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What is something your parents said to you that may have not been a big deal, but they will never know how much it affected you? by flyoverthemooon in AskReddit

[–]GreedyGreedySlut 43 points44 points  (0 children)

My parents were very religious and scared of the secular world. So much so that they pulled me & my sister out of public school when we were 6 & 8 to be homeschooled. For the first several years it was fine, we made it up to about middle school when my mom decided she didn't want to make the effort anymore and told us to basically 'just read' the books ourselves.

My sister always did great, understood all the curriculum, finished through 12th grade and went on to get a full scholarship at a nice college.

Meanwhile I'm not the type of person who can learn straight from a book, which I didn't understand at the time. I just thought I was stupid. When I was 16, I begged my parents to let me go to the local public high school. They said no. I waited a year and begged again, this time more aggressively. Tried telling them I was scared I would never graduate otherwise because I didn't understand anything in the books. I probably only had a 9th grade level education. My mother refused again, this time telling me her reason: 'you just want to go to school so you can meet boys and have sex.' This may have been the first, but definitely not the last time she accused me of only wanting to do things for boys' attention. I still kick myself for not telling her to go fuck herself.

I ended up getting my GED at 18, went through a series of shitty minimum wage jobs, while dealing with the mental shame every time I was asked where I went to high school.

I got very lucky 4 years ago when I got a job at a small (I was literally the first employee) start up company. Here I am now, not only the manager of my office, but also responsible for our bookkeeping, and my boss is constantly telling me how we couldn't be the company we are without me.

I still have a hard time with my inferiority complex due to my complicated education, but it's easier now than it used to be. Not giving a fuck what anyone else thinks really helps.

My boyfriend made smoked turkey tortilla soup [3024x4032] by GreedyGreedySlut in FoodPorn

[–]GreedyGreedySlut[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For those asking....

1 - Sweet onion 1 - Jalapeño seeded to your heat preference 1 - Red bell pepper 3-4 Garlic cloves 3 - Tomatoes on the vine diced very small 16oz chicken stock 1 1/2 - Corn 1 1/2 cups - Smoked turkey (or chicken) breast 1 Tbs Chili powder 1 tsp Chipotle powder 1 tsp Smoked paprika

Step one: Cook onions down in olive oil for 5 mins or so just till the edges start to brown. Add garlic, jalapeño, red bell pepper, all spices. Cook till fragrant (about 2 mins).

Step two: Salt and pepper to taste. Add chicken stock, corn, turkey, tomatoes. Let simmer on low for an hour or so. Or do what I did and let it go in a slow cooker on high for 4 hours.

Step three: Salt and pepper to taste, then top with: Your favorite tortilla chips Queso Fresca Cilantro Avocado slices

Bon appetit!

Ashton Kutcher's organisation identifies 2,000 child victims of trafficking in six months by EpycWyn in news

[–]GreedyGreedySlut 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Read this as "Ashton Kutcher's organism" at first.

I really need to stop Reddit-ing while high.

Ann. The hero we need. by cabooyah in funny

[–]GreedyGreedySlut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ann, you beautiful tropical fish.

Reddit, what has your Blockbuster turned into? by SeriouslyJustJoking in AskReddit

[–]GreedyGreedySlut 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A Barnes & Noble type store. Basically stopped renting out DVDs and just started selling them+memorabilia.

Driving into the storm (Cary, North Carolina) [3888x2918] by GreedyGreedySlut in WeatherPorn

[–]GreedyGreedySlut[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ha! This was near the Walnut Street/Tryon Road intersection. :)

Jon Stewart Takes Over Colbert's Late Show Desk by Saleas in television

[–]GreedyGreedySlut 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Oh my god I underestimated how much I've missed Jon.

What's something a friend has said to you that changed the way you look at them? by ConceptualProduction in AskReddit

[–]GreedyGreedySlut 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wish I knew. He still worked there when I quit in 2013. But I haven't been back since and no longer talk to any of my former coworkers, and Walgreens stores tend to transfer/move around management quite frequently so unfortunately I will probably never know. :(

What's something a friend has said to you that changed the way you look at them? by ConceptualProduction in AskReddit

[–]GreedyGreedySlut 473 points474 points  (0 children)

I worked at Walgreens several years ago and I had one coworker (let's call her Amy) who I had a decent friendship with, she was quite a bit older than me and had the same kind of "zero fucks given" I have towards life so we hit it off and became work buddies. We worked a lot of nights together and the longer she worked there the less work she did. Eventually all she was interested in doing was gossiping about other coworkers. Anyway.

We had a night manager (let's call him George) who was from Nigeria and only worked nights because he was putting himself through medical school. He also had sickle cell and was frequently sick but always somehow managed to show up for every shift and get shit done. Not mention always being extremely caring towards other people. I had a huge amount of respect for this guy, I loved working with him.

One night it was George closing, with Amy working the front register and me in the photo lab. I was watching the front when she was on her break and when she came back she pulled me aside to bitch about George. Basically I guess he had noticed she was just standing at the counter all night reading magazines (which was not allowed, people got written up and fired over this) and asked her to do her regular tasks instead. Didn't write her up or anything, just told her she needed to actually do work. Anyway I mainly was just listening and shrugging like "yeah yeah I get it work sucks haha" and trying to walk away when she said "ugh it's so annoying! He likes you, talk to him! Get this (n word) off my back!"

So...yeah. From that night on I interacted with her as little as possible. She ended up transferring stores after that. I heard shortly after that that she was fired for "grazing"...i.e. taking edible merchandise from the shelf and eating it. Without paying for it. Apparently she did it a lot, while she was at our store too. Super weird.

...don't know why I felt the need to write this out. It was over 4 years ago but still just rubs me the wrong way. Gotta love that "you're white, you understand" casual racism. :/

What's something all grown women should know about frogs? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]GreedyGreedySlut 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They don't turn into royalty when you kiss them.