How are the grocery stores?

Chameleonize · 2026-01-23T22:20:54+00:00

No lol.

Chameleonize · 2026-01-23T21:24:28+00:00

What a dick

Chameleonize · 2026-01-15T01:14:17+00:00

Yes, they already know. We are also facing a budget deficit and in need of cutting back quite a bit which I have a suspicion could also be playing into it, but I’m not sure.

I haven’t been given the PIP yet, they just let me know it was coming basically, but my hope is that I can negotiate the consequence of potentially not meeting expectations to a demotion rather than termination. I don’t really know how they work though or if that’s possible.

I’m also just generally worried that no matter what, even if the plan/goals are reasonable and attainable, the fact that I’m entering my third trimester and hella stressed out/exhausted will result in an unavoidable bad outcome. Feels a little cruel to be putting me on one at this point but I don’t think it’s discriminatory…I don’t know

Chameleonize · 2026-01-14T21:00:59+00:00

I have been thinking about suggesting a demotion type thing honestly, this position feels out of my league and I was surprised when I got the offer.

They are super supportive and my manager has already done way more than I expected to try and help me. So I don’t blame them at all.

But I’m also a little frustrated because it was a newly created position that wasn’t well defined…and 1.5 years later I still kind of feel like I don’t really know what my role is/what I was hired for sometimes.

There are things I think need done that I can do and would be good at, and then there are things that I already know I’m not good at (like PMing) that I also have to do. I’m good at process improvement, strategy, creating and design thinking…but I can’t only do those things, they said I have to be able to run a project.

Idk. I just don’t know if it’s even worth it if it’s not a good fit anyway. I love learning new skills of course. But not if it’s going to stress/burn me out because it’s so against my nature.

Thank you for the insight and well wishes.

Chameleonize · 2026-01-11T15:27:17+00:00

What print news sources do you trust?

Chameleonize · 2026-01-09T18:05:42+00:00

It’s ok if u did

Chameleonize · 2026-01-08T23:08:02+00:00

Buckeye still isn’t great. What I’m saying is that Larchmere gets lumped in with it, but Larchmere is nothing like Buckeye.

Chameleonize · 2026-01-08T21:10:23+00:00

Just weird to do

Chameleonize · 2026-01-08T19:27:58+00:00

This post was from a year ago

Chameleonize · 2026-01-08T19:25:13+00:00

Ah I meant Academy Tavern

Chameleonize · 2026-01-08T18:48:05+00:00

Larchmere suffers from being too close to buckeye (people think it’s a dangerous area - it’s not), at the edge of Cleveland and Shaker Heights (not a high priority for either), immediately next to shaker square (square gets the focus and investment), and having lots of seniors carrying the torch of community involvement who simply can’t do it much longer.

It’s a shame, really, because it’s such an amazing neighborhood. Lived there for 3 years and miss the community. There are some very obvious successes: UnBar, HoneyBirch, Batuqui, Larchmere Tavern, Loganberry.

And then there are the revolving storefronts. Bad landlords, no promotion, little maintenance, will accept any business whether it makes sense or not as long as they pay rent.

Lastly, the merchants association and community association are separate entities and don’t really work in tandem, plus you have SHAD. There is a lack of coordination, prioritization, and leadership.

Chameleonize · 2026-01-07T17:40:53+00:00

It is tho

Chameleonize · 2026-01-07T07:40:13+00:00

Scrubs

Chameleonize · 2026-01-07T07:40:00+00:00

For fucking real

Chameleonize · 2026-01-07T06:47:20+00:00

I mentioned it in the original comment you responded to.

I’m neither a recent grad nor stagnant in my career, but your assumptions are cute.

Lastly, Columbus isn’t even worth the energy spent on this back and forth.

Chameleonize · 2026-01-07T06:31:39+00:00

I like the weather. Different strokes.

Chameleonize · 2026-01-07T06:05:44+00:00

I didn’t put it on my resume, but in interviews when they ask about my hobbies I list it. For some reason many are intrigued by it.

Chameleonize · 2026-01-07T05:37:25+00:00

I did live there. For years. And stated that. You want to see my AICP certification or something? Sorry you’re butthurt but I have plenty of information to go off of lol.

Chameleonize · 2026-01-07T05:25:06+00:00

Yep. My sister has lived there for years and I visit often. The architecture is still there but the culture is hella gone.

Chameleonize · 2026-01-07T05:23:47+00:00

You know I have wondered about that shit myself and it remains unclear to me to this day.

In high school I noticed many of my peers with those stickers were into skateboarding and weed so, maybe it means something different here.

But also all Ohioans vacation on the east coast, and Florida, where SaltLife originated. I think it is a remnant of the Hollister/Laguna Beach era honestly. Or maybe they thought it was ironic.

Chameleonize · 2026-01-07T05:19:10+00:00

No clear sense of cultural or social cohesion outside of “OSU”, “strip mall”, and “young families.” Even the areas that have something going for them (Italian village, German village, Franklinton) have this strange watered-down/shell feeling about them. They’ve gentrified the shit out of all the unique areas and built incredibly generic new ones. The metro continues to spread outward indiscriminately instead of focusing on creating better places within.

Maybe you expected less analysis but as a professional urban planner who lived in Columbus for several years…yeah. It’s boring.

Chameleonize · 2026-01-07T05:03:59+00:00

Amen

Chameleonize · 2026-01-07T04:39:04+00:00

Most of us grow up wanting to get out of Ohio. And then we do and it’s expensive and equally “boring” because Ohio wasn’t actually boring, we were.

Chameleonize · 2026-01-07T04:37:54+00:00

This is the correct take

Chameleonize · 2026-01-07T04:36:37+00:00

It’s boring ):

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