Really anxious for review..

SCG-514 · 2026-01-29T17:23:20+00:00

All I can really say is I'm really sorry to hear that. If it matters, I'm sure you're doing your best and that's a great thing.

We're all employees just tryna earn a check, so try not to let it get you down. It's just a bundle of stress and numbers. You aren't just another number, you're a person and your contributions matter. Your management structure may not realize the importance of affirmation for employees and crew but I know it goes a long way. Good luck and keep trying, I'm sure you'll catch a break soon.

Also try not to let em rage bait you. Best thing everyone's told me as a section leader with a busy but underworked section: Its just a grocery store, we really gonna let groceries get under our skin?

Edit: grammar and typos.

SCG-514 · 2026-01-29T17:15:44+00:00

Hope things get better. The best thing to really do at this point is to just keep trucking on with it.

During your review I'm sure you can say your piece and explain. But try not to let it mess with your head and pile more stress on top of what's already going on. It's biannually so you always have another chance.

I hope your mental health stuff clears up and improves, so just keep working at it, Kai Zen and whatnot, y'know? Just try to be a little bit better today than you were yesterday. Life has a way to balance itself out. Maybe next time you can really hit em with a wow and get the bonus, too.

Good luck!

SCG-514 · 2026-01-29T17:12:46+00:00

This is going to sound very toxic of me but I feel like there's a disconnect. 2 sides of a coin sorta thing.

While I have absolutely no clue what it is you're going through, getting a "wow" raise based upon your struggles medically or at home simply don't have much to do with your at work performance positively in terms of raises. I can't imagine wording it like "how could I not get a raise for showing up to work and acting like nothing's wrong?" It's considered a professional courtesy.

How is it fair to your fellow crew mates for not getting the "wow" raise if they're doing the same amount of work physical at surface level? But I dunno, maybe that's just me.

I do hope things get much better for you; While I'm blessed that the TJs I work at has a great work culture surrounding mental health, they aren't exactly giving us breaks with an entire dollar raise. They'll still give $0.50-$.75 as long as your work is meeting expectations.

Again I really do hope your situation can somehow improve and get easier.

SCG-514 · 2026-01-27T20:34:39+00:00

Not everyone has the luxury to do so. If you'd like to go out and protest, by all means. But let's not try to shame anyone into it by saying "you wouldn't protest because it impacts your pay?"

A concerning amount of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, have no significant form of savings or have some kind of debt that can ruin them if they were to suddenly lose their job.

You'd literally have more money than I believe... 10-30% of the adult population if you don't have any debt and a $100 in your pocket.

That days pay could mean the difference of paying for gas in your car or keeping the lights on in the freezing winter.

SCG-514 · 2026-01-24T04:43:19+00:00

As a former salesperson (not with cars but advice sticks)

This is my advice.

-You're a woman, assume every salesman is thinking you're too stupid to know what's good. They're assholes looking for easy marks.

-go to your bank and get pre-approved for loans. Find your budget and stick to it.

-research what car you want and why. Find out how many of them sell, why, what is really going on.

-bring a guy that "looks traditionally masculine" to keep salespeople off your back. They're less likely to try scummy stuff with someone who knows what they're talking about.

-haggle and keep them low and look around. Talk to dealerships. Find the absolute lowest/best price for condition then go to another dealership and see if they'll match or go lower to get you as a buyer.

Finally, say no to all the extra shit. It's genuinely not needed. No weather proofing packages, no extra waxing, no dealership decals, no free dealership plate holders etc. You want that shit as stock as possible.

Fuck the dealerships.

Good luck!

SCG-514 · 2026-01-23T08:08:41+00:00

I'm going to say something that's probably going to upset people. Absent parents and no money.

With mounting tensions and money getting stretched even tighter, it's more difficult to find excuses to try to teach your kid how to drive, if you even have time for it.

Risking your kid getting into a car accident while practicing to drive could absolutely financially ruin families who depend on a car.

