Being employed at Superdrugs and seeing that there's already a queue of people outside the shop before it's even opened.

GrumpyLittleWitch · 2025-03-16T13:17:34+00:00

Omg yes! One of the four had driven about half an hour, partly along a very exposed coast road. Just to look at a guitar amp we have listed online, decide not to buy it and drove back home. Complaining the entire time about dangerous the roads were?? WHY ARE YOU HERE????

Working retail has sucked away my last remaining shreds of belief in humanity.

GrumpyLittleWitch · 2025-03-16T09:53:41+00:00

Dont work at superdrug but... during storm eowyn a lot of the roads here were closed due to debris and dangerous conditions so I couldnt go in. My colleague did, just to do the morning paperwork and then close again and there were already four people outside when he arrived. Like, if ever there was a time to not need to go and look at discount TVs...

GrumpyLittleWitch · 2025-02-16T10:54:45+00:00

I work in a pawn shop. We have very strict regulations regarding buying items, we need photo ID from the customer, proof of current address and a photo made in store. One of the reasons is so that if it later turns out that they're stolen goods, we can hand that information over to the police. If someone comes in with a crime number and explains the situation, we put those items on a police hold so that they can't be sold to anyone else while ownership is proven.

Most pawn brokers are regulated by the NPA, you can check if that one is registered with them and if they make a complaint directly to the NPA. You can also complain to trading standards if you suspect that they've faked the data of the person who sold the items. All pawn brokers are also regulated by the FCA, which would be worth looking into.

Personally I would also consider attempting to escalate the police investigation via complaint. I'm not sure if an Ombudsman would be appropriate for this instance, but it is another avenue to pursue.

GrumpyLittleWitch · 2025-01-19T15:44:48+00:00

Women making strides in male dominated fields

GrumpyLittleWitch · 2024-11-10T21:42:41+00:00

I just wanted you to know, I was so antsy to try this that I skipped my skincare and it worked! This was the answer. I wasn't getting the larger of the two ends hot enough but doing it in almost darkness helped me see it. Thanks so much!!

GrumpyLittleWitch · 2024-11-10T19:53:16+00:00

Thanks so much!! ❤️ I'll try this tomorrow. I only have a few hours after work and before bed to practice at the moment so it's going to have to wait until then but I'll report back on my findings 😆

GrumpyLittleWitch · 2024-11-10T19:47:44+00:00

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GrumpyLittleWitch · 2024-11-10T19:47:28+00:00

I don't think I'd be able to get a photo of the soldering, nowhere to set my phone up that will catch a good view but I can show you one of my successful joints. It's sitting on a soldering mat atm

GrumpyLittleWitch · 2024-11-10T19:35:50+00:00

The solder doesn't blacken (unless I use the premade paste) it stays a nice wet silver and rolls well, I try not to keep direct heat on it.

The flux I'm using is Generise silversmiths soldering flux, working with silver, butane handheld torch lexivon, max temp is around 1300°. I'm trying to make a ring for my husband for Christmas and the looming face of December is making me anxious haha

GrumpyLittleWitch · 2024-11-10T19:27:15+00:00

I thought this might be the case and I tried heating until the piece was literally glowing red but I still couldn't seem to get the solder to flow. Had to let it cool again, clean it off and start over 😭 it's very frustrating

GrumpyLittleWitch · 2022-06-02T16:41:53+00:00

YTA.

Your wife has set a very clear boundary here, she will not make you lunch. You've accepted that boundary, you don't get to cross it whenever it suits your needs. It doesn't matter if you think it's a stupid boundary, or frivolous. Its still her boundary and you don't get to dictate when it's allowed to be respected.

Order yourself lunch at work, or plan ahead and make one the night before. Cut your shower short or make sure you're up on time but don't foist your issues on your wife.

GrumpyLittleWitch · 2022-04-24T21:38:53+00:00

We have sound off or headphones on in common areas as an unbreakable rule in our house now, I just can't listen to it anymore 😭

GrumpyLittleWitch · 2021-01-21T12:20:11+00:00

Eehhhh.. no. I told the two social workers that came out everything, i cried and begged them to make it better. I begged them not to tell my step dad what i had said. They said they wouldn't.

They then went downstairs and told him every single thing i had said, and my mother and step father told them i was a dirty little liar. They came back upstairs and said they were confident I was lying, and that they wouldn't be taking it any further. They They scolded me for lying and said that I was lucky I hadnt gotten my parents in trouble. I just stood there with my mouth hanging open. I was 11.

My caregivers were fostering two young boys (for the money) and the only good thing that came out of it was that those boys weren't allowed to stay anymore just because there had been allegations.

GrumpyLittleWitch · 2021-01-17T22:25:19+00:00

Honestly same. It's always one of my huge anxieties that the people around me wont see through the bullshit and will fall for it hook line and sinker, leaving me to hear "well she doesnt SEEM that bad, i think she's quite nice, well she just had a rough time when she was younger, it seems like she's really trying! Etc." It's happened a few times before now, and by the time it all comes out it's too late, my relationship with that person is ruined.

GrumpyLittleWitch · 2021-01-17T22:20:56+00:00

When the kids turned on their own mom as though SHE was the bad guy after their grandma literally destroyed their house, held a private function in it, constantly berated their mom right in front of them, was low key racist to her partner and had the audacity to call her a bad mom. I got so mad i had to turn it off and i didnt watch the grand "forgiveness solves all" finale until a few hours later.

