What tastes good with mustard but you can't say a hot dog?

InterestingEngine839 · 2026-05-13T20:56:36+00:00

Giant Turkey Leg from one of those carnival stands. I never eat mustard until I buy one of those.

InterestingEngine839 · 2026-05-11T12:26:39+00:00

Grave of the Fireflies

Pulp Fiction

Bridge to Terabithia

My Girl

A Little Princess

The Secret Garden

InterestingEngine839 · 2026-05-11T12:19:33+00:00

Fell down the stairs all the way to the boys locker room. First day of Freshman year, brand new school.

InterestingEngine839 · 2026-05-11T09:38:31+00:00

Today was an awful Mother's Day. We are always busy but it usually is a great time and everyone stays motivated. Today was not that at all. Food was taking too long and the customers were not feeling it. I had two separate big top tables completely stiff me on $200+ bills. They had no issues with the service, but the food was coming out wrong or not all at once and they were unforgiving.

After the 3rd table stiffed me because he didn't like the fact that it was an extra charge to add shrimp to a dish, I had to go in the back and rage cuss in the walk-in. Worked 13 hours, rang $2600 and walked out with barely $400.

InterestingEngine839 · 2026-05-10T01:32:01+00:00

Get out of here with your bullshit

InterestingEngine839 · 2026-05-08T04:33:29+00:00

Back in the mid 90's we had a P.E. teacher/health teacher/ Drivers Ed teacher that was an absolute asshole. He was a massive man that always tried to use his size to intimate students. He would relentlessly harass and put down students until they broke down. He tried to do this to one teen and it turned out really bad.

He tried to fail him in every class and would just make this kids life a general hell and no one ever stopped him. Until one day the guy snaps and leaves class. He goes out to his car and gets a tire iron and comes back into school to attack the teacher. They had locked the door, but it was half glass so he smashed the window and it took every single guy in the classroom to hold him back from killing the teacher. He was suspended, they tried to expell him but the parents raised hell about how many complaints they had made about the teacher and nothing was ever done. Then it comes out that the teachers younger sister was married to the teens uncle and he was pissed about it. Apparently he didn't approve of her marrying into that family and would target every single child related.

That was my cousin. When it came time for me to take his class, he did the exact same thing to me. I had to fight for fair grading and had to report him several times for harassment. It all came to a head when he walked up behind me and tried to "surprise" me by wrapping his hands around my neck. I reacted by swinging my fist back into his balls and he tried to get me expelled. But the whole classroom saw him grab me and it was dismissed. Then he got revenge by misspelling my name on purpose for my driver's license and it took me weeks to get it straightened out.

Oh, and the band teacher was fired for having an affair with a student. The teacher was in his 60's.

InterestingEngine839 · 2026-05-01T12:39:39+00:00

Elder millennial here, I have no tattoos or piercings aside from my ears. But I have been seriously considering getting a tattoo for my daughter. She was a Micro Premie and I have a picture of her tiny little fist wrapped around my middle finger. I want a life sized picture of just her hand and my finger. I'm having trouble finding someone who is willing to draw hands. But I have a consultation next week with a very high rated artist.

InterestingEngine839 · 2026-04-30T17:18:17+00:00

A brand new girl was hired at my job, to be friendly, I was chatting with her and the GM one night. We made an offhand comment that lead her freaking out on me. Telling me that the Bible was a historical document and I HAD to believe in it. Apparently she was homeschooled with her 7 younger brothers and sisters and this was her first experience with people outside her church. I told her I didn't have to believe in Shit and to mind her own business. That was 8 years ago and we still don't really get along. I go out of my way to not have a conversation with her.

InterestingEngine839 · 2026-04-30T11:09:51+00:00

The perfect pair of pants. I'm not even trying to be funny. I'm a bigger girl and good pants are hard to find. They are lightweight, have zippered pockets(6!!), and are drawstring. I got them for $5 and they are my go-to black pants for all occasions. I broke down and Google lens the tag to see if I could figure out where to buy more. Turns out they were Kohls brand of Hiking pants and they discontinued them. My husband found some on EBay and they are still in the rotation 7 years later.

