So my girlfriend (18 F) that i’ve had for about a year and few months now has finally accepted to hear me and let me guide her to God. right now i understand i cannot force her as you can guide the horse to the water but can’t let the horse drink it. I want advice from any christians that can tell me what to do.
Right now i’ve spoke to her how the devil is working through her and her friends by attacking. i’ve explained to her about it and she says she understands however i know that actions speak louder than words. Recently she ditched me from hanging out with me to hang out with her friends and sleepover. i said fine. mind you we made a rule that we don’t hangout with other friends (only once a week) so i let her. next day she sleeps over at another friends house and i get upset. And she got drunk which she generally isn’t allowed to do by her parents. this made me extremely upset.
I feel extremely disrespected as i gave her multiple chances and she still disobeys me. Mind you i also told her to delete social media as she has in front of my eyes but then she downloaded it back. she doesn’t respect my wishes for her as i try to help guide her away from the devils attacks. I know i can’t force but it’s sickening to me.
Does anyone have advice what i should do with her? i’m at the point where i feel like setting her free and she does what she wants and God can hopefully cleanse her because this isn’t healthy for my mental well being right now. And i want to know if this a sign and what Gods purpose is to do with this. i’m stuck and i need help.

I'm making this post because I haven't seen anyone post anything like this yet.

*Please note that no entities will be saved when transferring to java.

*This wont be free, and for some it could get really expensive.

What you will need:

1. Xbox 360 and an the 360 edition of Minecraft
You should already have this.
2. Xbox one and the Xbox One edition of Minecraft
You can find Xbox one editions of Minecraft for like ~$20
You can find Xbox ones for like $100-$150 (but whether you want to pay that much just to have your old saves is for you to decide)
If you have a series X/S then you can use that instead of a Xbox one
3. Bedrock edition of Minecraft for Xbox
4. Xbox live gold and a realms subscription for Minecraft Bedrock
5. Minecraft Bedrock for PC

How to transfer worlds to Bedrock:

1. Start up Minecraft 360, select a World, and press Y to "Upload save for Xbox One"
2. Start up Minecraft Xbox One, Go to the worlds menu, and then press X to "Retrieve save from Xbox 360"
3. repeat steps 1 and 2 until you have all the worlds you need.
4. Start up Minecraft bedrock, go to the worlds menu, scroll to the bottom and press the "sync old worlds" button.
5. the worlds from the Xbox one edition should appear here.
6. click on the world to convert it to bedrock (do this for every world)
7. select a world on bedrock, go to the world settings, and press "play on realm"
8. choose a world slot, and now your world should be on the realm
9. Now go to the pc version of bedrock and download the world from the realm
10. Repeat steps 7-9 for every world
11. you should now have your 360 worlds on bedrock

How to transfer worlds to Java:

\Please note that no entities will be saved when transferring to java.*

1. Follow the bedrock steps 1-11
2. In Bedrock, export every world (you should get .mcworld files)
3. use Chunker to convert the .mcworld files to java saves (you should get a zip file)

THE VERSION OF MINECRAFT YOU CHOOSE SHOULD NOT BE LOWER THAN 1.13 BECAUSE THE LAST UPDATE 360 GOT WAS THE UPDATE AQUATIC.

1. export the zip files into your save folder,
   
2. You should now have the worlds on java
   

I don't know if this tutorial is good or not, but hopefully it helps.
The reason I even made this post was because of the legacy mod which makes java look like the legacy versions of Minecraft.

I’m curious if any of you were in the same situation at around the same age as me?
I am currently „doing good“ at a consulting job but have no fun or passion whatsoever in what I do. What makes it worse is that I actually do not know what my passion is and what I would like to do instead. Has anyone here been through this and can give me some advice on how to handle this situation?
More background: I am male, 25, live in Germany and finished my bachelors in 2020 and since then work in M&A consulting at a big4 firm.
As mentioned, I don‘t really have fun at my job or passion for the industry. Can‘t see myself become a partner here as well.
I always wanted to do something with the potential of it becoming my legacy - something that‘s not really doable in consulting. I admire some of my friends from school who chased their passion and are doing good as well (e.g., some becoming doctors, others launching small businesses).
Most of you would probably advise me to quit the job and start chasing my passion/dreams. But I REALLY have no idea what field I want to work in. In my free time I usually do nothing and browse the web, consume news/media. I tried different things but nothing really helped me find out what I would really like to do instead. On many days I just feel like a Zombie, going into the office doing routine work and getting home to just lay the couch until it‘s sleep time.
Would appreciate any advice on how to escape from this struggle.

So my girlfriend that i’ve had for about a year and few months now has finally accepted to hear me and let me guide her to God. right now i understand i cannot force her as you can guide the horse to the water but can’t let the horse drink it. I want advice from any christians that can tell me what to do.
Right now i’ve spoke to her how the devil is working through her and her friends by attacking. i’ve explained to her about it and she says she understands however i know that actions speak louder than words. Recently she ditched me from hanging out with me to hang out with her friends and sleepover. i said fine. mind you we made a rule that we don’t hangout with other friends (only once a week) so i let her. next day she sleeps over at another friends house and i get upset. And she got drunk which she generally isn’t allowed to do by her parents. this made me extremely upset.
I feel extremely disrespected as i gave her multiple chances and she still disobeys me. Mind you i also told her to delete social media as she has in front of my eyes but then she downloaded it back. she doesn’t respect my wishes for her as i try to help guide her away from the devils attacks. I know i can’t force but it’s sickening to me.
Does anyone have advice what i should do with her? i’m at the point where i feel like setting her free and she does what she wants and God can hopefully cleanse her because this isn’t healthy for my mental well being right now. And i want to know if this a sign and what Gods purpose is to do with this. i’m stuck and i need help. Thank you to anyone who truly cares and God bless you all.

This script is completely ok to monetized or modified, just credit me if you do. I hope everyone is doing alright and I hope you enjoy my writing here.
Male speaker “Police still have no viable leads on the thief who has created the largest crime wave in recorded history. They still don’t know who the thief is, just that someone has come forward with a potential pattern to their “attacks.” They have asked to remain anonymous, more on this story as it develops.”
(Pause)
“I'm not a thief, I didn’t steal anything, I’m just always wearing a mask and a jumpsuit.”
(Pause)
“Surprised? I’ve been looking for you since this began and you happen to live on the floor below me.”
(Pause)
“I'm no thief but you- stop backing up or you're going to hit- now that you’re against the wall you won’t be going anywhere dove.”
(Pause)
“I did say I was looking for you, I’m amazed you were able to say that, because it looks like there’s a lot you're struggling to do right now.”
(Pause)
“No no no don’t look away, or I’ll just force you to look me in my eyes. There we are, and maybe try to soften your gaze you could probably hurt someone with a glare that strong.”
(Pause)
“Oh no not me, even though you clearly want me dead with your eyes, your blushing so much it’s gone down your neck under your collar. I wonder where it stops.”
(Pause)
“Your squirming face is adorable but really I’d have thought you’d noticed by now that there’s no hope of you getting away from me.”
(Pause)
“Still on that? yeah I know who you are and I have known for a few years now, a police officer told me not willingly or easily. You dove have quite the resúme, for such an innocent looking little girl it’s the powerful ones that get you isn’t it.”
(Pause)
“Deny it all you want, your body’s giving it away that I’m not only right but have also hit a nerve.”
(Pause)
“You’re so cute when you’re scared that me, the big bad thief figured you out in seconds, and by your expression no one else has ever done anything like this to you.”
(Pause)
“Good, I’d be a little jealous if any other women had gotten to see you like this, I am enjoying this, you could say this is why I was looking for you. Though if you get like this before I’ve even touched you it makes what you’ll look like when being pleasured something I can’t resist for much longer.”
(Pause)
“That got your attention, don’t tell me you're new to this. I would’ve thought you’d be part of a love triangle with the way your co-workers look at you.”
(Pause)
“Still trying to break free? Dove even if you defy all odds and overpower me, you must know I’m smarter than I look. I slipped in here and you didn’t notice even though you’ve been after me for what it feels like forever.”
(Pause)
“Oh of course several people thought they knew where I’d appear next but they were always wrong. Except for you, you tracked me down and almost caught me.”
(Pause)
Speaker laughs “you think I’m here to take revenge? I am not a vengeful woman, just prideful and I don’t take kindly to almost getting caught.”
(Pause)
“Though if you were the one to do it, I don’t think I’d be as opposed to the straight jacket and handcuffs as I usually am.”
(Pause)
“You know I said I never stole anything, but I think you have something you shouldn’t.”
(Pause)
“You can stop squirming, I know your police friends are right outside preparing to kick the door down. Here's the thing, when they break in this apartment will be as empty as it usually is.”
(Pause)
“No I don’t think you get to go inside my apartment… yet… I won't tell you where we’re going, can't have you knowing where my hideout is I know how resourceful you can be. Almost caught me red handed several times. Though I can think of a few other things you might want my hands to be doing instead. Oh dove, your blush has reached your ears, try to relax while I…”
(Sound of a door being forced open)
(Pause)
“Oh dove, awake just on time. Welcome to my hideout, no one will interrupt us here.”
(Pause)
“I would never take advantage of an unconscious woman, I have pride to protect. Yeah it is probably bad for a thief like me to get stumbled on morals and pride like that. And even though you're still fully clothed, you weren't in my head.
(Pause)
“Have you been flirted with when they didn't mean it? Well dove I do, I hope you can keep up with me.”
(Pause)
“You're stammering now, even when I had you against a wall you could string a sentence together. Is having someone like me so close more than your mind can handle. (Speak whispers) “It's going to happen more now so get your tongue back in working order please.”
(Pause)
“Your right I do enjoy doing that to you, you tense up at the slightest brush of your hair, are you one of those girls who acts innocent and is secretly into some unholy things in the bedroom.”
(Pause)
“Wouldn't surprise me, you would have to be a little twisted somewhere to almost catch me, and no you're still not getting away from me.”
(Pause)
“Why would I tie you down, I know you'd get out the second I looked away. Or is that what you're into, or are you just trying to get me off of you?”
(Pause)
“Give me those hands, stop trying to hide your face when you blush, I know I said I am a woman of honor but if you try to hide something like that from me… well I'm sure your mind can fill in the blank.”
(Pause)
“Yep I’ve been looking for you, since the first time you Investigated a crime scene I caused. Culprit always returns to scene of the crime, I was disguised so you probably didn’t know something was happening.”
(Pause)
“I knew immediately you were on my trail more than any of the police officers or city authorized investigators. And I didn’t want to let you roam, you’d eventually catch me so I was going to just take you, still can’t believe you lived one floor below me.”
(Pause)
“No one knew it was me, a mask, remember? And even if someone knew I was the one behind it they couldn't connect me to you going missing, or even know that I have a second home so to speak.”
(Pause)
“”No one is going to find you, this place is hidden and no one else knows who I am. So I’m afrai- actually I’m not afraid or upset but your mine now dove and your not leaving anytime soon.”

Like even tho I've been platinuming most the games I played, I felt demotivated early with this one and whilst I understand that most the other warriors games I played came after it , when I look back on my siblings playing older releases(like 5, 6 and 7) they seemed way more fun.
One thing I am not liking is the clashes like it will drain all my musou if I fail or even just draw and idk what the bar even means in the context because it's seemingly not representative of my results with them.
Another thing bothering me is the weapons and skills system it just feels like actually getting strong might be a grind also don't really like its affinity triangle really wish they just kept it simple, like I could forgive the way Fire Emblem Warriors did it because you could control multiple units and their levels mattered(it was also good for covering ground which is something I miss about newer Musous when I play 8)
Another thing getting to me is the layout with the factions cause everything else I played was more straightforward I also dislike the hypothetical because they're much harder to track in game everything else I played was easier to follow(and had better battle logs from memory, the info in general was better to cause when I went through the info in the other ones it'd also tell me the health of the officers) heck even tho Warriors All Stars felt more convoluted in routes I found it much easier to track, idk what some of these requirements even mean, does it get better?
I don't really want to go back to PS3 or PS2 even if the previous ones were just better, but 9 looks weird because when I tried opening it's page on the PS store before settling for 8 it said download free trial despite listing a price before I clicked on it so idk where or how to get the actual game.

This will absolutely do nothing to help either side; it will help Netflix & its shareholders. So their "messy" statement about "convicted stalker" could be intentional.
The amount of free advertisement Netflix is getting from this debate is insanely high. Just after Harvey was found to be Martha, the show blew up even more & Netflix will have a field day with a Price to Sales of $7.53, meaning every dollar spent by Netflix adds $7.53 to their market cap.
Netflix has a legal department larger than many massive law firms & can/will crush anyone suing them. There's no truth coming out of it.
Tech companies are stronger than G7 nations; just look how Facebook (Meta) is dragging the Canadian government through the mud for asking to compensate journalists or how Microsoft bullied the government of the UK into approving their acquisition of Activision.
https://www.cigionline.org/articles/metas-tussle-with-canada-isnt-over-principle-or-even-profit-its-about-control/
https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/opinions/microsofts-veiled-threats-to-the-uk-over-activision-reveal-a-lot/

