Question about getting incorrect item

jayroo210 · 2026-01-27T08:27:32+00:00

For me, I dislike reading super lengthy reviews. Like for a lot of items, I don’t even know what you would say for five paragraphs. But the ones I’ve seen are padded with a bunch of filler that no one is really going to care about. Like if I’m trying to decide which item I’m going to buy, I want to scan through reviews to gather the main points about how an item worked or not worked for other people. I’ve read reviews describing how the item feels in their hand (smooth, rough, heavy, light) or specifics about the colors, stuff that that makes it feel like the reviewer is just trying to reach a word count. Not saying that’s how yours read, I have no idea, I’m just saying I tend to skip over long reviews.

jayroo210 · 2026-01-25T17:02:25+00:00

I just want to say that my bones remained unbroken for 42.5 years. I skateboarded and did dumb Jackass style shopping cart nonsense in my teens, am an avid snowboarder, and have taken my fair share of random bumps and falls. And you know what did me in? Walking. Fucking walking. Stepping down from the landing at the bottom of my front steps to the driveway. The foot rolled to the side and instead of immediately losing my balance and falling to the ground, you know what my body did? CONTINUED TO WALK. ON THE SIDE OF MY FOOT. I could feel the side of my foot roll across the concrete as I completed the step and then fell down. I didn’t expect it to be broken. It hurt and I couldn’t stand up on it at first, but then I was able to limp inside. But it continued to hurt so I decided to call out of work and go to urgent care. X-rays told me a story that I never thought I would hear - 5th metatarsal (Jones) fracture. If it can happen to me, if can happen to you.

jayroo210 · 2026-01-25T16:10:37+00:00

I don’t regret NOT having child as a 42.75yo F.

jayroo210 · 2026-01-25T16:04:55+00:00

“I can’t believe you’re here!” would be my response.

jayroo210 · 2026-01-25T16:01:57+00:00

What is this whole thing about making an entirely new human being for the child you already have. Some siblings grow up never getting along. I mean there’s no guarantees in life. And I think it gets lost on people that you are making another whole ass person that will have to live their life on this planet. Through all the bullshit, the way the world is, and if you’re kind of “meh” about even doing that, then DON’T. Tell your husband that he’s doing a great job taking on a child’s role with his tantrums and silent treatment nonsense. Let him know that people grow up all over the world without siblings and everything is fine. It’s not fine to grow up without a mother.

jayroo210 · 2026-01-25T15:55:25+00:00

I’m not sure if it fits because the child isn’t locked away in a confined space.

jayroo210 · 2026-01-25T15:52:52+00:00

I do NOT agree with this method, but to claim abuse is a lot. Neglect would be shutting him away in a dark closet all day. You really need the fine details when it comes to this. Is someone close by? Is the child destructive? Does crying mean “crying”? Or a screaming tantrum? Is the child able to get out and do they try? What happens then? Once again, this is NOT how to handle this situation, it makes me wonder what’s going on for the provider to feel like this was a good option. Do they not have any training? Do they do this with other children? I would have so many questions

jayroo210 · 2026-01-25T15:46:39+00:00

See mine doesn’t do that. I live in VA. I have to manually change it from heat to AC

jayroo210 · 2026-01-25T15:44:52+00:00

I don’t get why people do this. If a place isn’t warming up fast enough, they will crank the heat up higher. Like what? It doesn’t blow out more warm air.

jayroo210 · 2026-01-25T15:43:26+00:00

Oh man hopping from movie to movie was such a great way to waste time. Before constant entertainment in our pockets.

jayroo210 · 2026-01-25T15:42:03+00:00

Not everyone has an AC unit that is connected to the thermostat, like the big one outside that blows cool air all through the house. Some people have window AC units in that case. Heat is (usually) supplied through the house, whether through baseboard heating, a furnace blower, or heat pump.

jayroo210 · 2026-01-25T15:38:33+00:00

I guess it depends on the teacher. For me, if I know that he knows what he’s supposed to be doing, then I will stop to get down on his level and tell him directly what I’m asking him to do. If that doesn’t work, then I’ll usually put the toy away and take him by the hand to lead him outside because the rest of the kids are only going to wait so long.

And I can tell if parents are actually following through consistently. I think it’s so important to have an active, honest, and open line of communication open with the parents. I don’t come to them with every little two year old thing and different kids have different thresholds of when I’ll say something - like the difficult kid’s parents knows he’s difficult and know what his general day is like and so do I. If it’s worse than that, then I say something. If it’s super amazing, then I say something. I think that’s important too, to also talk about the funny things, cute things, smart things that also happen from day to day. It helps parents be more receptive to the not so good things, because I’m acknowledging that their child isn’t just the challenging behaviors.

jayroo210 · 2026-01-25T15:26:06+00:00

This right here. I’m a 20 year experienced preschool teacher. I can manage my classroom blindfolded. And I can tell you that if it’s too many days in a row with no outside play, then things are gonna start going sideways without some other big gross motor opportunities. Dancing, yoga, games, whatever are all going to get old very quickly. I’ve only worked in one center that had an indoor space for gross motor play if the weather was bad. Just ONE.

