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This is from my previous post back in January. I didn't write up my employee, but I talked to her about overstepping. I wrote up the other people once I finished an investigation. However, I still hate my employee and trashed her to employees and customers on and off the sales floor because I hate her. When my employee got an accounting internship and put in her two weeks, I made up a lie that I had to cut hours to her and cut her notice short because I really wanted to fire her.

Hey all,
A little bit of background: I work as an IT Engineer in a team of 4; however, only one other person in the team does the same job as me. I participate in an on-call rota with this other team member and am paid quite handsomely for it (£500 per week). As there are only two of us, that equates to an extra £13k per year, assuming I don't miss a week due to illness, etc. Also, we very rarely get called, so it's easy money! I enjoy the job I do and wasn't looking to leave it.
I have worked for the company for nearly 3 years, and when I joined, we had a manager. The manager left over a year ago now and wasn't replaced. Instead, we were moved up to report to the Head of IT. That person has now left, and they have decided to merge the IT team with security under one Head. As part of this, they have decided to hire another manager to replace the one we lost a while back. Since the last manager left, naturally some of their responsibilities fell downhill and were picked up by members of the team, including myself. As the most experienced member of the team, I ended up taking the most and de facto driving the team forward, although I never officially managed it. I have since decided to apply for the manager role, not necessarily because I wanted to be a manager, but more because I enjoyed driving change in IT and bringing in/improving solutions.
I have now been offered the job at just under 10% more than my base salary; however, that is still £5k short of the take-home assuming that I do all on-call shifts. Obviously, the 10% above my current base salary is guaranteed, whereas my on-call is not. The new role would potentially include more trips to London compared to what I do now, but the company will cover travel expenses. Also, I'll be taking on management responsibility for the team, which I don't currently do.
As I enjoy the job I do, I don't really feel like taking on management responsibility for less money in the hope that my future roles will pay greater. Are there any other points to think about?

Hello, I’ve been holding on to my bottle of sertraline for about a month now. Long story short I’ve been dealing with anxiety and panic attacks on and off since I was 13. I was on propranolol for 3 years and felt like it was helping me tremendously only thing I did not like was that it would lower my blood pressure quite a bit last summer I decided to tamper off from it. In the fall I started to develop insomnia sometimes even med would not help so the Dr. prescribed me Trazodone. I would take it here and there. During this time my anxiety sky rocketed. Then during the holidays my sleep came back and was like even better than before only to last a few weeks. Then again I started experiencing insomnia. With it my anxiety and daily panic attacks got worse. I decided to go back on propranolol which has helped a little with the panic attacks but not with the anxiety. Then the doctor prescribed me sertraline but all the side effects worry me the possibility of internal bleeding, the intrusive thoughts, and since I’m on propranolol and also on the Trazodone the possibility of serotonin syndrome freaks me out. Wondering if anyone is on these same meds or experiencing same symptoms and has any advice.

I've gotten super into the band recently and finally listened to everything up to libad. What lyrics would make a good quote for a graduation cap because soon I'm graduating in a week and was thinking a quote and a deathbat would be perfect

To keep it short- I’ve been doing stretch assignments and covering two roles for over a year. Been the same title for over 3 years. I am working in multiple global time zones and hitting deadlines easily. I manage a team, a budget, and strategy.
I’ve been this title i’m at (entry level) with significantly lower pay than what’s PUBLICLY posted for that inappropriate- for- my -experience title. I took this internal role on his team because I was forced to- they laid off everyone from my old division and offered me this pity role, changing the roles title from a director to a specialist, in lieu of severance. It’s a very clear cut case of needing compensation adjustment with no way to detract from this.
I asked my boss (who has made me jump through so many hoops to “prove” I’m worthy of the appropriate title and pay, only to then move the goalpost once I -on record- achieved those goals) if we could meet with HR to discuss this topic and see what options are available for bridging the gap in the interim.
What he said next genuinely left me with no words.
He said he does not want me to be present for the HR meeting I PROPOSED because he wants to discuss if he legally has to promote me and pay me fairly. And if he would be opening the company up to a potential discrimination lawsuit because AND I QUOTE “you know how these things can happen with women”.
Gotta say, I had never even considered coming from a discrimination angle. But who tf says to an employee that they need to ask HR if they can legally NOT PROMOTE them? ! This is lunacy, right?

