Sure, I totally sensed that it was a low-balling technique when we were negotiating. That doesn't surprise me at all. But since I didn't know my worth, it was hard to know how high I could go. Not being informed really hurt me.
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I just did this! I applied to work at a small marketing agency that has fuzzy/vague job descriptions and so it was hard to find information about what kind of money I should actually expect. Nationally, the range on pay for my position is so varied, I wasn't sure where I should fall since it's work that I've never…
10-year waitress here. I would much prefer "Miss" over my name. I believe very strongly that my relationship with my tables is purely business. I'm friendly, but not personal. My first name is for my friends and acquaintances. I don't like developing close, personal relationships with my tables, regular or not,…
I've given up trying to tell people how to order cost effectively. They get confused and then they feel cheated, like they haven't really gotten what they wanted. "Oh, you'd like a tostada with nothing BUT beans and guacamole AND you'd like to pay $9 for it when if you ordered them separately it would be less than $3?…
There's a girls' soccer team that I've waited on several times. 15 identical-looking 12-year-olds with ponytails and their parents. It's out of control. The first time they did the "point out your child down at the other end of the table" maneuver and I got destroyed. Last time I just assigned each of the adults a…
If there's anything I learned from Tyra Banks and ANTM, it's that the more basic you are, the more likely they are to bleach your eyebrows in a desperate attempt to make you look like a model. Kendall needs to do something ANYTHING to make the general populace like her and seem interesting. Like, save a cat from…
As a 9-year server, I would never correct anyone's pronunciation unless they asked for it. Even when they say "fa-JAI-tas" just because it sounds like "vagina." I don't even mind "kwe-SA-dill-ah." It's not worth the effort to correct. I know what they're ordering. That's why it fucking galls me when I ask customers if…
That's a very generous interpretation. I like it.
Meyers-Briggs is the same for me! The first letter is consistent, the others fluctuate wildly. When I started taking education classes at college, my first professor made us take three (3) personality and learning style tests. One was almost 200 questions. She almost started a riot, because everyone thought…
I get why Harry and Ginny would have a small brood, given how family-oriented Harry seems to be and how he seems to enjoy the Weasleys, etc., but Hermione seemed like a "Wait to have kids 'til you're 30" kind of career-driven girl. I can't imagine a next-gen story. I'm imagining all the kids acting like tiny versions…
Yes, exactly to the Hannah business. It was like everyone HAD to be married in her happy ending, so she went down a list of Hogwarts students to see who could possibly be paired up without regard for in-story development or logic. Is JK saying for you to be happy, you HAVE to be married? I always thought (maybe…
Haaaaated the epilogue. It was way too controlling. It was so random, like a 14-year-old girl playing M.A.S.H. with her friends... "All right, Ginny's going to marry... Harry! They're going to live in a... House! He's going to be... an Auror! Their kid's name will be... Albus Severus (Hahaha! What a dumb name!)"
Aha! I like this idea. Since the working class has moved indoors, pale skin becomes an indicator of poorness. So tans are evidence of the luxury of being outside? Weird and fascinating.
Thanks so much for this! I've noticed a lot of articles like this one on Jez in the past months and you're absolutely right that the blame for these products is being laid square at the feet of colonialism and racism. Granted colonialism did a lot of fucked up shit, but I do think it is more of a class/economic issue.…
This isn't going to be the most mind-blowing comment ever, but I wanted to internet high-five you for the sentence "Women of all sizes are conditioned to believe that restriction is the ultimate virtue." I just spent almost two weeks with my MIL and I can always feel the effects of this belief in most of our…
I just drove from Wisconsin from Colorado a few days ago, and Nebraskan rest areas were notable for their excellent picnic tables (shaded, concrete tables with privacy walls!). Iowa was notable for its tiny stall doors in the bathrooms.
Imma agree with Imma that I'd probably say no because they proposed in public. For this reason: I am very socially anxious in public, social places and the idea of everyone looking at us while he proposes is literally a nightmare. If my partner DID, it means either 1.) he doesn't care that I am seriously uncomfortable…
This is exactly what I thought. I have a niece and nephew who are lily-white redheads and sending them into the sun without sunscreen is tantamount to child neglect.
Yeah. As a Coloradan, I know a couple kids who grew up in Colorado Springs. One of the kids has car with a bumpersticker that says, "Keep Colorado Springs Lame." Which sums up how the whole state feels about it. Beautiful, but eh......