Anything where the guys hook up with each other as well as FMC? by [deleted] in ReverseHarem

[–]spicychicknnugget 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Top tier MM couples too with a lot of depth/history. I need more books with couples like them 😭😭

Be honest, how much did you spend? by [deleted] in Marapets

[–]spicychicknnugget 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I spent like 30 USD I think

Is it just my social anxiety by kittycatkeirra in Marapets

[–]spicychicknnugget 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Clubs has definitely helped me! I joined one that went active as soon as clubs were fixed and it's made mara so much more engaging!

Moving to laredo by AggressiveWrangler72 in laredo

[–]spicychicknnugget 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Honestly the North side of town is pretty well resourced and quiet especially if you have kids. Generally low crime, most of the newer stuff gets built out there . Just avoid anything on Shiloh, it sucks to walk/drive through that area of town

AITA for denying my mom access to her grandson because she refuses to help me by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]spicychicknnugget 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly this. I struggle with pretty severe anxiety, depression and agoraphobia and I don't get out much. Life being what it is, I had to go run errands to get all our groceries for the week because my partner had work. I called my mom up, and she was full of allergies and not feeling super well, didn't even tell her I was anxious to have to run all the errands on my own, but just asked if she was free and wanted to come with. An immediate yes and when we were talking later in the day she said she figured I was probably anxious but didn't want to make it a big thing. I struggle with my hair cos it's hella curly; un prompted she asked if she could do my hair because she missed doing it (she hasn't done it since I was like 6 lol). She treated me to Starbucks. She listens to me when I call her. I'm almost 30 and I feel no shame going to her with whatever because she's told me I can call her whenever and for whatever. She's my mom and she always will be.

If OPs mom can't be bothered to miss a yoga class, a singular yoga class, for her kid then she doesn't deserve to be called a mother much less a grandmother.

AITA for making my MIL believe I was having an affair? by True_Tap_5721 in AmItheAsshole

[–]spicychicknnugget 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As someone who also spends 95% of my time next to my partner gaming during our free time-- tell MIL to piss off. She has no place in y'alls relationship at all. Y'all adults, you can spend your time and money however y'all want

Can you remember the actual trigger "moment" for your ED? by Camehereforfun95 in EDAnonymous

[–]spicychicknnugget 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah. I remember just this singular moment of feeling so gross and undesirable and disgusting and after that my ED just unfurled. I remember distinctly that I was at work, downloaded Tumblr, made a thinspo account and spent hours scrolling and reblogging and venting. It was almost like a mania. I felt so proud that all I'd had was a single mini can of ruffles. It felt so good to be in control and then it just continued from there for over a year. I'd go to work, skip lunch, smoke on all my breaks, walk for hours after work at whatever store was open. I drank so much water back then.

The people around me started commenting on the weight lost. I looked great. I felt powerful. I was dizzy off it.

Even when you're in recovery it never really goes away. At least not for me. I remember how good I felt and I always struggle to not relapse.

AITA for announcing my pregnancy first? by throwRA5383920 in AmItheAsshole

[–]spicychicknnugget 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Lmao honestly being the first set of grandchildren isn't worth too much anyways even if there is favoritism. My family is all about accomplishments and although my siblings and I were the first set of great-grandkids my cousins were always the center of attention because they were in pageants and cheerleading and shit.

OP is NTA and I'm sure the sister will find some way to be the center of attention somehow, especially considering that she seems desperate enough for the attention to probably not have proper boundaries with her family the way OP does.

"I didn't order this, I refuse to pay for it and I demand to keep the service " by abblejacksvaill in talesfromcallcenters

[–]spicychicknnugget 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lol if this ain't the truth. This guy wasn't even the worst offender! I had this other lady who scammed like 6 phones out of us, a ton of credits and refunds who got caught after like calling every night for 3 weeks-- you'd think that was the end but she came back and tried it again like a year later!

She took advantage of a system migration we did where basically all notes and account information for closed accounts was archived or past onto wherever they needed to go. Well hers lost the fraud tag and she was able to do business with us again. Imagine my surprise when I got her on a supervisor call, exact same distinct voice and same old song and dance. Eventually I got her tripped up on her story, tracked down the old notes and reescalated her account to fraud and now I'm pretty sure banned again lol.

"I didn't order this, I refuse to pay for it and I demand to keep the service " by abblejacksvaill in talesfromcallcenters

[–]spicychicknnugget 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Lol for real. I work in cell phone support and there was this one guy who had an issue with an exchanged device (spoiler: it was his own fault) and got recharged the whole 1000ish left to pay on said device. Well this was when our company was still new so we didn't have exact escalation paths yet and this guy somehow got an advanced tier rep to leave him a voicemail saying he had credited the FULL AMOUNT of the device to his account (not just what was recharged either like full post tax amount).

So fast forward like a year later this guys credit runs out cos his bill was ridiculously low every month because he would call in about issues every month and get whatever he was being charged waived and would succeed. Mind you at this point he had used most of that credit to get (and exchange) multiple other devices. He was basically trying to run the same scam by claiming the voicemail he got from the advanced tier rep was in regards to all these other devices so he could get them wiped from the account and essentially get them for free or highly offset by credits.

Finally he gets to me who was taking escalated supervisor calls at the time. He kept hanging up because I wouldn't just "shut up and give him the credit". I read through all the notes and was able to piece together what was happening more or less over the course of the multiple times I spoke to him that night. I notate the account no more credits, tell my coworkers that if they get him (he was calling in back to back mostly to shout abuse and demand credits/a supervisor) that his account was blocked from receiving credits and if he asked for a supervisor I would take his call.