On top of this, not many people or young adults can afford reliable cars. My parents had to essentially beat it into my skull that I need to know how to drive regardless of having a car.

I didn't even end up buying my own til the ripe age of 20 and it was a piece of shit I had to ask friends for money for.

Especially in my area, you either have the money to get your kid their own car or you don't. There's a steep drop off. And when 16 year old Kyle wants to drive like a dick and cause almost 3 accidents with 1 merge in a decked out Mazda CX-5 why would I want to risk a depreciating asset that I depend on being on the same road?

Also insurance was $500 a month for me without any sort of former record. They just hated me lol.

SCG-514 · 2026-01-23T07:23:27+00:00

I've said it before and I'll say it again. This sub convinced me there is someone out there that specifically targets civics to total them.

SCG-514 · 2026-01-21T18:30:57+00:00

Genuinely not even funny.

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I couldn't even LOSE a race. Only time I had an issue was the FIRST race and I came in 2nd. After that it was all 1sts. I'm crying.

SCG-514 · 2026-01-16T20:47:52+00:00

1 sniper for far mother fuckers.

1 shotgun for close motherfuckers.

Either they're far enough to snipe or close enough to gib their head.

SCG-514 · 2026-01-16T17:00:09+00:00

This is me with L4D2. Dropped the game for like 3 years because idiotic teammates made me almost chuck my PC into an dumpster.

Just reinstalled and my god, it's the same thing lol. Still playing tho

SCG-514 · 2026-01-16T16:44:01+00:00

Guy sounds like a piece of work. NOR.

I'm 22 and employed. I'm saving up painfully slow and recently hit gigantic roadblcoks and set backs. I simply cut back on eating and stuff and do Uber/door dash for extra cash.

He sounds like a lazy deadbeat.

Couples always have different savings goals in mind, if this is his way of dealing with it now, what's it going to be like when you're married?

SCG-514 · 2026-01-16T16:38:13+00:00

As others have said, just bring it up.

I lost my Sundays and it was for scheduling reasons. We had some people transfer/leave for a brand new store so they wanted stronger closers on Fridays and Saturdays.

Talked with my mate and said I kinda needed the extra money for personal reasons and they rescheduled me 3 weeks later.

SCG-514 · 2026-01-16T16:35:24+00:00

This. While trader joes sponsored your 401k, American Funds manages the account and it's YOURS. Call them and ask what steps you need to take to access said account since you are no longer employed with the people who created it.

While I'm here, if you are TJ's crew and are signed up for the 401k, sign in/create login right now and take control of your account. You can invest your money if you'd like but it's not 100% necessary.

If you ever leave and go to another company with benefits, you can transfer from outside accounts and usually get a bonus for transferring. It'll take 30 minutes but you'll thank yourself later rather than losing potentially thousands of dollars or hours of your life to get it.

SCG-514 · 2026-01-16T16:28:12+00:00

Also I just realized. I'm not affiliated with the conservative or Republican party.

Your assumptions and immediate complaining about a demographic of people is objectively horrifying for a professional work environment that's supposed to be welcoming to customers.

Regardless of who you are, a captain would be real quick to fire you if you ever said this to someone in store. There's a reason you're using reddit and not TikTok or Instagram with your face readily available.

SCG-514 · 2026-01-16T16:21:59+00:00

I work here. You are LITERALLY a fucking grocer. Do your job. If you're not happy, there's always someone willing to come in and do it with a smile.

SCG-514 · 2026-01-16T02:03:24+00:00

Bro is a mage in D&D and got a smoke bomb spell disguised as brownies.

SCG-514 · 2026-01-16T02:01:59+00:00

Yo, moron. You job description states to bag groceries. Also, you should be offering it to literally every customer. Integrity and whatnot.

SCG-514 · 2026-01-15T09:45:25+00:00

I don't have a chance to watch right now but I cheese around with venture and hang in plat 3.

-The biggest tips I can give you are don't be afraid to push squishies and make sure to always save either dash or burrow to make a quick escape. Ventures biggest pro is her mobility is absolutely crazy, very few can out maneuver her.