When I was in junior high a transfer student arrived in the middle of the semester; a kid that was different from everyone else. Right away he had caught my eye, in fact he caught everyone's attention because he had a very unique disability; he couldn’t speak. I guess you could say he was deaf, though it was clear to me after getting to know him that he could in fact hear; every word spoken to him was understood with simple nods or gestures; facial expressions contorting into understood language; so I guess he was mute; yeah, that would describe him best. He was an oddity to most but to me he was a unicorn, something that sparkled in our dim monotonous lives and it wasn’t until he revealed who he was did I become terrified of him and his shine.
I was in 7th grade maneuvering my way through the jungle of middle school, avoiding trouble and premature violence. I was an undersized boy for my age, no more than 5ft tall; puberty had yet to visit me leaving me left out of the herd; the other students or the ‘sheep’ as I called them that infested my school. They were all the same, kids that were driven by hormones constantly talking about boys or girls, their deep voices riding on the coattails of the wind that breezed in and out of our hallways. I was a mere shadow, always walking a few paces behind the others not wanting to be seen or acknowledged; I saw what others that looked like me went through, they were tortured and abused for simply existing.
Once Bryce Ellis and his friends stuck Timmy Easton’s face in the shitter for over 10 flushes, I was in a stall over, hiding and waiting for the torment to be over. I slithered my feet up on to the stall caressing them to my chest as I sat in a fetal position horrified of how one human could treat another. Eventually the bullies had gotten bored, their short attention span driven minds directed them to another endeavor leaving Timmy to fester in his tears and possible filth.
He sobbed for minutes that felt like hours as I remained silent in the stall over, I placed my hand cautiously on the barrier wall trying to absorb a bit of his pain, my heart ached for him in that moment and I wanted to lend him a compassionate hand if only I had the courage to do so. So yeah, I did my best to stay hidden, unseen to all the dwellers that mindlessly walked in and out of our school on a daily basis, the boys that believed themselves to be men or the girls that pontificated to anyone that listened. I was lost into an enteral sea of vindictive young adults that searched for any reason to lash out at anyone that stood in their way.
So when ‘Tape boy’ — as they would eventually call him — came to my little middle school that stood still in the secluded hills of our small town I was enthralled almost immediately with his existence. He was introduced to my home room class, I sat in the back burying my head into my arms, occasionally lifting my head to listen on the days lecture. My day dreams entertaining me as the clock slowly ticked away at our lives and it wasn’t until my teacher promptly stopped talking did it trigger a primal emotion in me to sit up and pay attention. I postured myself up straight, pausing the internal movie that played in my mind to see what the interruption was about.
There he was, a new boy that no one had ever seen before, by middle school everyone knew each other; we had went to the same elementary school, the same holiday events and grocery stores. So getting a new student was like getting a new flavor at Baskin Robbins; a mystery taste simmering on the tip of your tongue as you digested every drop, his presence was intriguing. He wasn’t small like me, I would say average height for a 12 year old; about 5'4, slender body with unkempt dark black hair. He looked timid, his head tilted towards the ground not wanting to accidentally lock eyes with any of us as the teacher introduced him, my mind wandering with such intrigue because to all of our astonishment he was wearing a surgical face mask — mind you this was in the 90’s; eons before the Covid pandemic breached the windows of our thoughts.
Right away I could hear the murmurs, the questions erupting throughout the classroom as everyone pondered of why this boy sheltered his face. I stared on for what must of been minutes as the shy boy kept his gaze down, I could see him slightly squeezing the arm straps to his backpack nervously the longer he stood there on full display for all.
I had my fill and I relaxed my postured sinking back into my chair directing my stare out the window but then Billy Sherman asked the question we all had on our minds,
“Uhm, why is he wearing that mask?”.
Our teacher explained to us that it was because of some weaken immune system, something about how his ticker didn’t click like the rest of ours, she then also told us about him being mute. This drew my eyes right back to him, I think it did for all of us and for a moment the quiet kid raised his head and locked eyes with me. His dark black eyes glistened with despair, the deep purple bags that sagged under his eyes were more indicative of someone that hadn’t slept in days. I felt something for him in that moment, our third eye conversing in some cosmic dialogue and as quickly as he rose his head did it drop once again towards the ground. I could still hear all the the other kids snickering, questioning and some even giggling; it made me sick, if I was a braver boy I would of stood on top of my desk and verbally lashed out to all the sheep, instead I rose my hand asking something Mrs. Willis never said, what was the timid boys name?
“Oh I’m sorry, how rude of me, this is Gabriel”.
She sat Gabriel upfront next to her desk, wanting him close in case he needed to write or sign something to her and just like that everyone went back to their simple lives; including myself.
The next few weeks I saw little of Gabriel other than the back of his head during class, once the bell rang everyone that my eyes glimpsed at for the day disappeared or just maybe it was me who dissolved into the ambience of our school. Either way I saw little of the boy who wore a mask, the one that sheltered his true identity and my curiosity with the new flavor of the week gradually faded into the abyss of non-existence; well, that was until the day I saw the mask slip.
It was end of the day, I spent most of the time turning corners anytime Bryce Ellis approached; evading the wrath of him and his band of merry men who were the pinnacle of human torture; finding any opportunity to demean those who crossed their path. I remember leaving Chemistry class, my mind all to occupied with leaving the hell hole of every kids dread and that’s when I saw Gabriel walking down the hall towards the cafeteria; his head still tilted down; his gaze tracking every step he took; face mask still tightly fitted around his face.
This time I saw someone was following him, it was Tom Ingram one of Bryce’s guys, a kid that tried to be the “alpha male” of the group numerous times, doing his best to dethrone the reign of Bryce. He was a big boy for his age, probably about 5'9 and easily weighed 200 pounds, he was a wild card alright; he got caught pouring sugar down Mr. Whitakers old Pontiac gas tank for giving him a poor grade. So when I saw him berating poor Gabriel; taunting him as grotesque laughter followed every insult, I felt like I had to do something and my consistent stealth veneer of camouflage morphed into into a full on sprint towards the two. I saw Tom was closing in on him, other kids looking on with bewilderment on their faces — not knowing if they should laugh out of fear or grimace from disgust. For the first time in a long while did a burning sensation of courage ignite in my soul, I was tired of seeing monsters preying on the sheep and I was going to stop it somehow.
Finally Gabriel had stopped walking and stood still, his head hanging even lower than before, the strands of his long hair covered the remainder of his face. Tom began slapping the top side of the poor kids head, yelling out obscenities, angered that he didn’t stop sooner. I was close, I was gonna stop this since all anyone else could do is cower in fear while looking on and then it happened causing me to stop dead in my tracks, my eyes widening with befuddlement. Tom had torn away the mask from Gabriel's face, awes with groans came from everyone then silence blanketed the entire school and for those few seconds our existence had been swallowed up by the earth itself.
“What the hell” Tom yelped out breaking the still but heavy disquietude.
I wanted to say something, but no words could be manifested only gurgles as I choked on my own disbelief. The timid boy under the mask of intrigue had a strip of black duct tape covering his mouth, it stretching from the side of his face to the other almost resembling what would be some hideous smile. The timid boy then collapsed his hands over his face as faint muffles of sobbing protruded from him, he ran into the nearest restroom only for Tom to pursue. Finally my thoughts had been gathered while my body came back to life, I brushed off the bizarre occurrence of that grizzly smile and I reminded myself of what was about to happen. Tom was going to punish Gabriel for simply existing as he and his gang have been doing for years and like some old factory machine the cogs of my body set into motion as I ran towards the restroom.
Before I could open the door the most horrid scream exploded outwards into the hallway, the sound sending a cold shiver down my spine and Tom came running out of the restroom gripping at his face crying. He was hysterical running and bumping into the walls until finally crumbling onto the floor only to continue sobbing. My mind was clouded with a whirl wind of confusion, I no longer knew what to do, I mean I was going to run in there and stop the assault but now the assaulter was on the floor destroyed. Then Gabriel calmly came out of the restroom, his mask firmly back on and he turned to look at me, his dark eyes burning an image of anguish into my mind. I asked if he was okay of course he said nothing though, he didn’t need to I could just sense his response and it was one of gratitude. I almost could see him smiling at me from underneath the mask and I reminded myself of what was under it; that abysmal duct tape that looked like a sinister grin.
From that day on most of the kids were afraid of Gabriel, I could see the look of terror in their eyes anytime he passed by them even though his headed was still shifted downwards but that’s the day whenever someone mentioned him they referred to him as “Tape boy”. I had heard through the whispers of our school that Tom had suffered some mental breakdown, that the doctors couldn’t find anything psychically wrong with him, it was as if his mind had shattered. He remained in some mental hospital, memories of him gradually fading and the sheep went on with living their mundane lives. Bryce even slowed his bullying, I think he knew that their were now more eyes watching everyone after the altercation and he didn’t want to get caught in some bad situation, though I could see he was itching to get at Gabriel. I went back to being a shadow, avoiding all the others still not too confident that the days of torture were over.
Even though Gabriel was regarded as some magical or perhaps malevolent being by most; not sure which one; he still appeared to be sad; lonely, his head always dragging with despondency. I made an effort in getting to know him, I wasn’t afraid like the rest of them something about the day we locked eyes gave me the resolve to understand he wouldn’t hurt me. I approached him during lunch break, he was outside sitting underneath a tree, the shade showering him a gloom of haze. I think I surprised him or maybe it was just my stealth nature but I saw him jump when I sat next to him. I began talking about the origins of Darth Vader, of how he was originally a hero using his force power for good only to eventually turn to the dark side.
Gabriel just looked at me confounded of why I was even talking to him, his stare looking on with indifference. I told him that he was like a super hero, doing whatever he did to Tom was just like a super power, that I was thankful. His gazed then returned back to the floor almost out of shame, I guess whatever he did that day he didn’t see it as something special, or something to praise. I then told him that I still envied his ability to defend himself, that having such an ability was better than winning the school lottery — which was a week supply of free cafeteria food. I kept blabbering on for the remainder of the break while he still postured his stare towards the floor until the bell had finally rung. Before getting up I told him that if I could have a super power mine would be invisibility that’s when he turned to me pulling out a small spiral from his back pack writing something down, he then showed me.
“Why?” it read.
I told him that I didn’t like being seen, that if I could I would melt away into the noise, then life would be better he just stared at me with what I could assume was disbelief. He didn’t write anything back, he just remain seated while I stood to my feet. I asked if he was coming back to class but he ignored me and just stared out into space presumably lost in his own thoughts.
For the next several months I would catch Gabriel in the hallways, talk to him about the latest edition of whatever comic I was reading, Superman being my favorite and I would go on and on about how his true super power wasn’t strength but hope. I think he became more comfortable with me, pulling out his spiral notebook to write down his thoughts; his questions and answers — a new gateway of communication had formed between us. Most times I could tell what he was going to write by looking at his eyes, those dark haunting eyes, he was a mysterious book slowly being revealed to me and I was completely beguiled by his friendship. Bryce and his little posse slowly went back to bullying the sheep, though they kept their distance from Gabriel and me.
I guess I had a new protector one that wouldn’t be crossed and something about that protection left me feeling proud. I knew in my heart that the timid kid that now went by “Tape boy” wouldn’t hurt a fly that maybe the day of Tom going crazy was all by chance, perhaps his rage snapped his mind. I tried asking him about that day numerous times but he never explained what happened he would redirect the conversation back to super hero’s. I would walk home with him on certain days, well, more like he would walk me home I never got to see where he lived, he was too reserved to give up that kind of information but the days we would walk together was always fun. I finally felt like I belonged, the longing emotion of needing acceptance was found by his friendship.
One day when I was walking home by myself I decided to stop in at the gas station to pick up a drink and scour the latest edition of comic books in the small rack of magazines. Before entering the store I could hear arguing voices engaging in combative dialogue and it became vividly clear that it was more of a yelling match than conversation. It was coming from the side of the building, most times I would just ignore it but one of the voices sounded all too familiar and I crept slowly to the edge of the building poking my head out to get a glimpse of the disturbance. It was Bryce, his back was up against the wall while someone who I presumed was his father berated him with such a vicious snarl on his face. The angry man kept slapping Bryce across the face anytime he tried to say something and soon tears began drizzling off the face of the mighty bully only for the man to laugh.
I didn’t know why the older man was treating Bryce the way he was, information cut out of my understanding, for all I know it could of been because of something the bully did at school. I found it to be poetic justice that the boy that caused so much heart ache suffered the same amount only at home. It felt like a cliche, the angry kid was angry because of the angry father; a cruel loop of never ending proportions. Eventually the man or father walked away getting back into his car leaving the bully to brush away the tears from his face. I cautiously retreated my head away deciding to ditch the store completely when that same broken voice only minutes ago shouted out to me with a hefty dominance.
“What the hell do you think you’re doing?” Bryce howled out.
I didn’t bother turning around, I just ran home, dodging into alley ways trying my best to not been seen. It didn’t appear as if he was following, but seeing him in such a vulnerable state was bemusing. We were a small town how could I not know who the man was, we all knew each other since we were small and then it hit me; Bryce’s dad had left when he was little. This man must of been his step dad or perhaps mom’s boyfriend, it didn’t matter I was going to mind my own business, I was going to slither back into the shadows; but my attempts would only fall on defeated shoulders.
I didn’t want to tell anyone of what I saw, I hoped that keeping my mouth shut would of been enough for the bully to leave me be. Unfortunately there is no reasoning when it comes to human beings, we base our actions on emotions, our anger and Bryce confronted me the next morning in front of Gabriel.
“Hey fairy, did you enjoy the show?” the angry kid spouted out at me.
I tried explaining to him that I wasn’t trying to intrude, that the arguing concerned me, that I didn’t like seeing him being mistreated and then he punched me right in the gut. I fell to the floor gripping at my stomach, the pain slicing through every fiber of my body. I tried catching my breath but inhaling was too painful and I sheltered my face expecting another punch but the bully walked off leaving me to sweat. Gabriel kneel down to me taking out his spiral notebook writing the obvious question, I gestured to him to give me a moment and I honestly felt like crying. I had spent years doing my best to blend into the background, the invisibility power I was so desperate to have amongst the sheep was now gone; I was on Bryce’s radar.
For the remainder of the school year I tried avoiding the bullies, the monsters that preyed on the sheep but their leader would actively search for me, he was no longer intimidated by Gabriel; his once menacing allure had dwindled and now we both were sitting ducks. Luckily there was only a few weeks left until summer break and I only had hoped that the time off would be enough for the monster of monsters to cool off.
Entering summer was a relief much needed for my sanity, I took a few thrashings but it was over, me and Gabriel had big plans on spending time together. He wasn’t an out door kind of kid, he usually would just come over my place and we would read my comic books. He quickly grew enchanted with the idea of super hero's, their powers restoring balance to the nature of our world. I enjoyed every minute of it, my parents on the other hand looked less jovial to our friendship, they didn’t like the mask; it worried them. They thought that whatever illness he had could be passed on to me, but they didn’t do anything to stop us from seeing each other, they only silently protested.
So after awhile we decided to meet somewhere outdoors, away from my parents judgmental stares, there was a creek close to my house, the trees giving us enough shade to stay cool on those long summer days. The small stream that flowed through the trenches of the creek enriched our view as we would find the perfect rock to perch on while reading our comics. We didn’t see much of any of the other classmates that summer, the sheep kept their distance or maybe it was just us, but the days seem to pass quickly and before we knew it summer was coming to an end. I couldn’t remember how many volumes we must of read but Gabriel was now a fan of almost every super hero. He tend to raise out his arms while walking, mimicking the premise of flying like Superman; his ponderous eyes cutting through the brush as we escaped our secluded summer spot.
It was on the final day of our summer break did I pressure the shy timid boy to explain to me what had happen that day, the day Tom lost his marbles, I needed to know. Gabriel as always tried redirecting the conversation, holding up a comic of Batman, pointing at some dialogue. I got upset, I raised my voice telling him that if we were friends then he should tell me, that there wasn’t secrets between us. His heavy eyes collapsing to the ground, shifting his posture on the rock that we both sat on.
“Look, I just need to know, you’re my best friend” I told him with genuine longing.
The school year was about to start up again and I could already envision a future of slithering through the hallways how I have always done, but with Gabriel maybe that could change. I needed to know and I was done guessing, fantasizing that he was some super hero or at least my hero; my protector. I stood up off the rock walking over to the stream, the sound of water colliding unto the small stones that infested the trench triggered something awful in my gut. I took a deep breath and made my final stand with my best friend.
“If you don’t want to tell me then I’m going home, see ya” I said with impatience dripping off of my words.
Gabriel ignored my warning and continued pointing at the comic book, that’s when I noticed what he was pointing at, it wasn’t dialogue it was one of Batman's villains — he was pointing at Clayface. This made me stop, my minding halting after speeding at 100 miles per hour; it crashing my thoughts.
“Yeah, what about Clayface?” I curiously asked with a withered and tired voice.
That’s when his pointer finger was no longer on the page but rather it was pointed towards his mouth; the mouth that was hidden behind his mask. He could see my face drop with sadness, whatever disfigurement he had underneath that horrid black duct tape must of been something like the villain from the comic and my heart broke for him. Gabriel’s eyes gleaming with absolute sorrow, the boy that only wanted to be left alone, the person all the others feared just wanted solitude and here I was badgering him to no end about something so insignificant. We stared at each other for several seconds, our eyes meeting in some altered state and I reached my hand up to his face tenderly taking off his mask. There it was, the black duct tape that resembled a grin, a nightmarish one that could only been seen in some horror movie. I then placed my fingers on the edge of the tape, my cold grip causing him to shiver and I slowly began to remove it.
“What the hell are you fairy’s doing?” a voice called out from the brush, one that sank my heart into my stomach.
I turned trying to locate the voice and sure enough there he was, the bully that had tortured so many for so many years — it was Bryce. His body slowly revealing itself from the brush like some despicable ooze frothing from the depths of hell. Though, something about him was different, his cold stare no longer fictitious but more intimidating and as his body fully emerged did I see the blood trickling down his soaked stain shirt. He was covered in the crimson fluid, there was even some on his cheeks almost as he had some open wound and smeared the remnants of it on his face. The devilish grin that bestowed his bruised and beaten face quickly led me to a conclusion; one that I wish I didn’t conclude. A purplish black infested the out layer of his left eye, it practically closed shut and his nose had been bent to a unsightly angle. I started to whimper as my lips trembled from fright because this Bryce was not the same one that had given us wedgies or swirlies this one was a true monster, a beast that devoured souls. His gaze was enough to display a vacancy of any humanity and my eyes crawled down his arm into his hand to see the black pistol that he firmly gripped.
“Uh, Bryce what happened? Are you okay?” I groaned out while sniffling.
He didn’t answer, he just kept grinning at me, the ghastly smile that stretched ear from ear plagued my vision and I knew that he had done it, that he had hurt someone badly. I was terrified and in the moment I had completely forgotten about Gabriel, my tunnel vision only focused on that firearm.
“Where the hell did the other one go?” the monster asked, I turned and realized Gabriel in fact had run away leaving me behind.
I wanted to run, I wanted to flee while screaming but horror kept me in place and I felt like some dear trapped in headlights contemplating my entire life in mere seconds.
“Everyone always messes with me!” Bryce yelled out with such ferociousness.
There was no talking my way out of this one, no pleading, I knew in that moment he was going to kill me; his rage over flowing to the point of lunacy. He quickly pounced dropping me to the floor, screaming with madness and he repeatedly hit me over the head with the but of the gun causing me to see stars. His words became incoherent sounding like muffled tones that slushed it’s way into my hearing, I shook my head trying to collect myself, just maybe I could figure a way out of this but as soon as my vision corrected itself Bryce would strike me another time causing it to blur once again. I fell into a darkness, my world collapsing into an eternal void of loneliness as my body began to float effortlessly but as soon as I thought this was my final moments flashes of Gabriel flooded into my mind awakening me out of whatever slumber I found myself in. That’s when I realized Bryce was no longer hitting me, instead he was talking to someone and as I grabbed at my head trying to steady my balance I saw it was Gabriel standing still head as always tilted downwards.
Bryce confronted him pointing his 9mm directly at his head yelling, screaming at the top of his lungs but my best friend remained unmoved, just quiet and then he slowly removed his mask. This caused Bryce to pause, his tone weaken and I think for the first time he digested if he should proceed doing what he was doing.
“What are you doing freak?” the bully yelped out.
Gabriel remained quiet, eyes still directed towards the floor, his breathing escalating; I could see his chest pump more vigorously with each passing second. With the mask off me and Bryce could see the bewildering black duct tape strapped to his face, Gabriel’s face began to tremble violently as if he was trying to yell through the bondage. He then finally began to peel of the thick layer of black duct tape and it came off with a wicked screech as I could see my friends eyes squint with pain.
Bryce was no longer pointing the gun at Gabriel, no longer was he even saying a word his arm lowered to his side and both him and I stared on with amazement. What was under the tape was layers of skin, twisting and binding to each other like some thriving organism living it’s own life on Gabriel's face. I couldn’t move, I couldn’t say anything I was in shock and my head still throb from pain. Then Gabriel's mouth — if you want to call it that — began to stretch open, he tilted his head backwards while the mountain of dead flesh started to drip down his face allowing some endless void to open up inside of him. I could hear the cracking of bones breaking, his jaw shifting to accommodate the massive hole that was now his mouth and then horrid dwindling fingers began to protrude from the darkness.
My mouth gaped open with trepidation and if I had the ability to adjust my head I would think Bryce had the same facial expression. Then a grotesque head forced it’s way out of my friends mouth revealing a face that could only exist in the realms of the dead, this new creature having two large almond shape eyes; eyes that looked very similar to the ones that were attached to my friend. This ‘thing’ then stared at Bryce, that’s all it did, no words were spoken no violence was created it just stared at him and soon the bully grasped at his face and began to yell. He ran frantically in different directions, his gun firing out into the tree line, I jumped for cover; falling to the floor sheltering my head with my arms. Bryce’s terrified screams caused my stomach to turn and soon those dire cries stopped along with the gunshots.
I must of stayed on the floor for what felt like hours, too scared to rise to my feet and through my peripheral did I see the sun begin to set plunging the small creak into darkness. I eventually mustered up enough courage to get up and I looked around, Bryce was mere feet away from me, he lay still on the floor blood spewing out of his head; it appeared as if had shot himself. I walked over to his body befuddled of what to do I then remembered Gabriel, I turned to look for him but he was gone it was only me and Bryce's dead corpse. I ran home telling my parents about everything, of the encounter I experienced, at first it seemed as if they didn’t believe me but they still phoned for the police.
I led them to the creek to the bullies dead body, I initially thought perhaps they would blame me, connect me to his death but the police believed me; well the believed me about Bryce but not about Gabriel. They told me that Bryce had killed his step father, apparently they had gotten into some altercation and afterwards he went into his mothers bedroom and shot her to death. They told me that the once bully was a disturbed individual, suffering abuse for many years; that I was lucky to escape from his wrath. I told them that they needed to find my friend I wanted to know if he was okay, but all the officers could do was pat my back with sympathy trying to relax me.
It has almost been 30 years since the event, I still have nightmares of what had happened, I see the dead stare Bryce had while pointing his pistol at me, I see him repeatedly hitting me over the head again and again. Though, what still haunts me more is Gabriel's mouth contorting into that horrid shape revealing the creature that lived inside of him. He was never found, I’m pretty sure he moved on to another city, another place where bullies like Bryce tormented their schools and I could only imagine Gabriel was there to balance the wrongs of the world. I am scared of my best friend, but I know at the same time he is my protector; my super hero, he is out there doing good, I can feel it and I hope he can sense my love for him. Maybe we will never meet again, perhaps it’s not written in the stars for us to reunite but one thing is for sure, I get comic books mailed to me randomly every month; most are of Superman and I know exactly who they are from.