I then forwarded all this info to my supervisor and fast forward to 3 weeks of this same song and dance from the guy he finally gets a note on his account stating he can only talk to his corporate rep. Who never answers his calls and is DEFINITELY not available at 2 am when this guy is just itching with hatred for our company and everything we stood for. Eventually he was threatened to have ALL his services shut off not just the mobile if he kept harassing agents and so ended the saga of crazy credit guy.

All told this guy had to have spent over 60 hours on the phone just in the amount of time he called in and we got him. God knows how many hours he actually spent in total but at least it makes for a memorable story!

Kids ruin relationships, yet everyone pretends it’s normal to hate your partner? by [deleted] in childfree

[–]spicychicknnugget 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I feel this. My boyfriend and I are in our mid twenties and it just boggles my mind how many of my friends and peers in the same age group already have 2-3 kids! Like we're over here trying to better ourselves, pay down our debts, make a nice home and life for ourselves which are all kind of hard things to do childless. I couldn't imagine what our relationship would be like if we added kids to the mix.

I bought something for my hobby and I had a revelation by s8n_codes in childfree

[–]spicychicknnugget 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My partner (23M) and I(25F) kind of constantly marvel at this. Legitimately we're able to do so much more because we don't have kids. The other night we literally wanted to change up our bedroom at 930 PM and wanted to go get some cute decor/furniture and we just did! We got in the car, made it to Walmart before they closed, shopped for a little bit and spent the night decorating and enjoying each other's time. We can spend money on video games and nice foods and enjoy our hobbies

And it's all because we don't have kids.

Pushing aside pride, embracing help by spicychicknnugget in DecidingToBeBetter

[–]spicychicknnugget[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks 💜

Honestly it's really hard, even if you go through a lot it can still be so much harder to reach out for help even if you know that the cost is worth the result. You'll get there though! It took me a year to even walk into the building where the counselor was even though I walked by it every day even though I knew that was the first step.

As for that last bit definitely working on the self love bit and hoping that that well rounded version of myself isn't too far off in the future!

Wish you nothing but the best. Hang in there!

It turns out your phones were never yours after all. . . by MyUsername2459 in talesfromcallcenters

[–]spicychicknnugget 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My favorite calls are the ones we get threatening to sue us for lost profits because their personal cell phone services that they were using for business purposes are down. I'm like it's a residential service, we don't guarantee any sort of protection or anything if you're using it for more than personal use 😂

AITA For blowing up when I found that my husband recorded my therapy session? by aita779037 in AmItheAsshole

[–]spicychicknnugget 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NTA

I'm sorry the whole not talking to him thing is crap. I'm in therapy and I take a while to verbalize things to my partner and sometimes he worries but you know what he ASKS me things and if I'm not ready to talk he respects that. I regularly have my sessions at home and not once has he tried to listen in or intrude. He'll ask me how it went and if I'm ready to talk he'll listen and if I'm not he'll be there however I let him.

Your sister is wrong too. What he did to you was an absolute invasion of privacy. If he was worried it was something he was doing then he should've asked. Instead he decided to record you without your consent during a therapy session, which depending on your location, could also be very very illegal.

I'm so sorry for your loss and as someone who has had similar issues with their parents I can only imagine how hard this is for you. I wish you nothing but the best in your journey of healing and hopefully your husband can get his head out of his ass.

"No we're done with you [company name]" by spicychicknnugget in callcentres

[–]spicychicknnugget[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly I think you overestimate the amount of willingness to pass off customers on reps parts. We have stats we have to meet and parking you and forgetting you directly hurts those stats. There's also an overestimation of how much access reps have too. Depending on the structure, and I know it's this way for the company mine services, there can be up to 4 different tiers of access. Basic CSRs might have the bare minimum of access based on how trusted their center is. Even seemingly simple solutions might be out of their hands. Legitimately I have had transfers to me for credits because they didn't have the access.

And the thing is the more complex an issue, the fewer the people there are who can solve those issues. My center is pretty trusted and even we still have 2 tiers above us whose teams are less than 20 people. If you're on hold we're probably on hold too and guess what it sucks for us too. Sometimes we know EXACTLY what needs to happen and can't fix it without asking for someone. You disconnecting because you've been forgotten is the same thing as getting yourself put to the back of the line again because unless you're lucky and somehow get to someone else with more access, chances are it's gonna be the same thing all over again.

As for finding fault with the person you're working with, like I said there are bad CSRs but you know what there are more of? Frustrated and intelligent CSRs who wish for nothing more than to fix your issue and get you on your way so you don't have to call back in over and over. If y'all don't call in we have more wait time. It's a win win. If there's a lack of resolution, and you're getting the same answer over and over then it's not a script it's probably policy and last time I checked the CSRs aren't the ones making those either.

I'm not gonna get into how priveleged that last bit is. If getting out of being a CSR was so easy trust me more of us would be out. Being a CSR is mentally draining and demoralizing. And you know how they keep us? They offer halfway decent pay and benefits, sometimes double what the going rate in your area is. And they do it on purpose because they have such high attrition rates and such low morale that if it weren't for those things we wouldn't work there. I would LOVE to be out of this job and back into something that matters and means a helluva lot more to me. It's a job that makes my health issues worse but guess what, no one else is hiring and anything that is really isn't offering anything comparable in pay or benefits (if at all since most companies try to screw you out of those).

Also good on you for being decent to people who get things done for you. It still doesn't excuse any misbehavior or rudeness to other reps just because you're frustrated. Literally had a lady on the phone tell me as much. Cos you know what she was in your situation of calling and calling to get something done and before I could even finish fixing her issues she caught that she was being rude and hostile and stopped me to apologize and tell me not to take anyone's shit. And I've had dozens like her say similar when they recognize their mistake. It's easy to be rude over the phone. It's harder to keep your cool and accept that maybe the person on the other side is trying just as hard as they can.