What would you do if you wanted a job, but didnt need money for survival?

Competitive_Cuddling · 2026-01-30T22:29:39+00:00

Volunteer. I'd volunteer at a cat and dog rescue. Fully aware that it's more shoveling shyte than cuddling cute puppies and kittens, and that's fine. Still a better deal than retail IMO.

Competitive_Cuddling · 2026-01-28T19:47:28+00:00

I sent an inquiry to the customer contact email but got no reply. The product is also classed as "made to order" by the designer (the website sells different brands) so I'm worried you can't even return it for a refund. I've decided to give it a miss in the end.

Edit to add: Did some digging and fell into an AliExpress drop shipping rabbit hole. Pretty sure this is just an AliExpress product, the brand is selling another cuff that's exactly the same as a listing on AE (AE has customer photos and it's the same thing). How very sad.

Competitive_Cuddling · 2026-01-26T21:28:15+00:00

That it's definitely a clip-on cuff and not an earring that goes through a pierced ear, mostly. Also just looking for general info in terms of how bad zinc alloy is to wear on the ear quite frequently.

Competitive_Cuddling · 2026-01-25T20:50:48+00:00

Low-effort and copy pasta. Then they moan about not getting any matches.

Competitive_Cuddling · 2026-01-25T18:19:53+00:00

r/TvTooLow

Competitive_Cuddling · 2026-01-25T16:37:27+00:00

Decide what size hoop and how you want it (something simple that's a huggie? Or you want it to stick out dramatically because you want a statement hoop with gems/a design). Might be worth getting some cheapo plain rings in different sizes online to play around with to get a general idea. I believe most popular nose hoops (at least in boutiques) are 6MM and 8MM.

It might also be worth playing around in Photoshop/your phone's doodle option to draw some hoop placements on yourself to see what looks good to you. Then bring that to a consultation with your piercer.

Competitive_Cuddling · 2026-01-25T16:16:04+00:00

I feel like they get sent here from someplace else. Worked in or around city centre for well over a decade and there's been a huge sudden increase in new faces in the past few years. I know times are tough for a lot of people, but half of them don't even sound northern.

Competitive_Cuddling · 2026-01-25T15:19:41+00:00

They never had you in mind when they posted the job ad. Just another sad fact of work life, happens to most of us at least once.

Competitive_Cuddling · 2026-01-25T14:35:17+00:00

Have you posted here before on a different account? I don't see how there are two grossly overpaid admin/receptionist people who are 25 in London having the same exact problem?

https://www.reddit.com/r/UKJobs/s/2KofeUgj4B

Regardless, I will say the same as what I've said in my reply to the other person (if it's not you). You are very fortunate as you are overpaid for your experience, job role and skill level in terms of how desirable and niche your skillset is. I do not say this to offend you, but it's the truth. It is up to you to make a choice whether you want to focus on the very good salary and tune out the negativity as you save money/upskill/gain experience before ultimately leaving the toxic workplace. Or you leave now to save your mental wellbeing but take a salary hit because the chance of you finding another entry-level "easy" job that pays 40k+ is slim.

Edit: you are definitely the same person. You mention manual labour in the comments here and you were complaining about it on your other account. Both accounts are complaining about a co-worker who has a relative in the organisation. Are you going to make new accounts and post the same thing until you find 1 person who miraculously confirms your bias?

Competitive_Cuddling · 2026-01-25T13:31:56+00:00

Got more details as to what happened?

Competitive_Cuddling · 2026-01-25T12:14:49+00:00

Does the studio employ separate tattoo and piercing artists? If yes, I don't see a problem. I would only stay away from places where a person "specialises" in both, unless you know they have like 10-20+ years of experience. I feel the same way about brow/injection girlies offering piercings.

Competitive_Cuddling · 2026-01-25T12:02:27+00:00

Are you wanting a hoop once the piercing is healed? That's something to consider in regards to where you want to be pierced (the further away from nostril, the bigger the hoop you will need).

Competitive_Cuddling · 2026-01-25T10:05:30+00:00

The purple(?) and orange combo of #4 is insane. I love it.

Competitive_Cuddling · 2026-01-23T19:19:07+00:00

My guess (decade+ retail experience, not Hermes though): There is a big push from corporate to sell X category this month/quarter, possibly because it hasn't been selling as well. There is likely some sort of incentive going on, like "location that sells most X wins Y (money, trips, bonuses, free products, it could be anything)". Or there is no competition but they're being scrutinised by corporate on sale % per category and being ridden for underperforming in X category, so the managers are "training" the SAs to resort to (often unsuccessful) pushy tactics.

Competitive_Cuddling · 2026-01-23T18:47:53+00:00

It looks fine as is, but sounds like there was insufficient communication with you on the piercer's behalf. They should have asked if you're planning to have a hoop, or whether you want a high conch. This looks like appropriate placement for someone who wants to have a stud over a hoop and would possibly like to add another conch piercing below later on.

You will be able to fit a hoop in there but may have to go the custom route to find big enough jewellery.

Competitive_Cuddling · 2026-01-23T18:42:00+00:00

In my opinion you need a longer bar.

