a very happy ending indeed! 🩷 but moral of the story, sometimes love comes to you when you’re not actively searching for it. And sometimes people are emotionally unavailable and others are judgmental. But now I have a friend who loves me and I’m currently writing a sci-fi fantasy novel and I am going to a job interview with the Sephora store within a department store! Wish me luck! 🍀

[@ryanb5127]

The only job I can imagine being justified minimum wage would be one where you don't have to actually do anything other than be in a location. Like house sitting type stuff (assuming they don't expect you to clean)

[@lizzietarling]

Fun fact regarding your salary including travel time: UK MP's expenses (that's extra money besides their salary) does cover travelling between Westminster and their constituency!

[@pepolite4082]

My last two optical jobs were two horrible managers. Power hungry b****s. I'm serious. The last job I only made it to 5 months and quit after another personal thing happened to me that made me spiral. Also autistic and ADHD. So that's why I'm going to try and find painting jobs so I don't have to talk to people regularly. Im hoping for better. There are sooooo many people who don't deserve positions they have.

[@decb]

A £3 coffee is at least 50% gross profit

[@Matt_Wildcard_Webster]

28:46 Haha, nice... I mean that's fucked up, but also haha, nice

[@onlinewhy]

Upon telling an old boss (that had previously commented on my lack of social skills and called me "mean") that I was being tested for autism later in life (mid-20s), he responded with "well, everyone's a little autistic nowadays." His daughter is actually autistic, so prayers for her.

[@winchesterfamilyforever]

For the last story I kinda understand Barb, if that's what the client asks, that's what they get, the customer isn't always right. If the store policy is to give the coffee anyway, you don't remake it (unless you are the one who made a mistake).

[@winchesterfamilyforever]

And even if the policy is to remake it you don't poor it in the sink, you ask your co-workers if anyone wants it

[@ryanap8396]

Oh boy have a toxic friendship story for you

[@jareddangelo347]

Minimum wage in my state is $16

[@jinxshadow5218]

What the hell. In Germany, it’s illegal for the employers to watch the workers with security cameras. They’re not even allowed to point at staff areas, only on customer areas.

[@claratalbot7613]

Tip for anyone getting into the workforce: If a job is always hiring, there is a good chance they have a high turnover rate & have people who quit due to poor treatment. The only time I have seen a place that is always hiring & it wasn't due to people constantly leaving them is if they have a lot of options for people to move up into a higher position or into a different department but even take that as a grain of salt but it could be a combination of both. Also I despise how the US (or any county with this sentiment) treats accommodations for those with disabilities. They have this weird double edged sword of either you get on a program that limits the hours you can work but tends to not pay you enough to make ends meat on your own especially if your under 65 years old or you work as if you're an able-bodied person while fighting for basic accommodations. I get that someone people actually can't live on their own but it always irritates me when someone treats someone with disabilities coming into work 40 hours a week despite their disabilities as inspiration. They're there because they have no choose & while I understand that some people would still choose to work full time despite their disabilities but that's something that should be something they choose to do not force to do to make ends meat. Sometimes people can't work & they shouldn't have put their health at risk or make their medical issues worse because they're force to pretend to be something they're not. At the end of the day a person's disabilities don't define them or their limits but knowing ones limits & not having to push past them on a daily bases is so much better for their well-being

[@mayowhishes]

15:02 THAT however is illegal, no discrimination is allowed and employer can be sued or whatever

[@astrovoid9393]

i submitted a toxic friends one. i don't even care if it gets read, i just wanted to rant lol

[@SD-uz1cc]

You’re supposed to put the burn under cold running water for 20minutes (obviously not including if it’s bad enough to require hospital, just more mild burns). This is fairly new guidance. Also if your crush so,rehung a bit (like your finger or arm etc) you put it under cold running water for 10minutes.

[@snehapradhan5591]

❤

[@frownyclowny]

Unrelated to the video I just thought you'd like to know, my mom's nickname for you is rainbow Brite! ❤

[@raynewood8468]

Hi, I'm Autistic. My family (at the school request) tried to teach me social cues the whole time i was in school. So, from the time i was in 4th grade (in American schools) to the time i graduated high school, they tried to teach me social cues and it didnt work. And it pisses my off every time someone say "why dont you just learn social cues?". Like b*tch they tried they tried for 8 years to teach me social cues and it didnt f*cking work PS love your videos Kiwi

[@itchild5803]

