As a grandma of six, Fack that. I love my grandsons and granddaughter. Everything, I am, have is for them. They’re my legacy. She needs to have her grandma card taken away.
I've only got 3 grandkiddos (for now lol my son just got married) and I never knew you could love a child you didn't squeeze out as much as the ones I did lol! I would give everything for them.
Couldn't stop laughing after hearing that 2nd story about the MIL & a real job. It took me back to the mid 70's when I worked on London Underground. One evening after getting home, my mother demanded my door key as one of my sisters had lost hers. To save an argument, I gave it to her (Think of a 1000 Karens rolled into 1. That describes my mother & father was just as bad. The following week, i was on dead lates. What a "lovely" week that was. Stabled the train in the depot every night around 1-1:15 am & had 2 choices. Have a kip in the staff room or use the night bus services. I took the night bus service as it took approx, 2 hours 15 minutes to get home around (3 buses & a 25 minute walk). It beat waiting until 4:10 am for the 1st train out where I would get home around 6:30 am. Gets home around 3:10 am on Fri morning only for my father was very annoyed as he had to get up early for work but not that early, & said why don;t you get a key, I did as the key I handed over was 1 I previously purchased. He then said, why don't I get a real job. It was my Sunday off so over breakfast I asked dad how he got to work. He said by bus to which I replied - Did the bus drive itself? He made my sister return my key & she pay for a new one. I only wish the Internet existed back then. Oh the Karen & Ken stories I have. :-)
It is because most of them only have the local school productions to go off of. And they assumed it is that level to do, they will know the hard work or see past seasonal because yes some of the cast and crew have jobs outside of it. But that doesn't mean it is not a real job. OP end is the full time or real job aspect of it.
Story 2: Yeah, I can related to this. I work for a movie theatre company and can get free passes for friends/family. Went out with some friends one night, and this guy spent the entire time shit talking me, then wanted me to get him free movie passes. Yeah, sure...
Worked as a waiter for a resturant run by a family from Georgia (Country not state) No frisking, no clear anything, But you better have room in your car for leftovers if you even hinted you were hungry. And heaven help you if they found out you felt under the weather. Might as well remove the passenger seat and the back seat. Your going to need the room. If you started working their skinny. You wouldn't be a month later.
I worked for an Italian man and his cuban wife when I was younger(the early 80s) and if you even looked like you were hungry they fed you lol. I took home pizzas and calzone and soup and salad lol But my favorite was this Cuban dish. It was made with somewhat large squid and she would clean and keep the hood whole but chopped the tentacles up and cooked them into rice and sweet peppers and onions and and red sauce(mostly tomatoes) plus more things I can't remember, then she stuffed it all into the hood of the squid (mantle? Having big word issues today sorry 😊) Then she steamed them and served with more red sauce and served over more of the red sauced rice. It wasnt spicy at all but she said normally it would have a bit of a kick due to tiny spicy peppers.. but she had stomach issues and couldn't do a lot of spicy stuff. She also would make banana leaf pockets with all kinds of things in. Shrimp and fish and tomatoes and even fruit like mangos and something else that, quite frankly, looked like big yellow curds of scrambled egg and rice. If you saw them -you would first think oh yum tamales! But no corn lol. He should have opened a Cuban restaurant as his Italian food was run of the mill Americanized Italia. Her Cuban food was 😘🤌 Lol he always complained that his real Italian cooking didn't sell well cuz all the supposedly Italian Americans wanted was this over sauced crap 😳 lol. He had a temper and we heard a few shouts of "of course its not like your nonas!" Its real Italian food 🤦♀️ But they were lovely people and I gained like 10 pounds working there. They lost their lease and then moved way down south to the keys from ft Lauderdale. Too far for me to commute 😪
Some employers do this or that to keep their employees from looking other jobs. Some just think employee as a replaceable spare parts. Both have advantage and disadvantage.
I was standing in line at the checkout over 20 years ago when a lady ran her cart into me so hard I screamed and had to have 16 stitches in my Achilles heel. One of my jobs was organist at a local church and they had to hire a substitute for the next several weeks. I didn't berate or scold the lady whose cart injured me as I didn't believe anyone would intentionally hurt someone. Nevertheless I've been vigilant since then about looking out for shopping carts! Accidents do happen...
I once had a co worker at a home improvement store run one of the lumber carts into the back of a little old lady's ankle. While she was screaming in pain, he just stared at her for 30 seconds and then walked away with the cart. I later called him an idiot when we were in the break room.
At least one good thing about COVID is people having to keep their distance. I HATE having people breathe down my neck in line. Especially creepy guys. People were always idiots with their carts running into my and others ankles also letting their untrained, wild animal children ram into us, wipe dirty hands on us, scream, hit, etc. And their usually the mom stand there not caring that their monster were assaulting people and destroying everything. Not to mention coughing, sneezing and spitting on people. YUCK 🤮. Sometimes it was the adults not bothering to cover their mouth and/or nose and spitting as they talk very, very close to you. Thank you COVID. I appreciate having personal space. 😁 My ankles thank you too.
I think the worst part of of last story was the wife siding with the MIL, defending her after learning she was going to shaft the kid. OP should be keeping an eye out for any more red flags he might have overlooked.
According to another comment OP made an update saying that the MIL got him fired from his job, and that his wife’s reaction was that it was “karma”. He’s got three options: he divorces her now (This is risky as it could potentially lead to a loss of custody, courts are unfair), He stays with her until his daughter gets to an age where she can choose who she wants to stay with then divorces her (significantly less risk) or he takes the hardline approach.
@@Captain-J-Amadaeus Wow, yeah it's past the point of red flags. OP really needs to get his eggs lined up and get out of that relationship. Not sure how old daughter needs to be to make that choice but really hope it's soon; like you said courts are unfair and there is no reason OP or the kid should be stuck in such a toxic relationship because of stuck up fools who have no understanding of the situation, It's the reason I hate courts and Juries.
So I guess that just discludes all forms of self-employment and small business ownership. I can understand people saying various forms of online entertainer aren't doing real jobs, but freelancers work hard to make ends meet since they have to do all their own booking, paperwork, and networking.
Not every job requires you to clock on/off ! I worked in retail and hospitality (hotel night porter) when I was younger - not once did I ever clock on/off, but I still worked 40+ hours a week !
I get your sentiment, but must agree with the other commenters. There are a lot of jobs that don't pay your hours, but pay your progress. For instance, a doll maker would go out of business if they sold two identical dolls for different prices cause "that one took me longer to paint," and a cabinet maker would be desensitized from bettering their skills as it would mean less pay for the same work. Put simply "if you do it for money, it's a job. If you do it for others, it is charity. And if you do it for free, it's a hobby"
You know its a little funny and really sad that in the last story the wife was more then happy to side with MIL but the min MIL gets a cheap gift the wife is like I'M MAD! right so its okay to be rude to the child but not the old bat?
@@fabledkitty214 Looked up the post. While the wife making the Karma comment was disgusting, OP intentionally antagonized the MIL by posting pics of the bag the MIL would have got, making it piss easy for the MIL to rally family to tear him down and ruin his career. A career that involves having a clean image So while the MIL and Wife are nasty, OP _was also_ an idiot
Second story. Never belittle or put down other people’s endeavors. Even if you don’t get it, they do and that’s all that matters. Show a little respect that goes along way.
Last story MIL is lucky she got anything for Christmas after that stunt. I would have taken everything back...and the wife agreeing with her mother over her own little daughter....Apple didn't fall far from that tree.
My niece is a stage manager and she works extremely hard. I am very proud of her especially when I met an actress that was in same program I was in. She saw my last name and mentioned if I was related to my niece. Of course I said yes, then she replied that my niece was her favorite stage manager.
Everyone whose ever been in a Cracker Barrel knows about the retail store you enter. So, I can understand that they do not want any of their inventory to disappear because employees have more opportunities to steal than customers. On a different note, I live close to St. Charles, MO and on January 10, 2023, an employee at Cracker Barrel was taking out the trash, and he interrupted two guys breaking into cars. What happened next is the employee was shot, but it wasn't life-threatening. There were actually five people involved in various car break-ins and they were all caught within a couple of hours. What is this world coming to when an employee at a restaurant has to make sure he is wearing a bulletproof vest before taking out the morning trash?
