Nailed it.

I am super glad that she’s working towards her dreams of pro basketball, and can’t wait to see what she does. At the same time, baseball is the only sport I care about and I’m a little sad cause I was hoping to see her on the mound one day.

This is my new favorite thing ever.

I think I brought it up on Kitchenette once in response to a similar story.

People on the UES can just be the fucking worst. I once saw a woman on the street shrieking at her maid or her nanny that she owned her. No, lady. You don’t.

This is why we drink on Christmas Eve at my retail job. The second the boss leaves someone goes and gets the wine.

I get that a lot at my job at the comic shop. “You sure know a lot about comics for a girl.” or “Do you really read comics?”

Ugh, big hugs. Fuck all of those people.

To which the only correct response is “Congrats on being a bitch!”

Yeah, I mean, there’s absolutely a way to acknowledge another reader on the train without being a jackass. A lady sat next to me reading a Terry Pratchett book, I was also reading the same Terry Pratchett book. Neither of us were wearing earbuds. I said “Excuse me, miss.” and held up my book so the cover was visible.…

I always love it when at the end of a long shift people come up and go “Oh, you look so tired.” No shit, I’m tired. I’ve been working 9 hours and it’s fucking 11:00 at night. You’d look tired too.

I swear, everyone thought I was a moron because I was behind a register. And so many people were just terrible. I’ve got stories for days. I once got yelled at by a couple of visitors (from the Upper East Side) for taking about 5 minutes to explain how the museum pricing worked and what things would be most exciting…

I like you.

When I say teaching, I mean school librarianship and teaching information literacy.

At the same time, not everyone has the aptitude for STEM jobs or wants to go into STEM jobs. My best friend has a Computer Science Masters, I’m working on my Library Science Masters to go into teaching. Neither of us would be happy with the other’s job.

Yeah, I wasn’t sure it qualified. The thing that made me think maybe was it was a neg was the was essentially saying: “Wow, you’re so smart for someone working a service job.” Which just makes me angry on so many levels.

Not 100% sure if this counts as negging, but it’s a good story so I’ll tell it anyway.

This happened to me on the subway. I had my headphones in and was reading (seriously, the only thing I was missing was a shirt that said “DON’T TALK TO ME” in LED lights), and the guy siting next to me tugged my earbud out of my ear, and proudly announced to me “I’ve read that book!” To which I stared at him and said…

New life goals.

I…. I wanted so much more than this tiny trailer. But I’m still so damn excited.