A mugging
I F33 have been working in this company for 4 years. I have great relationship with my co workers and one of them is "Austin". Austin is incredibly sociable and easy to adapt with new co workers. We talk about all kinds of stuff while of course keeping it professional.
I'm married and recently found out I was pregnant but only my husband knew about it. Haven't even told anyone in our families or friend circle. The other day at work me and the co workers were on lunch break and Austin was with us. We talked then he suddenly got up from his chair and asked for everyone's attention for a minute. I didn't know what that was about til he loudly announced that I was pregnant. I was stunned, like mouth open eyes not moving just staring at him as he and the other rushed to congratulate me and flood me with well wishes and parenting jokes and advice. I was in utter shock I asked how he knew and he said "remember when you gave me a ride the other day? I saw your pregnancy test result on the dashboard" my first action was lashing out at him infront of everyone asking why the hell he just shared a private medical information at my workplace. He said he was just sharing "our joy" with everyone else since only him and I knew. Other co workers asked that I calm down but I meanly told him he was out of line and that I will be reporting him to my superior for this then stormed off while Austin just stood there.
My female co workers came to tell me how rude I was towards Austin's "nice gesture" and insisted I hurt him and that I overreacted especially for saying I will be reporting him since he was just sharing happy news with everyone and I was just being too sensitive but I felt my privacy was violated plus I wanted to tell everyone on my own terms. Still my co workers tried to talk me out of it. Not just that but apologize to him for lashing out like that.
Aita for my reaction?
EXPERIMENT – Tracking 2018 Top Ten Cryptocurrencies – FOUR YEAR REPORT – UP +34%
Find the full blog post with all the tables here***.***
Welcome to your monthly no-shill data dump: Here's the FOUR YEAR REPORT for the 2018 Top Ten Experiment featuring BTC, XRP, ETH, BCH, ADA, LTC, NEM, DASH, IOTA, and Stellar.
tl;dr
- What's this all about? I purchased $100 of each of Top 10 Cryptos in Jan. 2018, haven't sold or traded, reporting every single month for four years. Did the same in 2019, 2020, 2021, and more recently, the 2022 Top Ten a few weeks ago. Learn more about the history and rules of the Experiments here***.*** Snapshots taken on the 1st of each month.
- December Highlights: A bloody, all-red month
- Overall since Jan. 2018: ETH solidly in the lead, followed by BTC and ADA. After briefly pulling ahead earlier in the year, the 2018 Top Ten are now significantly underperforming the S&P 500 over the same time period. Q: So, big crypto fail, right?
- A: Only if I stopped after the first year. The **2018+2019+2020+2021 Combined Top Ten Portfolios are returning 406%, much, much better than traditional markets over the same time period (**fancy new chart at the very bottom of the post).
Some exciting new changes for 2022***!***
- I'll focus on 2022 Top Ten Portfolio reports + one other portfolio on a rotating basis (down to two reports per month)
- Incorporated Decentralized Finance (DeFi) for the first time.
- Factoring in stablecoin gains: In past years, I have not included the ROI that is possible with stables in the monthly reports. This year, I will detail ways to build on the $100 of USDC in the 2022 portfolio and gamify it a bit: my goal is to outperform as many as the other cryptos in the 2022 Top Ten Portfolio as possible (simple if it turns out to be a bear year, a bit more challenging if the 2022 market moons).
- Giveaways: Who doesn’t love a good old fashioned giveaway? I’ll be giving away crypto during the year, either through Twitter, Reddit, or my email list. I’m
I used to work for a car rental company, I won't say which, but the name accurately describes the employees' daily experience working for them.
During my time, the company continuously changed policies regarding debit cards for rentals because of the large amount of fraudulent transactions associated with them. This caused much drama with customers, in particular with return customers who hadn't been in since the policy change.
Around the end of each school year, many people rent minivans or SUVs to pick up their kid and a bunch of their stuff from college. I had one such customer who did not qualify for the rental vehicle she reserved. Per my training, I was not allowed to rent anything larger than a sedan because she did not have a credit card. When I informed her that I could only give her a Hyundai Elantra, she became enraged. She stated that the previous year she was able to rent a minivan under a debit card, and I informed her that policy had changed since then. She refused to acknowledge that I was doing my job properly.
