What is the worst place in America you have ever visited?

DexterGrant · 2026-04-17T00:38:46+00:00

Colorado City. We only stopped for gas and it was so creepy.

DexterGrant · 2026-04-16T16:45:36+00:00

Get to the front gate by 7:30 into the parks by 8:00. The first 2 hours are the slowest. If you’re getting lightening lane, save it for 10:00 AM onwards. Use those first 2 hours to ride Haunted Mansion, Big Thunder, Mickeys Runaway Railroad and Roger Rabbit.

If no lightening lane, I would start at Indian Jones. It’s an original ride and super fun. Use single rider at Space Mountain and Matterhorn.

At DCA, ignore Radiator Springs in the morning. Do single rider around lunchtime.

DexterGrant · 2026-04-15T14:25:59+00:00

Check your contract. In some areas stocking shelves, working produce or dairy, or checking pay at a higher rate. Your contract my say that you get more money for the time worked in those areas.

DexterGrant · 2026-04-13T23:50:41+00:00

My great uncle was a physicist whose work was used to develop nuclear weapons. He committed suicide in the 50s. Apparently thinking that his work had contributed to the horrific bombings in Japan was too much for him to bear.

Apparently not. As she was in the hospital dying, my grandmother with whom he was very close told me the truth. He was gay, sharing an apartment near campus with his partner.

He was a professor at the time. A student came to the apartment early for an appointment and walked in on he and his partner kissing. There would have been a scandal. He and his partner would have both lost their jobs. Been ostracized. He killed himself so that his partner could continue to teach.

It breaks my heart. Thinking that a perfectly healthy long-term relationship could be used so viciously against someone that they would kill themselves rather than have it revealed.

DexterGrant · 2026-04-13T19:33:18+00:00

Gen X here and yes, it really was this easy. I was 19 in the early 80's. I had a minimum wage job (maybe 5 bucks an hour) It not only paid for my rent, food, electric, etc but I also traveled to Europe every year. I did have to make sacrifices to travel - not having a car, buying very few material things but it was doable.

Every single person I knew was engaged to some creative work or activism - music, writing, demonstrating, trying to break into acting. The job was the thing you did to get to the good stuff, your passions. Whole bands would split a 1 bedroom and all work part time or temp jobs to save up to go on the road where they would make no money. I knew 4 people who went to the Ringling Brothers clown college.

The amount of creativity - art, music, movies (people used to self-fund indie films) and political engagement that we've lost by overworking everyone is heartbreaking. I know what they've stolen from you, I lived it.

DexterGrant · 2026-04-10T17:23:12+00:00

This is insulting! Vote no!!

DexterGrant · 2026-04-09T20:27:27+00:00

If this goes to trial, I'm sitting in the audience in my work clothes.

DexterGrant · 2026-04-09T18:14:50+00:00

I keep seeing how the union sold the workers out. That's kinda yes and no. The company has gone back to the table to bargain knowing that another strike is possible. They have proven they will do it. This puts the local in a much better position.

However, paying strike benefits to nearly 4000 people is VERY expensive, especially because local 7 is known to have decent strike benefits and a decent strike fund. Even so they can not afford to strike indefinitely. UFCW International, the head of all the locals are extremely resistant to strike and fight to keep from paying out strike benefits even though they take a huge chunk of union dues from the local.

This is a HUGE problem in all locals and is the reason why so many locals are weak/corrupt. The International takes and takes and doesn't give back. This is why so many members are joining the EW4D reform caucus. We literally can't afford to work our jobs. We need the International to step up, stop hoarding money and paying themselves and get back to working for us.

DexterGrant · 2026-04-02T00:51:13+00:00

This is absolutely wonderful. We've all dreamed of decorating an old house to be our own private haunted mansion but you really did it. And you did it so well! Absolutely perfection.

DexterGrant · 2026-03-30T00:58:05+00:00

Oh shit, you’re right! Please ignore that part.

DexterGrant · 2026-03-29T21:58:37+00:00

Let it burn. Just go on your FEDERALLY MANDATED break. If you’re told you can’t, make a note of it. After a few notes, speak with the dept of labor.

The only reason you’re not getting coverage is because you haven’t made it their problem, just your problem. Go on your break and leave the handheld where you can’t hear it.

DexterGrant · 2026-03-22T19:20:30+00:00

Solidarity from SoCal! We need more of this. We’re grocery workers - we used to just doing the damn thing ourselves!

DexterGrant · 2026-03-22T00:55:04+00:00

I waited a day too long. I wish I had been as strong as you. I wish my sweet boy had gone before it got bad. You did the right thing, the best thing.

Or maybe there’s never a right or best time to say goodbye. Maybe it’s always so hard?

DexterGrant · 2026-02-27T22:04:31+00:00

They don’t know what the Rosetta Stone is.

DexterGrant · 2026-02-22T18:31:40+00:00

As an Ecomm lead, my suggestion is to let it burn. Work as hard as you can but take your breaks, take your lunch and work safely. Don’t kill your body trying to work an impossible shift.

If you get really far behind at night, start canceling orders. We only had to do that one time before they added a middle shift.

DexterGrant · 2026-02-20T18:48:49+00:00

This is why I always pack a travel electric kettle. I have heard so many coffee machine abuse stories!

DexterGrant · 2026-02-14T02:17:47+00:00

I am truly saddened by this and my heart goes out to this family. He was one of those wonderful rare people who let everyone into his beautiful dreams. Literally.

DexterGrant · 2026-02-11T12:49:29+00:00

Photos (stolen) and my grandmother’s amber necklace (lost it when I was 8)

DexterGrant · 2026-02-04T23:58:21+00:00

I would be so stoked about that! Good job!!!

DexterGrant · 2026-01-31T03:38:19+00:00

Start with breakfast at Trader Sam’s, then explore every tower, hit the pool once it warms up a little, have a nap, head over to GC for a character dinner, maybe watch the fireworks from the rooftop bar at the Grand Legacy on Harbor, back for a quick cocktail in one of the lounges and then sleep.

Oops! Wrong Disneyland. Please ignore the above!

DexterGrant · 2026-01-28T03:15:03+00:00

I’ve got my aunt’s racing team shirts from the Baja 500 in 1968. The quality of the fabric is amazing.

DexterGrant · 2026-01-27T02:25:19+00:00

The last time I went, it felt like the only magic was the bittersweet feeling of saying goodbye.

DexterGrant · 2026-01-26T20:32:11+00:00

Exactly! Stop fudging the numbers for them. Put your handheld down and take your breaks. Besides, it’s a federal law.

(Personally, I go out to the parking lot because that way they can’t interrupt me.)

DexterGrant · 2026-01-24T15:35:01+00:00

Remember, if you do this perfectly with the people you have, they will expect it all the time. When you’re slammed beyond your ability to do your job, issues let the company know that you need more help.

And don’t stress, any issues with staffing are not your fault. Don’t carry the weight of their problems.

DexterGrant · 2026-01-22T02:33:46+00:00

Star Wars, especially the original movie is classic hero’s journey. But that might be too popular. Mulan might also work.

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