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So, here is part 2 of my entitled employee story. We left off with discovering Sally’s retaliation of giving me trash as a Christmas gift after her latest write-up.
So, the next several weeks, I am noticing more problems, but here’s some of the highlights.

1. Ever since we had issues of the office’s checks going randomly missing, Sally had apparently decided to just stop throwing any envelope away when opening the mail. She would supposedly search the envelopes/paperwork & then keep the envelopes with the paperwork. So, instead of doing her job better, she would decide to just stop doing the job at all. After all, you can’t get in trouble for screwing it up if you aren’t doing it, right? However, this resulted in items getting left with the paperwork (which sometimes wouldn’t get touched for several weeks due to being busy) that had needed to be collected or addressed right away.
   
2. Sally’s careless mistakes continued at about the same rate (average of 2 to 3 a week). She would put deposit slips/emails with the wrong office’s report, put one office’s mail in another office’s bin, put one office’s funding papers in another office’s bin, put one office’s bills in the folder for their correspondence & vice versa, put one office’s bills in the folder for another office’s bills, put the new month’s bills in the folder without taking out the old month’s bills so they would get mixed up. I could go on & on.
   
3. Sally would still ask for help on things she shouldn’t need help on anymore, ‘cause I had helped her many times on items exactly like it in the 2 years she’s worked here. I mean, the whole point of asking for help when learning new things on a job is so you can take the input you’re given & use it to get better at the job so you don’t have to ask for help anymore. I mean, what kind of office works by their employees constantly needing to be walked through everything every day? Sally would even ask for help on things no one would need to ask for help on. For example, she asked me, “An office took a deposit to the bank without showing it on their report. How do I write that up in the letter to fax to them?” Um, exactly what you just said to me. Or another time, she asks how long she should wait before calling an office back. Well, how long do you think you should give them? Just use your good judgment. You don’t need help with that! Again, you’ve been here 2 years!
   

On Jan 26, I take the Dec bills, correspondence faxes, & timesheets out of their folders to scan them into the computer. Now, one thing the bills should always have on them are the check number used to pay for this purchase & the date it was paid. The offices themselves are supposed to write this on there, but they don’t always, which is why it is our job to write it on there if it’s missing. I had noticed when I scanned Nov’s bills around Nov 30 that a lot of Sally’s offices don’t have that info written on them. So, I explained to her what needed to be written on every bill/receipt. I now flip through the Dec & Jan bills of her offices really quick to check them. There are quite a few of them with no info written down on them. There’s strike one for noncompliance.
Another task we would do several days a week (that’s Sally’s responsibility) is to check the bank accounts online. She is to look at the bank balances & report any low balances to Greg (or me if Greg isn’t there). She is then to look at the transactions in order to see if anything looks fraudulent. Since we are a loan company, check fraud is very common for us. So, we look at the checks for anything funny-looking, & we look to see if there are any auto debits (like when you use your bank account online to pay for a bill) that would tell us if someone got hold of our bank account info.
On Jan 30, at 1:15 p.m., I asked if any of the bank balances were low (Greg was out of town for a few days). Sally said she had forgotten to check the bank accounts that morning. Weird, ‘cause you had to check the Dallas office to make sure the money we sent them had shown up. How did you get the login sheet out to look in their bank account but then forget about checking all the bank accounts? This just further cemented in my mind that she was NOT checking these bank accounts the way she should. I was 100% positive that all she does when logging into these bank accounts is checking the balances to give to Greg but then never checks the transactions. I know this ‘cause, 1) I’ve observed Sally only logging in to write down the balances & then logging back out (she had some flimsy excuse ready when I asked her about it), 2) there have been auto debits that appeared in bank accounts that we didn’t find for weeks until I happened to see it for some reason & guess what? She never pointed those out to us, & 3) Sally hadn’t bothered to check the bank account balances since Greg was out of town, so clearly she only felt the need to check the balances. There’s strike two for noncompliance.
& even more bad mistakes or decisions:

1. At the end of Jan, we discovered that Sally had mailed the employees’ W2s to the managers’ home addresses instead of to the offices to distribute to their employees!
   
2. We had an office that moved locations to right across the street, so the only thing that changed in their address was their street number (12 Main Street instead of 11 Main Street). I explained this to Sally & gave her an updated list of the office’s addresses. 3 weeks later, we get a call from that office saying that mail we send to them keeps going to their landlord’s house. I check the address labels Sally had created for herself. Sure enough, it had the wrong address on them. I go to grab the lease, & at the top is where the tenant’s new address is listed. & all the way at the bottom of the page in the paragraph titled “RENT” where it lists where to send the rent is the landlord’s home address. & that’s the address Sally had chosen to be the new office’s address on her address labels.
   
3. Sally hadn’t been faxing the offices to ask for bills/receipts that never made it to us.
   
4. I used the last towel on a roll of paper towels, so I went to the cabinets to grab another. We were out. Sally is in charge of keeping track of supplies that need ordering, so I go to Sally & say we’re completely out of paper towels, we need to order some. Sally response: “No one ever tells me when they grab the last roll so I know when to order them.” Um, excuse me, since when is it our job to tell you to do your job? It’s your responsibility to keep track of supplies. You should be checking the level of paper towels, toilet paper, Kleenex, etc., to see when you need to order them.
   

So, I knew she needed a second warning write up for carelessness cause of the numerous mistakes since the first warning write up in the middle of Dec, & I would be giving Sally a first warning write up for negligence cause of her not asking the offices for missing bills & not writing the info on the bills I had told her to do at the end of Nov. However, it was only a few days from Feb, which was the time for performance reviews. So, rather than doing a write up now & then in a week or so doing a performance review that was one of the worst performance reviews I’ve ever heard of, I decided to just do it in one fell swoop. You know, just get it all out of the way with one bad conversation, one bad day, & then both of us can hopefully put it behind us & move on.
I decided to do the performance review & write ups on Feb 5 (Monday). It went much smoother ‘cause Greg was there, so Sally couldn’t really give me lip or lash out by showing attitude & anger like she had previously.
On Feb 7 (Wednesday), I log in to get the transactions for an office who is switching banks. I wanted to get an updated list of outstanding checks so they know how many checks are left before they can close the old bank account. & what do I see? Someone had used the bank account to pay $100 on their AT&T bill. I call the office & find out it was actually them, so no fraud there. But I then ask Sally if she had seen that when checking the bank accounts. She said she didn’t remember. Obviously, I have found my proof that she is either not checking them or isn’t paying attention when she does. I have a discussion with Greg about it, & we decide I need to have a sit down with her about her not doing her job. She is sick on Thursday, so I plan to talk with her the next day she comes in.
On Feb 9 (Friday), I begin the conversation about checking the bank accounts & how important it is. I am planning to say things like, we expect you to do this job, you’ve been told multiple times to do this task, if you’re not going to do the job, then you’re welcome to go find another one, etc. But she cuts me off at the beginning with an excuse of, “Well, I didn’t know what I should be looking for, now I know.” & it broke me. She does this exact thing every time I have to have a conversation with her. She has an excuse ready to go on the tip of her tongue, always spins it around so it’s not actually her fault. It’s always, “Well, I didn’t know that, but now, I do.” & I was just done. I didn’t continue the conversation, even though I needed to, ‘cause I just broke down in tears from the stress of having to discipline her & knowing that nothing will ever come of it, but having our hands legally tied to be able to fire her right now. I cried nonstop for over 4 hours.
On Feb 12 (Monday), I sat down to continue the conversation, this time with a written statement for her to sign.
Me: You respond a lot of the time that you don’t know how to do things, which is very frustrating, ‘cause you’ve been shown multiple times how to do these tasks. It’s very inefficient & wasteful that I have to constantly check all of your work & retrain you on the same thing over & over again. This needs to change. This job is about accuracy & accountability.
Sally: You’re not giving me a chance to improve. I never hear “Good job,” from you. All I ever hear is, “You’re doing a bad job, sign this paper.” I get in trouble every time I ask for help, so I guess I’ll just follow the instructions & hope I’m doing it right.
The problems with that response:

1. You’ve worked here for 2 years, Sally. You’ve had plenty of time to improve.
   
2. The reason you never hear “Good job” is ‘cause you’re not doing a good job. How am I supposed to tell you “Good job,” but also need to give you a write up for doing a bad job? If you’re getting multiple write ups for doing a bad job, don’t you think that’s a sign that something is wrong? I mean, she thinks that managers should be telling their employees good job on everything they do right. No, you’re expected to do these tasks. We’re not going to congratulate you every time you do your basic job requirements like some toddler that needs constant positive reinforcement so they know that doing something right is a good thing! You will hear “Good job” when you are doing a really good job on something, when you go above & beyond!! I mean, do you think Greg tells me “Good job” when I’m just doing my job as expected?!! NO!!! I’ve never had a manager constantly tell me “Good job” all the time!!!! (Whew. Sorry about that. Kinda went on a crazy rant there. I’m good now.)
   
