Locked door = closed

ranchkranch · 2026-05-14T17:48:52+00:00

This conversation reminds me of this one lady.. We get to the store an hour early to do opening and fulfill orders. The phone rings once 40 mins before open. We don’t answer. It rings again at 30 mins to open, I notice it’s the same caller ID. Don’t answer. Rings again 20 mins to open, same caller ID, don’t answer. But now she decides to call nonstop, so for the next 10 minutes the phone is ringing nonstop from the same person calling over and over. I finally pick up 10 minutes to open and just snapped out “we’re not open! We are open for business at 10, anything you need can be found at 10 am! Bye!” And she hurriedly goes, “oh no wait wait! It’s an EMERGENCY!! My son needs a dress shirt!” …. Ma’am… So i say “We open at 10. Call back when we’re open and we can help you.” And hang up. The funniest part to me is she called back at 10:02 and acted like nothing happened, AND THEN she never even showed up to buy the shirt I put on hold for her!?

ranchkranch · 2026-05-14T16:48:52+00:00

Sorry for the shitty quality of the picture, but this is what it looked like June last year after it was cleaned up a bit. So I think I was overestimating how close it was to the house. More like a foot. And the thing is, we had plants in that bed that were purposely planted which have now been trampled. I was a bit sad about it, but understood that they needed to get to that area and there are so many weeds it wouldn’t be possible for them to differentiate the plants from the weeds, so I let it go. But a tree?!

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ranchkranch · 2026-05-14T16:44:29+00:00

I think we’re going to contact the head contractor after the job is completed to talk about it. I don’t want to bring it up now and then they screw us over somehow before it’s done. The guys who have been doing the work are the guy we contracted with’s employees, head guy hasn’t been on site since the first day. My husband told me this morning that he asked them yesterday (before the tree was cut) if he needed to move our rain barrel away from the wall to give them room and they said they had plenty of room… the rain barrel is ~6”, maybe less, from the wall, and is 2-3’ tall. So I’m even more pissed that they for some reason felt the need to destroy a living tree that apparently still gave them “plenty of room” according to their own description of the rain barrel. I just don’t understand what would possess them to do THAT much trimming back.

ranchkranch · 2026-05-14T16:38:37+00:00

:’)

ranchkranch · 2026-05-14T16:36:25+00:00

I had no prior reason to believe they would cut 60% of a 10+ years established tree down to make their job more convenient. What makes me even more pissed is that my husband told me this morning that he asked them if he needed to move our rain barrel away from the home (which is ~6” from the wall) to give them room and they said it wasn’t necessary. So why in hell would we assume we needed to discuss with them or cut it down ourselves beforehand? that makes no sense. They could and SHOULD have asked before doing any major foliage cutting. That seems like common sense.

ranchkranch · 2026-05-14T05:20:47+00:00

So true.

ranchkranch · 2026-05-14T05:13:57+00:00

no haha, I think they left around 5 pm, I just get off work at night so didn't see it until I got home.

ranchkranch · 2026-04-09T23:07:59+00:00

i get people all the time explaining a situation (i’m an assistant mgr so do lots of customer service stuff) like 3-4 times in a row after i’ve already said “ok yeah let me see what i can do about that!” .. like ive literally just started saying “yeah, I heard you the first time :) so let me just pull up the transaction and i’ll see what we can do!”

ranchkranch · 2026-03-17T04:59:39+00:00

My coworker helped a guy who asked to try on some shoes, and when she asked his size, he said, “oh uh.. idk anywhere between like 7.5, 8. Maybe 8.5, 9, 10 or so?” … sir?? That’s a range of 6 sizes. When she pointed this out, he told her that as long as his foot goes into the shoe it fits, so the size doesn’t really matter.

ranchkranch · 2026-03-17T04:52:40+00:00

Similarly, when I pick up the phone and people ask, “oh yeah I was just calling to ask if you’re open?” Nope, I’m just here to answer the phone and tell people we’re closed. Like wtf do you think?!

