Work has been ...it's been a thing where we are understaffed and have new people. One man who has worked in suits for decades quit. I don't know exactly what happened but I guess some stuff built up and then something happened and he went to lunch and did not come back. I think it is a combination of things.

And one of the part time people just started full time. He told me he got an email saying they were hiring full time and the starting pay for this store is $15/hr. Which is a little less than what I make and a lot more than least one full time person was making (they quit in part because of the pay).

I want to figure out how to approach the HR manager and ask what tbos will mean for those of us who have worked here and if salaries wi be adjusted.

This happened to me at the store in NC, where seasonal people were being hired at $1 more an hour than I was making. I didn't say anything at the time because I was waiting for review and going to bring it up then.

I'm frustrated today so I'm not bringing it up today but I want to figure out how to approach this. I know I'm being paid on the higher end because of formerly being on commission and I don't want to approach it as just being about me but also about other people.

Writers will appreciate this: I was one of several reviewers on a thing, and I left a couple of clarifying notes, but that is all. So I went back and apologized, saying I did think it was great overall. I hate when I do that! I'm just like "Fix that one word. Feedback complete." Anyway, the writer said the clarifications were helpful, unlike "this needs to sparkle more," which is actual feedback she has received! People are really out here telling writers to sparkle.

(insert sparkly vampire snark here?)

Timelies all!

My mom called Gary this morning, so we now know a) they're both in the hospital, b) which hospital they're in and c) they're sharing a room. So, not much new. Oh, yeah, that my mom is coughing, but able to speak.

It is good that they can be together since visits are not possible. I hope that they have a quick recovery.

...if someone gave me "sparkle more" writing feedback, I would set them on fire. Sparkle that, Jack. Give me something useful or STFU.

Uh, yeah, so, long day. Seems I need to unwind and unclench!!

Health -ma all around.

meara, holy crap, I have no words! I feel like you need a whole new identity, or we need to find the person whose dogging you. Didn't you have a previous bank and CashApp thing? WTF?!?

Yep Jen—different bank, last year had someone steal my debit card (twice!?) and use it on cashapp. Since they did it the second time after I got a new card I ended up having them give me just an ATM card and not a debit one! But this is a different bank and apparently in person??

Meara- that is terrible. My mother’s name is Linda Taylor, and she was a social worker in the 80’s when she was a victim of identity theft. She also has the same name as the Reagan “welfare queen”. She ended up adding her middle name (which is a family name) to all of her stuff.

She also had a friend who borrowed her car have an accident.

Therefore, she has never put her credi card information online nor has she ever let anyone drive her car (except me, once, when she had eye surgery). I used to think she was overly cautious, but I am beginning to see the light.

I always think of myself as “fandom adjacent” as well. I think it is almost like a Dunning-Kruger effect. Because I know or know of BNFs, I know I am not them- I have never produced any creative work, and except for this board, I rarely participate in deep conversations. Part of it is that there is really no place left to have deeper conversations as I am dissatisfied with any of the newer platforms, because given the opportunity, I would probably talk. I guess my fandom now is True Crime Review Podcasts…. that is where I participate the most (Crime Writers On and True Crime Obsessed.)

I'm supposed to show my fandom.

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I would provide an alibi to anyone who received "sparkle more" writing feedback. If I ever offer that kind of feedback, I'd expect a) to be murdered posthaste, or b) for someone to realize that I've been kidnapped, possessed, or otherwise impersonated and require rescuing.