I repeated company policy multiple times and did my best to inform her that I was doing the best I could with the current situation. She refused any attempt I made to placate her. My manager eventually stepped in, and he broke down and did the rental for a SUV, against company policy.
The entitled woman smirked at me and pushed a stack of Post-It notes that was on the counter in front of me. She said "You should not be in customer service and I'm going to report you to corporate. I want you to write your name on this paper." Without missing a beat, I took the pad and wrote the words 'YOUR NAME' on the top sheet, ripped it off, and handed it to her. Apparently she didn't notice until she was in the parking lot with my manager and her husband to inspect the vehicle.
When my manager came back in the office, he said "Her husband (who stood silently behind his raging wife throughout the whole interaction) wants me to write you up because you didn't give them your real name" then he started laughing and said "but I'm not going to do shit because you followed the company policy and you did exactly what that bitch asked you to do!"
She gave us a horrible survey and it tanked our bonus for that quarter but it was totally worth it to put that rude woman in her place.
Markieff Morris is once again listed out on the Heat's official injury report with the designation neck/whiplash. This will be his 30th straight missed game, as he has not played since the Heat's November 8th game vs the Nuggets.
Link to the injury report: https://ak-static.cms.nba.com/referee/injury/Injury-Report_2022-01-04_10PM.pdf
Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo, Duncan Robinson, Dewayne Dedmon, Gabe Vincent, KZ Okpala, Marcus Garrett, Victor Oladipo, and Udonis Haslem are also listed out for Miami.
Is it me, or all of the Brian Flores reports that are coming out are Miami's attempt to discredit him and justify his firing. I've seen reports that he stopped talking to his coaches to how he didn't like that Tua played golf. It is too convenient that all the stuff he supposedly did is coming out now. Miami is basically saying "see he did all these questionable things. We fired him for that and not because we are incompetent. Please like us." If I was a coach I would be wary of working for the dolphin organization.
The title really says it all but:
Back in 2020 i had a mental breakdown that landed me in a partial program for 4 months. I was released when i was given to my therapist (they didn't want me to be discharged without having a therapist). We'll call her P.
P was an intern, which kind of in a way upset me because i had requested someone who specializes in trauma as i have PTSD and ADHD.
Our first session went okay, the words out of her mouth were "Yeah so i don't believe in EVERYTHING when it comes to mental health care" (ok but why are you doing this then lmao). We were getting to know each other as you would in the first session. At one point she had made a comment that "oh my god thats such an aries thing!" (Im not against people who believe in astrology, but now i don't trust people who do)
Our second session was where i was completely sideswiped. I was telling her that i have a really hard time starting projects and when i do, I can't finish them. Almost in tears as im saying it because i hate that I can't finish things. She goes "It could be mental illness, or it could totally be an aries thing!"
I have a real hard time advocating for myself, but i wasn't about to have someone tell me my issues/things i suffer with are because of when i was born. I felt so invalidated after that second session that i cried on the way home.
3 days later i manage to muster up the courage to call and ask for a supervisor. Ya'll she was so shocked she was speechless. Needles to say i was immediately placed on another wait list to be seen by someone else. Who i currently now see and she is wonderful.
But thats the story of my zodiac therapist, and i will never not joke about it. I'll be moody and start laughing and go "oh its because im an aries!" 🤣
Don't be afraid to speak up friends!
Edit: I didn't expect to wake up for my 4am shift with so many comments and validation, let alone awards. Thank you all so much! Self advocating is super hard, but i always remind people that its sometimes something we unfortunately have to do. Holding people accountable is hard. It was a very awkward situation for me, but i wasn't going to be invalidated with everything ive been through especially after being in a partial program.
Edit no. 2. Had therapy today and told my therapist about this post. She was glad i was able to share this crappy experience. She also says to all of you "SELF ADVOCATE AND LOVE YOURSELF". But on my end, really. You deserve quality care thats compassion
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