So I a newb DM started a campaign last week which was more or less decent enough to interest my 6 players for more . Now I have an idea to get my 6 PC's of level 2 into a situation in the forest where they have a few encounters with boars, wolves some snakes maybe, and eventually a boss fight consisting of a druid (challenge 2) he summons a giant boar (challenge 2) and maybe one or two boars (challenge 1/4) . The reason I am a bit sceptical is while the forever dm( one of the pc's ) said that it's fine for a deadly encounter ( I haven't told him about what is happening just trying to learn about encounters) , I am thinking still it might be too much . So basically If this would be good for a days worth adventure ( short/ long rests and all)

Will keep it short me and my ex we met in university when we were 18 we were friends, best friends i would say before we started dating at 21. He used to like one of my friend lets call her M 2 years before we started dating (he said he was over her but he wasn’t). So the relationship was not that great he was abusive or said harsh stuff to me and would tell how M is so pretty or for that matter any girl breathing around him was prettier than me on my face this took a toll on my mental health but i was so in love i ignored everything. The final straw leading to breakup was he said he never for the time we were friends or were in relationship ever trusted me and always suspected of me sleeping around (i have never cheated as i believe cheaters deserve hell). Btw he cheated on me. So the problem comes is its been 3 yrs since we broke up. My ex has reached out on various occasions saying he is a changed man and wants us to be back together which I obviously denied the thing is he always texted me on occasions where i was feeling like i was over him or a day/week before i was gonna go on date. It always puzzled me how he reached at that particular moment as it would send me back to that downward spiral. Short story my close friend claiming she is like my sister was the one feeding him information about my life events where i was what i was upto. When i told her about my ex reaching out few days back she said i should give him a chance and all bs it confused me as she knew about the abuse and trauma so i asked her why is she supporting him and she said oh i spoke to him and am keeping him updated about you as I believe you guys are the one for each other and you should be together. I texted her asking to leave me alone i quit all my social media accounts as of now but she is still trying to reach out stating she was thinking the best for me. So AITHA for telling her to stop texting me

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Alright, I’ve worked myself into thought paralysis and the Walsh injury has made me reconsider some things.
I can field a full team (assuming Nicho plays) by shuffling players around, but this is my full strength team as it stands for context.
One trade so far this week : Fine > Weekes.
What do I do?
MID is a weak spot for me. Considering SJ > AFB.
Was planning one axing Piakura ( gives me 527 to use) this week but he can’t lose me too much more money can he? (lol). Wanted to do Piakura to Matterson but I’m 4k short.
Or Walsh out (now plays 1 in the next 3 rounds) who knows what they will do over origin. Walsh out gives me 812k in the bank.
Thanks!