3. Here’s another example of her mentality of “if I don’t do the job, I can’t get in trouble for doing it wrong.” She’s going to stop asking for help instead of using the help I’ve given her to do better. I mean, if you’re making these mistakes when you ARE asking for help, how many more are you going to make when you stop asking for help? How does this make any logical sense?!
   

Well, here’s another chance for some malicious compliance. She claimed she didn’t know how to check the bank accounts, right? Well, my job as the manager is to make sure my employees know how to do their job. So, I need to sit down with her & train her how to check the bank accounts. Again. Even though I know she already knows how to do it. So, every time you tell me that the reason why you didn’t do a job is ‘cause you didn’t know how to do it right, well, we’re going to sit down & waste both our times & annoy you having to be retrained on something you do, in fact, know how to do.
Sally continues making careless mistakes & not doing stuff she doesn’t think she should have to do. Like answering the phones. It’s her job to answer the phones; that’s something I as the manager should be delegating to her. However, she never answers the phone unless I literally can’t. So, I had asked her to start answering the phone more. She will wait until the last possible second before answering the phone. By that time, it’s already rung twice, so I have to answer it before it goes on any longer or they hang up. One time, we were both away from our desks when the phone rang. We both went to answer it, but she was closer & got to her desk before me, put her hand on the phone, & watched me until I got to my desk before she picked it up. With a comment of, “Oh, (laughs) I didn’t want to make you walk all the way to your desk.” Well, you did, anyway, you little jerk.
On Feb 27, Sally asks for help on a report. She says that my note stating the office is over-deposited $28 on report 1 but fixed on report 2 by being $28 under-deposited didn’t work out. She says that they were never over by $28 in the first place. I take the report to look it over. Her calculator tape adding up the deposits shows the bank is in balance, but I don’t see deposit slips.
Me: Where are the deposit slips?
Sally: I haven’t gotten them yet.
Me: (trying to comprehend her logic) Then how do you have the deposit amounts added on this tape?
Sally: I got the amounts from the report.
Me: You…(my brain trying not to implode at this point) you can’t add up amounts to see if the bank has too much or too little money in it without knowing what was actually taken to the bank. The amounts on the report don’t always equal what was taken to the bank.
I log into the bank account & discover just that: the report says they took $500 to the bank, but their deposit says $528. They were indeed $28 over-deposited. I then lecture her (for the second time in a few months) on the correct way to account for the deposits at the bank, that we are only to use the dollar amounts on the bank’s deposit receipt. (The first time was her getting the deposit amount from what was written on the deposit slip instead of what the bank gave us credit for on their printed receipt. The bank had shorted us $500, & we never knew until her deposits didn’t work out when reconciling the bank statement at the end of the month. We were missing $500 for 4 weeks! It’s a miracle we didn’t overdraw the account.)
Another task that we do several days a week is checking the CFPB website. This is a government website that uses federal regulations to monitor financial institutions. It’s like the Better Business Bureau, but more official. Customers can make complaints through them, prompting an investigation to make sure we’re following the federal guidelines. We have 2 weeks to respond to a complaint before it is past due.
On Feb 29, Greg just happens to be looking at an email inbox that he never checks, ‘cause after all, we’re checking the CFPB website, so he doesn’t have to look there, right? There is a complaint in 2 of the portals that have been in there since Jan 22. He immediately marches out & tells Sally about them.
Greg: Aren’t you checking the CFPB sites?
Sally: Yeah, I am.
Really? Then how come you didn’t print this complaint off to give to Greg in the last 6 weeks? She came back from lunch to a second warning write up given by me for negligence.
On Mar 5 (Tuesday), we are working on reconciling the bank statements so we can close the month of Feb. Sally brings me a Jan bank statement for an office.
Sally: This never cleared in Feb.
I look at the bank statement. It’s an electronic deposit of $254 on Jan 31. I remember this. She had asked me at the beginning of Feb why this deposit wasn’t recorded on the office’s report. I explained that since it didn’t show up in the bank account until the last day of Jan, they might not have known about it before the end of the month & so recorded it on the first of Feb. We will wait until the first report of Feb. If it’s still not recorded, then we’ll bring that to the office’s attention. & here she is, clearly telling me she hadn’t brought it to anyone’s attention all month long.
Me: (staring at the bank statement as I try to prevent my autistic brain from exploding at her while also trying to prevent a spontaneous stroke) You didn’t keep track of this all month?
Sally: Well, I didn’t know if it was treated differently ‘cause it was OTBP (One Time Bill Pay, which is the electronic deposit). (Oh, what a shocker, she once again didn’t know how to do something.)
Me: But we talked about this. If it wasn’t on the first of the month, we needed to address it.
Sally: Okay, well, now I know that we treat this the same as other deposits. (goes nonchalantly back to her desk like it was no big deal, like she hadn’t just revealed she had once again disobeyed my detailed instructions)
Me: (seeing her flagrant disregard for the seriousness of the situation & wondering just how on earth she could once again think that not doing her job would have no consequences) This is exactly what Greg talks about over & over, about how we can’t leave errors like this to sit for weeks & weeks, that these need to be dealt with as they happen.
Sally: (still as easy-going as if she had simply used the wrong color highlighter) Okay, I’ll make note of that.
Now, I am getting really pissed off. She keeps saying, “Oh, now I know that OTBP is treated the same as everything else.” That doesn’t matter! It doesn’t matter that you didn’t know it’s treated the same! I specifically told you to take care of it if it didn’t appear on the first of Feb! It didn’t matter what kind of deposit it was! I said to tell me if it wasn’t on the first of Feb!
Now, this was right before she leaves at 3:30, so by the time I’m finished with my text conversation with Greg (‘cause he isn’t there that afternoon), she has already left. But I’m telling Greg that I have once again caught her being negligent, & she’s already had 2 written warnings about this, which means our next step is letting her go. Not to mention, her carelessness is still continuing. He said that he supports my decision to let her go. By the way, the final decision happened an hour after she left. If I had known before she left that we were indeed going to fire her, I would have done it before she left so she didn’t have to come all the way to work in the morning just to leave again.
So, on Mar 6 (Wednesday), I arrive early to work so I can be prepared. I am standing at my desk, watching her come in. This is unusual, so she frowns as she approaches me.
Me: Sally, we need to talk.
Sally: (still frowns at me)
Me: (handing her the typed up notice) We are going to read this together. “When reconciling the month of Jan, around Feb 5, it was brought to my attention that we had a deposit that hadn’t been reconciled. I gave you instructions to wait a report to see if it works out. If not, you would need to bring it to mine & the office’s attention for further instructions. This wasn’t done. It wasn’t until Mar 5 that you brought this to my attention again. You have been told many times the importance of reconciling the financials of the office. You have been warned several times of negligence. This is another example of negligence with respect to your job. All you had to do was follow my instructions. It is for this reason that it is now time to terminate your employment.”
Sally: When did you tell me to do this?
Me: (thinking, “Um, I kinda just told you when I told you do that, but, okay.”) When you showed me the Jan bank statement—
Sally: Yesterday?!
Me: You showed me the Jan bank statement a month ago when you were reconciling Jan. I told you to wait for the first of Feb & then—
Sally: You did no such thing!
Me: Yes, I did, Sally.
Sally: When does Greg get here?
Me: Around 9, like usual.
Sally: I’m calling him, ‘cause this is ridiculous. You’ve had it out for me from the very beginning.
Me: No, I haven’t.
Sally: Yeah, you have. Just like the other 2. (sets her bags at the front door, goes outside, & calls Greg)

1. How could I have had it out for you from the very beginning when we didn’t have problems for the first year & a half you worked here? If I’d had it out for you from the beginning, you wouldn’t have had a job the past 6 months. Need I remind you what Greg told you about the timesheet thing being something we fire someone for on the spot, but that Molly had gone to bat for you & gave you a second chance? Why would I have done that if I had wanted you gone from the start?
   
2. “Just like the other 2.” She’s talking about Irene (who had left in Feb 2023) & another employee (who we’ll call Phil). Phil had been fired (by Greg, by the way) for continuing to watch movies on his phone at his desk despite being told multiple times by Greg to not do that. & Irene? She wasn’t fired. She gave her 2 weeks’ notice. & we then discovered when going through the work she’s been doing as we started taking over her tasks that she didn’t just not do jobs. She would actually forge the work so she wouldn’t have to work. “A bank imbalance of $2.65? Well, I’ll just add it to the imbalance that’s been building up for who knows how many months & just label it as an over-deposit from the end of the month. That way, I don’t have to look into why the bank isn’t balancing.” But no, I had it out for them, apparently.
   
3. Does she really think that calling Greg was gonna reverse my firing her? Does she really think I would do something as drastic as writing her up or firing her without discussing it with my supervisor first? Did she really think I would do this behind his back?
   

Apparently, she did, ‘cause Greg confirmed that Sally tried telling him about all the stuff I’ve been doing to her as if he didn’t know. She hung up on him when he explained that he’s been told everything as it happens & he supports this decision.
Sally: (storming back into the office & towards her desk) I’m not signing anything.
Me: Ok.
Sally begins packing up her desk. I had known she kept a lot of personal items at the office, so I had gotten a big box or 2 out & placed them nearby for her to use to pack up her desk.
Me: We can give you a box if you need it.
Sally: I don’t need sh** from you guys.
Me: The only thing we’ll need is your office key.
Sally: You’ll get it when you get it. I’m packing my desk.
Me: Ok.
I go back to work, keeping an eye on her as she packs to make sure she doesn’t take anything she’s not supposed to or damage any company property. Sally at some point decides to use the boxes she didn’t want from us to pack up her many items. She takes both boxes to the front door where her bags are & sets them down to put the last of her things in. She picks up one box to take outside.
Sally: You are the worst manager ever. (goes out the door)
Me: (shrug)
Sally: (comes back in for the final box) Seriously, you’re the most evil person I’ve ever met. (leaves)
Really? I rank worse than the guy that beat you up? I’m worse than him?
I continued watching her to see if she’s going to come back to give up her office key. As she packed up her car, another employee had arrived (we’ll call him Randy). He had run into her on the way in & asks me if Sally quit. I explained, no, she was let go. I then see that Sally has gotten behind the wheel of her car without coming back to give us the office key.
Me: Well, I guess we’ll just change the locks.
Randy then takes it upon himself to go out to her car. He phrased it very gently by saying he wanted to spare her having to come back in to turn the key in.
Sally: I guess Molly didn’t have the balls to do it herself. (hands the key over)
& then…she was gone. Despite having to do the entire corporate office’s work all by myself & falling steadily behind little by little, I have never been more happy. I had forgotten how much I loved my job & how much I couldn’t wait to get to work. I haven’t been this stress-free in 6 months, & it feels fantastic! & the great part is, I’m not really falling as far behind as I expected to without her. Having to do 2 people’s jobs by myself is only affecting me a little. Really goes to show you how bad she was for the company & for my job when she disrupted everything that much. For example, me & her would get through maybe 5 to 6 offices’ reports between us in a single day when playing catch up after closing the previous month. One day? I caught up on 10 offices’ reports in a single day. By myself.
Oh, did I mention she smoked marijuana most days on her way to work or while on her lunch break? We could never actually prove it. But, come on, you don’t smell that strongly of marijuana on only select days if you aren’t smoking it recently. If it was leftover from the smell of your house or car, you would smell like that every day. But it was only some days she would come into work or back from lunch smelling like that. Obviously, smoking on the job. So very glad to be rid of her & her awful skunk smell. Although, I do wish her well on a new job search. I don’t wish ill on anyone, ever. But I am just glad she’s no longer my problem to deal with.
(Added 2 months after she was fired): By the way, I am actually gaining on my work. I’m not only not behind on my work, I’m actually getting it done soon enough to work on extra stuff. Also, out of the blue, we’ve started getting about 3 to 4 sales & scam calls every day since Sally left (for things like better Medicare benefits, better retirement benefits, & even one time recently where “Walgreens” was calling to ask if I still had diabetes). I’m convinced Sally signed us up for calls as retaliation. I hope they die down soon, especially as they are starting to get rude. (Our response to every one of these is “Sorry, this is a business.” This one guy responded to me with, “This is my job.” I said, “I understand this is your job, but this is a business. I am not allowed to take personal calls.” He said, “Why?” I said very slowly & firmly, “Because I’m working!” He started to say, “Can you explain to me why—” I hung up. Jerk.)

I’ll try to keep this short, apologies if I’m rambling.
I (22F) started my new job in a male-dominated field (think private equity) 5 months ago, and my team is usually in 3 days a week in-office, and 2 days WFH. On Thursdays and Fridays I’m usually the only one in the office with a few male colleagues. The only reason I go in-person every day is because my mentor told me to, and it’s fine, no big deal. As a new joiner I did my best to work hard, ask questions, and build connections etc etc. I bring in chocolates and homemade cookies every month or so and offer some to everyone.
I’ve become good friends with these few male colleagues, as I see them every day. We usually go out for beers every Friday afternoon.
However, I feel like my female colleagues aren’t too fond of me. Every time they go out for coffee they’ll invite other female colleagues and not invite me. I saw that they have a Teams groupchat without me included.
I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong. It could be that I’m too buddy-buddy with the guys, but I don’t want to be a pick-me. I try to uplift my female colleagues at any chance I get. When they get talked over in group meetings by the guys, I always pipe up and say “Hey (female colleague name), what were you saying?” so that they can finish what they wanted to say. When I’m talking to my boss I’ll comment how [name of female colleague] added value to a specific project. I even kickstarted a fund at our company to provide free pads and tampons in women’s restrooms.
How can I get my female colleagues to like me? Maybe I should bring in more baked goodies 😭😭😭😭
Note: My female colleagues usually are WFH 3 days a week, and then 2 days in the office.

