After 15 years in customer facing home improvement retail I moved to the supply chain side. No customers, Sunday thru Thursday 5a-2p, and for the majority of the day I’m at a computer taking care of my associates. My base is $75k plus a bonus twice a year plus 401k, stock options,…
I worked for a big box home improvement retailer for fourteen years and the questions were mind numbing.
“Have you seen my bowling ball?”
“What department is the paint located in?” (It’s paint. Paint is located in paint, there’s no way to answer that question without sounding like…
After 7 years together be basically called me stupid. I’d just graduated college Cum Laude and he had just been kicked out of his second college due to poor grades. 1) if you loved me why would you call me dumb? 2) Pot? Kettle? He wound up being a pathological liar, I dodged a bullet…
Take all the advice with a grain of salt and trust your gut. People get super pushy and offer horribly invasive advice/opinions. Don’t feel like you need to follow all the advice and don’t let people push or sway you. You deserve to enjoy your pregnancy, don’t let others ruin your…
A friend asked me to be her MOH which I agreed to do. The rest of the bridal party lived out of state. I worked on the bridal shower with her mom and while I didn’t expect the others to help, I did hope that they would at least show up for it and help pay for at least some of it.…
Example: when I was pregnant a random stranger asked me if I planned to have an epidural. When I said yes she began to go on about how epidurals will make the baby dumb. I told her that I discussed it with my doctor and that was the best option for me and I walked away. (Now my daughter…
Don’t listen to every bit of advice people give you. Well intentioned people will offer tons of advice and it’s overwhelming and sometimes way intrusive. Thank them then do what you want to do, it’ll save you a lot of stress.
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