For context, I am male, 14, a Christian, very sensitive, autistic, mildly schizophrenic, and mildly bipolar.
Last year was horrible. I hated myself, I constantly thought about suicide, I was crying most of every day, and I was as lonely as could be. Thanks to my autism, I had trouble making friends at my church. Shame tore away at me every day as I continued in the sinful habits that I hated so much. Everything was horrible. I wanted death more than anything. I damn well knew I would be going to hell, as my heart was not in a good place, and I believed I deserved hell. But that was the past.
I met a girl who I liked a lot and I started talking to her. I'll call her V. Things started off as expected for my age, kinda awkward, stupid, and neither person really knew what to do in a relationship. But I had already been in one relationship a little while before, and I seriously hurt her. I'll call her M. And because of that I made it my goal to be the best boyfriend I could possibly be in the next relationship I was in. So when things started getting a bit more serious with V, I really started pouring myself into the relationship. I spent as much time as I could with her, bought her a lot of gifts, said and did things for her I knew she loved, stayed up on the phone with her late every weekend, and overall did everything I could for her. I changed as a person to make her happy. I was admittedly a terrible person before me and M broke up, and she really helped me develop and change as a person.
A few months later, I start realizing I'm extremely unhappy in the relationship and I'm not sure why. I start thinking about it and I finally realized how unbelievably one sided the relationship was. She bought me ONE thing for like $10 the entire time we were dating (i spent about $200 on her), she never talked to me if she wanted to do something else, and constantly made fun of me or made jokes I told her I didn't like. She never wanted any kind of physical touch, which is my love language (which i totally would've sacrificed that disliking for her if i was her). And worst of all, she was a complete liar. As a Christian, I want to do what's right and please God. We never had any inappropriate or sexual relations, although we messed up a few times and talked about it. We quickly realized our wrong and stopped. Anyway, she told my brother's girlfriend that I had sexually assaulted her. Luckily, my brother and his girlfriend knew damn well that I wouldn't do something like that and it didn't get anywhere, but when I learned that I was absolutely fuming.
She also told me she was a Christian. She is not a Christian at all. She lies about everything. She (which I didn't figure out until recently) is a porn addict with no intention of quitting, and sure, I have issues with porn too, but I do my absolute best to get it as far away from me as I can. She did not. I even confessed to her that I was addicted to porn at one point and just the thought of her knowing helped me to break the addiction, despite her making no effort to help me quit. Long story short, I gave her just about everything I could, and she gave me absolutely nothing back. I broke up with her a few weeks ago, and that is when I realized she was the only thing holding my life together.
I'm right back to last year. It might even be worse. I have one friend who is bad at talking about serious topics. I left my church due to corruption in the leadership. School is crushing me with stress. And it feels like my soul has been torn apart. It feels like she took part of my heart and my soul with her. I feel so empty and I have nothing to look forward to. Life is now just tasks that need to be done with no enjoyment or hope to be found anywhere. Any little inconvenience puts me into a blind rage, and then a sobbing session right after. I feel like I can't deal with this anymore. I am not suicidal as I was before, as I understand now that suicide is not a good solution to pain. Life has stages, and this is a bad one, but there will be better times. It is not worth missing all the good times just because of a bad time.
If any of you are Christian out here, please pray for me. I need hope.

I'm currently a graduate student living off campus, and I can't afford rent in the coming months. Long story short, I had a good chunk of money saved to cover tuition that wasn't covered by financial aid and to pay rent. I have a job, but I only make 1200$ a month (on a good month depending on my schedule, I've been getting 600$ a month for about 4 months) since I'm working part time.
My rent is about $1300 including internet and utilities, so even on a good month, $1200 isn't enough to cover rent and food. I also sell my plasma twice a week, so that's probably another $300 a month.
Anyways, I've reached the end of my savings (I have about 6k left) with summer tuition being about 9k - so I've started to look into cost of living loans, but it's super overwhelming and the DoE wasn't any help answering my questions. I've scoured the internet looking for good borrowers that would cover my cost of living, but it seems like 90% of them are pretty awful.
I wanted to take the cost of living loan through the DoE so that I could eventually use my PhD to get the public service forgiveness loan after a few years to wipe the slate and not worry about interest.
But now I'm learning the DoE doesn't provide any loans that would cover my rent - so I have no idea if I'll be able to consolidate the cost of living loans with my DoE loans and be able to get PSFL for that. I'm at the point in my education where I have about 4-6 years left depending on how long it takes me to write and defend my dissertation after I graduate with my Master's this fall, and I don't know how possible (or even how smart it is) to live off of cost of living loans for the next few years.
I currently have about 45k in loans right now, and I wouldn't be surprised if I ended up with 100k or more after I get my PhD. But honestly, I'm of the mindset where I don't really care how much I end up with because I'll either: use PSFL and it won't matter, I'll never pay it off because of interest and I'll just pay the minimum amount each month and say to hell with it, or I'll get lucky (I doubt it) and have my debt cleaned by the government.
I currently use nelnet as my servicer, but I can't find if they offer cost of living loans from their website. What servicers do you recommend I look into for cost of living loans?
TL;DR:
For those of you who got cost of living loans, how did you do it? Were you able to consolidate those loans with the DoE? What company did you take the loans from? Is this an absolutely stupid idea and just take time off after my master's to build savings again?