My grandmother would do that she would give everybody at least three presents so that they felt that they weren't being neglected. Even on birthday she would give everybody a presents to make them feel like they were appreciated too.
Story 6 - What kind of lousy grandmother is that? My Mom was pretty strict with me and my siblings, but her grandchildren? She said that was the wonderful thing about grandchildren: you can spoil them rotten and send them home!
I worked at a sushi restaurant through highschool and the owner was very particular about making everything fresh the day of sale. When we would have slow days I was always excited because whatever was left at the end of the day staff were allowed to divide it up between us to take home. the boss would also make me really cute lunch boxes for my lunch breaks and he would always refuse payment if I came in to eat on my days off an even when I stopped working there. I miss that shop so much!
Story 5- Almost all jobs I've had when I was in my 20s had a manager escort you to the door. It was the same from restaurants to Victoria secret. All the did was have you open you bag and they did a little peek into it. Most of the time they didn't even look. It was just procedure but I've never worked a place that searched you or required you to have clear bags before. What are they so worried people will steal from Cracker Barrel? Cheap food? Candy from the store? I think it's a shame how some stores treat their employees. They treat them like thieves. Smh
Because of how many businesses skim/steal tips from their workers, I make it a point to pay the tab with card, and the tip in cash, and directly to the server. Let the business see that big ol' ZERO in the tip spot and think we are terrible people and stiffed their worker, I care not what the managers think, I only care about taking care of my servers and making sure they get tipped well.
My mom was Jewish and my dad's family was Christian(he was agnostic according to his own words) so I got to celebrate both Christmas and Chanukah every year. I got multiple gifts each night of Chanukah because of different family members. Most was chocolate and such, but gifts are gifts. And got stuff for Christmas from my mom, dad, and my dad's parents. I could be wrong, but I don't think I was or am spoiled. My point is, getting a lot of gifts on a Holiday isn't spoiling her. Especially since it sounds like she earned it. Pretty impressive for a 9 year old, especially nowadays imo.
16:27 I worked at a restaurant in the retail store part. We had bags and aprons checked before we could leave. This is the same place that the manager stole from the store and intentionally did not pay the salary people were hired at
The first story touches close to home. My best friend is differently-abled was in the Walmart and she had someone run up her ankle with the buggy, and not only that but she had her phone knocked from her hand and it was destroyed. The woman proceeded to tell her it was her fault for walking in front of her
Working at Spirit or spencers trust me you have to pull out everything to show that you don’t have anything on you clear bags made it easier so you don’t have to put anything out of your purse or backpack. They checked hoodies, ankles, pockets, hats all of it. Though I will admit getting frisked didn’t happen..
Story 2: "Not a real job" is just a really trashy insult. Like, there's no such thing as a "Not real job", all jobs are real. Story 6: Both this and Story 2 are great examples of being careful with what you say, because it can be used against you in some way. Not a real job? No perks then! Can't get everything you ask for? Reduced gifts for you!
As someone who recently worked on a show and saw how stressed the stage manager was, I can tell you it's not an easy job. And that was just for a small college performance.
That cracker barrel story has me boiling mad! As a Christian myself I believe its our job to put forth love and kindness. If I was OPs manager I'd never have been a bear to them! How can we help save souls if we are the opposite of what God expects of us?!
I would have told the daughter, "I know you were hoping for the doll, and Grandma did get it, but she decided she doesn't love you enough for you to have it. Now go give Grandma a big hug and tell her you know she's going to Hell.
If it's not in the employment contract, I'd call the cops and press charges for assault. The job's done anyway, and any bad publicity the place would get would be a plus.
I remember hearing the last story from Reddit Brew back in December. Still tickles my funny bone when OP decides with," Follow MIL's logic and reap the rewards." mentality. And MIL has no one but herself to blame for playing the silly game.
I used to work for Sears and we had to use a clear bag that they provided us for our personal things. Also we had to leave out the warehouse exit next to the security office and have the bags of any purchases we made checked before leaving. I always thought that them worrying about employees stealing was really stupid since we had a lot of theft by customers happening all the time. At least they didn't frisk us.
Sears is a company that really didn't think things through. If I worked for a place that frisked me as I was leaving, I'd be working there exactly one day, and I'd be rather vocal and sarcastic about it as I left that one day. And I'd make sure everyone heard me.
They grandmother failed as a grandmother. It is their job to spoil their grandchildren. Either way, I think I know who that daughter's favorite parent is going to be throughout life.
A loooong time ago in the 90s I worked in a grocery store who stated we had to have clear bags. I got one that was "see through" but not transparent which seemed to be enough.
Nah, gift the daughter the designer purse and write on the tag that it's from MIL. Creates a huge expectation from MIL for future Christmas', and the wife and MIL can't say shit, else they'd out themselves as assholes to the daughter and damage their reputation with her _while also_ showing OP as caring for his daughter that much with the reveal that he bought the purse and decided to give it to her instead, _while also_ seeming like a great person who was trying to cover for MIL's lack of a gift
When someone cuts in front of you in line, don't get mad or call them out on it. Just force your way in front of them. If they call you out on that, then you can say that you only did what they did and that they don't deserve any better treatment, but the people in this story can't talk, so tough cookies to the original line cutter lol.
Or better yet, OP should've given his MIL a box with a lump of coal/coal looking candy with a note from Santa saying what she did was outright selfish and entitled. A perfect version of petty revenge 😜🤪🤣.
5th story is something I've been threw in the work place before. Me personally I am a Practicing Pagan awell. And legit co-workers, aswell as managers would react that way. Yeah they would poke fun at me(I understand playful teasing but this was constant) and try to force me to work days I would schedule off months in advance and things like that. As well as put me on the managers shifts with them all and try to get me to do all their work and would not let me rest when they were among other things. (particularly religious holidays , cause I would always set them up to have 2 days off. Cause sense I'm of age to drink I drink a bit on those days. And I like to reserve a second day just in case I'm hung over or I was up late. Which they seemed to notice.) But at the time I was much younger as well as this manager who was instigating it as well as her 'Favored workers' were in good graces of corporate. So even if I did call they wouldn't say anything to them most likely. Funny thing is that manager got fired one moring when she was particularly being harsh enough to have me crying. Not 2hrs later ladies from corporate came in and fired her. Then she left crying. Never had no one mess with me after that. Even the 'Favored co-workers' mostly kept away and left me be cause she wasn't their to save their skins if it got back to corporate. I think I worked their for about another year and 6 months before I quit. Side note: I don't care what your religion is. I could care less, you could worship a light pole. Personally don't care you do you. I can be chill with you and all that but when you start harassing me or others who don't follow what you do. Thats where I draw the line and I will either be a ass hat back to you.
Last Story: OP should have given MIL a lump of coal along with a note which should have said, "I know you really, _really_ wanted that designer purse, and I'm sorry if I disappointed you, but we can't always get the gifts we hoped for."
Re: Story 2, ~3:45 As someone with Assistant Stage Manager (ASM) experience on professional shows, I CHALLENGE FMIL to try being an ASM for a full show, auditions through post-closing strike, then say its not "working full time," or "real work." She'd be too incompetent to be hired in the first place.
I worked at Red Lobster, Chilis and TGiF...the only thing they ever cared about was the alcohol. Dang I miss those crab legs, fajitas and JD boneless wings I got to eat for free!! 🤣🤣🤣
I work at panera and we don't get felt up before we're allowed to leave. I've never heard of having to be frisked before you can leave from working at a restaurant
I'm also a Pagan. I live in a trailer park (It's much better than homeless, okay?) and the former park manager, who is a Jehovah's Witness who wanted to fill the park with people from her church. She was coming down on me about every little things, many not my responsibility. For instance, I pay someone to mow my yard (he gets a hot meal). Well, I had to wait for food stamps, so he'd not mowed. I told her, this is when I get my food stamps. She came here 3 days in a row to "remind" me about the yard. Went to the owner. I told her what was going on. Knocking on my door isn't bringing what I need any faster. She had admitted to wanting to fill the park with other JWs, and I told the owner. I am an animal kissing, flower sniffing, tree hugging, dirt worshiping Pagan, and plan on being carried out of here feet first. Don't make me go to the tenants board. This is religious discrimination. Guess the landlord said something to her. No more problems.
