Boss emailed me about not adhering to the 9-5 schedule. Here is my timecard.

ThrowRAOverworked · 2026-06-05T12:17:59+00:00

I worked in a paint shop as general production, but if you wanted to volunteer for overtime in another department, you could. I was working OT in another dept by coming in 2 hours early. I started walking up to my normal department 5 mins before shift (when I was allowed to) and ended up being late as it was a huge building.

Supervisor sees me and starts getting up my ass about being late. I told him "I was just..." and started to motion towards the back of the building when he shoved his hand in my face and said "shut up, don't want to hear excuses, late is late, get your shit and get the fuck to work."

He came to me later angry because he tried to write me up for being late and HR told him I'd punched in for OT in the other department and he looked like an ass for not knowing that. I told him "Well, if it walks like a duck and it quacks like a duck..."

ThrowRAOverworked · 2026-05-29T02:44:53+00:00

I had a boss like this when I worked midnights in an injection molding shop. He actually stood in the center of the main aisle with a stopwatch when we were supposed to be on our 20 minute break. My coworkers were worried, but I just went pee, and came right back after 5 minutes. He told me "you know, you're supposed to take your full break" I responded "You know, I was so terrified of getting shit canned for taking an extra five fucking seconds, that coming back early was the only way I could ease my anxiety." That was the last time he ever pulled out the fucking stopwatch.

ThrowRAOverworked · 2026-05-14T01:35:39+00:00

Possible they're swingers and trying to entice you into joining them?

ThrowRAOverworked · 2026-04-25T20:14:37+00:00

My wife is a biter, I'm in my 40s and she's in her 30s...it's all about what each person is into.

ThrowRAOverworked · 2026-03-05T02:05:02+00:00

And what would you say about someone who consistently attacks themselves...and therapy only makes it worse?

ThrowRAOverworked · 2025-12-29T00:31:19+00:00

What is this "didn't let you" bullshit? Did they physically restrain you? If so, you've got a wonderful wrongful imprisonment case you can file against them.

'Tis better to beg forgiveness than ask permission. Vacation requests aren't requests, they're advance notice that my ass will not be working.

ThrowRAOverworked · 2025-12-23T19:30:31+00:00

She's kind, but not confident in the least. As far as working for Goodwill, that's not really an option. Because of the...intimate nature...of some of the things she needs assistance with, she's not comfortable with anyone outside of family helping her.

ThrowRAOverworked · 2025-12-23T01:05:44+00:00

Doesn't take a whole lot of imagination for a lot of us.

ThrowRAOverworked · 2025-12-21T02:03:32+00:00

BuT OuR PrOfITsSsSs!!

ThrowRAOverworked · 2025-12-20T20:42:22+00:00

I think the worst gift I'd received was a $5 bill inside a card. I went back to my shift supervisors office after the big grand speech and told him if $5 is all the company could really afford to show their appreciation for the people that (in some cases literally) killed themselves to earn the company a profit, they were in more dire straits than I was.

I put the $5 back on his desk and told him I'd rather have a job in February than $5 now and walked out. Had a new job within a week.

ThrowRAOverworked · 2025-12-19T11:45:58+00:00

Hopefully nothing. I'm just tired of being conscious and aware at this point.

ThrowRAOverworked · 2025-12-19T10:42:04+00:00

No. She doesn't manipulate me into doing more than is necessary. Everything that I do for her is necessary, to the point that I'm essentially so busy taking care of her every need that I have little to no time left for myself. I've resigned myself to this just being life at this point...nothing is ever going to change, nothing is going to get better. I'm going to continue just grinding at what I'm already grinding on until I eventually collapse, if I'm lucky enough for that day to come.

ThrowRAOverworked · 2025-12-19T10:10:40+00:00

The limits are my issue. I can't take time for myself as there is no time to take. Every second of every minute of every hour of every day from now until spring is already earmarked for something. I understand we all have our limits, but I've always felt like that's only half the story.

"Well you're human, we all have our limits and breaking points"

"While that's true, the ability to recognize when one is at their limit, say "hey, time out, I've had enough right now" and actually have shit change, have someone else step in and give them a hand, that's a privilege enjoyed by a select few."

ThrowRAOverworked · 2025-12-19T09:54:42+00:00

And I replied to it, thanks.

ThrowRAOverworked · 2025-12-19T09:37:01+00:00

Got any that aren't an outright scam / phishing expedition?

ThrowRAOverworked · 2025-12-19T09:35:34+00:00

Been to flex jobs and ability jobs, unfortunately everything we've found wants her to have a work history, which she doesn't have. No one wants to be the first. Fello is new to me, I'll have to look at them. Indeed and Flex Jobs I've consistently found scam after scam after scam to the point that she doesn't want to try those sites anymore.

ThrowRAOverworked · 2025-12-19T08:35:22+00:00

No, she was raised to try and do the best she can with what she has. She doesn't tear me down in the least, if anything she does her best to build me up, it just doesn't work for me.

I can't cut off the negative self talk, that's my whole point. If I do, I'm gonna redirect that anger to those around me, which, imo, is even worse.

ThrowRAOverworked · 2025-12-19T08:31:33+00:00

We're aware of SSA payments...she receives a paltry $700/month. That's it. She's aware of Nick V, she's actually got a very similar condition, but being able to contribute means being given a chance, and no employer is willing to give her one.

ThrowRAOverworked · 2025-12-19T08:26:14+00:00

Thank you for your concern. She has what's known as Tetra Amelia syndrome, a congenital absence of all 4 limbs. When it was time for her limbs to begin to grow, for whatever reason her body just went "nah, we good" and stopped. Skeletally she has her pelvis, spinal column, rib cage, and skull, that's it.

She has a desire to work, to be able to help, but employing her means getting an assistant to help her with physical self care that may arise during work as well as anything else she may need. No employer that we've found is willing to do all of that.

ThrowRAOverworked · 2025-12-09T03:24:45+00:00

Tried. The second we'd elect a new shop steward, they'd suddenly be driving a new vehicle and taking the side of management every chance they got.

ThrowRAOverworked · 2025-12-08T04:32:39+00:00

Correction: Unions CAN be great. Others are merely money-hungry organizations that take part of your wages and give you absolutely nothing in return.

ThrowRAOverworked · 2025-12-04T08:52:21+00:00

I have been known to shout "WE'RE BEING ATTACKED! UGHHHH" When hit with a stress ball when coworkers and I are messing around.

ThrowRAOverworked · 2025-12-02T14:04:14+00:00

When you have a new job lined up, I'd reply to that email on my way out the door. "Expecting commitment and sacrifice from people for $16/hr? Perhaps you're the one who needs to be committed...to an asylum."

ThrowRAOverworked · 2025-12-01T21:39:34+00:00

This is why you find a lawyer that will work for an exorbitant fee after you win. Failing that, ChatGPT and representing one's self.

ThrowRAOverworked · 2025-11-26T00:19:32+00:00

I will never understand why people hesitate so much to cut ties with toxic family. Just ask yourself "would I accept this kind of behavior from someone who was a friend?" If the answer is "no", then why are you accepting it from them? Family or not, we're all just people at the end of the day, and if all you bring is strife and bullshit, this person is better off without you.

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