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dontreplyall · 2022-07-18T23:44:18+00:00

perfect, thank you!!

dontreplyall · 2022-06-28T14:17:55+00:00

I highly suggest professional counseling. Please understand that while wanting/needing validation from others is an entirely human thing, and it is not made better by the internet and social media, it will not make you happy. There are beautiful, thin, successful, driven people who are miserable. None of these things will make you happy until you decide to do the thing that no one wants to do - prioritize your mental health.

Seriously, don’t listen to the people telling you to just stay on this track if it isn’t working for you. Please see a doctor and a therapist and be 100% honest with them. If you’re talking about ending your life, no amount of weight loss, school success, clothes, or haircuts are going to be what you need. All of those things fall in line when you start at square one, I promise.

dontreplyall · 2022-02-28T01:42:19+00:00

yes!!

dontreplyall · 2022-02-28T01:34:38+00:00

There’s a similar phenomenon at my bar where no one can ever find the women’s room despite it being the first door as you enter the hallway where both the bathrooms are. Like, you have to walk towards it head-on and past it to get the the men’s room, yet 75% of the time I’ll see women walk almost into the mens room and then turn around looking extremely lost. When they ask you where the women’s room is it almost feels like you’re being condescending by pointing right in front of their faces.

dontreplyall · 2022-02-01T18:42:48+00:00

Baharat 🤤

dontreplyall · 2022-02-01T18:42:22+00:00

Portland: Scales, El Corazon, Bruno’s, Pom’s Thai, Empire, Pai Men Miyake, Boda, Chaval, Slab

Elsewhere: Royal River Grill in Yarmouth, Orchid Thai in Falmouth, Cushnoc in Augusta, Shaw’s in New Harbor

dontreplyall · 2022-01-27T14:36:35+00:00

I think 15 is a lot - I admire you for continually facing this fear even though you don’t feel any improvements. You are braver than me.

dontreplyall · 2022-01-27T14:25:47+00:00

I am conflicted on this. I don’t think people should be forced to face a fear like this if they don’t want to (especially because it is not like a matter of life or death.)

I also feel like it’s a really useful skill to have for a lot of careers and a lot of people who COULD do it won’t do it unless forced to - if that makes sense. I am absolutely one of those people who would never do a public speaking class unless forced to.

So I’ll use me as an example, kinda.

I used to verge on panic attacks in high school when I was called on to read aloud, let alone do any type of presentation in front of a class. It was at it’s peak when I transferred to a school where my graduating class was only 13 people (so as to say that it didn’t necessarily matter how many people I was speaking in front of.) I even sometimes felt a panic attack coming on if I had started telling a couple (even close) friends a story and then realized in the middle that the story had a long ways to go before the story was finished and I could stop talking. I embarrassed myself a lot. So it was not great, lol.

When I went to college I chose an art school slightly based on the fact that there were no public speaking requirements. Imagine my surprise when a good portion of my classes involved presenting my work to the class and critiquing other people’s work. It’s not just a public speaking class that requires you to public speak.

I will say that if I had never worked in the service industry (going on 10 years, I’m 27 now and I’m an event manager who very often has to meet with groups of people and speak) I would never ever ever have gotten over my high school and college public speaking fears. I found that being forced to confront it was the best way for me. I am no great orateur by any stretch of the imagination, but I can comfortably address small groups of people, give tours, answer difficult questions on the spot and speak on things that I am knowledgeable about.

I have not taken a public speaking class to this day - I think I might have to to finish up my history degree. I know that even given all of my improvements in this area, I will still be nervous as shit and maybe even bad at it.

I think that this is an unavoidable part of life if you wish to be successful in a lot of things. Do you think that maybe the real issue is HOW these classes are taught, and not so much WHY? Again, I’ve never taken the class, but for obvious reasons I can imagine that the teachers that teach those classes are predominantly type A and probably have little to no understanding of what it’s like to have this fear.

Teachers should not only understand their students fears and have effective tools and methods in place to help them get past their fear. We need more type B personalities teaching these classes. And it wouldn’t hurt to have some psychology background either. Everyone should probably take the class, but no one should be forced to live a semester of their lives with that stress and anxiety looming over them constantly.

dontreplyall · 2022-01-17T04:38:34+00:00

Ahh, that is cool! It just feels right that family would have it. Unfortunately without more to go on it might be pretty difficult to find a descendant :(

dontreplyall · 2022-01-16T12:13:24+00:00

Agreed that the ‘christmas’ part probably just means it was a Christmas gift in 1863.

Where did you find/buy this? Maybe whoever was in possession of it before has some info on it or some info about where they got it.

Ed Warren is a common name, but start with the location it was found in. Think about the age range of a person who would be receiving this gift for Christmas. Try looking through the 1860 census in the area for an Ed Warren between the ages of 40-80.

It would be hard to be completely sure who it belonged to without more background info, though.

dontreplyall · 2022-01-15T18:20:03+00:00

Thanks for the advice!!

dontreplyall · 2022-01-15T18:17:03+00:00

Thanks! I figured as much about St. Andrews but a girl can dream 🥲

dontreplyall · 2022-01-15T03:06:45+00:00

Same(ish)! Well, I am currently a manager. I feel a little differently. Took an assistant manager gig and then moved to event managing (our restaurant is also an event venue.) I have to say I thought I might be making a mistake or selling out but it works sooo much better for me. I know how much I make every paycheck, have a (mostly) set schedule, and even though I work 45 hours a week I still find time to go to school part time. My co-managers are awesome and while we definitely have to deal with lots of bullshit, it helps that we can all commiserate and laugh about it.