Christmas and birthdays you spoil your kids if you can! What kind of grandmother is she? AND How Dare she be upset when O.P. follows her own rules when it comes to gifting her? What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.
On the topic of the Karen that is nice to your face but insults you behind your back, not kidding there is a girl in my class that does this exact thing. She seems to be nice to all the boys that sit at my lunch table, but when we or someone close to us is not around, the insults that I know of consists of calling us gay (regardless of the facts to prove otherwise) and making fun of the way that some of us walks (how pathetic is that?). I swear she only dyed her hair blond to fit in with the concept of the "dumb blond". Apologies to any smart, NON-ENTITLED blonds reading the previous sentence. (Honestly though, you listen to Darkfluff. Fluff listeners can't be that dumb)
Note to anybody degrading anyone else's job choices...If it makes real world money, then it is a real job...y'all are just jealous they don't hate their job, like you clearly do yours
Honestly, even volunteer work is a real job. So you don't even need to make money....so if you are a contributing member of society it counts as a real job.
Story 5: Why do pagans get called satanists? Like, what did they do? I bet you a lot of religious discrimination stories could come from those Also, being part of a certain race and/or gender, doesn't shield you from consequence.
It either has to do with early christians being persecuted during the Roman empire and maybe the mass conversion of pagans during the church's expansion in Europe, or these sorts of people are just stupid. I'm betting on the latter.
My wife and I have 2 kids and 8 grandkids,. We would never deny anything to anyone of them , that MIL should have her grandma card revoked. Her daughter siding with her is strike one
Never worked in food service, but having worked in retail as loss prevention and as a sales associate depending on the company policy you either have to empty your pockets, lift pant legs to show socks/top of shoes, and open your bag or you have to use a clear/see-through bag to prevent internal theft because some part timers have a “fuck it I’ll be gone quick enough” attitude and will steal from the store since they are temporary
Fluff. I feel you about the "Real Job" comments. Like, i get what people mean by it, but it feels so demeaning. All i can think is "Ok. And when you go to Macy's and see no one's there to help you, you're gonna start complaing about how bad service is." If you want some one to be in/excel to better life conditions, just say call them what they are: High paying Jobs.
Story 1. Chaotic Good for the win! Story 2. FMIL played stupid games and won stupid prizes. 😂😂😂😂 Story 3. The linecutter should meditate on not shitting where he eats. Story 4. Theft almost always catches up with the thief. 😉 Story 5. Sherry needs to read her bible more, particularly the parts about tolerance. Story 6. WTF NoMIL! What a grinch!
I've never accidentally (or Deliberately) run my cart into another person... The reason for that is my shoulders don't work properly which means I can't push the weight of a loaded cart so I use a chain and quick0link to hook a cart to the back of my Mobility Scooter so I'm towing it like a Trailer... I'm also VERY careful to not run my scooter into someone else because it's large, heavy and the front fender is plastic which is expensive to replace...
I don't know about Cracker Barrel but my daughter worked at Ulta. She was given a clear tote on her first day and and that is what she was supposed to use as a bag when coming to and from work. Way to easy to shoplift there since the items can be so small. But they definitely didn't frisk employees when they left!
I understand OP from the second story. I was a stage tech in college, it was how I paid for my classes. I worked hard and my dad would say that I needed to get a real job.
When I was a kid in the 1970’s, my siblings and I got loads of gifts (around 20) at Christmas from our parents. Some were big items and some were smaller things. We also had a stocking on the ends of our beds which would always be filled with a banana, an apple, an orange and a tangerine, along with sweets, chocolate and small puzzles etc. (I didn’t get an orange but 2 tangerines as I was [and still am] allergic to oranges). My father was a Policeman, and there were 5 children in the house at any one time (I’m the youngest of 7 children, by the time I was born, my eldest sister was living away from home as she was 19, and my eldest brother had just gotten a flat at 17. My other 2 sisters were 15 & 13 and my other 2 brothers were 10 & 6). I know of a friend, who because her youngest boy was in hospital at Christmas, she sent her 2 older boys to her mother’s home for the festive period, so she could stay with her youngest in hospital (he had broken his leg). When he finally got home in the February of the following year, he was astonished to find all the Christmas decorations and the tree was still up and that he had HUNDREDS of presents under the tree ! She had literally gone mad and bought him about 200 presents herself ! She told me years later, that he had never played with some of them, and I thought how wasteful that was.
If at all possible, kids should get at least one thing that they really want for christmas. I never got what I wanted - a train set. But all I ever got was stupid dolls. Chatty Cathy was the worse.
As to working at Cracker Barrel; yes, it is a common thing depending on the store/restaurant. I worked in an all you can eat restaurant in a very popular beach resort/town. We had an extremely popular store attached to the huge restaurant like Cracker Barrel. Many of the gifts were handcrafted, one of a kind items with a sea/beach theme. These items were sold at a 100% to 250% markups and then split equally with the artist/creator of that item. Since most were unique items, they were often purchased, and then resold for hundreds more until the artists/creators started suing people who were not licensed to resell them. Some employees tried to do this, so everyone had to sign a legally binding agreement that they wouldn't resell any item purchased through the store without a resellers license from the creator. Plus we of course had some employees with sticky fingers too. So we routinely had to go through random searches by management to prevent thefts by employees. Some of our items cost thousands of dollars, like one of our Swiss Diver's Diamond watches that cost $15,000. We sold several of those while I worked there. So yeah, I can understand why the searches for certain stores/restaurants since they have exclusive gifts you can't get anywhere else.
Big eye roll at the Satan worshipper remark. Most Karenesque Christians don't know their holidays were originally Pagan festivals. The nice ones do, wonderful, deep conversations with them! But not the Karenesque ones. 😂❤
I had a colleague like Diane once, an awful person. We were working in an office and she always would talk crap about her colleagues (including me) to make her look better to the bosses. I'm so glad, I don't work there anymore, she is a textbook example of a toxic person.
Whenever I worked as a server, I wouldn't even take my purse. I didn't even want to deal with suspicion! The tips I made stayed in my apron and I kept an ID in my hip pocket. Made life easier on me. LOL
Story two I can relate People keep telling me that I'm a lazy freeloader because I dont work But I do work and when I tell them I get told being a babysitter/nanny isnt real work and that I need to get a real job Like I work 9 to 11 hour shifts I do not have time to get a second part time job I get up at 4am and depending on my shift I have to leave home at either 520am or 620 am and I get home between 5 pm to 630 pm depending on when the kiddos dad gets home because we chat for a half hour talking about how baby girl did and so did her brother I dont just watch the baby and make us food I also wash dishes, do laundry,pick up toys, vaccum the floors and take out the trash My break time is based off when baby girl is taking a nap if she naps for 20 minutes then I had a 20 minute break, if she naps for 2 hours, great i was able to each lunch, play some phone games and destress for abit or do so chores
re 1st story - if that had happened in my main grocery store (I shop between 5 stores), I would have had the perfect place to park that jerks cart ..... way in the back of the store in the hallway that leads to the customer restrooms, you have to go through a pair of heavy doors to get in there ..... that guy would have never found it. MWAH- HA-HA-HA-HA-HAAAAAAAAA! 😆 Last story - I would have taken the purse back for a refund and then gone and gotten the exact doll the daughter wanted and lots of clothes and accessories for the doll. MIL wants to make crappy comments about a parent spoiling their child? I would have made sure I spoiled her well and good.
In last story in OP update, he wanted to do that, to refun bag and take his daughter for a whole day somehwere, but his MIL and her part of the family stopped it, they were so much slandering him on social media, that he lost his job. His wife only told him: It's karma.
Last story - I would've returned everything that would've been for the MIL and used the money to buy even more for the kid including the doll the MIL took back.
