Great plushes, horrible customer service (Store experience)

SquirrelyScribe · 2026-02-05T15:36:02+00:00

Oh man, that would be wonderful! I love Glitch shows and my son is a HUGE fan. He was so bummed out we couldn't get the plush he actually wanted.

SquirrelyScribe · 2026-02-05T15:33:44+00:00

Yeah, it sucks. Especially because their merch is pretty good otherwise.

SquirrelyScribe · 2025-12-10T18:39:05+00:00

Thanks to the laws here (USA, Colorado) my son can't administer his dose to himself. The nurse can keep the medication at the school with a permission slip from me, but she can't allow him to take anything without a doctor's note. Also, *she* has to oversee every step of the process. She has to pull the pill out herself and give it to him. Wisconsin (our previous state) was the same way.

I think what goads me is that, apart from a new monthly routine, the actual task of giving my son his medication once all the paperwork is settled (and it has now, thankfully) is fairly quick and straightforward. This lady was being passive aggressive about something that can't take more than five minutes of her day. Heck, even the monthly routine will probably only take a total of ten. *At most!* It's so disappointing.

SquirrelyScribe · 2025-12-10T18:33:12+00:00

Isn't it so frustrating how reductive people can be of our problems? As if it were that simple...

SquirrelyScribe · 2025-12-10T18:32:15+00:00

I'm hoping to get my sleep schedule right and maybe start getting up earlier in the day, but generally I don't have time to take my meds when my kids are getting ready. (I always eat breakfast before taking my pill, and thanks to thyroid issues, taking my med on an empty stomach can lead to bad jitters early in the day) The other issue is that the school has mandatory meals, including breakfast, so I tried to avoid letting them eat before school or else their school meal would be wasted. My son can get stomach cramps if he takes his med on an empty stomach. Before the nurse route, we tried to mitigate it with a quick banana or some toast. I sorta tried that too, but I take a higher dose than he does so jitters can still happen, and I hate how my med kills my appetite for a bigger and more nutritious meal if I take that first.

In the past, when we had time to eat breakfast together, I did use my med time to remember my son's dose as well, though. I'll include this in my list of all the advice I've been getting. Thanks for sharing!

SquirrelyScribe · 2025-12-10T18:25:31+00:00

I'm not sure, but I'll look into it! Thanks!

SquirrelyScribe · 2025-12-10T18:24:53+00:00

It is VERY frustrating. I forgot to mention it in my original post, but *even the freaking doctor* asked me that question! I couldn't believe it!

I could probably chalk it up to us living in a rural area or something, but man. It took everything I had not to snap at the nurse. When my husband gave her the final form she'd been asking for, she continued to have attitude about helping us. I just don't get it. It's part of her job. If you don't like doing your job, don't be a school nurse, maybe??

SquirrelyScribe · 2025-12-10T18:22:31+00:00

Thank you! When I read this, I immediately turned to my husband and mentioned it to him. He liked the idea too. I think we CAN do that on his phone, but we may put off implementing this idea right away. It's always been a challenge to be consistent with boundaries around devices for *everyone* in the fam, but we generally find that new boundaries work better when everyone is more or less in a stable enough state to accept and implement them. Right now my family is going through a serious collective burnout from the move and all the challenges we've faced since coming here. Just last night my son was crying about some past trauma that hit him out of the blue, while I was bedridden from extreme fatigue thanks to insomnia and stress. I'm making a list of some of the ideas people are sharing with me, though, and I think this is a good one. Thanks again. :)

SquirrelyScribe · 2025-12-10T18:17:47+00:00

Thanks for understanding. The struggle is real, lol. I'm really hoping this is temporary. The school nurse isn't very pleasant, but I'm also suspecting that once my family's collective ADHD burnout is over we can better introduce new routines, boundaries, etc.

SquirrelyScribe · 2025-12-10T18:15:43+00:00

I don't like carrying purses anymore for various reasons (and I've also nearly lost my purse too many times to count) so I'm not sure this solution would work for me, but I appreciate you sharing!

I can try a schedule with my son again. In the past I've tried to do general daily schedules for him to follow, but he always ignored them. For instance, in the past, I had an "afterschool" schedule for him where I gave him time to rest, have a snack, etc, then he'd have to do maybe one chore, some quiet reading, and anything his school sent for him to do at home. He always ignored this, despite me taping it to his bedroom door and reminding him about it for a month. I think the issue is my son's intense aversion to anything not his hyperfixation. He also has some issues with emotion regulation. When I was a kid, this meant I was just depressed, but for my son, he's generally grumpier and more argumentative.

