Having worked in customer service for years being polite is essential.

Many of the people in the call centers are either nervous wrecks that are frustrated that every person they talk to hates them- or so jaded from dealing with ass holes so long they really don’t care if you burn in hell.

Usually the tone of the…

I made the mistake of reading the grays and now regret it.

Even if you live in a bubble where everyone is “perfect” and has never made a mistake (or been born black)—- and has never experienced having to support yourself or your family on a minimum wage job—- I think you can still at least understand how this is…

When I was a baby I couldn’t walk till I was three years old because of 2 years of intensive surgeries. As I aged I was functional, but where my legs met my hips was off making it difficult to keep my legs together, in the immediate years after my surgeries my legs could only be at rest while completely spread. After…

I say keep this in mind with all service surveys.... often the person held responsible for the bad survey is the customer service guy who probably isn’t at fault for all the problems- and just is stuck being the person trying to explain things and fix the problem.
If you leave a bad survey they may or may not listen…

I’m gonna be honest.... school dress codes basically molded me to be ashamed of my body.
By the 12 years old I had bigger boobs that many adults I knew and was taller than everyone in my family. As a kid I was literally obsessed with following the rules (I actually had some undiagnosed issues but that’s a different…

I used to work in Home Insurance....

Acts of war are specifically excluded in all contracts I’ve ever seen personally—— so when nuclear doomsday starts I wouldn’t even bother calling your agent... the’ll deny you and still find a way to increase the cost of the policy because nuclear fallout, or because your neighbor’s…

To be honest, not only do I do this, but I have a vivid collection of these tiny memories that my mind will dwell on sometimes 10 plus years later. Luckily this happens so frequently that I have become better at releasing, but it certainly hasn’t stopped the endless onslaught of self doubt and awkwardness that follows…

I had often wondered about this as some who worked in car insurance. We would get tons of calls from adults buying their first car to practice in with friends when they got their permit. It was a frustrating call though because we couldn’t write them a policy unless the had a drivers liscence number so they’d be…

I currently have a PS3 and a ps2 that is backwards compatible for ps1 games hooked up and that ps2 gets way more use. With that said, I don’t actually have any current gen systems since my financial strategy at this point is to just stay one console behind and enjoy the used game market, but my most recently played…

At least it doesn’t sound like you had to explain the Dolphin Orgies.
The first time I got to finally see my favorite animals... and just penises... every where.

Same here.
I took several classes on middle eastern studies and the phrase was used frequently in a political sense.... I guess I didn’t realize till now that it was part of the Neo-Nazi vernacular till just now myself.

I’ve been to the beach 5 times my entire life.
The first time, I was 4 and almost drowned when my little inter-tubey got hit by a wave and flipped me upside down with my head in the water and my feet in the air. My adult peeps weren’t paying attention.... luckily a group of elderly ladies that had been doing ocean…

I was surprised the other day that my 5 year old brother knew more about this game than I did... Do they have commercials for this game on the TV? (I haven’t had cable in years).

The other day I was trying to play SSB 3ds with this bro who lives across the country and unfortunately he needed to update his system but…

To clarify.... I don’t fear Trump.
His voice and incomprehensible speech patterns just make me want to throw up. I fear hearing him will make me physically ill. I’d like to say I’m exaggerating... but... gahhhh.... the main needs to talk to a speech therapist or something. He doesn’t speak like a normal human being.

In…

Have you ever tried to sign up for Medicaid? Its not that easy... sometimes you can be above the threshold financially because you are trying to be responsible and have a job, but even having bare bones private insurance would cost more than what you make in a month without financial assistance which will be stripped…

I am a pretty regular Lucid dreamer... I always have been since childhood and I didn’t realize till adult hood that most people have trouble doing this. I think its because of this that I LOVE sleeping... I find it quite entertaining. Flying dreams are the best— I’ve flown all around the world at this point, and I’ve…

This is basically how I react every time I accidentally come across a video with Trump that autoplays in my browser—- I now can only safely consume my news in print for fear that otherwise I will have to hear his voice.

As a kid who got car sick anytime I rode in a vehicle for more than 5 minutes I think the correct answer is to find ways to keep your kid from getting carsick and throwing up in the first place. This maybe won’t work for toddlers... but I thought I’d share my own personal experience as a perpetually vomit-y child.

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When I worked at a Walmart during college I was approached by a random guy who told me to go back to Mexico and learn English. (I’m mostly Italian and only know English.. apparently all people with black hair are Mexican?). I was just standing there organizing some shelves... and this guy just goes on and on about how…

Yeah... I wash them and scrub them quite a bit... they always look clean, but taste basically like dirt no matter how much I clean them.

I prepare them by cutting into small cubic shapes, soaking them in salt water for a bit- and then usually refrigerating them with seasoning and just a bit bit of olive oil over…