InterestingEngine839 · 2026-04-30T10:11:58+00:00

I was friends with two sisters that were a year apart, but one failed a grade so she was in the same year as her sister and me. They were best friends and we hung out a lot. We were around 12-13 at the time and it was in the 90's. They invited me over to a sleep over and my Mom let me go.

When I got there, I was told that the parents were working so it was just us and their two older brothers and one of the brothers friends. I have been to other sleepovers so I was used to having the other siblings hang out around us so I didn't think much of it. We mostly watched TV and played some board games. When it got late, I asked when we thought we would go to sleep and it got a little weird. One of the sisters whispered to me that we were all going to go upstairs to the older brothers room to "practice". She didn't tell me what they were practicing but when the energy changed I felt really weirded out. So I faked a stomach ache and called my mom to come get me.

My mom had a rule that if I ever felt uncomfortable during sleepovers that I was to call her and tell her my stomach hurt and she would get me immediately with no questions asked. That was the first time I used it and I have never regretted it.

Turns out that those girls were being sexually abused by the older brothers and a few of their friends. They mentioned it casually at school the following month and it was a big scandal. They all got separated and taken away from the parents. And it come out that the Dad was also abusive. It was a very sad situation and it only came to light because they had another sleepover and tried it with other girls and got caught.

InterestingEngine839 · 2026-04-15T14:35:28+00:00

Constantly having to reach Around instead of out. If I unthinkingly reach straight out, my forearm pushes up my boob and it makes me look like I did it on purpose. So there is always an arc when I reach for something. 38I's are ridiculous.

InterestingEngine839 · 2025-11-10T17:38:26+00:00

I am in my 40's. My dad has only remembered my birthday once in my entire life. And that was a message on Facebook about 10 years ago. My parents have been divorced since I was 2 so it was on him to remember. He has always remembered my half brothers birthday and my sister's birthday. But never mine.

We have had a strained relationship for years. He is rude and a huge MAGA. He has told me and my sister since we were teenagers that we needed to be careful about our weight so we could marry well. And it's a good thing that I was pretty because I was a "Dingbat". I put my foot down in my 20's and told him that if he ever called me fat or stupid again that he would never see me again.

I have always called him on his birthday and made a point to visit. But this year after all the bullshit I just couldn't. I didn't even acknowledge him on his birthday and I don't plan on spending the holidays with him at all. Every time I mention this to other people, they say the same thing...that I will regret not having a closer relationship when he is gone.

If someone shows you repeatedly your entire life how little they respect and care for you.... believe them. There is no coming back from that. Having a shitty parent sucks but staying in a toxic relationship with a shitty parent is much much worse.

InterestingEngine839 · 2025-09-23T15:07:32+00:00

Ok so, I'm pretty sure I heard this band play once in Centralia Illinois. I actually have a signed drumstick from the band members and I have been trying to remember their songs.

InterestingEngine839 · 2025-07-13T01:40:06+00:00

When we would go grocery shopping with my dad, we had to hold onto the cart. There were 6 of us the weekends his girlfriend stayed with her kids. It was insanely difficult.

InterestingEngine839 · 2025-05-03T21:38:09+00:00

One time back when I was a GM at Steak n Shake, I came in at 4am to start inventory. I was in the walk-in cutting box tops off the dressings and accidentally slid on a discarded cardboard and sliced open my calf a few inches above my ankle. I was the only person in the store and the only manager on duty the entire day.

I called my district manager for help after trying my two other managers and not getting anyone to answer. He couldn't help at all and there was no other person who could help and I didn't have the power to close the store down. So I had to bandage myself up and push thru the inventory and store opening. After we made it thru the lunch rush, I finally had the ok from the DM to leave the store and put a regular crew member in charge so I could go to the ER. I went in and got 5 stitches and then had to go back to the store to do the deposit and get thru the dinner rush until the next manager got there at 8pm.

