cell113:

rururinchan:

lethal-cuddles:

nekomimichi:

hattersadventures:

wannawatchuwiggle:

laughoutloud-club:

Don’t expect society to put up with your little brats

seems reasonable though ?

“Horrified”

??? That’s a perfectly reasonable request tho???

HOW DARE YOU ASK US TO ACTUALLY PARENT!?

Okay but…story time because I work at a fucking restaurant. Specifically one that has every single main dish on those hotplates. A kid ran into me one time as I was carrying two empty trays back to the kitchen and sent me into the edge of a brick wall right next to me. Like my side collided into the outwards edge and holy fuck y’all know that hurts. AND I almost dropped the trays on the stupid kid. I had to sit out of work for like half an hour cuz it hurt that much, and bruised badly for a few days mind you, while my manager yelled at the customer family for letting the child run around like that. Luckily the family had shame and apologised and left, but godammit if I had been carrying a tray of hot food fresh from the kitchen I wouldn’t have been the only one hurt for sure and injuries would’ve been much worse.

TL;DR DON’T LET YOUR TINY CHILDREN RUN AROUND IN A RESTAURANT. IT’S NOT A PLAYGROUND. IT’S DANGEROUS FOR BOTH THE STAFF, THE OTHER CUSTOMERS, AND THE ACTUAL CHILDREN.

This also goes for other places of work, such as hardware stores and lumber yards. I work at a hardware store that is also a working warehouse, we have large dangerous equipment on the move all the time and we have had actual deaths on our floor from people not following safety guidelines.

And yet, I have lost count of how many times I’ve had to drop everything and bolt to grab a kids out of the way of a forklift or coax them down from one of the big ladders we have for getting down product from the overhead racks. The good parents thank me for helping and then either put their kids in their shopping cart or carry them. The bad parents yell at me for saving their idiot child from being run over by a four ton piece of equipment that CANNOT STOP FAST ENOUGH to prevent said child from coming to harm when they bolt in front of the big beeping machine.

Actually be a responsible parent, teach your kid to follow the rules and be safe in public spaces, no matter where they are or who they’re with. It’s not our job as sales associates to be your babysitter.

oatsmalone:

askmerriauthor:

paintmeahero:

Dungeons and Dragons: A new generation.

It may be that Nothics in particular are vulnerable to this sort of sympathy because of what causes them to come into being.  But in a recent game, my Tiefling Bard – who is the party’s den mother since she acts like a hireling who cooks all their food, does their chores, and otherwise keeps them from turning into uncivilized murder hobos – “defeated” a Nothic in a similar manner.  When the party stumbled across one in the depths of an old manor basement, it started psychically hissing about how great its hunger was, which was meant to intimidate the party.

Cue my Tiefling going “You poor darling, you’re skin and bones!  C’mere, I’ve got five days worth of travel rations and the magical ability to make it actually taste good.”  And then rolling a 25 on Persuasion in the process.  The rest of the party just sort of hung back and gawked in horror while my Tiefling sat down to make the Nothic the first home-cooked meal it had eaten in decades, had a heartfelt chat with it, and sent it on its way with a smile.

There is something about nothics, for sure. After getting into a skirmish with one of them, the kids in my old before-school program (8-10yo) experienced surprising sympathy toward the cowering creature, and they decided to visit him twice a week and bring him better food than he was getting in this dingy cave. They insisted I give him a name, and so I wound up writing a whole redemption/cure arc for the monster.

npr:

Aretha Franklin, the “Queen of Soul,” died Thursday in her home city of Detroit after battling pancreatic cancer. Her death was confirmed by her publicist, Gwendolyn Quinn. She was 76.

Franklin sold more than 75 million records during her life, making her one of the best-selling artists of all time. She took soul to a new level and inspired generations of singers who came after her.

No one’s life can be condensed to one word — but Aretha Franklin came close when she sang one word: “respect.”

“Respect” was written by the great Otis Redding. In his version, a man is pleading, offering his woman anything she wants in exchange for her respect. He sang: “Hey little girl, you’re sweeter than honey / And I’m about to give you all of my money / But all I want you to do / Is just give it, give it / Respect when I come home …”

Aretha changed those lyrics to demand parity. “Oooh, your kisses,” she sang, “Sweeter than honey / And guess what? / So is my money …” In her hands, “Respect” became an empowering song — for black women and for all women. It was a No. 1 hit in 1967, and it became her signature song.

Franklin was 25 years old when “Respect” was released. But she had been singing since she was a small child in her father’s New Bethel Baptist Church.

Aretha Franklin, The ‘Queen Of Soul,’ Dies At 76

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