I worked at a Cracker Barrel right at the beginning of 2020. Yes, you have to use a clear purse and have a manager inspect you before you could leave. I don't recall them inspecting the food I would order to take home, though.
First the crackedbarrel one, I understand the being frisked thing. When I worked at Victoria's Secret, we had to let managers search our bags before we leave
19:15 I totally agree, DF. My only grandson (so far) gets between 3 and 4 gifts from my wife and I. Oh, did I mention 'each'. So he gets a minimum of 8 gifts from us, not counting his mom and dad and my daughter, who also dotes on him. Don't get me wrong, he's not 'entitled', and as he gets older (he's turning 4 this Feb), the number of gifts MAY decline, but we will explain why and I'm sure he will understand. I mean, Gramps (being me) has been saving up with his dad's approval for his first car (in about 12 years). Hopefully, I'll be around to give it to him. Grandchildren are a gift to grandparents, IMHO.
Hey I want you to know I listen to your post for a year and a half now. Helps me to pass the time while I'm still in the hospital. Please keep up the good work.
*About that "Nasty Grandmother":* We have three middle-aged adult children, all born before I (a 71f) had even reached the age of 23, yet not a one of them managed to give us a single grandchild. 😥 While I occasionally get a little "soggy" at being "part of a line that's now gone extinct" (especially knowing my Beloved DH would have been *_THE VERY BESTEST_** GrandFather, EVER!)* I do try to console myself by remembering that at least we needn't worry about, nor fear for, our "grandchildren" - as *there just aren't any.* If that OP wants, he can "adopt" us as his daughter's Grandparents, AT ANY TIME! *We'd be **_SO VERY, VERY HAPPY_** to absorb them into our family, then love, cherish, and even spoil, **_ALL_** OF THEM!* _THAT_ awful "grandmother" is simply a nasty fraud! (She actually reminds me, a WHOLE LOT, of _MY_ "biological egg donor," who was ALSO a very nasty person.)
My mother had 10 children but only 7 biological grandchildren. That said, at least 8 other 'kids' called her grandma, some of them lived with her over the years. So yeah, nothing wrong with adopting some grandchildren if you have the opportunity!
My significant other has worked in multiple different restaurants, and I have never heard of anyone ever being frisked. I only thought that happened to Wal-Mart employees. 🤣
Since you asked, every restaurant where I ever worked threw away so much food they never missed what found its way down my gullet. Not to put too fine a point on it
We produce more than enough food to feed everyone on the planet, the issue is distribution...and food waste. It also just goes to landfills and is such an incredible waste of resources, and instead of being more careful about food... We just destroy more forests to make more farms :(
I think the difference with Cracker Barrel compared to other restaurants is that they have a souvenir store in front. These items can easily be shoplifted.
I can identify with the "real job" story. As a former hair stylist, I heard that all the time from my family - who were only too happy with receiving services as long as I didn't charge more than the cost of products, since I was playing with hair. Have long been out of the business due, handle multi-million dollar for a school district and my income is not even close to what "playing with hair all day" paid, so yeah, a real job doesn't necessarily equate to being paid what you deserve to be paid.
Walmart does the same thing clear bags. Which I feel any store who does this is awful to those who are on certain medications for be seen by any one. Can't have locks on your locker so any one can go through your belongings. WE all know that medications will cause rumors at work. Be it from pain killers to antibiotics to depression,,meds to add meds. It's not right. Every one has a right to a certain amount of privacy and medication needs to be one of the, also girl products. Some women get super embarrassed around that time of the month. Nope those items are there for all to see. It's not right.
The 9 y/o deserved all the nice gifts 🎁 she was a great girl. I understand the Cracker Barrel rules as I work at Amazon. We are also required to have clear purses and backpacks. Well I had one of each until my purse fell apart after 5 days and went back to my leather bag. We have to put items into the grey bin and push them thru an airport style X-ray 🩻 machine then walk through the metal detector just to go home EVERY day after a 10 hour shift. People DO try to steal from a facility that has cameras EVERYWHERE except the bathroom🤷🏽♀️
The last story is a trigger for me b/c the woman who birthed me's mother was a complete bitch and played favorites. So of course I wasn't in that group so I always got the least amount and the happiest of gifts. I literally think they just wrapped things up for gifts for me as it was never anything I liked nor asked for. One year I got polyester plaid button up shirt (like my "grandma" wears and a pair of fake gold dangled seashell earrings - I was 10. Then my cousin who was a few years younger got an expensive doll house among probably 20 other gifts all the while bragging "look at all the presents I got and u only got 2" as she laughed and walked off. I literally went and sat in my parents car for the remainder of the day and cried.. It wasn't just the one cousin, it was all of them. They made me feel like a pariah and even taunted that they were loved more. This was proven by the fact that NO ONE noticed I left after opening gifts and didn't even eat. I literally passed out in the car from the heat and my "mom" didn't notice I was already in the car until we left. Then when I was older and had a child my aunt said "oh u no longer get gifts bc ur a parent now." So I asked "then why have u all been buying gifts for each other every year?" There were literally gifts for every "parent" but me. Oh and the year before when I was pregnant I got diapers and wipes for MY gift. There are so many other issues w/them that I stopped talking to them long ago. If y'all think I'm an a/hole I do why. I didn't expect anything but to be treated fair and like family but that was never the case with them.
As a grandma of six, Fack that. I love my grandsons and granddaughter. Everything, I am, have is for them. They’re my legacy. She needs to have her grandma card taken away.
I've only got 3 grandkiddos (for now lol my son just got married) and I never knew you could love a child you didn't squeeze out as much as the ones I did lol!
I would give everything for them.
@@Emeraldwitch30 Right!! We love our kids and how could our hearts love anyone more and then, Grandkids. Wow, just wow.
I know right, that women isn't a grandma she is a spoiled monster.
Grandma is a narcissistic grandma.🤬
I absolutely agree! My granddaughter is my pride and joy. She deserves everything!
Couldn't stop laughing after hearing that 2nd story about the MIL & a real job. It took me back to the mid 70's when I worked on London Underground. One evening after getting home, my mother demanded my door key as one of my sisters had lost hers. To save an argument, I gave it to her (Think of a 1000 Karens rolled into 1. That describes my mother & father was just as bad. The following week, i was on dead lates. What a "lovely" week that was. Stabled the train in the depot every night around 1-1:15 am & had 2 choices. Have a kip in the staff room or use the night bus services. I took the night bus service as it took approx, 2 hours 15 minutes to get home around (3 buses & a 25 minute walk). It beat waiting until 4:10 am for the 1st train out where I would get home around 6:30 am. Gets home around 3:10 am on Fri morning only for my father was very annoyed as he had to get up early for work but not that early, & said why don;t you get a key, I did as the key I handed over was 1 I previously purchased. He then said, why don't I get a real job. It was my Sunday off so over breakfast I asked dad how he got to work.
He said by bus to which I replied - Did the bus drive itself? He made my sister return my key & she pay for a new one. I only wish the Internet existed back then. Oh the Karen & Ken stories I have. :-)
Last story: OP needs to divorce the rotten wife and get the daughter as far away from her and her rotten mother as possible! Sheesh!
Anyone who thinks a job in performing arts isn't a real job has never really worked in performing arts. It's a TON of work.
It is because most of them only have the local school productions to go off of. And they assumed it is that level to do, they will know the hard work or see past seasonal because yes some of the cast and crew have jobs outside of it. But that doesn't mean it is not a real job. OP end is the full time or real job aspect of it.
Story 2: Yeah, I can related to this. I work for a movie theatre company and can get free passes for friends/family. Went out with some friends one night, and this guy spent the entire time shit talking me, then wanted me to get him free movie passes. Yeah, sure...
Worked as a waiter for a resturant run by a family from Georgia (Country not state) No frisking, no clear anything, But you better have room in your car for leftovers if you even hinted you were hungry. And heaven help you if they found out you felt under the weather. Might as well remove the passenger seat and the back seat. Your going to need the room. If you started working their skinny. You wouldn't be a month later.