Hello everyone
I am new to this, i am a 47 year old woman and English is not my first language, I find it hard to ask questions. My partner helps me.
A month ago, in the beginning I was had a +++ 2cm lump in my breast and after lots of scans and tests, I have a big 8.6cm lump, that has also spread to lower spine and sternum bones, pelvis.
I am very tired and have a few aches and pains but mostly I am worried about what comes ahead and for the future. I also have a 9 year old child.
I will begin treatment shortly, with a port, it’ll will be 6 rounds Pertuzumab, Trastuzumab and Docetaxel (one round every 3 weeks) together with Zoledronoc acid (frequency unknown at this stage).
Can any of you help please, what can I expect going through this, how will I feel, how successful are these drugs?
I didn’t want post myself and in the beginning my partner used to for me, but I want to be a part of this group now, when people reply it helps me.
thank you 🙏🏼

I live on Long Island and I’ve noticed brown spots on my lawn for years, usually later in summer. I’ve tried grub killers and fungus killers many times. Today I just noticed the spots are back with a vengeance and they are filled with pink stuff, which I found out is pink snow mold.
I do all my own lawn care. I have a great sprinkler system and water daily from 4-6am except if it rains. I keep my mower on a good setting so grass is not cut too short. I used Scott’s weed and feed in April and then put down a Scotts anti fungus a couple of weeks ago when I saw some brown spots returning.
The options seem dire from the googling I did. I’m beside myself because I love my lawn and am proud of it. I just bought an aerator and I’m going to use it today. Is there anything else anyone can recommend? I hate that this pink junk is on my lawn and I can’t just kill it.

So I messed up. It wasn’t specifically one thing I did or another, but I definitely was not the best boyfriend. We were dating for 4 years and friends for almost 7. I’m only 21. I feel like she has been such a huge part of my life for so long and I ruined it by ignoring her feelings to protect mine. I always was defensive and invalidating and I didn’t even understand what those things meant until she left me and I did some serious self reflection. I now understand that I was honestly a fucking prick. I didn’t do the things I needed to do but I loved (still do) her so much that I can’t get over how I didn’t treat her correctly. She was my first girlfriend and my first love and I can only imagine a future that has her in it. How do I forgive my short comings and not hate myself? All I’ve thought since the break up two weeks ago is about how different everything would be if I just fucking listened. I’d love supposed to be easy? Is it supposed to come naturally with the right person? I’m just so lost and so sad I lost my favorite person and that I’m to blame for it.

Someone i know is selling a prodigy for a pretty good deal. Does anyone know anything to look for to see if this is an earlier run that has the issues? I called springfield and they said there was no quote on quote fix so they couldn’t give me a number over a certain serial number that was “fixed” or any other identifying things. They said they would be happy to look at the gun after i purchased it if i had issues would be just be nice to know because i will buy his extra mags and accessories and just get a new prodigy to avoid the 6 week turn around for the “fix”.

New York CNN — The only bet riskier than buying meme stocks like GameStop may be cheering for their decline. That’s the lesson Wall Street’s short-sellers are learning the hard way this week.
See here: For the first four months of the year, GameStop short-sellers — investors who bet on a stock’s decline — were sitting on $392 million in gains, up nearly 50%. But with this week’s surge, those gains have vanished and left shorts with more than $1.2 billion in paper losses, according to research from S3 Partners.
Nearly $1 billion of that was wiped out Monday alone.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/15/investing/gamestop-short-sellers-nightcap/index.html

So my debt isn't that bad in the grand scheme of things but it does affect my credit, which I am currently working on.
Long story short, I owe Navy Federal like $3500 and I initially was trying to be a good citizen and responded to the collection agency that was handed this. A lot happened in my personal life (sober now, working on many problems, dad passed away, couldn't secure a full time job for the longest time, etc etc) so I wasn't able to really keep up with payments. In hindsight I should have just let it go and never picked up the phone but I just wanted to be someone who did the right thing.
Anyway cause I signed an agreement with the collection agency and lapsed payment I have a small claims summons next week and I'm just curious what I should expect? I'm getting my life back together so I don't really have a lot saved up but I ran the numbers and have on any give month an extra $500 or so I could spare. I am very grateful to ahve found full-time employment beyond minimum wage. I honestly don't mind paying it all back. it's karmic to me and this whole situation is deserved as I was a complete fuck up but I was just wondering what happens I situations like this.

Curious what other people's closing rates are, and if you have a certain % you strive for? I just started last week, I have sent out 19 quotes, and secured 14 jobs (I need to follow up with the remaining 5 later today) for a closing rate of 73%. I'm curious how that compares to the rest of the community.

