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any american fella tell me what this is
surprised honestly in some game subreddit
It took me two months of working at one of my work’s ‘worst’ locations and I feel like I have lost all my patience with people lol. Like, manners don’t exist here. If you don’t act tough you won’t make it here. I feel like a monkey trying to fight other monkeys to stay on top of the monkey rock.
Have you tried being a bit of an asshole back? I don’t mean just being rude, but familiar like in the way that their friends might give them grief in a joking way, without all the typical customer service framing.
My work moved a store from a small city to a small town once and there was a bit of a cultural difference between the locations. I could swear at my clients and say things that would have gotten me complaints from in the city, but at the new location, everyone loved it. If I treated them with the typical sort of customer service the people in the city preferred, it came off as fake. They wanted “genuine” people (not actually genuine, just the appearance of feeling of it, which is why I say it was cultural). Most of our clients were long-haul truckers, ranchers/farmers, and mill workers.
I don’t come off as a tough guy or particularly masculine at all, I just started responding to their crap with half-joking grief and eventually learned it was better to just dish some out from the beginning. Swearing also helped a lot.
I don’t know the specifics of your work and it could be a completely different situation, but maybe there is something about this location that is different from the other stores and approaching your clients differently would help ease the pressure? Likewise, maybe they’re just assholes for some reason.
And this is towards our clients, not my colleagues. They are nice.
this video is fine but it has a remark about chinese imperialism. what is chinese imperialism?
what is chinese imperialism?
Western cope.
what is chinese imperialism?
It’s Westerners projecting
China invests in many African and Latin American countries and many (ultras and liberals, typically) label this investment as imperialism. I’m no expert in the intricacies of the situation, but I find that China’s investment isn’t nearly as destructive or exploitative as western investment.
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
Silver lining to consider for those of you in the US: once the election is over and a new president is sworn in, you will either: 1) have fresh-faced liberals who are more willing to listen to you because they are terrified of Trump or 2) get a little more peace and quiet from the rabid liberals who have been browbeating about how you should vote.
Or 3. Liberals who still won’t get with the program.
2025 is Near Upon Us, Comrades, What Are You Planning For Next Year ?
Bought an ebike and started cycling to work. Plan is to get down to my target weight by the end of 2025, so I’m getting a head start before new years hits.
I might travel for a larger part of the year, not sure yet.
I want to continue lifting and ideally running a marathon after getting injured this year.
I also want to take the first step towards a career change. I want to become a gardener basically but for people who want to rewild their garden.
saying “I can’t believe it’s 2025 wow” then at the end saying “I can’t believe 2026 is x away wow”
Transferring to a University, doing more dad stuff, spending more time in nature
Job-hunting and, hopefully, the start of my career.
I’m graduating in November. Well, the ceremony is in mid to late November.
So that should be fun.
Last of year of undergrad and taking a language class. Also have to mentally prepare for the Canadian federal elections because I’m certain people are going to be totally normal during that time.
I got a lot of motivation and have been doing a lot of things I was ignoring. (except my school work lol)
School does not matter anyway right?
I think it definitely does.
That’s good.
Sometimes, you gotta do what you’re motivated to do less you lose the moment.
I was so very stressful yesterday.
How so?
Full academic pressure due to ton of assignments
Hope you’re doing better today!
I’m back after a pretty long break. Got a nasty head injury and I’ve been out of it for the past few weeks. But I’m better now, and trying to get back into the swing of things.
welcome bac
good to be bac, had to lay off devices for a while because bright lights gave me headaches
Wow, I hope you’re healing with speed, comrade.
Thank you, dear American friend.
I have an avi now.
For the first time since I started my account in years.
I hope you all have a nice week :D
Can I just have the week off and lie in bed all week?
And a nice one to you too!
Dawww
You 2 :D
🪞
Mirror mirror on the wall, who has the nicest week of them all? ✨
I hope u have a nice week too :>
I hope you have a nice weak
Have a nice week, Oppo! 😁🫡
Are you sure about that? 🤣🤣
It’s what the comments said
do you have list of countries that recognise houthis as terrorist organisation? i remember i saw the list before here
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