This is a dog toy that we sell and I knew it was all a matter of time before someone waved it at me and asked if we’re really a pet supplies store.
I think I’m just more irritated than usual about my ~intelligence~ or perceived lack thereof because customers like to make me feel stupid a lot, but I certainly resent this idea that something’s going over my head because it’s too smart for me or something. There’s a difference between academic (for lack of a better word) language that’s employed because it strengthens an analysis, or because it adds precision to someone’s argument, or whatever else, and men who write like they’re 90s-era pomo, Foucault-inspired (but nonetheless completely insipid) philosophy/film studies-majoring undergrads.
partysoft replied to your post: You realize that you completely misread that post…
joking confessions to bestiality are still creepy, especially in non-super-duper close company.
yeah, I know. it’s really typical of dudes to be sexually inappropriate with their humor, especially towards women. and i’m sorry if I think someone who makes jokes about being a dog fucker might be… a dog fucker? idk. either way it’s not funny and it’s gross.
My dashboard reminded me of how much I thoroughly dislike The Pervocracy and how happy I am that it’s not taken so seriously these days.
retail blues
A creepy customer ranted to me about how kids need to pick useful college majors for, like, 10 minutes because he assumed I was a high school student. I can usually brush off the people who decide I must be stupid because I work in retail, but something about his rant made me feel really bad. I’m a first generation college student who graduated at pretty much the worst time to graduate, given the economy - a lot of the people I graduated with, regardless of degree, are also working in retail or are unemployed if they don’t have ~connections~ or a fancy internship (that they could afford because of their parents) under their belt. And I don’t get how temp work that pays as much as my retail job is supposed to be more dignified or a sign that I’m smarter.
partysoft replied to your post: In other retail-related news, I have to wear…
i. what.
idek but the whole ordeal makes me feel a lot of negative things about my awful manager >(
In other retail-related news, I have to wear reindeer antlers at work (since right after Thanksgiving!) or risk getting written-up. It’s not actually corporate policy that we wear the stupid things, but it’s my manager’s personal policy - he thinks they help build morale. Yes, forcing us to wear things on our heads that make people laugh at us and little old ladies ask if we’re sporting some kind of young person hairdo will totally help us feel like a team.
theamburglar asked: My name is Amber too and I also have to deal with the same Amber Alert "jokes" pretty often, especially working retail. Sigh.
Aww, I definitely feel your pain. :(
men are the worst nerds
I’ve been spending a lot of time on Reddit’s gaming forums because I’m working on a piece about the so-called casual gamer. It’s really funny to see these dudes dismiss “casual” (read: female) gamers, who are still considered casual when they’re described as playing things like Assassin’s Creed or WoW or whatever else if they’re identified as women, when many of the male posters talk about Dead Space being the scariest game around and think the new Call of Duty is the Best Thing Ever.
Since I started playing before any of the expansions, I even remember when a lot of male gamers started to say playing World of Warcraft wasn’t an indication that someone was a “real” gamer - which seemed to coincide (at least to me) with the growing realization that a lot of women play WoW. When I first started playing, I never heard or read anyone claim that you were still a casual gamer if you were into an MMO. In fact, it was the opposite… you had to be pretty dedicated (and quite the nerd) to organize your social (and sometimes professional or academic) life around things like raiding.