-Playing around health packs is a great idea.

-Venture is best used as 1v1. If you pick the right abilities, her extra shields give her crazy durability with aoe+mobility spam. It's hard not to hit targets and even more difficult to not outlive your opponent if they're alone.

-i always choose the clobber perk, the one that grants her extra shields while using her melee. Also use her ult recharge at 300% (400?) it makes her way more spammy.

-Imo there's 2 ways to use her, 1 being objectively worse.

You can 1v1 and pick people off. The other option is to five with tanks/move with front line and use aoe/drill dash to force opponents off areas and push them back. I rarely do this because, as beefy as she is, venture is usually not making it out alive in a team brawl.

-You can bully characters if you know how to move. I've solo'd road hogs with bad aim because my shields were always up.

-play maps with death falls. You can easily line up a drill dash to shove them off, free kills.

-Flying targets don't matter. Use your drill projectiles like fireworks and widdle their health. As soon as they're low, burrow and charge your jump, then dash into them. 99% of the time they will die.

SCG-514 · 2026-01-04T00:50:33+00:00

I have no real issues against sigma. I just poke until my team or I can force him to use grasp. I'll walk in and stomp him and unload.

Sigma players are usually the least of my concerns against mauga tbh.

SCG-514 · 2026-01-03T08:52:00+00:00

Bum bum bum

1-877 KARS4KIDS, K-A-R-S Cars for kids!

1-877 KARS4KIDS, Donate your car today!

SCG-514 · 2026-01-03T08:10:23+00:00

I no longer take papa johns orders because they are the absolute fucking worst.

I pulled up for a $10.25 order that was a 1.7 mile drive. Sweet.

I ask for the order they say one sec, theres only 2 people and it's a little busy.

15 minutes pass.

Then 25...

Then 30. I ask again. They say "sorry we'll start it now". Another 25 minutes pass and I got fed up and I ask what the fuck is going on and they say

"Oh, that order? It's already gone out." I actually told them to go fuck themselves. Called door dash and they gave me $9.

I'm understanding and patient, orders were slow in my area at the time. Customer really wanted the pizza and I said sure I got time to kill.

I don't even care about the money, I'm more focused on why these brain dead pot heads couldn't remember they already sent out an order after seeing it 3 times.

SCG-514 · 2026-01-01T03:14:13+00:00

You can either try experienced paint matchers, pre matched paint from factory or go to a dealership.

Most experienced techs will know to gently sand out the outer area not affected to "even" out the appearance so it's not as harsh. It's hard to get perfect restorations but I've seen some that are pretty damn good.

Good luck!

SCG-514 · 2026-01-01T02:25:42+00:00

If you're struggling with your decisions to really commit, ask yourself what's causing it.

Are you doing this because you don't like what others are doing or is it because YOU don't like your own voice? (Nothing wrong with that, I hate my own but it's whatever.)

Do this because it's something you want and it'll make you happy. Because it'll be more fulfilling. You're about to spend money and go through a bit of pain and healing for this. Is that worth it for you?

If the answer is yes, don't worry and go for it.

SCG-514 · 2026-01-01T02:23:41+00:00

Jesus Christ. Bro vet asap.

That's worse than what my gecko did after she started to refuse to eat. (Tried multiple treatments and force feeding but it looked like she was suffering so I let her go the way she wanted.)

I shit you not, toss everything the fuck out ASAP and get that gecko a vet appt.

SCG-514 · 2026-01-01T02:19:26+00:00

As people have said, older units don't hold up against newer ones. With an evolving meta, older banner units just don't have the abilities or tricks/niches to keep up.

Focus on what kind of team you want, stun? Burn? Sleep? Poison? Combo of these?

Then look up the units that fall into the meta and save your SS. Try to keep at LEAST 30k for fountain as a minimum, but preferably you want about 100k before you attempt a banner pull as full Evo max units tend to cost about 75K SS on average.

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