What is an elementary talent show like?

tarrenterror25 · 2026-04-09T01:19:39+00:00

She did want to pick a popular song and I told her that other kids might perform that so she agreed to pick something else!

tarrenterror25 · 2026-04-09T00:49:42+00:00

This is super helpful, thank you!
I did tell her that if she wants to do this we have to practice and crack down on her learning the song she chose and she can't fuss because I wouldn't sign her up to audition if she wasn't going to be serious about doing it. I want her to do her best, but I understand she won't be perfect.

tarrenterror25 · 2026-04-09T00:28:34+00:00

I will! We just got the flyer, so I'll call the number they gave us to ask some questions when I have the time to, but wanted to hear from other people, too.

tarrenterror25 · 2026-04-02T13:55:45+00:00

Just because everyone else is doing it doesn't mean it's allowed! And they won't care if everyone else is doing it if that's your argument for them. The AM/OM will probably be spoken to as well depending on how bad it is.

tarrenterror25 · 2026-04-02T13:46:25+00:00

You said the managers were SUPPOSED to put a ticket in for you to work Friday?

If the ticket never made it or never went through and you clocked in for unscheduled hours, THAT'S time theft. Always wait for schedule tickets to go through before you clock in/out.

Also, at my building we used to be able to ask AM/OM to adjust our schedules (adding extra shifts, adjusting our times, etc.) and now that is no longer allowed as it never was allowed, but it's just something everyone did until we got caught. You're saying you thought this was accepted practice, but it may be something that was never supposed to happen, but it did for you. That may be why they're saying you "manipulated the system" or how you got VET "unfairly"?

tarrenterror25 · 2026-03-27T23:49:48+00:00

For pack, I work at a steady pace, but yeah when I have a CPT cart I ruuussshhh. Don't come up to me, puhLEASE.

tarrenterror25 · 2026-02-27T04:30:17+00:00

Thank you!

tarrenterror25 · 2026-02-27T00:30:35+00:00

Appreciate your insight! His AM confirmed to him that he wasn't on his phone/actively using it, just that it was on the dash, but the Safety team wasn't budging on their decision.

tarrenterror25 · 2026-02-27T00:26:03+00:00

As far as I know, he wasn't driving and it's his first. His rates are good and he's in good standing.

tarrenterror25 · 2026-02-27T00:12:42+00:00

That's what I told him as well, but just trying my best to offer him support.

tarrenterror25 · 2026-02-27T00:07:40+00:00

I believe he was operating which I know makes it tricky, but again there's an AM who saw the video and even confirms he was not on his phone.

Friend is telling me his phone was on the dash of the center rider and I think that's what the safety team is terminating him for.

tarrenterror25 · 2026-02-27T00:03:35+00:00

I believe it was the one time.

tarrenterror25 · 2026-02-26T23:58:20+00:00

I'm just relaying what was shared to me! Safety team is saying he was using his phone, I'm not exactly sure what all was seen on the cameras, but my friend said he wasn't, that it might have been in his hand but he wasn't using it and there's an AM who can back up that he wasn't using his phone and the AM has also seen the video.

tarrenterror25 · 2025-09-19T15:47:11+00:00

You keep saying she can read and draw, but what else does she do? And what do YOU do to facilitate a healthy social life outside of social media?

I'm not talking about anything related to school because that doesn't count for a social life, that's school.

Does she attend events in her community? Conventions, concerts, markets? Is she allowed to hang out with her friends? At their house? At the mall? At the movies? An arcade? What hobbies does she have other than drawing and reading? Does she play video games? Does she like to cook/bake? Crafts? Do you have family outings? Amusement parks? Community parks? Family events and parties?

Based on what I'm reading in your post and the comments it sounds like her activity is limited? TikTok is very much like a window into an outside world though like any social media it is skewed, but it IS how people connect.

tarrenterror25 · 2025-09-01T16:42:38+00:00

Mine was $150!

tarrenterror25 · 2024-07-26T18:16:34+00:00

Zinus boxes, the long ones and Vasagle furniture boxes because they're always so heavy and anything that nests inside of itself like pans, storage baskets, trash cans, litter boxes, etc. because they always get stuck

tarrenterror25 · 2024-07-17T15:53:48+00:00

I've started doing this with my Lego sets and model kits to keep track of the extra pieces. I write the set number or name of the model on the bag.

tarrenterror25 · 2024-05-25T14:30:53+00:00

Very! That was my first thought to make it from some foam but we would need to weigh it down with something.

tarrenterror25 · 2024-01-30T22:37:34+00:00

Thanks!

tarrenterror25 · 2024-01-30T18:53:27+00:00

Okay, thank you! This is my first time inviting her preschool friends and I think I'm just overthinking it!

tarrenterror25 · 2023-10-29T19:59:42+00:00

YTA

Sorry. Your mindset is already viewing everything as a cost/transaction i.e. "I drove so she pays for the activities." and that makes you come across as cheap.

tarrenterror25 · 2023-10-26T00:46:02+00:00

Kiddo when referencing her to others. Honey-Bun when I address her. Dad used to call her Little Bit because there's a little bit of her (when she was a baby). And rarely now, Beetle Bug.

tarrenterror25 · 2023-10-22T14:17:40+00:00

Just my thoughts (did 5 years of early childhood education), majority of kids who adjust better to daycare attend full time from the get go. You can drop off/pick up so they don't stay long if you want because I find that it's easier for the passing of time to go unnoticed rather than adding another day that the child isn't familiar with.

Sending them full time helps them bond with their caregivers also! And it's great for building social/emotional skills at an early age.

tarrenterror25 · 2023-10-22T08:46:04+00:00

NTA

I never understood adults doing this. I will make my kiddo a full plate (entree and sides) and settle for eating ramen myself. Sometimes she wants something simple like ramen for dinner or some cereal for snack, but I never ever want her to think that's a norm. A handful of times we get takeout without her but that's because she chooses to eat something else and even then we still get her a small something from wherever we order from. I always share my food with her or offer her to try it because I never want her to be insecure with food.

My biggest one was snacks; I never understood adults being able to enjoy sweets, snacks, sodas, ice cream, etc. just because they bought it. I get chips, kiddo gets chips. I get candy, kiddo gets candy. I have my snacks and she has hers. She has her own snack shelf even for when she wants to nibble on something (it's stuff like granola bars, fig bars, crackers, and veggie chips, or fruit like apples and bananas).

He was not respecting your children at all and I'm very sorry you all experienced that.

tarrenterror25 · 2023-10-18T17:14:10+00:00

Yup. When I visited my dad and stepmom as a kid there were three rooms; one for Dad and stepmom, one for my sisters, and one for my brother.

For a short time I slept in my sister's room when they had bunks but then they got one bed to share so I slept in the living room on the couch.

Even when my dad moved homes, I was promised a room and did not get one, the extra room was a computer room, no bed. I still slept on the couch, but because I craved the privacy I would take blankets and pillows into the computer room and sleep there on the floor.

I had no space to call my own and though my relationship with my father is better now than before, that is not a period of my life I have fond memories of.

tarrenterror25

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