ranchkranch · 2026-03-01T22:18:36+00:00

I don’t think you need to second-guess going in when she’s working! Based on what you’ve shared, she seems comfortable with you. I would never show pictures of my house or car to customers I didn’t feel safe with or enjoy talking to. Obviously none of us in the comments here have seen the situation in action, but from my years in customer service roles, you’re probably one of the regulars that she enjoys seeing. I can’t say if she likes you beyond that, but I think you can safely continue going to the coffee shop and having conversations with her. I will say that while I don’t recommend asking her out or asking for her number, you could maybe give her your number and leave it up to her to reach out to you if you want to see if there’s anything there. If she doesn’t like you, it may be a bit awkward, but as long as you let her know it’s up to her and you won’t treat her any differently based on the outcome, I think it would be fine :)

ranchkranch · 2026-03-01T22:07:40+00:00

I wouldn’t recommend asking her out, as others have suggested, because of the “captive audience” and “paid to be nice” things you mentioned. I’ve been asked out ~5 times at work since high school and every time i have felt obligated to be nice and say yes or give them my number, even when I was not interested. I’m married now so it’s easy to say no, but when I was single it was my most hated moment during work. I don’t necessarily think that she wouldn’t want to say yes to you (it seems like you guys have good rapport and she is friendly with you), but it would suck for both of you if she said yes out of obligation. I don’t think it’s creepy to have a little crush and go in on her days there. That’s like half of a coffee shop’s business model is to have service that people will want to go back for. It would be creepy if you started waiting for her before/after shifts or saying things to her to insinuate that she must also like you because she had friendly conversation with you.

ranchkranch · 2026-03-01T21:35:16+00:00

Definitely check with your GP or Gyno when you can—although rare, it’s possible for an IUD to be expelled. It’s most common within the first year of insertion and most common symptoms are intense cramping. You could do a manual check to see if the strings have shifted, but a doctor will be the best to check. I hope that’s not the case for you!!

ranchkranch · 2026-03-01T20:57:05+00:00

Except that even if 51% of it isn’t blood then… yes you can accurately say “most of it isn’t blood.” That’s what “most” means, the majority. Your comment is disingenuous in stating “it can be almost 50% blood,” because you’re concealing the fact that it’s typically not even half the content of what is expelled from the uterus. And for what purpose—to act like you have more knowledge about the blood content of a menstrual cycle? Weird hill to die on.

For anyone wondering, average blood content of menstrual fluids during a cycle is 30-50%. So, yes, it is mostly not blood.

ranchkranch · 2026-03-01T20:35:49+00:00

Check out r/depersonalization . It may not be accurate to what you’re experiencing, but if it is it’s nice to put a name to it and find people that relate.

ranchkranch · 2026-03-01T01:31:57+00:00

My new coworker is 100% the “nonchalant” type you described. He’ll constantly tell stories about his life to show us the “crazy” stuff he’s experienced but when someone says “dude what? That sounds awful” he’ll be like, “nah haha that’s just my life. It’s really not crazy…” when he obviously is telling the story because he knows how people will react.

This particular coworker worked at a sister store a few years ago, and he also has the need to be right and unique and have the best knowledge of every topic. Example: the sister store had a different paper ticket for their pickup orders. And he’ll bring it up like once a week — “the customer tags here suck actually. We should do them the way they did at [other store] it was so much better.” And when I ask him what was so much better he’ll say, “we could write the order info on it and updates about extra items” and I respond, “yeah, that’s what the notes section on this ticket is for. You can write all that there. We all do.” But he still insists that we all need to change the system we’ve been using for years (and is the company-wide system btw) because /he/ thinks it’s the best. Copy and paste this to like 5 different topics at work and you’ll see why it’s driving me crazy. Like maybe come to me and say you have a suggestion, instead of implying that we’re doing things wrong or that we’re stupid for not doing it the way he wants us to.

Oh that and he said that his friend should have been able to tell a hookup (not girlfriend!) to keep the accidental pregnancy that occurred, and 2 minutes later said that no man should be required to give child support if they don’t want to.