I worked for an Italian man and his cuban wife when I was younger(the early 80s) and if you even looked like you were hungry they fed you lol. I took home pizzas and calzone and soup and salad lol
But my favorite was this Cuban dish. It was made with somewhat large squid and she would clean and keep the hood whole but chopped the tentacles up and cooked them into rice and sweet peppers and onions and and red sauce(mostly tomatoes) plus more things I can't remember, then she stuffed it all into the hood of the squid (mantle? Having big word issues today sorry 😊)
Then she steamed them and served with more red sauce and served over more of the red sauced rice. It wasnt spicy at all but she said normally it would have a bit of a kick due to tiny spicy peppers.. but she had stomach issues and couldn't do a lot of spicy stuff.
She also would make banana leaf pockets with all kinds of things in. Shrimp and fish and tomatoes and even fruit like mangos and something else that, quite frankly, looked like big yellow curds of scrambled egg and rice.
If you saw them -you would first think oh yum tamales! But no corn lol.
He should have opened a Cuban restaurant as his Italian food was run of the mill Americanized Italia. Her Cuban food was 😘🤌
Lol he always complained that his real Italian cooking didn't sell well cuz all the supposedly Italian Americans wanted was this over sauced crap 😳 lol. He had a temper and we heard a few shouts of "of course its not like your nonas!" Its real Italian food 🤦♀️
But they were lovely people and I gained like 10 pounds working there. They lost their lease and then moved way down south to the keys from ft Lauderdale. Too far for me to commute 😪
yes! my experience working in the food industry was the same haha
Those places sounds like dream jobs of college students
Some employers do this or that to keep their employees from looking other jobs. Some just think employee as a replaceable spare parts. Both have advantage and disadvantage.
Fr but if I worked there if they tried to frisk me ima defend myself
I was standing in line at the checkout over 20 years ago when a lady ran her cart into me so hard I screamed and had to have 16 stitches in my Achilles heel. One of my jobs was organist at a local church and they had to hire a substitute for the next several weeks. I didn't berate or scold the lady whose cart injured me as I didn't believe anyone would intentionally hurt someone. Nevertheless I've been vigilant since then about looking out for shopping carts! Accidents do happen...
*_OMG,_** HOW VERY DREADFUL!* I sure hope you don't have any lingering deficits from that. It made me hurt to just read about it!
To do that kind of damage with a shopping cart isn't a simple accident, that is negligent carelessness.
I once had a co worker at a home improvement store run one of the lumber carts into the back of a little old lady's ankle. While she was screaming in pain, he just stared at her for 30 seconds and then walked away with the cart. I later called him an idiot when we were in the break room.
At least one good thing about COVID is people having to keep their distance. I HATE having people breathe down my neck in line. Especially creepy guys. People were always idiots with their carts running into my and others ankles also letting their untrained, wild animal children ram into us, wipe dirty hands on us, scream, hit, etc. And their usually the mom stand there not caring that their monster were assaulting people and destroying everything. Not to mention coughing, sneezing and spitting on people. YUCK 🤮. Sometimes it was the adults not bothering to cover their mouth and/or nose and spitting as they talk very, very close to you. Thank you COVID. I appreciate having personal space. 😁 My ankles thank you too.
@@zero00044 sounds like he was more of a psychopath.
Loved the ticket revenge.
Everyone takes your work for granted until you stop doing it...
I think the worst part of of last story was the wife siding with the MIL, defending her after learning she was going to shaft the kid. OP should be keeping an eye out for any more red flags he might have overlooked.
According to another comment OP made an update saying that the MIL got him fired from his job, and that his wife’s reaction was that it was “karma”.
He’s got three options: he divorces her now (This is risky as it could potentially lead to a loss of custody, courts are unfair), He stays with her until his daughter gets to an age where she can choose who she wants to stay with then divorces her (significantly less risk) or he takes the hardline approach.
@@Captain-J-Amadaeus That wife sounds pretty horrid. A mama's girl maybe?
@@Captain-J-Amadaeus "Karma?" THAT'S "karma?!" do want to wonder what does he means on "hardline approach?"
@@Captain-J-Amadaeus Wow, yeah it's past the point of red flags. OP really needs to get his eggs lined up and get out of that relationship. Not sure how old daughter needs to be to make that choice but really hope it's soon; like you said courts are unfair and there is no reason OP or the kid should be stuck in such a toxic relationship because of stuck up fools who have no understanding of the situation, It's the reason I hate courts and Juries.
@@stygiandragon3865 The hardline approach was my idea, all I’ll say is that it’s very illegal and the very, very last resort.
If you punch a timecard and get paid or clock your own hours and get paid it's a real job.
So I guess that just discludes all forms of self-employment and small business ownership. I can understand people saying various forms of online entertainer aren't doing real jobs, but freelancers work hard to make ends meet since they have to do all their own booking, paperwork, and networking.
Not every job requires you to clock on/off ! I worked in retail and hospitality (hotel night porter) when I was younger - not once did I ever clock on/off, but I still worked 40+ hours a week !
If you can get money from it (legally hopefully) it's a job
I get your sentiment, but must agree with the other commenters. There are a lot of jobs that don't pay your hours, but pay your progress.
For instance, a doll maker would go out of business if they sold two identical dolls for different prices cause "that one took me longer to paint," and a cabinet maker would be desensitized from bettering their skills as it would mean less pay for the same work.
Put simply "if you do it for money, it's a job. If you do it for others, it is charity. And if you do it for free, it's a hobby"
anything can be a real job as long as it is a reliable source of income
You know its a little funny and really sad that in the last story the wife was more then happy to side with MIL but the min MIL gets a cheap gift the wife is like I'M MAD! right so its okay to be rude to the child but not the old bat?
In update, op lost his job because of MIL and her part family and his wife only said: it's karma. didn't supported him.
@@Mithandune Jesus Christ that is just disgusting on that family
Op needs to get a divorce and cut contact with all of them
@@fabledkitty214 Looked up the post. While the wife making the Karma comment was disgusting, OP intentionally antagonized the MIL by posting pics of the bag the MIL would have got, making it piss easy for the MIL to rally family to tear him down and ruin his career. A career that involves having a clean image
So while the MIL and Wife are nasty, OP _was also_ an idiot
Second story. Never belittle or put down other people’s endeavors. Even if you don’t get it, they do and that’s all that matters. Show a little respect that goes along way.
Last story MIL is lucky she got anything for Christmas after that stunt. I would have taken everything back...and the wife agreeing with her mother over her own little daughter....Apple didn't fall far from that tree.
My niece is a stage manager and she works extremely hard. I am very proud of her especially when I met an actress that was in same program I was in. She saw my last name and mentioned if I was related to my niece. Of course I said yes, then she replied that my niece was her favorite stage manager.
Everyone whose ever been in a Cracker Barrel knows about the retail store you enter. So, I can understand that they do not want any of their inventory to disappear because employees have more opportunities to steal than customers. On a different note, I live close to St. Charles, MO and on January 10, 2023, an employee at Cracker Barrel was taking out the trash, and he interrupted two guys breaking into cars. What happened next is the employee was shot, but it wasn't life-threatening. There were actually five people involved in various car break-ins and they were all caught within a couple of hours. What is this world coming to when an employee at a restaurant has to make sure he is wearing a bulletproof vest before taking out the morning trash?
My grandmother would do that she would give everybody at least three presents so that they felt that they weren't being neglected. Even on birthday she would give everybody a presents to make them feel like they were appreciated too.
Last story: grandma got what she deserved. She broke a promise, too. Op's wife needs to back her husband and daughter. She needs a therapist.
She NEEDS a damned spanking!
Grandma did teach the little girl a lesson.
The lesson she taught was, "Grandma is a liar and doesn't keep her promises!"
Story 6 - What kind of lousy grandmother is that? My Mom was pretty strict with me and my siblings, but her grandchildren? She said that was the wonderful thing about grandchildren: you can spoil them rotten and send them home!
I worked at a sushi restaurant through highschool and the owner was very particular about making everything fresh the day of sale. When we would have slow days I was always excited because whatever was left at the end of the day staff were allowed to divide it up between us to take home. the boss would also make me really cute lunch boxes for my lunch breaks and he would always refuse payment if I came in to eat on my days off an even when I stopped working there. I miss that shop so much!