So, here is part 2 of my entitled employee story. We left off with discovering Sally’s retaliation of giving me trash as a Christmas gift after her latest write-up.
So, the next several weeks, I am noticing more problems, but here’s some of the highlights.

1. Ever since we had issues of the office’s checks going randomly missing, Sally had apparently decided to just stop throwing any envelope away when opening the mail. She would supposedly search the envelopes/paperwork & then keep the envelopes with the paperwork. So, instead of doing her job better, she would decide to just stop doing the job at all. After all, you can’t get in trouble for screwing it up if you aren’t doing it, right? However, this resulted in items getting left with the paperwork (which sometimes wouldn’t get touched for several weeks due to being busy) that had needed to be collected or addressed right away.
   
2. Sally’s careless mistakes continued at about the same rate (average of 2 to 3 a week). She would put deposit slips/emails with the wrong office’s report, put one office’s mail in another office’s bin, put one office’s funding papers in another office’s bin, put one office’s bills in the folder for their correspondence & vice versa, put one office’s bills in the folder for another office’s bills, put the new month’s bills in the folder without taking out the old month’s bills so they would get mixed up. I could go on & on.
   
3. Sally would still ask for help on things she shouldn’t need help on anymore, ‘cause I had helped her many times on items exactly like it in the 2 years she’s worked here. I mean, the whole point of asking for help when learning new things on a job is so you can take the input you’re given & use it to get better at the job so you don’t have to ask for help anymore. I mean, what kind of office works by their employees constantly needing to be walked through everything every day? Sally would even ask for help on things no one would need to ask for help on. For example, she asked me, “An office took a deposit to the bank without showing it on their report. How do I write that up in the letter to fax to them?” Um, exactly what you just said to me. Or another time, she asks how long she should wait before calling an office back. Well, how long do you think you should give them? Just use your good judgment. You don’t need help with that! Again, you’ve been here 2 years!
   

On Jan 26, I take the Dec bills, correspondence faxes, & timesheets out of their folders to scan them into the computer. Now, one thing the bills should always have on them are the check number used to pay for this purchase & the date it was paid. The offices themselves are supposed to write this on there, but they don’t always, which is why it is our job to write it on there if it’s missing. I had noticed when I scanned Nov’s bills around Nov 30 that a lot of Sally’s offices don’t have that info written on them. So, I explained to her what needed to be written on every bill/receipt. I now flip through the Dec & Jan bills of her offices really quick to check them. There are quite a few of them with no info written down on them. There’s strike one for noncompliance.
Another task we would do several days a week (that’s Sally’s responsibility) is to check the bank accounts online. She is to look at the bank balances & report any low balances to Greg (or me if Greg isn’t there). She is then to look at the transactions in order to see if anything looks fraudulent. Since we are a loan company, check fraud is very common for us. So, we look at the checks for anything funny-looking, & we look to see if there are any auto debits (like when you use your bank account online to pay for a bill) that would tell us if someone got hold of our bank account info.
On Jan 30, at 1:15 p.m., I asked if any of the bank balances were low (Greg was out of town for a few days). Sally said she had forgotten to check the bank accounts that morning. Weird, ‘cause you had to check the Dallas office to make sure the money we sent them had shown up. How did you get the login sheet out to look in their bank account but then forget about checking all the bank accounts? This just further cemented in my mind that she was NOT checking these bank accounts the way she should. I was 100% positive that all she does when logging into these bank accounts is checking the balances to give to Greg but then never checks the transactions. I know this ‘cause, 1) I’ve observed Sally only logging in to write down the balances & then logging back out (she had some flimsy excuse ready when I asked her about it), 2) there have been auto debits that appeared in bank accounts that we didn’t find for weeks until I happened to see it for some reason & guess what? She never pointed those out to us, & 3) Sally hadn’t bothered to check the bank account balances since Greg was out of town, so clearly she only felt the need to check the balances. There’s strike two for noncompliance.
& even more bad mistakes or decisions:

1. At the end of Jan, we discovered that Sally had mailed the employees’ W2s to the managers’ home addresses instead of to the offices to distribute to their employees!
   
2. We had an office that moved locations to right across the street, so the only thing that changed in their address was their street number (12 Main Street instead of 11 Main Street). I explained this to Sally & gave her an updated list of the office’s addresses. 3 weeks later, we get a call from that office saying that mail we send to them keeps going to their landlord’s house. I check the address labels Sally had created for herself. Sure enough, it had the wrong address on them. I go to grab the lease, & at the top is where the tenant’s new address is listed. & all the way at the bottom of the page in the paragraph titled “RENT” where it lists where to send the rent is the landlord’s home address. & that’s the address Sally had chosen to be the new office’s address on her address labels.
   
3. Sally hadn’t been faxing the offices to ask for bills/receipts that never made it to us.
   
4. I used the last towel on a roll of paper towels, so I went to the cabinets to grab another. We were out. Sally is in charge of keeping track of supplies that need ordering, so I go to Sally & say we’re completely out of paper towels, we need to order some. Sally response: “No one ever tells me when they grab the last roll so I know when to order them.” Um, excuse me, since when is it our job to tell you to do your job? It’s your responsibility to keep track of supplies. You should be checking the level of paper towels, toilet paper, Kleenex, etc., to see when you need to order them.
   

So, I knew she needed a second warning write up for carelessness cause of the numerous mistakes since the first warning write up in the middle of Dec, & I would be giving Sally a first warning write up for negligence cause of her not asking the offices for missing bills & not writing the info on the bills I had told her to do at the end of Nov. However, it was only a few days from Feb, which was the time for performance reviews. So, rather than doing a write up now & then in a week or so doing a performance review that was one of the worst performance reviews I’ve ever heard of, I decided to just do it in one fell swoop. You know, just get it all out of the way with one bad conversation, one bad day, & then both of us can hopefully put it behind us & move on.
I decided to do the performance review & write ups on Feb 5 (Monday). It went much smoother ‘cause Greg was there, so Sally couldn’t really give me lip or lash out by showing attitude & anger like she had previously.
On Feb 7 (Wednesday), I log in to get the transactions for an office who is switching banks. I wanted to get an updated list of outstanding checks so they know how many checks are left before they can close the old bank account. & what do I see? Someone had used the bank account to pay $100 on their AT&T bill. I call the office & find out it was actually them, so no fraud there. But I then ask Sally if she had seen that when checking the bank accounts. She said she didn’t remember. Obviously, I have found my proof that she is either not checking them or isn’t paying attention when she does. I have a discussion with Greg about it, & we decide I need to have a sit down with her about her not doing her job. She is sick on Thursday, so I plan to talk with her the next day she comes in.
On Feb 9 (Friday), I begin the conversation about checking the bank accounts & how important it is. I am planning to say things like, we expect you to do this job, you’ve been told multiple times to do this task, if you’re not going to do the job, then you’re welcome to go find another one, etc. But she cuts me off at the beginning with an excuse of, “Well, I didn’t know what I should be looking for, now I know.” & it broke me. She does this exact thing every time I have to have a conversation with her. She has an excuse ready to go on the tip of her tongue, always spins it around so it’s not actually her fault. It’s always, “Well, I didn’t know that, but now, I do.” & I was just done. I didn’t continue the conversation, even though I needed to, ‘cause I just broke down in tears from the stress of having to discipline her & knowing that nothing will ever come of it, but having our hands legally tied to be able to fire her right now. I cried nonstop for over 4 hours.
On Feb 12 (Monday), I sat down to continue the conversation, this time with a written statement for her to sign.
Me: You respond a lot of the time that you don’t know how to do things, which is very frustrating, ‘cause you’ve been shown multiple times how to do these tasks. It’s very inefficient & wasteful that I have to constantly check all of your work & retrain you on the same thing over & over again. This needs to change. This job is about accuracy & accountability.
Sally: You’re not giving me a chance to improve. I never hear “Good job,” from you. All I ever hear is, “You’re doing a bad job, sign this paper.” I get in trouble every time I ask for help, so I guess I’ll just follow the instructions & hope I’m doing it right.
The problems with that response:

1. You’ve worked here for 2 years, Sally. You’ve had plenty of time to improve.
   
2. The reason you never hear “Good job” is ‘cause you’re not doing a good job. How am I supposed to tell you “Good job,” but also need to give you a write up for doing a bad job? If you’re getting multiple write ups for doing a bad job, don’t you think that’s a sign that something is wrong? I mean, she thinks that managers should be telling their employees good job on everything they do right. No, you’re expected to do these tasks. We’re not going to congratulate you every time you do your basic job requirements like some toddler that needs constant positive reinforcement so they know that doing something right is a good thing! You will hear “Good job” when you are doing a really good job on something, when you go above & beyond!! I mean, do you think Greg tells me “Good job” when I’m just doing my job as expected?!! NO!!! I’ve never had a manager constantly tell me “Good job” all the time!!!! (Whew. Sorry about that. Kinda went on a crazy rant there. I’m good now.)
   
3. Here’s another example of her mentality of “if I don’t do the job, I can’t get in trouble for doing it wrong.” She’s going to stop asking for help instead of using the help I’ve given her to do better. I mean, if you’re making these mistakes when you ARE asking for help, how many more are you going to make when you stop asking for help? How does this make any logical sense?!
   

Well, here’s another chance for some malicious compliance. She claimed she didn’t know how to check the bank accounts, right? Well, my job as the manager is to make sure my employees know how to do their job. So, I need to sit down with her & train her how to check the bank accounts. Again. Even though I know she already knows how to do it. So, every time you tell me that the reason why you didn’t do a job is ‘cause you didn’t know how to do it right, well, we’re going to sit down & waste both our times & annoy you having to be retrained on something you do, in fact, know how to do.
Sally continues making careless mistakes & not doing stuff she doesn’t think she should have to do. Like answering the phones. It’s her job to answer the phones; that’s something I as the manager should be delegating to her. However, she never answers the phone unless I literally can’t. So, I had asked her to start answering the phone more. She will wait until the last possible second before answering the phone. By that time, it’s already rung twice, so I have to answer it before it goes on any longer or they hang up. One time, we were both away from our desks when the phone rang. We both went to answer it, but she was closer & got to her desk before me, put her hand on the phone, & watched me until I got to my desk before she picked it up. With a comment of, “Oh, (laughs) I didn’t want to make you walk all the way to your desk.” Well, you did, anyway, you little jerk.
On Feb 27, Sally asks for help on a report. She says that my note stating the office is over-deposited $28 on report 1 but fixed on report 2 by being $28 under-deposited didn’t work out. She says that they were never over by $28 in the first place. I take the report to look it over. Her calculator tape adding up the deposits shows the bank is in balance, but I don’t see deposit slips.
Me: Where are the deposit slips?
Sally: I haven’t gotten them yet.
Me: (trying to comprehend her logic) Then how do you have the deposit amounts added on this tape?
Sally: I got the amounts from the report.
Me: You…(my brain trying not to implode at this point) you can’t add up amounts to see if the bank has too much or too little money in it without knowing what was actually taken to the bank. The amounts on the report don’t always equal what was taken to the bank.
I log into the bank account & discover just that: the report says they took $500 to the bank, but their deposit says $528. They were indeed $28 over-deposited. I then lecture her (for the second time in a few months) on the correct way to account for the deposits at the bank, that we are only to use the dollar amounts on the bank’s deposit receipt. (The first time was her getting the deposit amount from what was written on the deposit slip instead of what the bank gave us credit for on their printed receipt. The bank had shorted us $500, & we never knew until her deposits didn’t work out when reconciling the bank statement at the end of the month. We were missing $500 for 4 weeks! It’s a miracle we didn’t overdraw the account.)
Another task that we do several days a week is checking the CFPB website. This is a government website that uses federal regulations to monitor financial institutions. It’s like the Better Business Bureau, but more official. Customers can make complaints through them, prompting an investigation to make sure we’re following the federal guidelines. We have 2 weeks to respond to a complaint before it is past due.
On Feb 29, Greg just happens to be looking at an email inbox that he never checks, ‘cause after all, we’re checking the CFPB website, so he doesn’t have to look there, right? There is a complaint in 2 of the portals that have been in there since Jan 22. He immediately marches out & tells Sally about them.
Greg: Aren’t you checking the CFPB sites?
Sally: Yeah, I am.
Really? Then how come you didn’t print this complaint off to give to Greg in the last 6 weeks? She came back from lunch to a second warning write up given by me for negligence.
On Mar 5 (Tuesday), we are working on reconciling the bank statements so we can close the month of Feb. Sally brings me a Jan bank statement for an office.
Sally: This never cleared in Feb.
I look at the bank statement. It’s an electronic deposit of $254 on Jan 31. I remember this. She had asked me at the beginning of Feb why this deposit wasn’t recorded on the office’s report. I explained that since it didn’t show up in the bank account until the last day of Jan, they might not have known about it before the end of the month & so recorded it on the first of Feb. We will wait until the first report of Feb. If it’s still not recorded, then we’ll bring that to the office’s attention. & here she is, clearly telling me she hadn’t brought it to anyone’s attention all month long.
Me: (staring at the bank statement as I try to prevent my autistic brain from exploding at her while also trying to prevent a spontaneous stroke) You didn’t keep track of this all month?
Sally: Well, I didn’t know if it was treated differently ‘cause it was OTBP (One Time Bill Pay, which is the electronic deposit). (Oh, what a shocker, she once again didn’t know how to do something.)
Me: But we talked about this. If it wasn’t on the first of the month, we needed to address it.
Sally: Okay, well, now I know that we treat this the same as other deposits. (goes nonchalantly back to her desk like it was no big deal, like she hadn’t just revealed she had once again disobeyed my detailed instructions)
Me: (seeing her flagrant disregard for the seriousness of the situation & wondering just how on earth she could once again think that not doing her job would have no consequences) This is exactly what Greg talks about over & over, about how we can’t leave errors like this to sit for weeks & weeks, that these need to be dealt with as they happen.
Sally: (still as easy-going as if she had simply used the wrong color highlighter) Okay, I’ll make note of that.
Now, I am getting really pissed off. She keeps saying, “Oh, now I know that OTBP is treated the same as everything else.” That doesn’t matter! It doesn’t matter that you didn’t know it’s treated the same! I specifically told you to take care of it if it didn’t appear on the first of Feb! It didn’t matter what kind of deposit it was! I said to tell me if it wasn’t on the first of Feb!
Now, this was right before she leaves at 3:30, so by the time I’m finished with my text conversation with Greg (‘cause he isn’t there that afternoon), she has already left. But I’m telling Greg that I have once again caught her being negligent, & she’s already had 2 written warnings about this, which means our next step is letting her go. Not to mention, her carelessness is still continuing. He said that he supports my decision to let her go. By the way, the final decision happened an hour after she left. If I had known before she left that we were indeed going to fire her, I would have done it before she left so she didn’t have to come all the way to work in the morning just to leave again.
So, on Mar 6 (Wednesday), I arrive early to work so I can be prepared. I am standing at my desk, watching her come in. This is unusual, so she frowns as she approaches me.
Me: Sally, we need to talk.
Sally: (still frowns at me)
Me: (handing her the typed up notice) We are going to read this together. “When reconciling the month of Jan, around Feb 5, it was brought to my attention that we had a deposit that hadn’t been reconciled. I gave you instructions to wait a report to see if it works out. If not, you would need to bring it to mine & the office’s attention for further instructions. This wasn’t done. It wasn’t until Mar 5 that you brought this to my attention again. You have been told many times the importance of reconciling the financials of the office. You have been warned several times of negligence. This is another example of negligence with respect to your job. All you had to do was follow my instructions. It is for this reason that it is now time to terminate your employment.”
Sally: When did you tell me to do this?
Me: (thinking, “Um, I kinda just told you when I told you do that, but, okay.”) When you showed me the Jan bank statement—
Sally: Yesterday?!
Me: You showed me the Jan bank statement a month ago when you were reconciling Jan. I told you to wait for the first of Feb & then—
Sally: You did no such thing!
Me: Yes, I did, Sally.
Sally: When does Greg get here?
Me: Around 9, like usual.
Sally: I’m calling him, ‘cause this is ridiculous. You’ve had it out for me from the very beginning.
Me: No, I haven’t.
Sally: Yeah, you have. Just like the other 2. (sets her bags at the front door, goes outside, & calls Greg)