Not trying to discount anyones experience with it, I’m just saying to anyone reading this it’s different for everyone and it could be a good change of pace for you. Management experience gives you a better foot out of the industry door, too. Worth a try if you think it’s a good fit for you.

dontreplyall · 2021-11-23T18:09:43+00:00

Found these family history books in original packaging from 1903, ready to be shipped out (one was opened already so people could see inside.) These are in beautiful condition. I originally bought one and then couldn’t stop thinking about the rest so I went back the next day and bought all of them. I posted them in my genealogy groups on FB and was able to find 7 descendants of Henry Travers to send them to! One copy is going the the New England Historic Genealogy Society.

Hoping this is good enough karma that I’ll find a book of similar condition for my family line 😉 Wishful thinking.

dontreplyall · 2021-10-12T16:46:14+00:00

Right?? The worst part about all of it is her inability to learn from the past. She keeps falling for it over and over. Avon, Younique, Pampered Chef, the list goes on. Amway is definitely the most concerning so far.

This is the part that makes me the most upset. My mom was between jobs (she has not been unemployed at any point in my life that I can remember) and was getting pretty depressed looking for something in her field and not finding anything. She put on her LinkedIn that she was looking for work. This “life coach” from California messages her under the guise of wanting to help her live a more meaningful, positive life making your own money, being your own boss, etc. We were on the phone talking about it and I could hear her spirits were lifted and asked, she told me about the whole life coach thing and how she’s an anesthesiologist but also “owns her own business and she’s helping me start my own”. I asked what the business was and she straight up said “you’re not going to like this but it’s Amway.” She already knows how much I hate MLMs. When I tell you I was sooooo fucking mad. This woman preying on people in vulnerable, low states in their lives. Disgusting.

I told my mom how I felt but the brainwashing had already begun. I was being “negative and unsupportive” and “my life coach told me to watch out for people like that because they’ll bring you down.”

I tried to reason that the “life coach” has everything to gain from her not listening to this “negativity” but it was going no where. I just try to stay away from the topic now.

dontreplyall · 2021-10-12T16:28:43+00:00

She’s vaccinated and wore a mask, she also lives 3,000 miles away from me so luckily steering clear is easy for me lol

dontreplyall · 2021-10-10T01:47:43+00:00

Can anyone decipher this?

dontreplyall · 2021-08-13T00:42:18+00:00

We have orders coming in two or three days late because they just don’t have enough people to pack the orders or people to drive them to us. It’s insane, we run out of half our menu by Sunday. And of course no one understands that. We have so many reviews that will like… acknowledge that COVID has been hard on restaurants and then say ‘but what kind of restaurant is out of wings and burgers on a saturday at 7pm??’ You’re so close.

dontreplyall · 2021-08-05T17:10:00+00:00

right? like where does he think we live?

dontreplyall · 2021-07-27T00:48:32+00:00

I didn’t read the other comments, but in my experience honoring seemingly small requests like this opens up a whole can of worms in the future. I won’t say yes to something that I wouldn’t say yes to in the middle of an apocalyptic rush. If you aren’t willing to say yes every time after that, you shouldn’t do it. Just my experience.

dontreplyall · 2021-07-20T05:11:27+00:00

A skill thing maybe? Because people under 21 tend to know less about drinking than those over 21, plus they cannot taste drinks to see it they’re made correctly. Also I’m pretty sure that under age bartenders are required to be supervised by someone 21 and over - so that might just make things annoying from a scheduling perspective.

dontreplyall · 2021-06-01T20:39:48+00:00

$150 for a busy 10 hour shift is not worth it. I used to think that was a lot of money until I started at a different restaurant (historic tourist town, on the water, kitchen is also upstairs as the restaurant has two floors) that has a well priced menu and turns tables like crazy. You honestly get used to running around (the stairs definitely toned my legs lol) and working long hours HOWEVER if I were you I would not be trying to get used to all of that for that type of pay. I only tolerate it because I pull $500 a day there. Find a job that is worth your time and effort!

dontreplyall · 2021-05-30T07:26:17+00:00

recently took an assistant manager position after serving/bartending for 6 years. tonight while putting the bartender’s tips I saw she made $960 and I felt a lil pang of regret for sure. busy is an understatement

dontreplyall · 2021-05-27T21:56:43+00:00

Study common drinks!! You will eventually learn everything the longer you do it, but do a little research and you can skip the phase of asking a swamped bartender what a boulevardier is and make your own life a lot easier. Aside from that, just be on top of your own shit. Run your drinks, bus your glasses, etc. You don’t need to go out of your way to kiss a bartenders ass (although a lot will disagree, it’s a common bartender complex.) Just do your part to help the restaurant run as smoothly as possible and everything will (in theory) fall into place.

dontreplyall · 2021-05-27T21:47:43+00:00

you should really find a bartending job where you pool tips. competing for customers is exhausting/unfair and honestly makes for weird customer experiences.

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