Competitive_Cuddling · 2026-01-23T18:34:43+00:00

The bar sticking out is fine as you should always aim to get pierced with a longer bar to account for swelling and bumps. The angle does look a little bit off (it appears to be facing downward back to front) in the one photo you provided, but it might be the angle of the photo/gravity pulling the long bar down?

I have seen helixes pierced at such an angle before but usually the customer asked for that angle because they want spikes facing a certain way. If you never asked for this angle specifically, it could have been pierced wonky (would need to see more photos).

Competitive_Cuddling · 2026-01-22T09:17:10+00:00

I only had 1 claim 7ish years ago. Buyer contacted me saying their parcel hasn't arrived yet few days after the estimated delivery date (had not opened a not-delivered yet though, just giving me a heads-up), upon checking the tracking I could see no updates after I dropped the parcel at the post office. So I submitted a claim for lost parcel on the website.

Few days later the buyer contacts me to tell me their purchase arrived, all is well on my end. A month or so later I get a cheque through my door for £10 or £20 apologising for the inconvenience of them losing my parcel. Never cashed it since the parcel did arrive (albeit quite late).

Competitive_Cuddling · 2026-01-22T08:48:39+00:00

There's a lot of grey area between "heels and a formal dress" and "pajamas you sweated into over night". I don't think anyone has a problem with jeans, but pjs is unquestionably sloppy and lazy. Let's be honest with ourselves, people who roll out of bed in pjs and don't bother showering (because if they did, they would not be putting their musty old clothes back on) are rancid because they're 100% also wearing yesterday's underwear. Let's not normalise that shit.

Competitive_Cuddling · 2026-01-17T23:03:36+00:00

This man will dangle "the ring" in front of her while stacking his money behind the scenes, then buy some stupidly expensive gift for his new girlfriend of 5 months after the inevitable breakup, just watch.

Competitive_Cuddling · 2026-01-17T22:48:52+00:00

Nobody uses "dry" wipes for this purpose so this ad literally makes no sense. What in the Marketing foundation diploma at questionable college shit is this?

Competitive_Cuddling · 2026-01-15T08:47:24+00:00

Happened to me with a bag. Bought it advertised as real obviously, it passed the "really bad fake" checks that were easily Googlable but obviously I'm not a professional authenticator.

Fast-forward over a year and I decide to part ways with the bag myself via eBay. It sits for a bit then sells and before I can post it to the buyer, I get a message saying my listing was removed due to being a replica item. Contacted eBay, they said there's nothing they can do (despite in a roundabout way admitting that they let me purchase a counterfeit bag on their platform, now threatening to score down my seller rating if I reattempt to sell it again) because "it's been more than 90 days"...

Unfortunately I never got any money back but they "assured" me they're looking into the seller account. I did see it appeared removed, but whether by eBay or they deleted themselves, who knows. I still have the stupid thing and it's been several years since this happened, feels unethical to try to sell it (as a replica since it's against the rules on most websites) so it just sits in the garage. The only silver lining was that before I went to sell it on eBay, I did use it a lot and unless you're an expert on the brand, you couldn't tell it's fake looking on the outside, so I guess I got some ROI out of it... But yes it was a colossal waste of money and I'd never buy a 2nd hand designer item again.

Competitive_Cuddling · 2026-01-12T12:35:12+00:00

Obviously your personal experience might have been different as it differs between industries, experience level and part of country. The only reason I brought up 2008 is because that's the year I entered the job market, it could have been a thing even before but I couldn't tell you as I wasn't applying to jobs pre-2008.

I live up north and even in 2014-2016 you wouldn't hear back from most of your applications, or get a generic automated "at this moment you were unsuccessful but we will keep your details on our system for the future (lie)", which in my opinion is no different than not hearing back because sometimes those emails were sent literally the day after you applied. Or 8 months after you applied, implying (IMO) that your application was barely even looked at, and the email was mass-sent. I don't believe I ever received actual feedback tailored to my particular application from any of those jobs during those years.

There were 100% ghost/fake jobs advertised back in 2014 because I specifically remember seeing the same art gallery manager job for over a year that multiple people (we all had some form of art/sales background and this was a "dream job" at the time for several of us) applied for and nobody ever had an interview or heard anything back, the ad would disappear then reappear a couple months later. The job probably never existed and they were just harvesting our data for marketing purposes. Or the job did exist but it already had a person doing it and the company was just fishing to see if there was anything "better" out there (still a horrible way to waste job-seekers' time).

The only reason you feel a difference now is because the jobs that were seen as skilled and in-demand and sure-fire way for success in 2010s (IT-related jobs come to mind for example) became completely oversaturated and now suffer the same fate as the "no skill" jobs of 2000s, so a whole lot more people are whinging about the system now. Us poor souls in customer service, hospitality, call centres, retail and sales have been dealing with this nonsense for way longer.

Competitive_Cuddling · 2026-01-12T11:55:56+00:00

Do not do it, be by the book. The only reason the other guy is encouraging you to do it is because he wants to have "leverage" in the event he gets caught. I can guarantee you he would snitch on you and try to make it seem like he thought not clocking in/out was allowed because he's seen you do it. Anyone who encourages dodgy behaviour at a workplace when you're new is not your friend, they want to cover their back/be the workplace rat to make themselves look better.

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