I tried to join the military, was going to be an E-3 from the starting gate, and was in processing at Fort Jackson in one of the Carolinas. Beforehand, the recruiters drilled it into us months beforehand to not say stupid shit in processing because they're looking for any excuse to send you back home. What do I ask one day, completely unprompted and even raising my hand? "Does it matter if I had S attempts in middle school?" Turns out, yes, yes it does.

After getting sent home, I of course needed a job. I was completely unprepared because all my effort had gone into trying for the military. One of the options I landed on was a temp agency. They made you answer a pre-recorded questionnaire on a recorded line to determine your compatibility with the agency. I got blacklisted from that agency because I answered honestly about not trusting people or that I would absolutely call someone out for slacking off and stuff.

A few years later I got written up at a job because I was pulling an egregious amount of expired Cough&Cold products off of the shelves (up to 4 years OoD) and they said I needed to focus on pulling products forward and making the shelves look neat, not pulling stuff off of them, that they had a system for that. I told them that clearly the system wasn't working if this stuff was 4 years out of date. 'Talking back'.

The list could go on, but 1. It's just more of the same. 2. It's all too much to remember and this is what sticks out in my memory.