greenmangostudio

I (30M) have been struggling to find a job for the past few months and by luck managed to get a job at a soon to be open hotel. So far my coworkers and boss have been wonderful which has been a relief as my last job was the opposite. Because of this I wanted to make a good impression with my boss. I want to note as well that during these past few months my depression had been on the rise and I had packed on a decent amount of weight. I have been a bit tight with money so I haven’t bought any new clothes. For the most part all of my clothes still fit but some of them are a bit tight. Onto where I fucked up. My boss came out of her office and saw some boxes that needed to be moved. Upon trying to move them she put them back down as she had grabbed one too many. I said to her, “Let me give you a hand with those.” I grab some of the boxes and we start heading for the opposite end of the hotel. We enter this massive banquet hall where some of the hotel staff are currently present in and w...

it was 72 and sunny this morning, I'm 42, I made the decision to wear my white linen pants like a man who has it all figured out. somebody in the office said I looked like I was on vacation. somebody from accounting actually whistled. I walked to the park at lunch, sat on a bench for 25 minutes eating a salad and watching a dog try to fight a leaf. my boss called. I stood up, paced around being professional, walked back to the office, and caught my reflection in the lobby window. reader. there is a large dark brown stain across the entire back of my pants. I do not know what it is. it is not the shape of chocolate. it is not the shape of mud. it is not the shape of any specific thing, which is somehow worse, because now my brain has to consider every option, including the ones I have spent my entire adult life not considering. I went to the bathroom, tried to look at it with my back to the mirror, which made me look like I was being arrested. I tried to scrub it. it got bigger. now...

I know I'm an idiot so please don't feel the need to tell me that. For context, I'm 24 years old and graduated with a degree in creative writing 2 years ago. Since then I've worked mostly in kitchens but really want to work in film. I started what I thought was my dream job at the beginning of April. For the last 6 weeks I've been a production assistant at a marketing agency but it hasn't been anything like I thought it would be. My direct boss started about 2 months before I did and has basically no idea what he is doing but thinks he does. So he can't really provide me with much direction and keeps doing the wrong thing which I've been told is kind of my responsibility to prevent but he won't listen to me. The CEO who is my other boss never gives any good direction or anything and when I ask her questions I'm almost always met with a bit of attitude and a "why don't you already know that tone". I don't need my hand held bu...

I was talking to someone and thought I was being funny, but the second the words left my mouth I knew I had messed up. It was one of those jokes that sounds fine in your head and then just dies completely in real life. Nobody laughed, the mood got awkward instantly, and I could feel my face getting hot because I knew I had just made everything weird for no reason. What made it worse is that I tried to recover from it instead of just shutting up. So then I started talking more, which only made it more obvious that I was panicking. You know that feeling when you can hear yourself getting worse while it’s happening and you still can’t stop? yeah, that was me. I kept trying to act normal, but the whole thing was already gone. After that I just wanted to disappear and pretend it never happened. I’m still thinking about it way more than I should, which somehow makes it even more embarrassing. I really should have just kept my mouth shut for once. TL;DR: I tried to be funny and the joke...

So I play several gacha games. This is specifically about Zenless Zone Zero (ZZZ). I don't think the game itself it important but in case anyone wanted to know. I wanted the new character currently on banner. She looked too cool to pass up. So, since I already put in my info prior, I just went to get premium currency twice. Finally got her. All is well! Or so I thought. My friend tells me that her account has missing money. For extra context, the ZZZ account was HER account originally, but she lost interest and ended up giving it to me. I had seen a transaction on my account already so I assumed her issue was something else. She sends me screenshots later, and yep, those amounts are from the game, and they should be on MY bank details! Panic ensues. As I'm heading to work I'm trying to figure out the best way to pay her back, because thankfully, I have enough to do so. I finally decide to just use cashapp, and give her the amount back with a small extra on top as an a...

I'm writing this as I got off of work in absolute shambles. I want to hide away from humanity forever. Maybe even quit. I took my nieces and nephews to the school fair about two days ago. Everything was easy and breezy (excluding my nephew acting up frequently enough to where we had to go home early). The fair had about 50 or so kids? There were a bunch of hands-on activities and games I participated in with my nieces. We were shooting hoops, shooting water guns, you name it... I know that kids are human petri dishes, but I'm pretty good with my hygiene and handwashing. I felt pretty okay throughout the weekend. However, when I woke up today (Monday), my right lymph node hurt pretty bad. It's allergies season, and I snore in my sleep. I just assumed it was that. So, I grab my belongings, keys, and clock in for my shift. Its a physically demanding job that requires a lot of arm strength, but I always manage on the days where I feel off. Today, they introduced a new man...