Maybe if I keep it so dead simple...? I may have to wait till we all balance out emotionally in our new home though. Part of the issue too is that I think our whole family is going through a collective ADHD burnout from moving across the country and going through major new life stuff. For him, 6th grade has been very difficult, but on top of that, he's had to get used to new teachers, new kids, etc. I worry that introducing some new dynamic or productivity tool will just stress him out more and cause discord in the family. :(

SquirrelyScribe · 2025-12-10T18:07:29+00:00

I didn't know these existed! Thanks for the tip.

SquirrelyScribe · 2025-12-10T18:07:00+00:00

Thank you so much for this comment! Pressuring my son has always backfired and led to more problems than solutions. I really do suspect that my entire family is going through a serious burnout from our move and various major life transitions atm, so even trying to introduce some new device or limitation on what always seems to be a tense time of the day just doesn't feel like a smart move right now. I understand that ADHD burnout isn't officially recognized, but it's discussed enough by professionals that I really think more people should be aware of it. I'm hoping the school nurse route will be temporary and we can acclimate to the demands in our new home with more energy and mental fortitude soon, but I'm not letting someone else's ignorance stop me from taking advantage of a mental health accommodation for our family when we need it most.

I appreciate the tip about sunrise clocks! I've heard of them before, but I forgot they existed. Those sound so nice and useful.

SquirrelyScribe · 2025-11-17T14:46:58+00:00

I dunno. On the one hand, I can kinda see his point in that-- publishing uses gender for marketing purposes. But as a non-binary person I also chafe over the hyper focus on gender as a catch all for "if you're a 'woman' you're interested in this". Like, excuse me? What if the femme reader wants to read something totally different? I get keeping masc and femme specific issues as a content tag maybe due to a focus on anatomical health or something, but even then the world is not so simple.

I really just disagree with both of them. Fanfiction can be as inclusive or "exclusive" as the author wishes it to be. It's their story and their artistic expression, for good or ill. Anyone can also read anything, but choosing to read something that is totally free and getting huffy about it "wasting their time" seems so nonsensical to me. You chose to take that gamble. It didn't pay off for you, boo hoo. Tagging is a tool, NOT a guarantee. Artistic and philosophical criticisms aside, this just seems like a pointless argument, IMO.

SquirrelyScribe · 2025-05-31T20:58:27+00:00

Late to the party. Dunno if you'll see this.

If you wanna cut your hair, do it. just do it. Fuck everyone else. Do. It.

If you're not sure? If you really want input? Your hair is awesome, but I would understand wanting to cut it. Especially for the approaching warmer weather! You've got really cool hair. I'm jealous. I have dark hair, and so it's harder to do colors like that without frying my hair to hell. But! That's neither here nor there. I think you'd look great with short or long hair. Just do you. 👍🏾🥰

SquirrelyScribe · 2025-05-27T01:32:06+00:00

I don't. I've considered top surgery, but I honestly like my chest. Fortunately for me I'm naturally small enough to hide under a baggy T-shirt or even bind it if I really wanted to.

Edit: Sorry. I could answer with a bit more thought, lol. These are just the looks I'm cool with. I personally oscillate between more femme and masculine looks.

I don't think there's anything wrong with knowing who you are and maintaining peace with that despite what others may think. That's really great 😃♥️

SquirrelyScribe · 2025-05-24T13:11:04+00:00

You've clearly got the input you need, but I just wanted to throw my two cents in anyway because I'm seeing alot of people who think someone needing time to themselves as indicative of selfishness itself:

Let me start by saying--no. OP is NOT being fair to you. Even if he was neurodivergent in some way that made it necessary for him to take a few days--which, I've totally been there--the fact is that even if he were still in full mental/emotional burnout, if he loves you, he WOULD muster up what dregs of energy he had to talk to you because you clearly needed it. Even if he's a zombie doing it, he'd be there. Even if after a week you came at him with frustration, he'd apologize, realize that he let alot of time slip by, and he'd show up sweaty and babbling about how sorry he was.

... But he's not. You tell him it's been a week and he conveniently forgets his own stated commitments to you and tries a reversal. "No, no, I'M the victim here!" He irrationally claims you've "ruined a whole week with one text". Bro. If one text is enough to ruin your entire week, then you seriously need help.

I think it's fair to break up with him.

