Just like every rolipe writer has a 2009 fic inside them somewhere, we all must have a retirement fic too right? Planning mine but let’s see if i get anywhere with it or if i have to abandon it due to crushing depression
Whenever I get sad about Mark retiring, I’m going to imagine him at Christmas. And how properly excited he’s going to be that for the first time in 26 years he can eat what he bloody well likes and not worry about the consequences.
in general, i suppose. i’m not very fond of little kids. i don’t want them. they give me headaches and i cannot deal with their antics.
HOWEVER
you know what i do when kids talk to me? i smile. i answer them. i tell them their scribbles look really good. i open their juice boxes for them and ask to hear more about their power rangers.
because although i may not be fond of children, i was one. i remember being a kid and how much sour adults impacted my life even today. so when a child who is screaming and crying with a runny nose walks past me, i put on my smiling face and ask them what’s wrong instead of rolling my eyes.
because that’s what you do. you tolerate children even if you tend to dislike them. because kids are so impressionable and remember everything. i cannot bring myself to enjoy being around children. but that doesn’t mean i let them know.
I never thought of it that way…
Woah.
I always get the ‘I thought you hated kids’ when people see me being nice and talking to littlies and all I respond is ‘sure, I’m not a fan of kids and I’m not really planning on having any, but I’m not a complete asshole’
Don’t be a dick to kids, it’s super uncool.
and if you see a baby smiling at you please for the love of fuck smile back. you smiling back allows babies to develop an awareness of their impact on other people and how their emotional expression impacts others – basically their social abilities. when you smile back, the baby’s brain registers ‘i expressed a positive emotion and this caused the other person to express that same positive emotion’.
I’ll be nice to children when they’re nice to me. I smile at babies cos they can’t bully me but little children never hesitate to tell me I’m ugly or my clothes are stupid, and then their parents laugh. So as a general rule when i see children i run tf away.
Another reason I’m a terrible person: I get so mortally insulted when someone who’s working here goes out and gets a sandwich from somewhere else, that it’s taking all my strength not to say something like “My sandwiches not good enough for you?” under the guise of a “joke” but it wouldn’t really be a joke at all, I just want to see them squirm.
And another reason: when people come in, look at the menu then walk out again without ordering anything or giving me any explanation, I’m not going to be all nicey like “Thank you, come again when you want some tea~~~” I just give them an obviously fake smile and don’t say a word. I want them to know my feelings are hurt, idec.
Another reason I’m a terrible person: I get so mortally insulted when someone who’s working here goes out and gets a sandwich from somewhere else, that it’s taking all my strength not to say something like “My sandwiches not good enough for you?” under the guise of a “joke” but it wouldn’t really be a joke at all, I just want to see them squirm.
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