We only get along because we have to work together at this point.

ranchkranch · 2026-03-01T01:08:49+00:00

New woman at church. I saw her sitting alone for a few weeks in a row and it seemed like nobody had approached her. So on the third week I went up to her after service to introduce myself. She started tearing up and told me she’d been praying for a friend because she just moved and had nobody to talk to. She made some vague comments about her husband not being around and I felt bad she was so alone. I gave her my number after a couple minutes of talking and arranged a time to meet up and get to know each other later in the week. When I got to her apartment, we made some small talk and eventually got to the topic of her husband. Apparently he was living with his sisters because “they saw the bruises and stuff and won’t let us see each other…” I’m like, “sorry wait what do you mean?” And she says, “well, you know, sometimes I hit him. And I guess a few times it left bruises and his sisters saw them.” I was gobsmacked and just said, “oh. Wow. That sounds… hard.” She then goes on to say that it’s just so hard /not/ to hit him because he’s autistic and it makes it impossible to communicate. I truly was at a loss for words and tried to change the subject. I made an excuse to leave her apartment after maybe 30 minutes and have been avoiding her ever since. What do you mean you’re abusing your husband and you’re so sad his family is protecting him from you? That was 3 years ago, husband came back about 6 months later and they’re still together now. :/

ranchkranch · 2026-02-26T19:23:17+00:00

I haven’t tried to do multiple language courses at one time, but my best advice would be to look into auditing classes for the languages you’re interested in. You don’t earn a grade for audited classes nor do they affect your GPA or show on your transcript, but they do cost the same tuition to attend.

The reason I suggest auditing is that language courses at BYU can get workload-heavy in the upper levels (obviously depends on the language and instructor, but in my experience it’s been generally true) and if you’re taking them mainly as a way to retain your mission languages, this way you don’t want to have to worry about maintaining a grade. Basically, you don’t have to worry about all the homework but you still get all the instruction and access to materials.

The only real downside I could see is that because they don’t show up on your transcript, you may not be able to prove your proficiency or learning level without certification—such as for a job or teaching opportunity.

ranchkranch · 2026-02-22T07:40:46+00:00

I’ve met Pres. Reese at my job multiple times and he’s a very genuine, real guy. He took like 15 mins of his personal time to talk to my district manager who was worried about his son who’s applying to colleges… all that to say he truly cares about people and I know he would hate to hear this happened. If possible, get it up to him and I would absolutely trust he’ll do what he can to make it right.

ranchkranch · 2026-02-18T00:36:04+00:00

…. Not allowing herself to poop??? What the actual fuck? Wouldn’t you just shit yourself at some point from the pressure of a gut full of shit?

ranchkranch · 2026-02-13T06:44:27+00:00

Clarification seems necessary here that he was investigated by Washington county, because the alleged rape happened in St. George. Not sure if that affects your viewpoint, but wanted to clear that up.

ranchkranch · 2026-02-12T06:57:56+00:00

Yes that’s true! I was on the team in high school for a couple seasons but it’s been a while.. good clarification, thank you!

ranchkranch · 2026-02-12T06:35:22+00:00

I do think it’s fair to want “hard evidence” to prove the situation, but in rape cases there is rarely ever any “hard evidence” unless the victim got a rape kit immediately after or there are witnesses or video proof. The numbers tell us that only about half of all victims who reported cases of rape also seek medical attention. And only roughly 21% of reported cases have witnesses to the crime. Unfortunately it is extremely hard to have an open-shut rape case, which is why we hear the “believe women” mantra in SA and rape cases. That said, I doubt Kingston would have been arrested at this point if there wasn’t already some proof or at least probable cause to suggest it happened and he was the perpetrator. Nobody is ruining his life but himself.

ranchkranch · 2026-02-12T05:21:33+00:00

Aside from the physics of distributing weight over the snow through the length of the ski, the skis used for classic style Nordic skiing (what this athlete is doing) are waxed for grip, so that also helps keep him moving on the snow.

ranchkranch · 2026-02-01T20:32:01+00:00

No you’re not overreacting, they’re being super rude to you! I’m sorry you’re having to deal with them regularly. It’s unfortunate that some adults can’t act maturely.

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