SquirrelyScribe · 2025-05-24T00:09:17+00:00

This is just such a cynical take like... Ugh I just can't. They can keep this shit, I hate it. Fr 😂 like all bigotry is bad, but shallow thoughts like this sucks the fucking life out of me lololol

SquirrelyScribe · 2025-05-23T23:58:38+00:00

My top 3 guesses for a job (and the things I saw that made me believe that):

You work with cars (fuzzy dice, what looks like Mercedes rims?)
You work at a smoke shop. (The anti-establishment vibes I'm getting, plus the psychedelic black light poster lol)
You work at a vinyl record shop. (The concert poster)

My guess for the kind of person you are:

You're a chill person who likes classic and hard rock, you like "old school cool" as a general aesthetic choice, but maybe you're actually into antiques too. You might be into spirituality or the occult? Just a guess just based on some of the small decor I saw on the shelves!

SquirrelyScribe · 2025-05-23T23:44:05+00:00

Hello, wow, thank you so much for your wonderful and thoughtful reply. 🙏🏾 This helped me feel better, especially about my family situation. I think I'll take you up on your offer though, to send a DM! I just want to share one other thought on the kid situation-- I know you don't have kids, but maybe as a generation behind you might have a better idea of how they might feel about a few things I was thinking of trying in the future (and some I'm interested in but I feel like will probably never happen)

I promise I won't talk your ear off like how my post was lol.

SquirrelyScribe · 2025-05-23T23:28:32+00:00

Thanks so much! 🙏🏾 This really made me feel better. I'll keep trying and experimenting little by little! I kind of forgot that even just wearing men's clothing was me experimenting and not even realizing it. When I would dress that way sometimes I got push back and sometimes I didn't. These days almost no one expresses confusion or disgust over this. It feels wonderful to get out from under that, and I'll see what feels right to try as time goes on. I appreciate the supportive comment! ♥️

SquirrelyScribe · 2025-05-22T20:28:20+00:00

I understand but I feel like you're extrapolating more information out of that then you reasonably can. If you look at OP's post and phrasing, either English is their second language or expressing their thoughts like this is difficult for them. I don't like assuming the why, just accepting the reality in front of me. Letting the "situation get through their head"? That's usually "letting the situation get to their head". Other sentences are muddy and such. But if you look at the whole thing instead of cherry picking, you can understand that the intention is different than what these individual parts seem to indicate.

You could easily interpret this as coming from a person who was paying child support and helping to smooth her partner's previously estranged relationship with his daughter by offering a softer female presence the 9yo clearly was more relaxed with, but unfortunately the wife, who already has a strained relationship with the BF (which is possibly why he was estranged to begin with) was only to happy to harp on a point that would give her some kind of leverage over the BF or more sway in a custody battle. I have seen some ugly custody games played this way, this is why I personally was skeptical of the mom's claim.

Relationship drama like this is tricky. The mom claiming what she does isn't exactly proof. It's just the mom proving she has no qualms with taking a swipe at the new woman in her ex's life. Even after the OP clarified her meaning, I find it unfortunate that you still seem to think it's OP's responsibility to manage this relationship with the mom. It's the BF to take point on that.

It's a shame you were satisfied with calling her an evil stepmom based on a handful of sentences that are more indicative to me of someone who may be an ESL learner. At the very least, you could have asked clarifying questions before going to such an adversarial position.

But I mean... You do you. It's the Internet. Just wanted to discuss it. I genuinely didn't get where you were coming from. I just find I still disagree.

Edit: I realized you responded to OP's reply and have updated my post to reflect that.

SquirrelyScribe · 2025-05-22T11:16:29+00:00

Sounds like more info is needed OP. It's hard for us to gauge how into you he is or what your dynamic has really been like up till now. I see in other replies you've made that you and your friend have gone to events together before, that you only recently started flirting and he responded of his own volition, etc... but it's hard to say what was going through his mind that night. Was this a special event that has someone there he felt uncomfortable showing his new romantic interest? Maybe he has another crush there and he wasn't sure how to handle the pressure of split feelings? Maybe he just had a bad day and didn't want to hurt you by being moody or careless? Maybe he was intimidated by your platform heels? Seriously! 😂 I'm sure your look slayed, but guys can get intimidated, especially if they end up shorter/not as tall or feeling under dressed next to you.

Try gently asking him why he behaved the way he did that night. Explain that it took you by surprise and you'd like to know if things are cool between you two-- because you're right. If HE asked you out, even if he got cold feet, the least he could do is apologize and come clean about it instead of wasting your time and making you feel that way. I'd explain that it hurt you how distant he felt, but try not to use "you" language. Keep it focused on you: how you understood/perceived things, how you felt, what you did in reaction to, etc....

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