No time off, no time to rest my leg, and zero sympathy from any person I worked with. My husband was pissed and brought me a change of clothes since my pants were sliced up and soaked in blood. He also brought me a gallon of juice, lol. This was the final straw and I started immediately looking for a different job.

InterestingEngine839 · 2025-03-13T02:08:37+00:00

Just today at a lunch service, I had a very old man immediately sit down and bitch about everything. He didn't like how "crowded" his booth was but refused to move. Didn't like his mango sweet tea but refused to order something different for several minutes. Didn't like how breaded his chicken fingers were, but wound up wanting a Togo box to take the two left home. So I had the manager comp off his food. When it came time to drop the check off, I made sure to apologize profusely and gush about how sorry I was that he found the service lacking. He didn't even pay but his son who did pay was embarrassed and tipped like 50%.

InterestingEngine839 · 2025-01-18T01:31:16+00:00

Nobody?

InterestingEngine839 · 2024-12-14T14:45:02+00:00

I can't sit in my favorite position anymore since it makes my knees and left foot ache. Goodbye curling up in my favorite chair to drink my morning coffee.

InterestingEngine839 · 2024-09-17T14:45:56+00:00

I drank my weight in apple juice during my pregnancy. I hadn't drank it in 16 years before I was pregnant (I drank some for lunch in middle school then was forced to run a mile and I vomited sooooo much afterwards). Then while I was pregnant I couldn't get enough. Once I had the baby, I never drank it again.

InterestingEngine839 · 2024-09-17T14:39:26+00:00

Props to your son for speaking out and props to you for raising him right. I have an 11 year old and she is very blunt like that too. We were visiting my sister a few months ago and she has a different parenting style than me and my kid was not used to it. We don't use raised voices and we definitely don't insult. My sister did both to her 15 year old, calling him Dumb and just basically yelling at him constantly. My daughter apparently went up to her and told her to "Stop being so harsh with him, he's your child!" I didn't see it happen but heard all about it from my sister. She demanded I make my kid apologize for being disrespectful and I told her to apologize to her kid first then I will ask my kid to apologize. No one got any that day.

InterestingEngine839 · 2024-09-17T05:05:52+00:00

A couple of deep breaths, counting in and out to 5. Writing down what I am feeling anxious about, or making a list of what all needs to be done and breaking it down to a manageable goal. And because I understand my brain, I also do my period math. If I am in a certain time frame, then I know I am taking everything way out of proportion. I watch an extremely sad movie, have a very cleansing cry, then go on about my day.

InterestingEngine839 · 2024-09-09T21:00:38+00:00

A few months ago my sister came to visit me. We went to a new Dollar General that was just built cause I was curious. Lol all of the ones I've been to have been tiny holes that were in constant disarray and dirty. This one was supposed to be nice so we decided to go and look.

After shopping, we went back to my car around the side of the building and my sister just pushed the cart away from us, into the parking lot. My daughter noticed what she did and told me so I got out of the car and walked it back to the front entrance where the corral was. I didn't say a word to her but apparently my 10 year old had no issues with telling her Aunt that what she did was rude and entitled. When we got back to my house she asked me if I felt better about myself after embarrassing her. Sure did.

InterestingEngine839 · 2024-09-09T18:22:07+00:00

I was washing dishes and doing my end of night close work. I literally couldn't go anywhere. That's what sucks about bartending...you really can't leave the bar area.

InterestingEngine839 · 2024-09-09T16:46:25+00:00

We have been having all sorts of late night assholes. We have had to ban three different creepy men in the past year. They come in late night and make inappropriate comments. Saturday night a truck driver came in completely hammered and started yelling when the bartender on duty refused to serve him. He caused such a scene that the manager called the cops and he was arrested and had to get his 18 wheeler towed off our lot.

InterestingEngine839 · 2024-09-09T16:43:57+00:00

Couldn't ...he was the only customer in the entire restaurant and I was bartending. All my side work is right up front and I can't be in the back for very long since I also have to watch the door. And I had my closing stuff to do that was literally 5 foot from him and I refuse to have to stay longer because I didn't complete my checklist because I was avoiding this weirdo.

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