1. How could I have had it out for you from the very beginning when we didn’t have problems for the first year & a half you worked here? If I’d had it out for you from the beginning, you wouldn’t have had a job the past 6 months. Need I remind you what Greg told you about the timesheet thing being something we fire someone for on the spot, but that Molly had gone to bat for you & gave you a second chance? Why would I have done that if I had wanted you gone from the start?
   
2. “Just like the other 2.” She’s talking about Irene (who had left in Feb 2023) & another employee (who we’ll call Phil). Phil had been fired (by Greg, by the way) for continuing to watch movies on his phone at his desk despite being told multiple times by Greg to not do that. & Irene? She wasn’t fired. She gave her 2 weeks’ notice. & we then discovered when going through the work she’s been doing as we started taking over her tasks that she didn’t just not do jobs. She would actually forge the work so she wouldn’t have to work. “A bank imbalance of $2.65? Well, I’ll just add it to the imbalance that’s been building up for who knows how many months & just label it as an over-deposit from the end of the month. That way, I don’t have to look into why the bank isn’t balancing.” But no, I had it out for them, apparently.
   
3. Does she really think that calling Greg was gonna reverse my firing her? Does she really think I would do something as drastic as writing her up or firing her without discussing it with my supervisor first? Did she really think I would do this behind his back?
   

Apparently, she did, ‘cause Greg confirmed that Sally tried telling him about all the stuff I’ve been doing to her as if he didn’t know. She hung up on him when he explained that he’s been told everything as it happens & he supports this decision.
Sally: (storming back into the office & towards her desk) I’m not signing anything.
Me: Ok.
Sally begins packing up her desk. I had known she kept a lot of personal items at the office, so I had gotten a big box or 2 out & placed them nearby for her to use to pack up her desk.
Me: We can give you a box if you need it.
Sally: I don’t need sh** from you guys.
Me: The only thing we’ll need is your office key.
Sally: You’ll get it when you get it. I’m packing my desk.
Me: Ok.
I go back to work, keeping an eye on her as she packs to make sure she doesn’t take anything she’s not supposed to or damage any company property. Sally at some point decides to use the boxes she didn’t want from us to pack up her many items. She takes both boxes to the front door where her bags are & sets them down to put the last of her things in. She picks up one box to take outside.
Sally: You are the worst manager ever. (goes out the door)
Me: (shrug)
Sally: (comes back in for the final box) Seriously, you’re the most evil person I’ve ever met. (leaves)
Really? I rank worse than the guy that beat you up? I’m worse than him?
I continued watching her to see if she’s going to come back to give up her office key. As she packed up her car, another employee had arrived (we’ll call him Randy). He had run into her on the way in & asks me if Sally quit. I explained, no, she was let go. I then see that Sally has gotten behind the wheel of her car without coming back to give us the office key.
Me: Well, I guess we’ll just change the locks.
Randy then takes it upon himself to go out to her car. He phrased it very gently by saying he wanted to spare her having to come back in to turn the key in.
Sally: I guess Molly didn’t have the balls to do it herself. (hands the key over)
& then…she was gone. Despite having to do the entire corporate office’s work all by myself & falling steadily behind little by little, I have never been more happy. I had forgotten how much I loved my job & how much I couldn’t wait to get to work. I haven’t been this stress-free in 6 months, & it feels fantastic! & the great part is, I’m not really falling as far behind as I expected to without her. Having to do 2 people’s jobs by myself is only affecting me a little. Really goes to show you how bad she was for the company & for my job when she disrupted everything that much. For example, me & her would get through maybe 5 to 6 offices’ reports between us in a single day when playing catch up after closing the previous month. One day? I caught up on 10 offices’ reports in a single day. By myself.
Oh, did I mention she smoked marijuana most days on her way to work or while on her lunch break? We could never actually prove it. But, come on, you don’t smell that strongly of marijuana on only select days if you aren’t smoking it recently. If it was leftover from the smell of your house or car, you would smell like that every day. But it was only some days she would come into work or back from lunch smelling like that. Obviously, smoking on the job. So very glad to be rid of her & her awful skunk smell. Although, I do wish her well on a new job search. I don’t wish ill on anyone, ever. But I am just glad she’s no longer my problem to deal with.
(Added 2 months after she was fired): By the way, I am actually gaining on my work. I’m not only not behind on my work, I’m actually getting it done soon enough to work on extra stuff. Also, out of the blue, we’ve started getting about 3 to 4 sales & scam calls every day since Sally left (for things like better Medicare benefits, better retirement benefits, & even one time recently where “Walgreens” was calling to ask if I still had diabetes). I’m convinced Sally signed us up for calls as retaliation. I hope they die down soon, especially as they are starting to get rude. (Our response to every one of these is “Sorry, this is a business.” This one guy responded to me with, “This is my job.” I said, “I understand this is your job, but this is a business. I am not allowed to take personal calls.” He said, “Why?” I said very slowly & firmly, “Because I’m working!” He started to say, “Can you explain to me why—” I hung up. Jerk.)

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Hi there, wondering if I did something wrong.

• Had audible and got rid of it for many months because credits kept piling up at the time. (I'm from Canada, but use US Amazon, US Kindle, separate US Amazon account, etc.. never had an issue)
• Visiting Greece for two weeks. What a better time to listen to Illiad and Odyssey audiobooks?
• Try to find the audible price, won't show me a price no matter what, only offers to start 30 day trial with the book for $0.00. Fine with me.
  
• Started the trial, and picked/bought The Odyssey by Lombardo; gives me an error after purchase but worked, says it's in my library, downloading to kindle at the moment.
  
• Go to identical authonarratoproduct for Iliad - The Iliad by Lombardo - now it says "This title is not available for you".
  

Curious if there is maybe a few things I should try? Was fine either buying a credit, or paying for the second one. Not sure if it's a region issue (if so, why 1 and not the other?) or if both should've been blocked but the glitch let me have one free (thanks?). Not sure if trials are now arbitrarily saying I MUST wait 30 days to have any other books whether I pay or not...
Altogether though, fairly funny for Iliad and Odyssey to be region blocked from me in Greece.
I own a Kobo Color as well, and can literally just pirate both and side load it without issue. I wanted to be fair and pay for it. But if I have to resort to piracy, then I don't particularly feel to bad about it based on how silly this scenario is.

I just started playing Minecraft Java Edition this morning. I've always played Bedrock Edition. I figured out how to install shaders and mods. I've been trying to increase my performance because there are occasional jitters and buffers while playing. I downloaded a good bit of mods and now my world is crashing. I'm not sure what the problem is someone that knows more than I do, please help.
---- Minecraft Crash Report ----
// My bad.
Time: 2024-05-19 11:54:20
Description: Exception ticking world
org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.throwables.MixinTransformerError: An unexpected critical error was encountered

at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinProcessor.applyMixins(MixinProcessor.java:392) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinTransformer.transformClass(MixinTransformer.java:250) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at org.spongepowered.asm.service.modlauncher.MixinTransformationHandler.processClass(MixinTransformationHandler.java:131) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at org.spongepowered.asm.launch.MixinLaunchPluginLegacy.processClass(MixinLaunchPluginLegacy.java:131) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at cpw.mods.modlauncher.serviceapi.ILaunchPluginService.processClassWithFlags(ILaunchPluginService.java:142) \~\[modlauncher-10.1.2.jar:10.1.2\] {} at cpw.mods.modlauncher.LaunchPluginHandler.offerClassNodeToPlugins(LaunchPluginHandler.java:91) \~\[modlauncher-10.1.2.jar:?\] {} at cpw.mods.modlauncher.ClassTransformer.transform(ClassTransformer.java:107) \~\[modlauncher-10.1.2.jar:?\] {} at cpw.mods.modlauncher.TransformingClassLoader.maybeTransformClassBytes(TransformingClassLoader.java:44) \~\[modlauncher-10.1.2.jar:?\] {} at net.minecraftforge.securemodules.SecureModuleClassLoader.readerToClass(SecureModuleClassLoader.java:473) \~\[securemodules-2.2.10.jar!/:?\] {} at net.minecraftforge.securemodules.SecureModuleClassLoader.findClass(SecureModuleClassLoader.java:399) \~\[securemodules-2.2.10.jar!/:?\] {} at net.minecraftforge.securemodules.SecureModuleClassLoader.loadClass(SecureModuleClassLoader.java:415) \~\[securemodules-2.2.10.jar!/:?\] {} at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:525) \~\[?:?\] {} at net.minecraft.world.entity.ai.behavior.VillagerGoalPackages.m\_24607\_(VillagerGoalPackages.java:231) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:classloading} at net.minecraft.world.entity.npc.Villager.m\_35424\_(Villager.java:184) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:mixin,xf:fml:forge:forge\_method\_redirector,re:classloading,xf:fml:forge:forge\_method\_redirector} at net.minecraft.world.entity.npc.Villager.m\_8075\_(Villager.java:157) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:mixin,xf:fml:forge:forge\_method\_redirector,re:classloading,xf:fml:forge:forge\_method\_redirector} at net.minecraft.world.entity.LivingEntity.(LivingEntity.java:244) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:mixin,re:computing\_frames,re:classloading,pl:mixin:APP:canary.mixins.json:alloc.enum\_values.living\_entity.LivingEntityMixin,pl:mixin:APP:canary.mixins.json:entity.collisions.unpushable\_cramming.LivingEntityMixin,pl:mixin:APP:canary.mixins.json:entity.fast\_elytra\_check.LivingEntityMixin,pl:mixin:APP:canary.mixins.json:entity.fast\_hand\_swing.LivingEntityMixin,pl:mixin:APP:canary.mixins.json:entity.fast\_powder\_snow\_check.LivingEntityMixin,pl:mixin:APP:canary.mixins.json:entity.skip\_equipment\_change\_check.LivingEntityMixin,pl:mixin:A} at net.minecraft.world.entity.Mob.(Mob.java:142) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:mixin,pl:accesstransformer:B,xf:OptiFine:default,re:classloading,pl:accesstransformer:B,xf:OptiFine:default,pl:mixin:APP:canary.mixins.json:entity.inactive\_navigations.MobMixin,pl:mixin:APP:canary.mixins.json:entity.skip\_equipment\_change\_check.MobMixin,pl:mixin:A} at net.minecraft.world.entity.PathfinderMob.(PathfinderMob.java:16) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:mixin,re:classloading} at net.minecraft.world.entity.AgeableMob.(AgeableMob.java:29) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:classloading} at net.minecraft.world.entity.npc.AbstractVillager.(AbstractVillager.java:49) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:classloading} at net.minecraft.world.entity.npc.Villager.(Villager.java:140) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:mixin,xf:fml:forge:forge\_method\_redirector,re:classloading,xf:fml:forge:forge\_method\_redirector} at net.minecraft.world.entity.npc.Villager.(Villager.java:136) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:mixin,xf:fml:forge:forge\_method\_redirector,re:classloading,xf:fml:forge:forge\_method\_redirector} at net.minecraft.world.entity.EntityType.m\_20615\_(EntityType.java:530) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:mixin,xf:fml:forge:forge\_method\_redirector,re:classloading,xf:fml:forge:forge\_method\_redirector} at net.minecraft.world.entity.EntityType.m\_185996\_(EntityType.java:535) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:mixin,xf:fml:forge:forge\_method\_redirector,re:classloading,xf:fml:forge:forge\_method\_redirector} at java.util.Optional.map(Optional.java:260) \~\[?:?\] {re:mixin} at net.minecraft.world.entity.EntityType.m\_20642\_(EntityType.java:534) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:mixin,xf:fml:forge:forge\_method\_redirector,re:classloading,xf:fml:forge:forge\_method\_redirector} at net.minecraft.world.level.levelgen.structure.templatesystem.StructureTemplate.m\_74543\_(StructureTemplate.java:444) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:classloading,xf:fml:forge:forge\_method\_redirector} at net.minecraft.world.level.levelgen.structure.templatesystem.StructureTemplate.addEntitiesToWorld(StructureTemplate.java:427) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:classloading,xf:fml:forge:forge\_method\_redirector} at net.minecraft.world.level.levelgen.structure.templatesystem.StructureTemplate.m\_230328\_(StructureTemplate.java:337) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:classloading,xf:fml:forge:forge\_method\_redirector} at net.minecraft.world.level.levelgen.structure.pools.SinglePoolElement.m\_213695\_(SinglePoolElement.java:134) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:classloading} at net.minecraft.world.level.levelgen.structure.PoolElementStructurePiece.m\_226509\_(PoolElementStructurePiece.java:89) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:classloading} at net.minecraft.world.level.levelgen.structure.PoolElementStructurePiece.m\_213694\_(PoolElementStructurePiece.java:85) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:classloading} at net.minecraft.world.level.levelgen.structure.StructureStart.m\_226850\_(StructureStart.java:90) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:classloading} at net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.ChunkGenerator.m\_223080\_(ChunkGenerator.java:320) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:classloading} at com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList.forEach(ImmutableList.java:422) \~\[guava-32.1.2-jre.jar!/:?\] {re:mixin} at net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.ChunkGenerator.m\_213609\_(ChunkGenerator.java:319) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:classloading} at net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.ChunkStatus.m\_279978\_(ChunkStatus.java:108) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:mixin,pl:accesstransformer:B,re:classloading,pl:accesstransformer:B} at net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.ChunkStatus$SimpleGenerationTask.m\_214024\_(ChunkStatus.java:309) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:classloading} at net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.ChunkStatus.m\_280308\_(ChunkStatus.java:252) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:mixin,pl:accesstransformer:B,re:classloading,pl:accesstransformer:B} at net.minecraft.server.level.ChunkMap.lambda$chunkGenerate$27(ChunkMap.java:793) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:mixin,pl:accesstransformer:B,xf:OptiFine:default,re:classloading,pl:accesstransformer:B,xf:OptiFine:default} at com.mojang.datafixers.util.Either$Left.map(Either.java:38) \~\[datafixerupper-6.0.8.jar!/:?\] {} at net.minecraft.server.level.ChunkMap.lambda$chunkGenerate$29(ChunkMap.java:780) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:mixin,pl:accesstransformer:B,xf:OptiFine:default,re:classloading,pl:accesstransformer:B,xf:OptiFine:default} at java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture$UniCompose.tryFire(CompletableFuture.java:1150) \~\[?:?\] {} at java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture$Completion.run(CompletableFuture.java:482) \~\[?:?\] {} at net.minecraft.server.level.ChunkTaskPriorityQueueSorter.m\_143188\_(ChunkTaskPriorityQueueSorter.java:62) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:classloading} at net.minecraft.util.thread.ProcessorMailbox.m\_18759\_(ProcessorMailbox.java:91) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:classloading} at net.minecraft.util.thread.ProcessorMailbox.m\_18747\_(ProcessorMailbox.java:146) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:classloading} at net.minecraft.util.thread.ProcessorMailbox.run(ProcessorMailbox.java:102) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:classloading} at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinTask$RunnableExecuteAction.exec(ForkJoinTask.java:1395) \~\[?:?\] {} at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinTask.doExec(ForkJoinTask.java:373) \~\[?:?\] {} at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool$WorkQueue.topLevelExec(ForkJoinPool.java:1182) \~\[?:?\] {} at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool.scan(ForkJoinPool.java:1655) \~\[?:?\] {re:computing\_frames} at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool.runWorker(ForkJoinPool.java:1622) \~\[?:?\] {re:computing\_frames} at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinWorkerThread.run(ForkJoinWorkerThread.java:165) \~\[?:?\] {} 