Hi!
I am going to be in Thailand and Vietnam this August for 3 weeks. I want to limit myself to one bag as this would make traveling much easier for me.
first, are there any bag recommendations that anyone has? that would be much appreciated.
Second, I am not sure how many pants/shorts/shirts I should bring for a trip like this. I am going to be in a remote part of Thailand for around 2 weeks with most likely no access to any place to do laundry. If there is any suggestions on how I may clean my clothes as well that would be great! maybe it would help me cut down on space.
overall, if there are any tips or suggestions on how many items I should bring or general tips that would be much appreciated
Thank you in advance!

Every summer, I buy my toddler a new pair of Timberland sandals for summer time because they are the best. I normally buy the Adventure seeker sandals in various colors. He grows out of a pair every year so this year, I bought these sandals for my 4 year old back in February. We were having crazy nice weather in Iowa so I wanted to be proactive and get my kids' spring/summer attire asap if all the nice weather was going to continue. Well it didn't. It was super short lived. So in the shoe box they sat for the next few months. Fast forward to last Monday when it was finally warm enough outside for my son to wear these sandals for the first time, so I sent him to preschool in them. It rained for a little while that afternoon, then became sunny again and the kids were able to have recess outside. An hour after I dropped him off, I get a call from his preschool teacher telling me that one of the kids found pieces of the bottoms of my sons shoes all over on the playground. I couldn't believe what I was hearing Bc I had just taken them out of the box that morning.. There's no way. I paid $50 for those sandals! When I picked him up, to my horror, the entire bottom of both sandals were in fact missing and the shoes themselves were literally falling apart. See pics. Enraged, I contacted the shoe store who sold them to me, they tell me I've missed the window for their return policy and advised me to call Timberland as they were the ones constructing the sandals. So I did and long story short, after 2 hours on the phone, a weeks worth waiting to hear back after I sent them in to be looked at, i received a call from a customer service rep at Timberland stating that, upon investigation, the separation of the sole from the shoe was due to me "improperly storing the shoes in their box for longer than recommended timeframe, then immediately exposing them to wet conditions straight out of the box, which lead to the process of hydrolysis and was not a manufacturer defect, but an operator error. They refused to do anything about it basically saying it was my fault they fell apart when in fact, they were just cheaply constructed, using poor quality materials. Never in my life have I ever heard of such a thing as "keeping shoes in their box beyond recommended time frame" like, you've got to be kidding me!? I immediately jumped on Trust Pilot to see what others had to say... and the comments on there were quite shocking. Very similar complaints to mine. Pretty sad especially coming from a company that prides themselves on using 'high quality materials' to construct their shoes. Well, definitely Not the case here.... not anymore at least. What happened to these guys?? The fact that Timberland can treat their customers like this is beyond me. I use to have a very high opinion of Timberland... but not after this. What a complete waste. I will never buy from Timberland again.

Advice please
I’ve been in a relationship for 15 years 30 F and 32 M and when everything is fine it’s all good we are happy. But when a disagreement starts I cannot regulate my emotions and I cause all hell to break loose. Pretty sure at this point I have narcissistic personality disorder stemming from childhood. I used to isolate myself a lot and was not taught how to deal with emotions or feelings and now as an adult I still struggle with emotional regulation. I loose the plot and can’t cope in confrontational situations either. I have had therapy numerous times but this has always related to depression. My partner has put up with my behaviour and tried to support me for a number of years. We have had many arguments where I have run away so that I don’t have to deal with the situation but he is at breaking point. We had a big falling out on the weekend which resulted in me leaving. I find it difficult to talk and express how I’m feeling and tend to clam up and stay quiet (which is the complete opposite of him) I acknowledge my behaviour is wrong and behave much better for a short period of time after these arguments but after a few weeks I slip back into old habits. I regret these actions almost immediately after I’ve calmed down but I have a constant fear of hurting and constantly put a defence up to try and protect myself. I know I shouldn’t do these things and I really do love him so this is my last ditch attempt at getting some advice on how to move forward and try to show him that I genuinely do want to try and I do Want to change. I have emotional regulation therapy starting next month and have been making sure I take my tablets every day to improve my mood. My gp refuses to refer me to psychiatric services as they believe I’m just depressed but I believe there is much more going on and I don’t know what to do or where to turn anymore. My family all act very similarly to me and offer no advice whatsoever. Has anyone been in a similar situation or have any experience of these issues? My parents are gone and I have no where else to seek advice. Thanks for reading and in advance for any comments
**TL;DR;: Narcissistic female looking for advice on how to do better in a relationship