I mean... It was a sushi restaurant. I'd bloody well hope everything was fresh that day 😂
@@damien678 I've literally seen sushi places take rolls out of a freezer for their days stock. Bad food places be bad food places.
Story 5- Almost all jobs I've had when I was in my 20s had a manager escort you to the door. It was the same from restaurants to Victoria secret. All the did was have you open you bag and they did a little peek into it. Most of the time they didn't even look. It was just procedure but I've never worked a place that searched you or required you to have clear bags before. What are they so worried people will steal from Cracker Barrel? Cheap food? Candy from the store? I think it's a shame how some stores treat their employees. They treat them like thieves. Smh
Because of how many businesses skim/steal tips from their workers, I make it a point to pay the tab with card, and the tip in cash, and directly to the server. Let the business see that big ol' ZERO in the tip spot and think we are terrible people and stiffed their worker, I care not what the managers think, I only care about taking care of my servers and making sure they get tipped well.
Actually, taking walkoffs or runouts out of tips is illegal. It's an overall cost to the business, which needs to adjust prices to compensate.
My mom was Jewish and my dad's family was Christian(he was agnostic according to his own words) so I got to celebrate both Christmas and Chanukah every year. I got multiple gifts each night of Chanukah because of different family members. Most was chocolate and such, but gifts are gifts. And got stuff for Christmas from my mom, dad, and my dad's parents. I could be wrong, but I don't think I was or am spoiled. My point is, getting a lot of gifts on a Holiday isn't spoiling her. Especially since it sounds like she earned it. Pretty impressive for a 9 year old, especially nowadays imo.
16:27 I worked at a restaurant in the retail store part. We had bags and aprons checked before we could leave. This is the same place that the manager stole from the store and intentionally did not pay the salary people were hired at
The first story touches close to home. My best friend is differently-abled was in the Walmart and she had someone run up her ankle with the buggy, and not only that but she had her phone knocked from her hand and it was destroyed. The woman proceeded to tell her it was her fault for walking in front of her
I’ve worked food service & clothing retail. If any employer tried to frisk me before leaving I would not work there.
I've worked in restaurants and retail. At no time were we required to have clear bags or be frisked.
Working at Spirit or spencers trust me you have to pull out everything to show that you don’t have anything on you clear bags made it easier so you don’t have to put anything out of your purse or backpack. They checked hoodies, ankles, pockets, hats all of it. Though I will admit getting frisked didn’t happen..
seriously. I had to pause the video right then to come read comments here. fuck that ain't nobody frisking me, get fucked.
I would had resisted that
1st Story: Mistakes happen all the time, but that is not the way to solve it. Serves him right to go look for his cart in the entire store.
Cart across the store... Genius. I love it.
Story 2: "Not a real job" is just a really trashy insult. Like, there's no such thing as a "Not real job", all jobs are real.
Story 6: Both this and Story 2 are great examples of being careful with what you say, because it can be used against you in some way.
Not a real job? No perks then!
Can't get everything you ask for? Reduced gifts for you!
As someone who recently worked on a show and saw how stressed the stage manager was, I can tell you it's not an easy job. And that was just for a small college performance.
That cracker barrel story has me boiling mad! As a Christian myself I believe its our job to put forth love and kindness. If I was OPs manager I'd never have been a bear to them! How can we help save souls if we are the opposite of what God expects of us?!
I would have told the daughter, "I know you were hoping for the doll, and Grandma did get it, but she decided she doesn't love you enough for you to have it. Now go give Grandma a big hug and tell her you know she's going to Hell.
I’ve worked in 3 different restaurants and not once were we frisked or any bags checked. That’s crazy to me
If it's not in the employment contract, I'd call the cops and press charges for assault. The job's done anyway, and any bad publicity the place would get would be a plus.
I remember hearing the last story from Reddit Brew back in December. Still tickles my funny bone when OP decides with," Follow MIL's logic and reap the rewards." mentality. And MIL has no one but herself to blame for playing the silly game.
I used to work for Sears and we had to use a clear bag that they provided us for our personal things. Also we had to leave out the warehouse exit next to the security office and have the bags of any purchases we made checked before leaving. I always thought that them worrying about employees stealing was really stupid since we had a lot of theft by customers happening all the time. At least they didn't frisk us.
Sears is a company that really didn't think things through. If I worked for a place that frisked me as I was leaving, I'd be working there exactly one day, and I'd be rather vocal and sarcastic about it as I left that one day. And I'd make sure everyone heard me.
They grandmother failed as a grandmother. It is their job to spoil their grandchildren.
Either way, I think I know who that daughter's favorite parent is going to be throughout life.
A loooong time ago in the 90s I worked in a grocery store who stated we had to have clear bags. I got one that was "see through" but not transparent which seemed to be enough.
Last story: I'm with Fluff on this one. I would have returned the designer purse and MIL would have gotten nada.
Nah, gift the daughter the designer purse and write on the tag that it's from MIL. Creates a huge expectation from MIL for future Christmas', and the wife and MIL can't say shit, else they'd out themselves as assholes to the daughter and damage their reputation with her _while also_ showing OP as caring for his daughter that much with the reveal that he bought the purse and decided to give it to her instead, _while also_ seeming like a great person who was trying to cover for MIL's lack of a gift
@@Icalasari That is brilliant!
1:50 liked for the proper pronunciation of ‘mischievous’
When someone cuts in front of you in line, don't get mad or call them out on it. Just force your way in front of them. If they call you out on that, then you can say that you only did what they did and that they don't deserve any better treatment, but the people in this story can't talk, so tough cookies to the original line cutter lol.
S1. Kudos to the mischievous couple. Awesome pettiness
Or better yet, OP should've given his MIL a box with a lump of coal/coal looking candy with a note from Santa saying what she did was outright selfish and entitled. A perfect version of petty revenge 😜🤪🤣.
5th story is something I've been threw in the work place before. Me personally I am a Practicing Pagan awell. And legit co-workers, aswell as managers would react that way. Yeah they would poke fun at me(I understand playful teasing but this was constant) and try to force me to work days I would schedule off months in advance and things like that. As well as put me on the managers shifts with them all and try to get me to do all their work and would not let me rest when they were among other things.
(particularly religious holidays , cause I would always set them up to have 2 days off. Cause sense I'm of age to drink I drink a bit on those days. And I like to reserve a second day just in case I'm hung over or I was up late. Which they seemed to notice.)
But at the time I was much younger as well as this manager who was instigating it as well as her 'Favored workers' were in good graces of corporate. So even if I did call they wouldn't say anything to them most likely.
Funny thing is that manager got fired one moring when she was particularly being harsh enough to have me crying. Not 2hrs later ladies from corporate came in and fired her. Then she left crying. Never had no one mess with me after that. Even the 'Favored co-workers' mostly kept away and left me be cause she wasn't their to save their skins if it got back to corporate. I think I worked their for about another year and 6 months before I quit.
Side note: I don't care what your religion is. I could care less, you could worship a light pole. Personally don't care you do you. I can be chill with you and all that but when you start harassing me or others who don't follow what you do. Thats where I draw the line and I will either be a ass hat back to you.
I love these stories, they are great entertainment.
Last Story: OP should have given MIL a lump of coal along with a note which should have said, "I know you really, _really_ wanted that designer purse, and I'm sorry if I disappointed you, but we can't always get the gifts we hoped for."
Re: Story 2, ~3:45
As someone with Assistant Stage Manager (ASM) experience on professional shows, I CHALLENGE FMIL to try being an ASM for a full show, auditions through post-closing strike, then say its not "working full time," or "real work." She'd be too incompetent to be hired in the first place.
I worked at Red Lobster, Chilis and TGiF...the only thing they ever cared about was the alcohol. Dang I miss those crab legs, fajitas and JD boneless wings I got to eat for free!! 🤣🤣🤣
I work at panera and we don't get felt up before we're allowed to leave. I've never heard of having to be frisked before you can leave from working at a restaurant
My daughter got so many gifts for Christmas this year, the inlaws were the ones that gave her the most.