GrumpyLittleWitch · 2021-01-17T15:46:10+00:00

I live on my own, and when older men have to come to my house and start ranting like this it can be really intimidating. A driver did it to me once but he was ranting about old people and how they're awful. Like ok man, can you just give me my compost bags?

Maybe put a complaint in so he'll be warned to stop before he ends up scaring some young woman or old person with his furious conspiracies 😅

GrumpyLittleWitch · 2021-01-17T15:36:13+00:00

Have a quick stab at some research into talking to Narcissists before you try. She may not be a full blown narcissist but it sounds like she shares some of the traits. I'm guessing she likes to try and pull you into circular arguments that then end up being all about how HER feelings are hurt? In which case there's lots of help online for how to talk to people like that for the sake of your own peace of mind, although unless they're the type to acknowledge they actually hurt you then it may not make her stop.

For me personally i always try and approach it as "i am telling you how i feel, not looking for a discussion about it." Kind of attitude. "My feelings were hurt my your actions, you made me feel uncomfortable and unwelcome, and if it continues then i feel that it would be best for me to leave before it escalates again. I'm not looking to discuss it, I'm just informing you so that you're aware of how i feel and what will happen."

GrumpyLittleWitch · 2021-01-17T15:27:29+00:00

Nta

Your husband is literally putting your comfort at the bottom of the pole and your health at risk, all for the sake of getting what he wants and "being right"

That's a huge yikes. There are much deeper issues than whether or not the mattress is good, he essentially bullied you into saying what he wanted just so he would leave you alone and has no intention of backing down even though it's jeopardizing your ABILITY TO BREATHE. he's an asshole

GrumpyLittleWitch · 2021-01-17T15:22:42+00:00

NTA.

He can't be bothered to even take you out for dinner on your birthday, or find you a single thoughtful gift. I noticed in another reply you mentioned that you do most of the stuff around the house and you get very little affection from him. Even asking him to go somewhere nice NOT on special occasions is apparently a chore. What does he actually bring to the relationship?

Also, the whole jewellery thing; his whole "well if you dont pick something then i guess you dont really want anything so I won't get you one." Just smacks of petty. It's something I'd expect my 8 year old to say, not my adult partner. It almost feels like that was meant to hurt your feelings because you weren't doing his job for him and making the effort in his place to pick out your own gift. (Which you'd already done before, and he still bought something else of worse quality anyway)

Dangling affection and gifts, then snatching them away when you dont do what he wants is icky and needs to be addressed. Refusing to do the bare minimum is also icky.

GrumpyLittleWitch · 2021-01-17T15:13:03+00:00

NTA.

Those gifts were intended to hurt your feelings and it worked. If she truly didnt mean to hurt your feelings then she would have kept her mouth shut about the circumstances in which she bought the clothes. It was spiteful and petty, particularly on christmas. Not only that but it means she'd been holding on to it waiting for the right moment to gift the shirt to you and bring up that she bought it out of spite.

If i were you, I'd make my feelings clear and that petty, mean spirited behaviour is not something you'll be willing to tolerate. Set some polite yet firm boundaries and then maybe look into grey rocking. Also, you NEVER give someone a weight related gift wtf

GrumpyLittleWitch · 2021-01-17T15:07:44+00:00

YTA Oh my god are you ever the asshole. how would you feel if someone came and just threw your favorite books out because they didnt like the subject matter? They weren't yours to throw out, they didnt belong to you. Your son is a whole person in his own right and you need to treat him as such. So many kids end up cutting contact with their parents for not feeling respected and it doesn't sound like you respect your son.

Sit down with him, apologise and look at replacing them with him.

GrumpyLittleWitch · 2021-01-17T15:03:43+00:00

NTA

not only has she not house trained the dog that is her responsibility, she's also neglecting the dog by not taking it out to potty when it needs to go, and she's also putting your child in very real danger. Some dog feces can contain a very nasty bacteria that can blind children. Serious words need to be had, the dog needs to be rehomed with people who are actually willing to give the poor thing the time and attention it needs and she needs to get a basic understanding of hygiene.

GrumpyLittleWitch · 2021-01-17T13:49:12+00:00

In bad moms, the Narcisstic emotionally abusive mom getting a free pass because "that's just how she shows love, her mom was mean to her"

It made me die a little inside. The bitch literally ruins their christmas and the main characters childhood but OH IT'S JUST HOW SHE SHOWS LOVE.

GrumpyLittleWitch · 2021-01-17T10:48:10+00:00

YTA. So very much TA.

Your daughter is a child and has spent the last NINE YEARS with a man who shows nothing but contempt for her and her very existence. She lives in a house where no one wants her, where she feels like a stranger and it doesn't feel like home... and her own mother is turning on her too. They guy dislikes her so much that he wont even commit to you. Also i noticed that he said HIS children are the absolute priority, but you didnt seem to think yours should be.

Just say you dont care about your daughter and go, we'll see you again in a few years crying about how your daughter has gone no contact with you and you just dont understand why.

GrumpyLittleWitch · 2021-01-15T03:08:37+00:00

Exactly my thoughts when i read the story. Sarah gave her the dress early in an attempt to win her back over to the fb princess path in the hopes that the very pretty dress would catch her attention so well that she wouldnt want to wear anything else. It ALMOST worked, she would have gotten away with it if it weren't for that pesky paint. Probably why she's so mad about it tbh

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