Caused by: org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.throwables.MixinApplyError: Mixin [canary.mixins.json:ai.poi.tasks.LocateHidingPlaceMixin] from phase [DEFAULT] in config [canary.mixins.json] FAILED during APPLY

at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinProcessor.handleMixinError(MixinProcessor.java:636) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinProcessor.handleMixinApplyError(MixinProcessor.java:588) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinProcessor.applyMixins(MixinProcessor.java:379) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} ... 53 more 

Caused by: org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.throwables.InvalidInjectionException: Critical injection failure: u/Redirect annotation on redirect could not find any targets matching 'lambda$create$5' or 'm_289100_' in net.minecraft.world.entity.ai.behavior.LocateHidingPlace. Using refmap canary.refmap.json [PREINJECT Applicator Phase -> canary.mixins.json:ai.poi.tasks.LocateHidingPlaceMixin -> Prepare Injections -> -> redirect$zzk000$redirect(Lnet/minecraft/world/entity/ai/village/poi/PoiManager;Ljava/util/function/Predicate;Ljava/util/function/Predicate;Lnet/minecraft/world/entity/ai/village/poi/PoiManager$Occupancy;Lnet/minecraft/core/BlockPos;ILnet/minecraft/util/RandomSource;)Ljava/util/Optional; -> Parse]

at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.struct.InjectionInfo.validateTargets(InjectionInfo.java:656) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.struct.InjectionInfo.findTargets(InjectionInfo.java:587) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.struct.InjectionInfo.readAnnotation(InjectionInfo.java:330) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.struct.InjectionInfo.(InjectionInfo.java:316) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.struct.InjectionInfo.(InjectionInfo.java:308) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.struct.RedirectInjectionInfo.(RedirectInjectionInfo.java:44) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at jdk.internal.reflect.GeneratedConstructorAccessor61.newInstance(Unknown Source) \~\[?:?\] {} at jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45) \~\[?:?\] {} at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstanceWithCaller(Constructor.java:499) \~\[?:?\] {} at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:480) \~\[?:?\] {} at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.struct.InjectionInfo$InjectorEntry.create(InjectionInfo.java:149) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.struct.InjectionInfo.parse(InjectionInfo.java:708) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinTargetContext.prepareInjections(MixinTargetContext.java:1311) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinApplicatorStandard.prepareInjections(MixinApplicatorStandard.java:1042) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinApplicatorStandard.applyMixin(MixinApplicatorStandard.java:393) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinApplicatorStandard.apply(MixinApplicatorStandard.java:325) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.TargetClassContext.apply(TargetClassContext.java:383) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.TargetClassContext.applyMixins(TargetClassContext.java:365) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinProcessor.applyMixins(MixinProcessor.java:363) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} ... 53 more 

A detailed walkthrough of the error, its code path and all known details is as follows:
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Thread: Server thread
Suspected Mods: NONE
Stacktrace:

at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinProcessor.applyMixins(MixinProcessor.java:392) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinTransformer.transformClass(MixinTransformer.java:250) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at org.spongepowered.asm.service.modlauncher.MixinTransformationHandler.processClass(MixinTransformationHandler.java:131) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at org.spongepowered.asm.launch.MixinLaunchPluginLegacy.processClass(MixinLaunchPluginLegacy.java:131) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at cpw.mods.modlauncher.serviceapi.ILaunchPluginService.processClassWithFlags(ILaunchPluginService.java:142) \~\[modlauncher-10.1.2.jar:10.1.2\] {} at cpw.mods.modlauncher.LaunchPluginHandler.offerClassNodeToPlugins(LaunchPluginHandler.java:91) \~\[modlauncher-10.1.2.jar:?\] {} at cpw.mods.modlauncher.ClassTransformer.transform(ClassTransformer.java:107) \~\[modlauncher-10.1.2.jar:?\] {} at cpw.mods.modlauncher.TransformingClassLoader.maybeTransformClassBytes(TransformingClassLoader.java:44) \~\[modlauncher-10.1.2.jar:?\] {} at net.minecraftforge.securemodules.SecureModuleClassLoader.readerToClass(SecureModuleClassLoader.java:473) \~\[securemodules-2.2.10.jar!/:?\] {} at net.minecraftforge.securemodules.SecureModuleClassLoader.findClass(SecureModuleClassLoader.java:399) \~\[securemodules-2.2.10.jar!/:?\] {} at net.minecraftforge.securemodules.SecureModuleClassLoader.loadClass(SecureModuleClassLoader.java:415) \~\[securemodules-2.2.10.jar!/:?\] {} at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:525) \~\[?:?\] {} at net.minecraft.world.entity.ai.behavior.VillagerGoalPackages.m\_24607\_(VillagerGoalPackages.java:231) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:classloading} at net.minecraft.world.entity.npc.Villager.m\_35424\_(Villager.java:184) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:mixin,xf:fml:forge:forge\_method\_redirector,re:classloading,xf:fml:forge:forge\_method\_redirector} at net.minecraft.world.entity.npc.Villager.m\_8075\_(Villager.java:157) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:mixin,xf:fml:forge:forge\_method\_redirector,re:classloading,xf:fml:forge:forge\_method\_redirector} at net.minecraft.world.entity.LivingEntity.(LivingEntity.java:244) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:mixin,re:computing\_frames,re:classloading,pl:mixin:APP:canary.mixins.json:alloc.enum\_values.living\_entity.LivingEntityMixin,pl:mixin:APP:canary.mixins.json:entity.collisions.unpushable\_cramming.LivingEntityMixin,pl:mixin:APP:canary.mixins.json:entity.fast\_elytra\_check.LivingEntityMixin,pl:mixin:APP:canary.mixins.json:entity.fast\_hand\_swing.LivingEntityMixin,pl:mixin:APP:canary.mixins.json:entity.fast\_powder\_snow\_check.LivingEntityMixin,pl:mixin:APP:canary.mixins.json:entity.skip\_equipment\_change\_check.LivingEntityMixin,pl:mixin:A} at net.minecraft.world.entity.Mob.(Mob.java:142) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:mixin,pl:accesstransformer:B,xf:OptiFine:default,re:classloading,pl:accesstransformer:B,xf:OptiFine:default,pl:mixin:APP:canary.mixins.json:entity.inactive\_navigations.MobMixin,pl:mixin:APP:canary.mixins.json:entity.skip\_equipment\_change\_check.MobMixin,pl:mixin:A} at net.minecraft.world.entity.PathfinderMob.(PathfinderMob.java:16) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:mixin,re:classloading} at net.minecraft.world.entity.AgeableMob.(AgeableMob.java:29) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:classloading} at net.minecraft.world.entity.npc.AbstractVillager.(AbstractVillager.java:49) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:classloading} at net.minecraft.world.entity.npc.Villager.(Villager.java:140) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:mixin,xf:fml:forge:forge\_method\_redirector,re:classloading,xf:fml:forge:forge\_method\_redirector} at net.minecraft.world.entity.npc.Villager.(Villager.java:136) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:mixin,xf:fml:forge:forge\_method\_redirector,re:classloading,xf:fml:forge:forge\_method\_redirector} at net.minecraft.world.entity.EntityType.m\_20615\_(EntityType.java:530) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:mixin,xf:fml:forge:forge\_method\_redirector,re:classloading,xf:fml:forge:forge\_method\_redirector} at net.minecraft.world.entity.EntityType.m\_185996\_(EntityType.java:535) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:mixin,xf:fml:forge:forge\_method\_redirector,re:classloading,xf:fml:forge:forge\_method\_redirector} at java.util.Optional.map(Optional.java:260) \~\[?:?\] {re:mixin} at net.minecraft.world.entity.EntityType.m\_20642\_(EntityType.java:534) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:mixin,xf:fml:forge:forge\_method\_redirector,re:classloading,xf:fml:forge:forge\_method\_redirector} at net.minecraft.world.level.levelgen.structure.templatesystem.StructureTemplate.m\_74543\_(StructureTemplate.java:444) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:classloading,xf:fml:forge:forge\_method\_redirector} at net.minecraft.world.level.levelgen.structure.templatesystem.StructureTemplate.addEntitiesToWorld(StructureTemplate.java:427) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:classloading,xf:fml:forge:forge\_method\_redirector} at net.minecraft.world.level.levelgen.structure.templatesystem.StructureTemplate.m\_230328\_(StructureTemplate.java:337) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:classloading,xf:fml:forge:forge\_method\_redirector} at net.minecraft.world.level.levelgen.structure.pools.SinglePoolElement.m\_213695\_(SinglePoolElement.java:134) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:classloading} at net.minecraft.world.level.levelgen.structure.PoolElementStructurePiece.m\_226509\_(PoolElementStructurePiece.java:89) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:classloading} at net.minecraft.world.level.levelgen.structure.PoolElementStructurePiece.m\_213694\_(PoolElementStructurePiece.java:85) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:classloading} at net.minecraft.world.level.levelgen.structure.StructureStart.m\_226850\_(StructureStart.java:90) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:classloading} at net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.ChunkGenerator.m\_223080\_(ChunkGenerator.java:320) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:classloading} at com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList.forEach(ImmutableList.java:422) \~\[guava-32.1.2-jre.jar!/:?\] {re:mixin} at net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.ChunkGenerator.m\_213609\_(ChunkGenerator.java:319) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:classloading} at net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.ChunkStatus.m\_279978\_(ChunkStatus.java:108) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:mixin,pl:accesstransformer:B,re:classloading,pl:accesstransformer:B} at net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.ChunkStatus$SimpleGenerationTask.m\_214024\_(ChunkStatus.java:309) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:classloading} at net.minecraft.world.level.chunk.ChunkStatus.m\_280308\_(ChunkStatus.java:252) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:mixin,pl:accesstransformer:B,re:classloading,pl:accesstransformer:B} at net.minecraft.server.level.ChunkMap.lambda$chunkGenerate$27(ChunkMap.java:793) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:mixin,pl:accesstransformer:B,xf:OptiFine:default,re:classloading,pl:accesstransformer:B,xf:OptiFine:default} at com.mojang.datafixers.util.Either$Left.map(Either.java:38) \~\[datafixerupper-6.0.8.jar!/:?\] {} at net.minecraft.server.level.ChunkMap.lambda$chunkGenerate$29(ChunkMap.java:780) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:mixin,pl:accesstransformer:B,xf:OptiFine:default,re:classloading,pl:accesstransformer:B,xf:OptiFine:default} at java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture$UniCompose.tryFire(CompletableFuture.java:1150) \~\[?:?\] {} at java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture$Completion.run(CompletableFuture.java:482) \~\[?:?\] {} at net.minecraft.server.level.ChunkTaskPriorityQueueSorter.m\_143188\_(ChunkTaskPriorityQueueSorter.java:62) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:classloading} at net.minecraft.util.thread.ProcessorMailbox.m\_18759\_(ProcessorMailbox.java:91) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:classloading} at net.minecraft.util.thread.ProcessorMailbox.m\_18747\_(ProcessorMailbox.java:146) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:classloading} 

-- Affected level --
Details:

All players: 1 total; \[ServerPlayer\['IM\_THE\_SAM'/75, l='ServerLevel\[:)\]', x=2480.03, y=146.23, z=1153.84\]\] Chunk stats: 27933 Level dimension: minecraft:overworld Level spawn location: World: (0,66,0), Section: (at 0,2,0 in 0,4,0; chunk contains blocks 0,-64,0 to 15,319,15), Region: (0,0; contains chunks 0,0 to 31,31, blocks 0,-64,0 to 511,319,511) Level time: 40684 game time, 73274 day time Level name: :) Level game mode: Game mode: survival (ID 0). Hardcore: false. Cheats: false Level weather: Rain time: 67548 (now: false), thunder time: 9364 (now: true) Known server brands: forge Removed feature flags: Level was modded: true Level storage version: 0x04ABD - Anvil Loaded entity count: 301 