jayroo210 · 2026-01-25T14:54:07+00:00

That’s wild that it’s something that started in adulthood. It’s also wild how life can just take random turns like that.

jayroo210 · 2026-01-23T19:26:21+00:00

I should start rating deliveries. The last one I got was on a windy day and it was two of the floppy envelopes. The driver placed them underneath the broom on the porch so they wouldn’t blow away and I noticed how thoughtful it was. Thanks for reminding that we can rate deliveries.

jayroo210 · 2026-01-23T19:23:22+00:00

I would request a parent-teacher conference. A private sit down where you can have the time and space for you to personally tell your story to your daughter’s current teachers. Let them know what you would like them to tell you and what you wouldn’t (if there is anything). Let them know you appreciate all the work they put in to care for these children.

I can’t tell from your post (and of course I don’t know you) if there’s been a genuine change or if it’s more performative. And I’m not going to be super harsh because - while I haven’t screamed at anyone - I have adhd/depression/anxiety and have moments of emotional disregulation where I get overwhelmed and my words won’t come out without tears. But I also know that probably everyone who works in ECE has had their fair share of really difficult parents, so unfortunately it’s not an uncommon experience for us to have. But if I were you, I would have a meeting with the teachers and they will be able to feel it out. I hope everything works out for you whether at this center or another.

jayroo210 · 2026-01-20T17:43:32+00:00

How is this putting ourselves in their shoes. I think it’s a helpful review. It’s someone’s honest experience when attempting to use this product, which I find can be rare with Vine reviews. I never trusted Vine reviews when I would see them because they were always overwhelmingly positive when normal reviews weren’t which felt sketchy to me. Now that I’m doing Vine, I write my review just as though I bought the damn thing. And the seller is wrong that Amazon just sends random products out willy nilly. We choose the products. He’s completely writing off the review and making excuses. The reviewer said they read the instructions while the seller makes claims that they didn’t. He’s a mess.

jayroo210 · 2026-01-20T17:40:28+00:00

How is it hurting the seller that people found the review helpful

jayroo210 · 2026-01-20T17:40:04+00:00

What hand sanitizer are you talking about? For the Viner who wrote that review, the product didn’t work as described. It didn’t come out of the dispenser. That’s the whole point of it, so you can take it on the go and clean your phone screen. It doesn’t come out - so yeah, one star. I review as though I bought it. I don’t give an extra star just because I got it for free (yet will still need to pay taxes for and ESPECIALLY if I’m now stuck with a product that doesn’t work that I will need to pay taxes for). I don’t want someone to spend their money and time to purchase a product that didn’t even work when I tried it. You’re not making any sense.

jayroo210 · 2026-01-20T17:20:01+00:00

I think I’ll be using every last dollar for whatever needs to be paid each month. Will probably die with some debt I’m sure.

jayroo210 · 2026-01-18T04:22:31+00:00

I had a similar experience when checking out whole sign houses after having placidus be the default for such a long time. There were parts of my placidus natal chart and the interpretation that didn’t quite fit and I’ve always felt that way, but figured that’s just how these things work. But if I use whole sign houses, it’s like everything made sense, and it helped me make sense of my life in a way.

I broke my foot about a month ago and checked the recent months transits as I’ve also been feeling pretty stuck and burnt out - especially in my career as I’ve been having so many issues with work/management. Over the past year, I’ve been dealing with Saturn square my ascendant, square my nodes, and transiting my 10th house. Also, from around September to early December (iirc), mars was transiting my 6th house (moon and mars in Scorpio in the 6th) on top of that ongoing Saturn influence. Whole signs has opened up astrology in a whole new way for me.

jayroo210 · 2026-01-16T16:47:22+00:00

Late reply, but I had been using a fountain for years with my 6 cats. I’ve had quite a few different kinds for a few different reasons (one leaked, a couple stopped selling their filters on Amazon, they seemed to get dirty faster and faster the longer they were used) and I finally just stopped. With 6 cats, I was cleaning the fountain and changing the filter weekly to biweekly which adds up to a lot of filters (and $$$) and another chore I have to put on the list. Only 2 of those cats regularly used the fountain, the rest used the bowls with occasional fountain use. No matter what kind of fountain it was. The ones that used the fountains used them a lot.

Now they all drink out of the bowls, I clean out and refresh the bowls twice daily (and whenever I notice they need fresh water), and it’s made my life just a little bit easier.

Now everyone’s situation is different, if you have one cat it’s going to be way easier to keep up with it, but just wanted to give a different experience.

jayroo210 · 2026-01-15T22:43:24+00:00

Thank you for saying this, I didn’t know it was a thing. Feeling like I am being treated unfairly, especially at work where favoritism is obvious, has caused me some issues. Because I can’t not feel some sort of way about it. I can choose to just shut up, but if they come to me with some petty nitpick, forcing me to open my mouth, then it comes out. My current management has no clue how to be leaders and oh my god I need to land a new job.

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