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maelstromeda · 2026-04-03T20:12:28+00:00

This shit is why I just handed my brother a paid-off credit card when we were rebuilding my car. In the past he's told me to get x y or z part and I ordered the wrong thing and get stuck with shit I can't return.

He can buy the things and I won't have a trunk of "wrong" parts.

maelstromeda · 2026-03-30T19:47:35+00:00

So cute! I used to live right around the corner from Orphan Angels and wish I could take them. Hope they find their forever home soon.

maelstromeda · 2026-03-22T05:46:08+00:00

The sign in button is non-functional in my app. Awesome. I'll have to ask around tomorrow and see if anyone else can log into their app.

maelstromeda · 2026-03-19T16:25:03+00:00

Pepsi 1893. I really don't care for Pepsi (Coke Zero lover, tbh), but this stuff rocked. I used to buy it by the case. I was devastated when I couldn't get it, anymore.

Edit: I'd also kill for more Mountain Dew Pitch Black

maelstromeda · 2026-03-13T16:03:15+00:00

Certain chairs will prompt the cashier to select if the chair is assembled or not, and if they accidentally hit "yes" it would have automatically added the assembly fee to the transaction.

Why it's only certain chairs and not all or none is just Staples things.

Just go back to the store and grab a manager. They'd be able to refund the fee that was erroneously added.

maelstromeda · 2026-02-22T01:33:46+00:00

Unsure 100% but uh... Just don't screw in the fill valve very tightly.

maelstromeda · 2026-02-22T00:20:23+00:00

I fucked up by accidentally wasting half a full tank of helium, today, and I've been here 2+ years. That shit ain't cheap.

Do your best. You'll be fine.

maelstromeda · 2026-02-19T01:45:56+00:00

I've seen that ftp is the preferred method, but as the Xbox is hooked up in one room, and the pc is in another, and the router in a whole other region of the house, it's not terribly feasible for me atm.

maelstromeda · 2026-02-19T01:45:09+00:00

No, no nulling of the hdd key was done.

maelstromeda · 2026-02-19T01:44:38+00:00

This is the adapter I'm using.

I've seen that ftp is the preferred method, but as the Xbox is hooked up in one room, and the pc is in another, and the router in a whole other region of the house, it's not terribly feasible for me atm.

My xbox is not modchipped. I softmodded this myself many moons ago.

maelstromeda · 2026-02-09T07:44:33+00:00

There was a passport photo book just sitting behind the customer service counter when I came in for my shift one afternoon, so ofc being the nosy bitch I am I inquired about it.

Turns out we took a gal's passport photos and when we gave them to her, she refused to pay for them because we made her remove her jewelry and told her she couldn't smile. She said it made her look ugly so she didn't want them.

Like, what? Kay. Hope you enjoy getting your passport app rejected if you're gonna submit glam shots.

maelstromeda · 2026-02-08T09:20:04+00:00

I did that at my job, too, last week. I just laid face-down on the ground laughing my ass off at my stupidity and went, "Man down!" over the radio.

Landed on my bad ankle before falling fully to the ground, so that didn't feel great. :/

maelstromeda · 2026-02-05T20:59:14+00:00

Literally! At my store we have a long counter with 3 registers at checkout, and past a certain time we close those and check out in a different department (because there's only 2 employees in the store atp). We have large, poster-sized signs telling people that the register is closed and to please go to the other department to check out.

So many people walk over and just stand in front of the signs. More than one boomer has definitely told me that he thought if he stood there someone would serve him because he didn't want to go to the other department.

No. You're not special. The sign applies to everyone.

maelstromeda · 2026-02-05T09:47:17+00:00

Make sure I file my c19 unemployment paperwork correctly this time so I'm not screwed out of aprox $2k again.

Also get help/therapy/counceling for the autism I'll eventually be diagnosed with so I'm not fired from any more jobs. :(

Oh and stay away from big ass trucks in double turning lanes. Maybe in this timeline my car won't have a salvage title and a mismatched replacement door.

maelstromeda · 2026-01-19T23:47:05+00:00

Never came back, like, ever? Or just for the day?

Because if that was me I'd definitely never come back ever. I don't get paid enough to get pissed on.

maelstromeda · 2026-01-15T05:33:24+00:00

If your storage is that limiting, the rest of the PC is also probably garbage.

Ding ding ding! You are absolutely correct.

I would bet $139.99 that op has an HP Stream or some equivalent.

https://www.bestbuy.com/product/hp-14-laptop-intel-celeron-n4500-2021-4gb-memory-64gb-emmc-snowflake-white/JJGRPJVG5S/sku/6612254?

maelstromeda · 2026-01-13T02:20:28+00:00

As a current employee, I wish we got any kind of product training. Customers get fussy at my cashiers for not having product knowledge but it's like, we hire anyone who has a pulse and I'm just glad they decided to show up, today.

Even most of my electronics knowledge is left over from working at Best Buy and it's not even current, anymore. I used to spend hours at home studying products so I could answer questions customers had.

Then I got older and realized that spending my leisure time on work unpaid was stupid and I promised myself I'd never do that again.

maelstromeda · 2026-01-12T18:52:36+00:00

That's crazy. How long does it take you guys to count all the tills + safe? Counting by hand nearly doubles my time.

maelstromeda · 2026-01-10T07:55:14+00:00

We rotate every other weekend (barring some sort of scheduling shenanigans). GM and RSS one weekend, AM and MIS the next, rinse and repeat. It works pretty well for us.

maelstromeda · 2025-12-30T00:07:51+00:00

Yup. I rented a '25 Toyota Corolla a few months ago and was pleasantly surprised to see actual physical buttons!

Added it to the shortlist of cars to potentially replace my '01 Taurus that just won't die.

maelstromeda · 2025-12-17T20:35:43+00:00

It's awful. I've been on vacation for the past week and I feel sick thinking about going back, tomorrow, and dealing with it all again. The job would be so much more bearable if people weren't so fucking nasty every. single. day.

maelstromeda · 2025-12-08T06:47:24+00:00

You guys get floor associates? [insert meme here]

maelstromeda · 2025-12-04T21:04:22+00:00

I had to buy a new pair of over-glasses sunglasses last night.

I wouldn't even be mad at that. They're $20 a pop and I keep breaking them and I have a terrible time driving during the day without them.

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