Oh God I wish I would have heard about dis prompt. So being autistic trans n in an interracial queer relationship (I suppose soon well b straight passin, since I've been on T 4 a yr n half) in da Midwest I get bullied at every single job I have. N I know dat coupled wit cptsd, I will last 6 months max, I think a yr is da longest I held out. 3 months average. But hands down da worst experience I had was a cleanin job my partner got through her brother after he worked a couple yrs n showed he was an exemplary worker. (He would later quit after us cause da racism got 2 him). My partner got me in da same way. So side note, I have autism. My horrible childhood had, a silver lining if u will, taught me how 2 usually tell wen ppl were bein fake nice wit me, but im autistic n still not perfect at it. Anywho 1st day, my boss is showin me around n how 2 do my job. We're havin good banter, n she's seems like she's genuinely tryna 2 connect 2 me n 2 she's has a base level of intelligence. My 2 criteria 4 comin out as non binary 2 ppl n asking dem 2 use my preferred pronouns. (Side note: at dis time I was identifyin as non binary, 4 reasons I now identify as a trans man. Both were true at da times I was identifyin as dem as I said 4 reasons). Here in da Midwest, especially wis Midwest ders a shit ton of brain dead caveman lvl of dumb ppl here, dat in my opinion r incapable of understandin da meanin of non binary. So even though she/her is n has been 4 a very very very long time, feelt like a knife stab ever time used in reference 2 me, I will just accept it until my brain snaps n it just sputters out loudly lol. Dats y unless dese 2 criteria r met I usually didn't come out. Anywho dey seemed 2 b. Long story short, she went 2 my bro in law n mentioned it n asked about it, my bro in law was confused n thought she was talking about my partner (cause of private medical info bout my partner da way she asked bout it, da confusion was valid). Which den led 2 my boss (a female 4 context), comin 2 work da next day n proceeded to ask me what was in my pants n den ask what was in my partners pants. As an autistic, I use blueprints, if u will, for speech. What 2 answer in any given situation. But who in der right mind expects 2 have der boss ask bout what junk dey have. I don't remember what I said but it wasn't great n my partner wasn't happy wit me. Her tellin me I shouldn't have said anything wasn't wrong, we live in da Midwest, she wasn't bein cruel, she was bein practically n dis brought her private medical info 2 light, so I understand. I just wanted 2 have a situation, a job, dat is always a high stress situation, 2 b less stressful by not bein misgendered. Is dat so wrong? 😭😭😭 I have a hand disability i use phonetic shorthand 2 shorten da amount da amount of typin, thus limitin da amount of pain dis is a copied message

[@itchild5803]

2 notes Note 1 : since she was a female boss n even though I presented very masc in dress n hair cause of my large chest, I was assumed 2 b female, I assumed a court around here wouldn't do shit if I tried 2 file a sexual assault lawsuit. Note 2 : pertinent 2 every thing said above includin note 1. I say da Midwest, especially wis, especially Madison ( I'd say Milwaukee is probably slightly better n da small towns significantly worse) is socially in da 1980s. I wanted 2 show an example. I had a packin job dat was oh bout a decade ago. Da lunch room was separated by race, literally it looked like da 1960s. It wasn't policy, da white ppl didn't want 2 sit by da black ppl. N da black ppl didn't trust 2 sit by da white ppl, n didn't trust or like other black ppl dat sat by da white ppl. My partner got shit 4 hangin round me. Her bein black n me bein white. We tried 2 avoid da lunch room. But wen we did wether it was da both of us or just me, we sat in da "black ppl area". Hate me 4 sayin but cause racism is so rampant here, n it's da veiled racism (u know smile 2 a black person face n call dem da n word behind der back or say other racist shit behind der back), I usually prefer 2 be around black ppl if it's not integrated. I got shit 4 dat 2. N dis job der was a large amount of ppl dat many days, 2 my face n behind my back, would call me it. Thought datd give u a taste of what it's like 2 live in da hell hole dat is da Midwest I have a hand disability i use phonetic shorthand 2 shorten da amount da amount of typin, thus limitin da amount of pain dis is a copied message

[@TTGGrave]

Regarding probation periods, I’m American, so of course this will be fucked up, but I felt compelled to complain about the following situation. I worked at a warehouse job, and while I was regular quickly, the vast majority of workers-doing the same job-were there for over a year and sometimes two, getting paid less with no sick or vacation time. I’m sure that’s extremely common here, unfortunately. Plus, there was definitely racism involved with that, so…yay? :/

[@bdariamihaela]

24:23

[@moustachetuesdays]

So, I’m early on this one!

[@resliward4562]

in my state minimum wage is $12/hr

[@resliward4562]

so it's not 7.25, it just depends on the state and the year.

[@audreydoyle5268]

Dude, it's still double that at a lower rate percentage for working minors in Australia (people aged between 15 and 21 are paid a percentage of min wage). Even adjusting for exchange, the quality of life on $24AUD/hr is substantially higher

[@audreydoyle5268]

​​@@resliward4562 also, $7.25 is the FEDERAL minimum wage in the US. So even though your state has more worker's rights, your state government could just as easily throw that protection out and drop it to federal minimum wage.

[@porcelainboy264]

🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩

[@hanzycake]

omg i’m so early!! 🎉

[@beec903]

slay