lol, you trashed your own neighborhoods, fucking idiots. 

Okay, thats just wrong....I’m here in the twin cities. My favorite bakery (minority owned!) is afraid of being looted and has decided to cancel all orders for a week. I’m not sure if insurance is granted in these circumstances, but needless to say, more than just corporations are being impacted. 

Black people destroy their own communities far more than police could ever dream of doing.  

Um, insurance rates then go up

I’ve been there. Talk with people. Build relationships. “Borrow” the magic to start with. When it settles in, you’ll own it.

The were new once too and felt just as dumb.

New jobs are always hard because you have to learn to speak the job language. The shortcuts, the jargon, the nicknames for procedures, the “oh, we always just hit Alt 7 for that” things—it can take a long time!

Don't stress, i had a new guy start for me this week that had a meltdown cause he couldn't get the lab door open. He was turning the handle the wrong way....happens to everyone at some point!

I sympathize with feeling talked down to by folks a few years younger than myself (I am also about 4 years out of grad school). I tell myself that I must just look sooo young ;) You’re good! I think it has taken me 2-3 months in any job to feel fully comfortable with my day-to-day responsibilities. Give yourself a…

I drove my brother to work today which required me to take a slightly different route than I would take to get home.  My brain was on solid autopilot and I seriously could not get any directions right and I felt like an idiot.  It happens to all of us :)

I would not expect someone to have a full grip on their new job 2 weeks in, my company didn’t even have my name correct on the system at that point! As for being talked down to, people forget they were once the newbie, try not to take it to personally.

It’s only two weeks and in that you’re describing one off day. Sounds like you’re doing perfectly normal to me.

I think that feeling stupid is part of life. I think this is perfectly normal.

Keep on keepin’ on! And do something kind for yourself after work and on weekends!

We still have a plethora of peppers and tomatoes from the garden. I look out the kitchen window and feel exhausted just looking all those ripe/ripening tomatoes. But I made a delicious pasta sauce with three kinds of sauteed peppers, broccoli, and a quick fresh tomato sauce. I took a picture of the pasta dish, but I’m…

This guy was pretty wise.

I find starting a new job will always make you feel like an idiot for at least three months. Hang in there, it should get better.

Don’t shame “snitching”. Exposing criminals is in the interest of society as a whole, and we want more people to come forward, not less. Yes, we’re talking about a garbage person, but the information he provides is valuable. And there is nothing valuable, or even moral, in remaining loyal to a criminal gang. So, don't…

Weekly Achievement/Do-Gooder Thread! What have you done this week that you are particularly proud of, or who/what have you helped? Reply and let us know so that we can celebrate you!

Yeah, let us leave Carole and her “ginormous hippocampus” right where they are: scouring the West Village for fingerless gloves and gold jodhpurs.