Marguerite Bennett's Blog, page 33
August 29, 2017
millennialsargueback:
poutine-existentielle:
nightworldlove:
guiltyfandoms:
thattallnerdybean:
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cashier: sorry for your wait. we’re short-staffed today
millennial: oh that’s ok no worries :)
baby boomer:
But listen that’s the thing.
We are short staffed almost 97% of the time at my retail job. Because corporate has figured out you can overwork 4 people at minimum wage instead of paying for the 8 people you should probably have to be on the clock.
Baby boomers grew up with stores that were adequately staffed, with workers who most likely had weeks of training for their jobs as opposed to the 1-2 shadow shift training we get now. Also those workers most likely were able to be full time if they wanted. Now retail, except for management positions, is mostly made up of part time workers, because you don’t have to give them benefits. So you have a workforce of perpetually underpaid, overwhelmed, undertrained people trying to do their best all while dealing with an entire generation of people who refuse to acknowledge that the system has changed and the average retail worker has NO control over that change and is being taken advantage of.
Like we got our customer surveys back, and almost every single one mentioned that they couldn’t find someone to help them or we needed more people on register because it was TOO SLOW, but what did management tell us instead of scheduling more people? We need to be quicker on register and call for backup if necessary. Which makes no sense because we can’t call for backup THAT ISN’T THERE.
Y'all my parents haven’t worked retail since the 70s and they absolutely never believe me about the things that happen at work. I explain the schedule for next week gets hung up on the Friday before and they scoff and go “well when i worked at X they had it a month up your manager is just lazy.” No mom, its company policy to only do “two weeks” in advance. They won’t give you a full month’s scheduling in advance cause it let’s you plan for a world outside of work.
Or about the hours, workload or anything. They just assume its an individual’s failing instead of corporate mandate. Or, if they do believe me (that its company policy) they call it ridiculous and point out some survey that argues its Good Business to do (insert decent thing here).As if they think the higher ups don’t know this and are simply ignorant of Good Business Practices. They don’t understand that retail has completely shifted from caring about its employees to squeezing out every penny now instead of investing it for later.
Cause that isn’t how it was when they worked and they just can’t seem to see otherwise.
I think there should be a ‘bring-your-parent-to-work-day’ instead of ‘bring-your-kid-to-work-day’, it would shock so many parents and would probably make them finally realize how much retail indeed has changed in the US.
when i first got hired as a cashier, my manager who had been doing that since she was like 17 in 1975 told me that back in The Days, when you were hired as a cashier in a grocery store it was a) a well paid job & you could get full time work easily b) a respected career choice c) the store closed at 6pm and was closed on Sundays so the hours were a lot more pleasant d) they made you go to cashier school for 2 weeks, which was basically a fake grocery store and you just learned the trade completely before even meeting a customer
now its like : you get like 20 hours a week, bullshit shifts like 3:45 to 10:15, a 20 minutes training before being thrown to the wolves, customers tell you you deserve your shitty lowlife job as soon as you don’t thoroughly kiss their ass
The millennial experience is tied to growing income inequality and the indentured servitude of student loan debt
August 28, 2017
pervocracy:
Me in history class: Wow, humanity has been through some fascinating times! I wonder...
Me in history class: Wow, humanity has been through some fascinating times! I wonder if I’ll ever live through major historical events!
Me now: NO NO NO NO NO I WANT TO GET OFF THIS RIDE
summary of the wonder woman movie
diana: i'm doing it. i already did it. it's done.
teratocybernetics:
angrylittlesliceofpizza:
runecestershire:
my...
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my name is Scribe
and wen its brite
with pen and inke
i sit and write
(in rede and blewe
and gold that glemes)
with carful handes
i gild the memes.
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Someone who doesn’t even have a Tumblr submitted this to me. It is glorious.
… okay i have to do it again
@annleckie look o_o
auntiewanda:
katheringstuff:
anguisettesnakedtruth:
laurierrose:
on the subject of porn acting...
on the subject of porn acting to normalize violence against women as a neutral sexual activity, some things that regularly happen to me, as a stripper, without my consent or foreknowledge are:
1. men spanking me, hard. this happens at least once EVERY shift, typically several times per shift. this also happens often enough with men who haven’t even bought a dance from me. random men literally hit me for no other reason than that they can
2. pulling my hair by running their fingers through it and grabbing near the scalp. this happens every few weeks
3. placing their hands on my throat and putting me into a chokehold. i once had a customer choke me so hard that it hurt to swallow for the next week. this happens roughly once a month
the reason i write this is because i am tired of seeing people say that the violence in porn is limited to porn. these are acts which have no relevance or purpose within a strip club, but they ARE the bread and butter of gonzo porn.
these actions are inherently violent and have nothing to do with sex or sexuality. they are intended to be a show of forceful domination. men get these very specific ideas from watching violent porn and then try to reenact it with me without even asking me.
there is no magical fence that keeps elements of one section of industrial sexuality from flowing into another section, neither is there one to keep it from flooding into noncommercial sexual relations.
and i’m just one woman among many with the bruises to prove it.
And they’re SO shocked when you don’t react well. I will slap someone upside the head when they slap my ass and every single time, they look shocked, hurt, unable to comprehend that I wouldn’t react well despite the warning announced on my arrival that absolutely no touching will be tolerated.
Ugh, I just had a conversation the other day with a man who claimed that strippers like being touched because they get better tips.
Men are always willing to tell women what they supposedly like in order to justify doing this kind of shit.
almightywineheda:
fed-ex-official:
huntingfishinglovingeveryday...
I have questions
To get to the other side
Moana (2016)
As a white person, how can we help so dismantle white supremacy without taking the microphone from POC? Sorry if I sound ignorant for asking this I just want to help in any way I can because fuck white amerikkka
No you don’t sound ignorant at all, I’m very thankful that you want to learn and help.
Some steps you can take in helping fight racism…
1. Listen to people of color. There are some traumas and issues you may never understand but it is important to listen, recognize, and believe them.
2. Amplify the voices of people of color. Share their posts, blasts their quotes, and help make their voices louder.
3. Stand up to your friends and family. There are a lot of white families that don’t have the best opinions about people of color and our white “allies” will stay silent. Don’t. Confront your uncle at the thanksgiving table. Make your visit to grandmas house uncomfortable. Teach that racist friend the truth or drop them. Silence is violence.
4. Take accountability. Know that even as an ally you do benefit from a system to bring down people of color. Recognize this and help others take accountability as well.
5. PROTEST. We need you out there in the streets with us. Sharing that one post on Facebook when one of us dies is not enough. Get involved in your local activist groups, non profits, etc. ask your people of color in your community how you can help them.
If anyone would like to add anything please do.
August 27, 2017
kayleefabulous:
my ultimate life hack? i like, never wear makeup except for occasions where i want...
my ultimate life hack? i like, never wear makeup except for occasions where i want to feel overly hot/professional. this way, people who see me everyday won’t be shocked when i don’t wear makeup, they will instead be shocked at how much hotter i can become. how much potential i don’t unlock for no reason other than laziness
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