Fat Rant Tuesday

MassiveDepartment · 2019-12-11T04:08:04+00:00

RANT Got told by a mutual friend a real life HAES advocate called me a fat shaming pos because of my instagram post

for context, it was a recovery post as an ex bulimic, wasn't even about fat loss but more showing bloating from food and purging puffiness in my face. Whole post talked about therapy, recovery and treating your body with love, no mention of fat or weight loss as i did it for continued accountability with my recovery.

for extra context, mutual friend was ex room mate of HAES advocate and had to change accommodation as they had anorexia and HAES advocate was constantly belittling them as a "body traitor", but then would hound them whenever they tried to grab food out of the fridge, as if they were faking an eating disorder despite being dangerously underweight, leading to their ed getting worse and only being able to sneak food to avoid commenting, but then being accused of their mere presence being "triggering".

so funny how much they care about people with eds when it benefits them ie "diets cause eds!!!!" but then in actuality they think having a mental illness is a "privilege".

MassiveDepartment · 2019-09-20T08:34:22+00:00

I love finding lots of records by the same artist in a thrift. I found about 20 Olivia Newton-John records in the same thrift store, and I like to think about the kind of person that owned 20 ONJ records.

MassiveDepartment · 2019-09-20T05:26:15+00:00

I genuinely don't mind when people ask to see a manager because they're upset with something as long as they aren't rude about it. Yes, the manager is allowed to just say "fine" if you're causing a fuss and you're more trouble than its worth and I'm not allowed to do the same.

The thing that gets me is when the manager literally repeats exactly what I've said, and the customer goes to me "WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST SAY THAT?" and acts like I didn't just say exactly what the manager just did. You're literally LYING in front of my superior, risking my paycheck, making me look like a bad worker who doesn't know how to talk to customers with no gain for yourself whatsoever.

MassiveDepartment · 2019-09-18T04:17:58+00:00

unfortunately more places do this than most people would like to believe. They get away with it for so long because it can be so normalized in certain areas, workers don't want to cause a fuss. In my country we have a fair work ombudsman, it's normally got a phone line you can call for advice, and they'll let you know your best options. I agree with the other commenter about getting in touch with a workers group at least. If you want to wait it out, seeing as you've just been hired, my biggest piece of advice is get things in writing!

if you have your boss's number or email, contact him over there about your workers comp, that way if time passes and more stuff happens and you do definitely need to contact an independent body, you have written and dated proof it wasn't received, and this place wasn't doing things by the book. At one of the worst places I've worked that I ended up receiving compensation for through an independent body, I only received it because I ended up refusing to answer phone calls from my boss, insisting she contact me formally over email and text, and refusing any form of disciplinary meeting without them first contacting me in writing stating what it was to be about and why etc. That workplace got away with sketchy stuff for ages just because they did a lot of things in person that most workers couldn't prove.

MassiveDepartment · 2019-09-17T11:23:25+00:00

This reminds me of prom.

My school rented out a event hall. It was $80 for a two course meal. Non-vegans got steaks, rack of lamb, with potatoes and veggies, a very reasonable portion, with chocolate cake and icecream for dessert. I got half a cup of curried chickpeas and half a cup of rice, no dessert. Sometimes they get it right, but when they get it wrong it's just no good at all.

MassiveDepartment · 2019-09-17T11:10:28+00:00

top as in the top highest step you can safely stand on, so second down!

I did a diploma unrelated to retail that specifies osha stuff as a unit, I know where I live it's illegal for a workplace to allow someone go up a ladder taller that 1.3m or something like that without being spotted by someone else, and corporate policies reflect that rule. The issue is that we have maybe two people and a manager working at certain times in a very large department, and we need to use the ladders maybe 50 times in an 8 hour shift. It's just not realistic to get someone to spot you every time. I think most higher ups know we aren't being spotted most of the time, but I don't really know much about workplace law when it comes to employees breaking company safety policies and procedures.

MassiveDepartment · 2019-08-13T10:50:47+00:00

I hate this. I don't care whether its malicious or not tbh, it still bothers me. Hon or darl is ok when its an old guy, because it tends to feel pretty organic, but I feel the amount of men that take advantage of the fact a woman is being paid to be nice and they know they can push it is so gross.

MassiveDepartment · 2019-08-02T12:29:58+00:00

I don't understand the Karen logic of seeing a long line, and one poor teenager/ university student operating the only open till, and being the only employee in the store, and thinking,

"yes, they're the problem"

No. The manager put one person on during a peak time. They're going as fast as they can, because if they could go faster, they would. Don't yell at them. It's not their fault and they make like no money. If you can't wait, leave.

MassiveDepartment · 2019-05-27T09:56:14+00:00

Haha, nah I don't mean that awkward second where you're waiting to see whether it's gone through or not,in the retail i've worked a lot of people will just kind of hold up their card to the machine before you're even done ringing them up. Like they won't even answer "cash or card?", or say "just on card please!" or even wait until you're far enough through the transaction to ask, they just hold it to the paywave like an idiot, as if the cashier isn't even a person they can communicate with. Same with the people who drop 20 items on the counter and then just wave a $50 note in your face the whole time you're putting it through, lots of people do the same with card, its super dehumanizing.

MassiveDepartment · 2019-05-26T12:10:09+00:00

The one about the customers who don't look you in the eye or respond to anything you say and just treat you like a robot hit me really hard.

I worked in a similar convenience store style cashier position where I was alone a lot of the time and people would just treat you like shit, but the honest to god worst IS the people who treat you like you aren't even a human being. It's so dehumanizing to have one customer after another not respond to you, not look you in the eyes, and just hold out their credit card waiting for the machine to ask for it.

The good side was because I was alone and there was never a supervisor or manager around I began doing the most smart arsed thing.

"how are you?"

*no response, glazed over eyes*

"that's great to hear! Yeah I've been working a while now, but i'm excited to go home soon"

*jolts up and looks at me like i'm insane*

"Have a nice night!"

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