I'm also a Pagan. I live in a trailer park (It's much better than homeless, okay?) and the former park manager, who is a Jehovah's Witness who wanted to fill the park with people from her church. She was coming down on me about every little things, many not my responsibility. For instance, I pay someone to mow my yard (he gets a hot meal). Well, I had to wait for food stamps, so he'd not mowed. I told her, this is when I get my food stamps. She came here 3 days in a row to "remind" me about the yard. Went to the owner. I told her what was going on. Knocking on my door isn't bringing what I need any faster. She had admitted to wanting to fill the park with other JWs, and I told the owner. I am an animal kissing, flower sniffing, tree hugging, dirt worshiping Pagan, and plan on being carried out of here feet first. Don't make me go to the tenants board. This is religious discrimination. Guess the landlord said something to her. No more problems.
My fav is the mighty Fenrir. Killer of Odin, and eater of Tyr's arm.
I think naming the "Karen" "Diane" in the restaurant story is perfect. For 15 years, I worked with a "Karen" named Diane.
Christmas and birthdays you spoil your kids if you can! What kind of grandmother is she? AND How Dare she be upset when O.P. follows her own rules when it comes to gifting her? What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.
On the topic of the Karen that is nice to your face but insults you behind your back, not kidding there is a girl in my class that does this exact thing. She seems to be nice to all the boys that sit at my lunch table, but when we or someone close to us is not around, the insults that I know of consists of calling us gay (regardless of the facts to prove otherwise) and making fun of the way that some of us walks (how pathetic is that?). I swear she only dyed her hair blond to fit in with the concept of the "dumb blond". Apologies to any smart, NON-ENTITLED blonds reading the previous sentence. (Honestly though, you listen to Darkfluff. Fluff listeners can't be that dumb)
Note to anybody degrading anyone else's job choices...If it makes real world money, then it is a real job...y'all are just jealous they don't hate their job, like you clearly do yours
Honestly, even volunteer work is a real job. So you don't even need to make money....so if you are a contributing member of society it counts as a real job.
Story 5: Why do pagans get called satanists? Like, what did they do? I bet you a lot of religious discrimination stories could come from those
Also, being part of a certain race and/or gender, doesn't shield you from consequence.
It either has to do with early christians being persecuted during the Roman empire and maybe the mass conversion of pagans during the church's expansion in Europe, or these sorts of people are just stupid. I'm betting on the latter.
Ironic AND hypocritical, given that Christianity stole all its mythology from pagans, Egyptiand, Assyrians, Babylonians..
I have Christian neighbors who learned that I am Wiccan and told me that they had spent centuries trying to wipe out my kind.
@@beatricepierce6883 they sound like imperial sith inquisitors.
Even the nicest Christians are honestly weird AF about us pagans.
I've worked in more restaurants than I can count. I've never been frisked, nor would I allow it. Restaurant jobs are way too easy to find.
My wife and I have 2 kids and 8 grandkids,. We would never deny anything to anyone of them , that MIL should have her grandma card revoked. Her daughter siding with her is strike one
Never worked in food service, but having worked in retail as loss prevention and as a sales associate depending on the company policy you either have to empty your pockets, lift pant legs to show socks/top of shoes, and open your bag or you have to use a clear/see-through bag to prevent internal theft because some part timers have a “fuck it I’ll be gone quick enough” attitude and will steal from the store since they are temporary
Fluff. I feel you about the "Real Job" comments. Like, i get what people mean by it, but it feels so demeaning. All i can think is "Ok. And when you go to Macy's and see no one's there to help you, you're gonna start complaing about how bad service is."
If you want some one to be in/excel to better life conditions, just say call them what they are: High paying Jobs.
Story 1. Chaotic Good for the win!
Story 2. FMIL played stupid games and won stupid prizes. 😂😂😂😂
Story 3. The linecutter should meditate on not shitting where he eats.
Story 4. Theft almost always catches up with the thief. 😉
Story 5. Sherry needs to read her bible more, particularly the parts about tolerance.
Story 6. WTF NoMIL! What a grinch!
I've never accidentally (or Deliberately) run my cart into another person...
The reason for that is my shoulders don't work properly which means I can't push the weight of a loaded cart so I use a chain and quick0link to hook a cart to the back of my Mobility Scooter so I'm towing it like a Trailer...
I'm also VERY careful to not run my scooter into someone else because it's large, heavy and the front fender is plastic which is expensive to replace...
I don't know about Cracker Barrel but my daughter worked at Ulta. She was given a clear tote on her first day and and that is what she was supposed to use as a bag when coming to and from work. Way to easy to shoplift there since the items can be so small. But they definitely didn't frisk employees when they left!
I like petty revenge but malicious compliance is even better
I legit chocked on my saliva from hearing what the OP in that last story said. lmfao!
I understand OP from the second story. I was a stage tech in college, it was how I paid for my classes. I worked hard and my dad would say that I needed to get a real job.
When I was a kid in the 1970’s, my siblings and I got loads of gifts (around 20) at Christmas from our parents. Some were big items and some were smaller things. We also had a stocking on the ends of our beds which would always be filled with a banana, an apple, an orange and a tangerine, along with sweets, chocolate and small puzzles etc. (I didn’t get an orange but 2 tangerines as I was [and still am] allergic to oranges).
My father was a Policeman, and there were 5 children in the house at any one time (I’m the youngest of 7 children, by the time I was born, my eldest sister was living away from home as she was 19, and my eldest brother had just gotten a flat at 17. My other 2 sisters were 15 & 13 and my other 2 brothers were 10 & 6).
I know of a friend, who because her youngest boy was in hospital at Christmas, she sent her 2 older boys to her mother’s home for the festive period, so she could stay with her youngest in hospital (he had broken his leg). When he finally got home in the February of the following year, he was astonished to find all the Christmas decorations and the tree was still up and that he had HUNDREDS of presents under the tree ! She had literally gone mad and bought him about 200 presents herself ! She told me years later, that he had never played with some of them, and I thought how wasteful that was.
If at all possible, kids should get at least one thing that they really want for christmas. I never got what I wanted - a train set. But all I ever got was stupid dolls. Chatty Cathy was the worse.
As to working at Cracker Barrel; yes, it is a common thing depending on the store/restaurant. I worked in an all you can eat restaurant in a very popular beach resort/town. We had an extremely popular store attached to the huge restaurant like Cracker Barrel. Many of the gifts were handcrafted, one of a kind items with a sea/beach theme. These items were sold at a 100% to 250% markups and then split equally with the artist/creator of that item. Since most were unique items, they were often purchased, and then resold for hundreds more until the artists/creators started suing people who were not licensed to resell them. Some employees tried to do this, so everyone had to sign a legally binding agreement that they wouldn't resell any item purchased through the store without a resellers license from the creator. Plus we of course had some employees with sticky fingers too. So we routinely had to go through random searches by management to prevent thefts by employees. Some of our items cost thousands of dollars, like one of our Swiss Diver's Diamond watches that cost $15,000. We sold several of those while I worked there. So yeah, I can understand why the searches for certain stores/restaurants since they have exclusive gifts you can't get anywhere else.
WoW! My son is a cook at Cracker Barrel & I've never heard of the management frisking the staff.🤔 I'll have to ask him about it when he gets in...
Big eye roll at the Satan worshipper remark. Most Karenesque Christians don't know their holidays were originally Pagan festivals. The nice ones do, wonderful, deep conversations with them! But not the Karenesque ones. 😂❤
Christmas is about showing you care. To children its the highlight of the year.
Just in time for my lunch break! I can always count on your videos :D
I had a colleague like Diane once, an awful person. We were working in an office and she always would talk crap about her colleagues (including me) to make her look better to the bosses. I'm so glad, I don't work there anymore, she is a textbook example of a toxic person.
When I worked at Borders (Barnes and Noble competition until it closed), our bags and jackets were checked every time you left, even for breaks.
