It’s called the foot-in-the-door method. First, you propose something that is slightly outside of allowable norms: denying gay people wedding cakes on grounds of “religious freedom”. Then, you slowly ramp up how extreme your demands are, coercing the other side to giving a tiny bit of ground each time, until you’ve shifted the entire fucking playing field. Conservatives are also very fond of the door-to-face method, which is demanding something completely outlandish that you know will be refused, and then asking for something less ridiculous by way of compromise, again resulting in a gradual shift in norms until views that were once considered moderate or reasonable become unthinkably liberal by destroying people’s sense of standards. The combination of these methods is called the “foot-in-the-face” method, which sums up where this whole thing is headed quite nicely.
Hi guys! I’m going to cry! And scream! I’m so pissed off! I’m filled with anxiety! I don’t know how much more of this I can take! :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDD hahahagaaghjjs
hey hun what happened?? do you need someone to talk to? if you want, my pm’s are always open if you ever wanna talk to someone
How do you explain to someone anxiety and mental and social exaustion isn’t an emo phase and begging for attention,
And that you can’t judge someone’s personality if you haven’t seen them in years! And mocking someone isn’t how you show concern!!!!!!??!! :DDDDD
Recently, I left a position at my previous job to take up something more seasonal, but pays well. My intention behind this is it would help me make enough to be able to move, essentially, across the country by the end of January. This job came through a temp agency, and while they did communicate information to me about the position, there was a misunderstanding on the details and the needs of the position.
However, regardless on whether or not they provided enough for me to understand just what I was agreeing to, or if I just entirely ignorant- the job did not meet my needs, and what I could handle. It was essentially a warehousing position, standing in one spot for 10 hours.
So, I did leave this job and have been consistently and rapidly applying to as many jobs as I have been able to. I have been applying to stuff I am well overqualified, under-qualified for, and everything in between. Although, I have mainly been doing temporary shifts to make up wages until I could get a call about another job.
I have also been applying to many jobs down in the state that I intend to move to.
As of now, I am going to an interview on Tuesday for a part-time barista position, and I will also spend majority of today and Monday (November 18th & 19th) visiting businesses in person to try to find work as well. However, these are not guaranteed, and every day I am not working, I am losing money.
Now, with the temporary work, I could have made up my wages despite the number of hours I’d have to work (upwards towards 45-50, compared to the 38-40 I’d usually need). However, on my way to another shift this morning, I realized my car was making worse noises than it has recently (the diagnostics I got on it were something like needing new shocks/struts, and all tires replaced). While it isn’t an immediate, absolute necessity to fix and could go a while, I have put off getting my car repaired for over a month purely from not having the money to pay the mechanics.
I did cancel my shift last minute out of concern, and because of a previous issue I had with a shift and cancelled last minute (less than a month ago), I was put on a week suspension, which means I have no access to the shifts I had lined up for the next 7 days.
I cannot, cannot, CANNOT do this. I do NOT have anyone who can help me or lend me money. Previously, I’ve asked my family, but because of tensions with everyone and their financial hardships as well, I have no options.
I am doing my best to find work as fast as I can, but I have no guarantee how fast that’ll come. I do get paid this Friday from my last full-time job (I estimate MAXIMUM of $350, if even that; $120-150 MAX from the temp agency job and $90-110 MAX from the temporary shift jobs I managed to do last week)
However, I have no way of knowing if I’m right until that money comes in. And regardless, I don’t know if that’ll be enough to cover my bills or my food.
I also recently applied for an airport position that I feel FAIRLY confident I’ll get and pays very well with incentives and shift differentials, but because it’s an airport, I had to get fingerprinting and detailed background tests. I was told not to expect anything back until late next week, or the week of the 26th.
So, no matter what, I am fucked for an entire week. And I don’t know what do other than what I am. I am going to try to reach out to the community manager to see if I can get the suspension lifted from that temporary work, but I don’t expect it to be.
In the meantime, I’ll do what I can to apply to places and go in person. But, please, if you could spare ANYTHING, please consider either tipping my writing or helping me out!
Ideally, I would need around $600 (what I typically make in a paycheck) to guarantee that all of my bills are paid and I don’t create any issues with my landlord and roommate. However, that also leaves it incredibly questionable on if I’ll be able to afford necessities or groceries.
Groceries tend to run me about $40-60, because I ration out food for two weeks and… I just honestly can’t afford to eat a ton. At best, I manage two meals a day. But, I also have to pay for prescriptions and certain vitamins (iron, b12, vit-d) because of deficiencies.
I do not expect to get anywhere near $600, but I do need to have enough for groceries, the electric/internet, and the car insurance ($40-60 groceries; $95-105 electric/internet; $125 car insurance) I am hoping that I’ll have a job by the middle of this week to make sure the beginning month expenses are covered on my part.
If nothing else, please at least consider helping me with my groceries so I can eat lmao.
If I manage to find something before the middle of the week, I’ll make sure to remove this post from my blog.
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This woman writes WONDERFUL stuff, and we’re lucky to have her in our fandom. I know we’re coming up on holidays and giving can be tough, but I will MAKE YOU ART OF ANY CHARACTER OR OC YOU WANT if you donate AT LEAST $5!!! Just send me a screenshot of a completed donation and we’ll figure it out from there!
I would be glad to make wallpapers to help this woman!!! She’s is an amazing writer! Anyone who donates will get a custom wallpaper of their choice!
C’mon fellow artists!! Band together to help our fellow content creator!!
PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN. SO FAR I HAVE NO HAD ANY LUCK WITH JOBS. AND I CANT GO AN ENTIRE WEEK LIKE THIS.
EVEN IF IT’S A COUPLE BUCKS IT WOULD MEAN A LOT.
IF YOU CANT DONATE, P L E A S E SHARE AROUND!!!
BAD SITUATION WORSE [11/20/18]
So, I went to an interview today and I thought I had the job. I was pretty sure I had the job until after I left and received an email from the HR woman I spoke to that they could not hire me until my tenure is met through the temporary work.
Unfortunately, due to my suspension from that work, I’m not sure how long that’ll be. It’s something I’m going to be in contact with the office tomorrow about.
I have applied to several more jobs, and I’m hoping to get some more interviews lined up. I have also contacted the recruitment for that airport position and am expecting a follow up on the background check and everything else.
However, it is looking like I am not going to get any more follow ups or shifts until next Monday, at least.
This puts me in a worse position.
PLEASE, LEND ME A HAND IF YOU CAN. IF YOU CANNOT, PLEASE SHARE THIS AROUND. I AM ENORMOUSLY GRATEFUL FOR ANYONE WHO HAS HELPED ME SO FAR, AND MY FRIENDS WILLING DO WHAT THEY CAN AS WELL.
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