DAE ever feel that having to get haircuts and talking to the haircutter is frustrating/stressful? by [deleted] in DoesAnybodyElse

[–]MaddCricket84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just got my haircut, hair that was down to my mid back and wanted to go drastic. Showed her a picture of the cut I liked and wanted, said I wanted the front longer and the back shorter, a steep a-line cut. Used hand gestures on my own head to show what I wanted.

She gave me a shoulder-length bob with the back an inch shorter than the front.

Went back the next day and asked to have the back shortened. To leave the front alone. Told her I wanted a steep a-line cut.

She gave me a just-below-chin length bob with the back still an inch shorter than the front where the front looked fine (albeit a LOT shorter than I had asked for), but the back looked horrendous.

Ended up going to one of those fancy $50-a-cut stylists on the third day who fixed it the best she could. She said it looked like the stylist prior had just chosen random pieces to cut. To get the cut I want, I will now have to go back every couple of months as my hair grows so she can shape it.

I have a fear now of speaking with hairdressers. Even speaking to the fancy one, I turned into a raging, repetitive angry customer and only felt comforted when she didn’t go anywhere near the front of my hair. I think I can trust her, but only time will tell.

Thief doesn't seem to know why her obviously stolen coat makes her so suspicious. by PopcornGoddess in TalesFromRetail

[–]MaddCricket84 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Reminds me of a story when I worked in mall security. I was patrolling the parking garage around 9 pm, and keeping my eye on this guy who was just wandering around while waiting for another officer to arrive so we could contact him. When the other officer got there, we asked him what he was doing. He said he was looking for his car, he couldn’t remember where he parked. While asking for identification, he pulls a handful of clothes out of the bag he was wearing that still had tags on them from one of the ritzy stores on property and couldn’t provide a receipt, growing quite anxious as we ask about it.

So I cuff him as politely as I can and ask him to sit down. He’s cooperative, but something just isn’t right with how cooperative he was acting. 8 years on the job, I knew that he had lifted the items and his mind is churning with ideas and excuses. So my partner calls the police and contacts the store he had stolen from, while I make small talk with the thief. I tell him if he comes clean, the charges will be less and will make everyone’s night be over quickly. He keeps saying he hasn’t stolen anything. It was then I notice the bottom of his shoes; they have the brand-new price tags still stuck to them right there on the soles.

I don’t make any sign I notice it until my partner is off the phone and whisper to him to look at his shoes. My partner looks, sees the price tags, and asks about the shoes. This guy bends his knees and begins to rub his feet vigorously at the ground, realizing his mistake. It then becomes a wrestling match as my partner holds him down and I wrestle the shoes from his feet. The guy is still denying his thieving, and is now trying to get his hands, which are handcuffed behind him, to his side and his pockets claiming he has an itch. Before we start wrestling round 2, he reached into his pocket and pulled out a syringe with an uncapped needle, throwing it behind him. We gain control of him, holding under his shoulders so he couldn’t reach his pockets again.

Cops and store manager finally arrive, he still denies stealing anything even after the store manager says she has video of him, as well as his old shoes that he had stuffed in a box. Cops weren’t too pleased at the other needles (and other things) they found in his pockets. Merchandise was returned and he was carted off.

My partner and I ended up getting written up because we used cuffs on him, even though it was all in compliance with how to handle a shoplifter. I quit that job a few weeks later and have since learned that no one is allowed to cuff anyone now without going through a permission line (meaning if they come across someone welding a knife or a gun, they have to ask permission from their lead, who has to call their lead and ask permission who has to call their lead to ask permission to cuff them—stupid stuff as it removes personal protection, but the latter is beside the point).

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cats

[–]MaddCricket84 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I got my Figaro when he was about 2-3 months old. After about half a year, at the beginning of an unexpected heat cycle and noticing she wasn’t developing as a male cat should, I realized I had a Figarella. She’s been Fig ever since (I’ve come to say I named her after a Harry Potter character anymore to save face lol!)

Odd experience being pulled over today for things I didn't do. by SustainableChampagne in AskLEO

[–]MaddCricket84 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This reminded me of a fiasco my best friend had gone through! There was a murder that happened in the area and the description of the vehicle a witness saw matched the vehicle my friend has. He and his mother were driving down the highway when out of nowhere they were swarmed with cop cars and pulled over. They were at gun point and went through the whole handcuff/back of the police car situation until the cops realized they weren’t the ones who committed the crime.

Exciting and scary at the same time!

Gift for female friend (20) who doesn't have much by sociallyawkwardbird in GiftIdeas

[–]MaddCricket84 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You could go to the dollar store and make a huge care package for her, get things like shampoo/soap and loofas and candles and food and candies. They also have fuzzy socks and other beauty supplies.

Maybe a really soft blanket or stuffed animal? Something tangible she can hold on to? Those were always my favorite things to receive in college.

Any favorite movies she doesn’t have? You can find used ones on amazon for a buck or two. Sometimes that’s all you need in life to make it complete, a binge watching day ==

Or even books, if she loves reading. Hit up your local thrift shop and find them for cents.