Whenever I worked as a server, I wouldn't even take my purse. I didn't even want to deal with suspicion! The tips I made stayed in my apron and I kept an ID in my hip pocket. Made life easier on me. LOL
Story two I can relate
People keep telling me that I'm a lazy freeloader because I dont work
But I do work and when I tell them I get told being a babysitter/nanny isnt real work and that I need to get a real job
Like I work 9 to 11 hour shifts I do not have time to get a second part time job
I get up at 4am and depending on my shift I have to leave home at either 520am or 620 am and I get home between 5 pm to 630 pm depending on when the kiddos dad gets home because we chat for a half hour talking about how baby girl did and so did her brother
I dont just watch the baby and make us food I also wash dishes, do laundry,pick up toys, vaccum the floors and take out the trash
My break time is based off when baby girl is taking a nap if she naps for 20 minutes then I had a 20 minute break, if she naps for 2 hours, great i was able to each lunch, play some phone games and destress for abit or do so chores
In the last story, the mother-in-law could have been given a hanky, or just a simple card wishing her “Merry Christmas !!”
re 1st story - if that had happened in my main grocery store (I shop between 5 stores), I would have had the perfect place to park that jerks cart ..... way in the back of the store in the hallway that leads to the customer restrooms, you have to go through a pair of heavy doors to get in there ..... that guy would have never found it. MWAH- HA-HA-HA-HA-HAAAAAAAAA! 😆
Last story - I would have taken the purse back for a refund and then gone and gotten the exact doll the daughter wanted and lots of clothes and accessories for the doll. MIL wants to make crappy comments about a parent spoiling their child? I would have made sure I spoiled her well and good.
In last story in OP update, he wanted to do that, to refun bag and take his daughter for a whole day somehwere, but his MIL and her part of the family stopped it, they were so much slandering him on social media, that he lost his job. His wife only told him: It's karma.
@@Mithandune I hope he didn't give the bitch the bag.
Last story - I would've returned everything that would've been for the MIL and used the money to buy even more for the kid including the doll the MIL took back.
I worked at a Cracker Barrel right at the beginning of 2020. Yes, you have to use a clear purse and have a manager inspect you before you could leave. I don't recall them inspecting the food I would order to take home, though.
Well, isn't THAT just homey and traditional. I'll never eat at another CB again.
I'm assuming it wasn't because staff might steal food, but items from the gift shop?
@@queenofputrescence5167 I believe so.
16:58 So either Fluff doesn't consider Subway a restaurant, or he's been lying to us this whole time 🤔
First the crackedbarrel one, I understand the being frisked thing. When I worked at Victoria's Secret, we had to let managers search our bags before we leave
19:15 I totally agree, DF. My only grandson (so far) gets between 3 and 4 gifts from my wife and I. Oh, did I mention 'each'. So he gets a minimum of 8 gifts from us, not counting his mom and dad and my daughter, who also dotes on him. Don't get me wrong, he's not 'entitled', and as he gets older (he's turning 4 this Feb), the number of gifts MAY decline, but we will explain why and I'm sure he will understand. I mean, Gramps (being me) has been saving up with his dad's approval for his first car (in about 12 years). Hopefully, I'll be around to give it to him. Grandchildren are a gift to grandparents, IMHO.
Hey I want you to know I listen to your post for a year and a half now. Helps me to pass the time while I'm still in the hospital. Please keep up the good work.
I’m sorry you are in the hospital. That sucks. I really hope you are well enough to leave sooner than later. Good luck.
Third story: Its the thought that counts and this box is full of the thoughts for you, then hand over an empty box.
*About that "Nasty Grandmother":* We have three middle-aged adult children, all born before I (a 71f) had even reached the age of 23, yet not a one of them managed to give us a single grandchild. 😥 While I occasionally get a little "soggy" at being "part of a line that's now gone extinct" (especially knowing my Beloved DH would have been *_THE VERY BESTEST_** GrandFather, EVER!)* I do try to console myself by remembering that at least we needn't worry about, nor fear for, our "grandchildren" - as *there just aren't any.* If that OP wants, he can "adopt" us as his daughter's Grandparents, AT ANY TIME! *We'd be **_SO VERY, VERY HAPPY_** to absorb them into our family, then love, cherish, and even spoil, **_ALL_** OF THEM!* _THAT_ awful "grandmother" is simply a nasty fraud! (She actually reminds me, a WHOLE LOT, of _MY_ "biological egg donor," who was ALSO a very nasty person.)
My mother had 10 children but only 7 biological grandchildren. That said, at least 8 other 'kids' called her grandma, some of them lived with her over the years. So yeah, nothing wrong with adopting some grandchildren if you have the opportunity!
My significant other has worked in multiple different restaurants, and I have never heard of anyone ever being frisked. I only thought that happened to Wal-Mart employees. 🤣
Since you asked, every restaurant where I ever worked threw away so much food they never missed what found its way down my gullet. Not to put too fine a point on it
We produce more than enough food to feed everyone on the planet, the issue is distribution...and food waste.
It also just goes to landfills and is such an incredible waste of resources, and instead of being more careful about food... We just destroy more forests to make more farms :(
I think the difference with Cracker Barrel compared to other restaurants is that they have a souvenir store in front. These items can easily be shoplifted.
The best part of working from home is FLUFF while I work!!!
I can identify with the "real job" story. As a former hair stylist, I heard that all the time from my family - who were only too happy with receiving services as long as I didn't charge more than the cost of products, since I was playing with hair. Have long been out of the business due, handle multi-million dollar for a school district and my income is not even close to what "playing with hair all day" paid, so yeah, a real job doesn't necessarily equate to being paid what you deserve to be paid.
At my job they would check our bags before we went home for years. But now they aren't allowed to do that anymore because it violates our privacy.
Hi everyone
Walmart does the same thing clear bags. Which I feel any store who does this is awful to those who are on certain medications for be seen by any one. Can't have locks on your locker so any one can go through your belongings. WE all know that medications will cause rumors at work. Be it from pain killers to antibiotics to depression,,meds to add meds. It's not right. Every one has a right to a certain amount of privacy and medication needs to be one of the, also girl products. Some women get super embarrassed around that time of the month. Nope those items are there for all to see. It's not right.
The 9 y/o deserved all the nice gifts 🎁 she was a great girl. I understand the Cracker Barrel rules as I work at Amazon. We are also required to have clear purses and backpacks. Well I had one of each until my purse fell apart after 5 days and went back to my leather bag. We have to put items into the grey bin and push them thru an airport style X-ray 🩻 machine then walk through the metal detector just to go home EVERY day after a 10 hour shift. People DO try to steal from a facility that has cameras EVERYWHERE except the bathroom🤷🏽♀️
i always laugh when i hear when a Christian accuses a pagan of being a satan worshipper lol
The couple in that last story are heading for divorce at that rate. Seriously! How can a mother agree with taking gifts away from her own daughter?
My day just got better!!!!
"I've never worked in a restaurant before"
Quiznos: Stop the cap
It's a parents job to raise their kids.
It's a grandparents job to spoil their grandkids!
The last story is a trigger for me b/c the woman who birthed me's mother was a complete bitch and played favorites. So of course I wasn't in that group so I always got the least amount and the happiest of gifts. I literally think they just wrapped things up for gifts for me as it was never anything I liked nor asked for. One year I got polyester plaid button up shirt (like my "grandma" wears and a pair of fake gold dangled seashell earrings - I was 10. Then my cousin who was a few years younger got an expensive doll house among probably 20 other gifts all the while bragging "look at all the presents I got and u only got 2" as she laughed and walked off. I literally went and sat in my parents car for the remainder of the day and cried.. It wasn't just the one cousin, it was all of them. They made me feel like a pariah and even taunted that they were loved more. This was proven by the fact that NO ONE noticed I left after opening gifts and didn't even eat. I literally passed out in the car from the heat and my "mom" didn't notice I was already in the car until we left. Then when I was older and had a child my aunt said "oh u no longer get gifts bc ur a parent now." So I asked "then why have u all been buying gifts for each other every year?" There were literally gifts for every "parent" but me. Oh and the year before when I was pregnant I got diapers and wipes for MY gift. There are so many other issues w/them that I stopped talking to them long ago. If y'all think I'm an a/hole I do why. I didn't expect anything but to be treated fair and like family but that was never the case with them.
I didn’t have this problem growing up, but I hear your story and I’ve had similar problems in school. You’re not alone.