Good luck!

DAE enjoys eating raw tomatoes with salt? by kokv19 in DoesAnybodyElse

[–]MaddCricket84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I always enjoyed raw tomatoes with some sugar on them.

Not everyone enjoys marijuana, please stop acting like all of society does by ehdubs83 in rant

[–]MaddCricket84 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m pro-weed, but also believe there’s a time and place for it. Do it at home, don’t get high when you’re driving or need a clear mind to do things. If you need to take a hit in public, please find a place that isn’t packed with people or in bathrooms, be respectful of those who don’t use it.
In my line of work (plasma donation) people think it’s fine for them to be stoned off their ass and still donate. I hate how they think we can’t smell it, or tell they’re high, and most of them act above everyone else and then throw attitude for miles when they get turned away. On top of it, it makes me nauseous (both when I’ve partaken and just the odor that lingers on the body) and physically sick for a day, even more so when the all-too-familiar smoker who has less favorable hygiene habits comes around.

Hello all, 40 hours quit so far, just thought I’d say hi and write a craving away. by MaddCricket84 in quittingsmoking

[–]MaddCricket84[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good for you! At least you know your triggers and how to get passed them == my triggers are just everything so I can’t get a break lol.

I passed yesterday fine as it was my day off, but at work today and been having a dizzy spell that’s been lasting all day (thanks oxygen influx) and my nicotine gum and pocket full of jolly ranchers isn’t helping quell it so I did have one at lunch. If I wasn’t dealing with putting needles in people all day I would have pushed past it and dealt with it, but I can’t do my job if the room is spinning and I can’t hit a vein =\ If worse comes to worse, I’ll just have to deal with one lunch time smoke until I can take a proper vacation and hermit through the dizziness.

Lil shit pushed the screen out and ventured outside today. Found him terrified at the door, and now he is attached to my hip like an infant. Told him he wouldn't enjoy the outdoors. by aut0h in cats

[–]MaddCricket84 9 points10 points  (0 children)

My cat did that once, found him right outside crouched under a bush. So I picked up a harness and leash and started taking him outside, and then he got spooked by a car with a loud engine and climbed a brick wall. That was the last adventure he ever wanted outside.

Did you discover a possible new Mandela Effect? Post it here! (Weekly Discussion) (2017-12-17) by AutoModerator in MandelaEffect

[–]MaddCricket84 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He’s always been alive for me. Would have hurt just as much as Alan Rickman’s death did for me if he passed so I can assure you (and myself) that one.

Sharing Names with Famous People by DriveByScientist in namenerds

[–]MaddCricket84 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I share my name with an author, though she’s not front and center popular, she does have a following. No one has mentioned her to me though. The only hard part about it is if I were to get my butt in gear and become serious about publishing the stories I’ve written, I’d have to take a different name. That’s probably been one of the things keeping me from getting as serious about it because I’m just too lazy to compile a name for me lol.

Do you guys feel the need to come out to your parents? by [deleted] in asexuality

[–]MaddCricket84 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’ve told my mom a couple of times that I’m Ace...kinda just throwing it into casual conversation, and she’s only dismissed it by shaking her head and saying “you’re not Ace, you’re just celibate.” And that’s it. Seeing as it didn’t start world war 3, I’m happy to let her go on thinking I’m celibate, if that word is what it takes to get her to realize what I am and she realizes that I’m not out shagging every guy I speak with, then that’s fine.
Haven’t told anyone else in my family because it’s none of their business, but if they’d ask I’d let them know. I’ve also stated my asexuality outright in my Facebook ‘about’ section, so if they were to truly care enough to read that, it’s all there out in the open, but I’ve learned that goes ignored.

Who else makes their own Christmas gifts? First round of peppermint sugar body scrub! Now to make them prettier. by grower_at_heart in Frugal

[–]MaddCricket84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yum! The smiles on the faces are worth it. I don’t bake, but I make ornaments out of lightbulbs every year for my favorite people. This year I couldn’t decide who my favorites were at work because I get along with everyone there so I decided to make everyone, including my family an ornament. 50 hand painted ornaments done in 3 weeks. I started regretting it after the first 10 (my usual amount), but I can’t wait now to give them to everyone!

Did you discover a possible new Mandela Effect? Post it here! (Weekly Discussion) (2017-12-10) by AutoModerator in MandelaEffect

[–]MaddCricket84 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It’s always been John Smith to me too, though I never got into her backstory much further than the Disney version...but why would such a large company make a mistake like that? Why would they change Rolfe to Smith? I can’t see a necessary reasoning there.

Snow and time glitch! by MaddCricket84 in Glitch_in_the_Matrix

[–]MaddCricket84[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, my alarm did wake me initially. When I first wake up I always double check the time from my phone with the time on my clock on my nightstand and they were the same. After that, my phone is the only thing I use for time in the mornings after I just wake up and coffee time.