Stacktrace:

at net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel.m\_6026\_(ServerLevel.java:1509) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:mixin,pl:accesstransformer:B,re:classloading,pl:accesstransformer:B,pl:mixin:APP:canary.mixins.json:alloc.chunk\_random.ServerLevelMixin,pl:mixin:APP:canary.mixins.json:chunk.replace\_streams.ServerLevelMixin,pl:mixin:APP:canary.mixins.json:entity.inactive\_navigations.ServerLevelMixin,pl:mixin:APP:canary.mixins.json:profiler.ServerLevelMixin,pl:mixin:APP:canary.mixins.json:util.accessors.ServerLevelAccessor,pl:mixin:APP:canary.mixins.json:world.block\_entity\_ticking.sleeping.ServerLevelMixin,pl:mixin:A} at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.m\_5703\_(MinecraftServer.java:952) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:mixin,pl:accesstransformer:B,re:classloading,pl:accesstransformer:B} at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.m\_5705\_(MinecraftServer.java:837) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:mixin,pl:accesstransformer:B,re:classloading,pl:accesstransformer:B} at net.minecraft.client.server.IntegratedServer.m\_5705\_(IntegratedServer.java:129) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:classloading,xf:OptiFine:default} at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.m\_130011\_(MinecraftServer.java:673) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:mixin,pl:accesstransformer:B,re:classloading,pl:accesstransformer:B} at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.m\_206580\_(MinecraftServer.java:256) \~\[forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar!/:?\] {re:mixin,pl:accesstransformer:B,re:classloading,pl:accesstransformer:B} at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:833) \~\[?:?\] {re:mixin} 

-- System Details --
Details:

Minecraft Version: 1.20.4 Minecraft Version ID: 1.20.4 Operating System: Windows 11 (amd64) version 10.0 Java Version: 17.0.8, Microsoft Java VM Version: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (mixed mode), Microsoft Memory: 655399912 bytes (625 MiB) / 2147483648 bytes (2048 MiB) up to 2147483648 bytes (2048 MiB) CPUs: 12 Processor Vendor: GenuineIntel Processor Name: 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-11400 @ 2.60GHz Identifier: Intel64 Family 6 Model 167 Stepping 1 Microarchitecture: Rocket Lake Frequency (GHz): 2.59 Number of physical packages: 1 Number of physical CPUs: 6 Number of logical CPUs: 12 Graphics card #0 name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Graphics card #0 vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de) Graphics card #0 VRAM (MB): 4095.00 Graphics card #0 deviceId: 0x2489 Graphics card #0 versionInfo: DriverVersion=31.0.15.2802 Memory slot #0 capacity (MB): 8192.00 Memory slot #0 clockSpeed (GHz): 2.40 Memory slot #0 type: DDR4 Memory slot #1 capacity (MB): 8192.00 Memory slot #1 clockSpeed (GHz): 2.40 Memory slot #1 type: DDR4 Virtual memory max (MB): 31599.39 Virtual memory used (MB): 14193.93 Swap memory total (MB): 15360.00 Swap memory used (MB): 159.08 JVM Flags: 9 total; -XX:HeapDumpPath=MojangTricksIntelDriversForPerformance\_javaw.exe\_minecraft.exe.heapdump -Xss1M -Xmx2G -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:G1NewSizePercent=20 -XX:G1ReservePercent=20 -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=50 -XX:G1HeapRegionSize=32M Server Running: true Player Count: 1 / 8; \[ServerPlayer\['IM\_THE\_SAM'/75, l='ServerLevel\[:)\]', x=2480.03, y=146.23, z=1153.84\]\] Data Packs: vanilla, mod:terralith, mod:forge (incompatible), mod:mousetweaks (incompatible), mod:t\_and\_t, mod:geckolib (incompatible), mod:clumps (incompatible), mod:cristellib (incompatible), mod:entityculling (incompatible), mod:canary (incompatible), mod:fallingtree (incompatible) Enabled Feature Flags: minecraft:vanilla World Generation: Experimental Type: Integrated Server (map\_client.txt) Is Modded: Definitely; Client brand changed to 'forge'; Server brand changed to 'forge' Launched Version: 1.20.4-forge-49.0.50 OptiFine Version: OptiFine\_1.20.4\_HD\_U\_I7 OptiFine Build: 20240317-172634 Render Distance Chunks: 16 Mipmaps: 4 Anisotropic Filtering: 1 Antialiasing: 0 Multitexture: false Shaders: BSL\_v8.2.09p1.zip OpenGlVersion: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 528.02 OpenGlRenderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti/PCIe/SSE2 OpenGlVendor: NVIDIA Corporation CpuCount: 12 ModLauncher: 10.1.2 ModLauncher launch target: forge\_client ModLauncher naming: srg ModLauncher services: / slf4jfixer PLUGINSERVICE / runtimedistcleaner PLUGINSERVICE / runtime\_enum\_extender PLUGINSERVICE / object\_holder\_definalize PLUGINSERVICE / capability\_token\_subclass PLUGINSERVICE / accesstransformer PLUGINSERVICE / eventbus PLUGINSERVICE / mixin PLUGINSERVICE / OptiFine TRANSFORMATIONSERVICE / fml TRANSFORMATIONSERVICE / mixin TRANSFORMATIONSERVICE FML Language Providers: minecraft@1.0 lowcodefml@49 javafml@49.0.50 Mod List: Terralith\_1.20\_v2.5.1.jar Terralith terralith 2.5.1 DONE Manifest: NOSIGNATURE forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-client.jar Minecraft minecraft 1.20.4 DONE Manifest: NOSIGNATURE entityculling-forge-1.6.4-mc1.20.4.jar EntityCulling entityculling 1.6.4 DONE Manifest: NOSIGNATURE canary-mc1.20.4-0.3.3.jar Canary canary 0.3.3 DONE Manifest: NOSIGNATURE FallingTree-1.20.4-1.20.4.3.jar FallingTree fallingtree 1.20.4.3 DONE Manifest: NOSIGNATURE MouseTweaks-forge-mc1.20.2-2.26.jar Mouse Tweaks mousetweaks 2.26 DONE Manifest: NOSIGNATURE forge-1.20.4-49.0.50-universal.jar Forge forge 49.0.50 DONE Manifest: NOSIGNATURE t\_and\_t-1.12.1.1.jar Towns and Towers t\_and\_t 1.12.1 DONE Manifest: NOSIGNATURE geckolib-forge-1.20.4-4.4.4.jar GeckoLib 4 geckolib 4.4.4 DONE Manifest: NOSIGNATURE Clumps-forge-1.20.4-15.0.0.2.jar Clumps clumps 15.0.0.2 DONE Manifest: NOSIGNATURE cristellib-1.2.2-forge.jar Cristel Lib cristellib 1.2.2 DONE Manifest: NOSIGNATURE Crash Report UUID: 66846349-41d4-4cf2-8d20-f22f013f6aa7 FML: 0.0 Forge: net.minecraftforge:49.0.50 

Warning: I will not message you first. If you were messaged by someone claiming to be me you are in the process of being scammed.

You can download the WesternUnion app and send the payment from your phone and I will pay the fees.
Desktop Users: Comment on this post and Click here to start a trade App Users, please include the following in your PM (Remember to comment on this post as well):

• Type of card(s) and amount of each.
• What payment method you accept.
• How you acquired the GC and why you're getting rid of it.

Crypto^4, Paypal^1, Apple Pay, Chime, Cashapp, Varo, Venmo, and Western Union
I only have Steam as a substitute for cash payments in gift card trades.

Want ↓	Cash or a Gift Card ↓	Crypto4 ↓
Apple	60%3	NA
Amazon.ca	50%	50%
Amazon.co.uk	50%	50%
Amazon.com	70%	55%
Amazon.de	50%	50%
Amazon.es	50%	50%
Amazon.fr	50%	50%
Amazon.it	50%	50%
Amazon.jp	30%	30%
Arrow Films	65%	60%
Barnes & Noble	50%	50%
Baskin Robbins	60%	60%
Best Buy	25%	25%
BJ's (not BJ's restaurant)3	60%	NA
Bloomingdales	50%	50%
Burger King4	60%	NA
Clothing Shops (Small Boutique)	contact me	contact me
Dell3	60%	NA
Delta gift cards3	65%	NA
Delta Sky Miles3	PM me	NA
Delta Vouchers3	65%	NA
Dicks Sporting Goods 3	PM me	NA
Disney Plus	PM me	PM me
Dunkin Donuts3	60%	NA
eBay	70%	70%
Fandango3	10%	NA
Five Guys3	60%	NA
Gamestop	60%	60%
Gas Station Cards3	PM me	NA
Gyft	70%	70%
Half Price Books	50%	50%
iTunes3	60%	NA
J crew	40%	40%
JCPenney	25%	25%
Jersey Mike Subs3	60%	NA
KFC3	60%	NA
Khols	30%	30%
Macys	35%	35%
Magazines.com	40%	40%
McDonald's 3	60%	NA
Microsoft3	60%	NA
Moe’s Southwestern Grill3	60%	NA
Nintendo Eshop3	70%	NA
Nordstrom	50%	50%
Panera bread3	60%	NA
PSN3	60	NA
PSN Plus 12 month3	NA	NA
Saks Fifth Avenue	50%	50%
Sears	50%	50%
Sephora	50%	50%
Speedway (must be able to use on fuel)3	80%	NA
Staples	50%	50%
Starbucks US only	55%	55%
Steam3	60%	NA
Subway 3	PM me	NA
Taco Bell	60%	NA
Target	50%	50%
Urban Outfitters	50%	50%
Vudu3	50%	NA
Walmart	60%	60%
Wendys3	60%	NA
Xbox (gift cards)3	60%	NA
Other Clothing Stores, Gas Stations, Grocery Stores, Restaurant, & Fast Food gift cards	PM me

¹ When paying via PayPal, I can only send payments via Goods and Services, thus you will be charged a fee. If you'd rather not face this fee there are plenty of alternatives. ² Larger denominated gift cards preferred. ³ PayPal is the only payment option. ⁴ All crypto payments come from Coinbase. Any fees associated with it are built into the price.

What I don’t buy:

• Amazon.au
• Bass Pro Shop
• buffalo wild wing
• California Pizza Kitchen
• Canadian tire
• Cold Stone
• Dairy Queen
• Fanatics
• Giant Foods
• Google Play
• Grub Hub
• Gymshark
• Hilton Honors
• Hot Topic
• Krispy Kreme
• old navy/gap/banana republic
• Patxi's pizza
• PSN Canada or UK
• publix
• Raceway
• Scheels
• Shell Gas Stations
• Spotify
• Starbucks Canada
• Tractor supply
• Xbox Canada or UK
• Xbox live gold

Any fees are built into the price.

Selling

I have:
Up to $1000 in Amazon.com (can be broken up into smaller denominations) and am selling at

• 85%: WesternUnion, Wise, Airtm (You can download the WesternUnion app and send the payment from your phone and I will pay the fees.)
• 90%: LTC

Up to $500 in eBay (can be broken up into smaller denominations) and am selling at

• 90%: WesternUnion, Wise, Airtm (You can download the WesternUnion app and send the payment from your phone and I will pay the fees.)

Up to $500 in Apple.com ($15 and $50 denomination) and am selling at

• 90%: WesternUnion, Wise, Airtm (You can download the WesternUnion app and send the payment from your phone and I will pay the fees.)

Important: before you send your codes please make sure your account is secure (if your password is not uniqe it's best to assume your account has already been compromised. Scams where compromised accounts are used to leverage reputation to scam an unsuspecting user, used to steal codes during the middle of the trade, and steal unused gift cards the victim was saving for later are increasingly commonplace. If you have any concerns as to your account's security, please reset your password now and force logout of all sessions. Thanks

Warning: I will not message you first. If you were messaged by someone claiming to be me you are in the process of being scammed.

You can download the WesternUnion app and send the payment from your phone and I will pay the fees.
Desktop Users: Comment on this post and Click here to start a trade App Users, please include the following in your PM (Remember to comment on this post as well):

• Type of card(s) and amount of each.
• What payment method you accept.
• How you acquired the GC and why you're getting rid of it.

Crypto^4, Paypal^1, Apple Pay, Chime, Cashapp, Varo, Venmo, and Western Union
I only have Steam as a substitute for cash payments in gift card trades.

Want ↓	Cash or a Gift Card ↓	Crypto4 ↓
Apple	60%3	NA
Amazon.ca	50%	50%
Amazon.co.uk	50%	50%
Amazon.com	70%	55%
Amazon.de	50%	50%
Amazon.es	50%	50%
Amazon.fr	50%	50%
Amazon.it	50%	50%
Amazon.jp	30%	30%
Arrow Films	65%	60%
Barnes & Noble	50%	50%
Baskin Robbins	60%	60%
Best Buy	25%	25%
BJ's (not BJ's restaurant)3	60%	NA
Bloomingdales	50%	50%
Burger King4	60%	NA
Clothing Shops (Small Boutique)	contact me	contact me
Dell3	60%	NA
Delta gift cards3	65%	NA
Delta Sky Miles3	PM me	NA
Delta Vouchers3	65%	NA
Dicks Sporting Goods 3	PM me	NA
Disney Plus	PM me	PM me
Dunkin Donuts3	60%	NA
eBay	70%	70%
Fandango3	10%	NA
Five Guys3	60%	NA
Gamestop	60%	60%
Gas Station Cards3	PM me	NA
Gyft	70%	70%
Half Price Books	50%	50%
iTunes3	60%	NA
J crew	40%	40%
JCPenney	25%	25%
Jersey Mike Subs3	60%	NA
KFC3	60%	NA
Khols	30%	30%
Macys	35%	35%
Magazines.com	40%	40%
McDonald's 3	60%	NA
Microsoft3	60%	NA
Moe’s Southwestern Grill3	60%	NA
Nintendo Eshop3	70%	NA
Nordstrom	50%	50%
Panera bread3	60%	NA
PSN3	60	NA
PSN Plus 12 month3	NA	NA
Saks Fifth Avenue	50%	50%
Sears	50%	50%
Sephora	50%	50%
Speedway (must be able to use on fuel)3	80%	NA
Staples	50%	50%
Starbucks US only	55%	55%
Steam3	60%	NA
Subway 3	PM me	NA
Taco Bell	60%	NA
Target	50%	50%
Urban Outfitters	50%	50%
Vudu3	50%	NA
Walmart	60%	60%
Wendys3	60%	NA
Xbox (gift cards)3	60%	NA
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(TL;DR - I run a module written by a DM from another group, it goes off the rails, I allow it, we have fun, and the other DM completely loses their shit on me when they hear about it a few years later.)
This one is hopefully going to be fun, the original event happened a number of years ago, and the end of the event is fairly recent, so a lot of the earlier details are a little bit fuzzy but I can definitely relate the story.
Back in my game store days, I was the DM of one of two consistent Dungeons & Dragons groups at my LGS. The other DM and I really weren't friends, and I can't say we even actually liked each other, but we had a mutual respect and we had a few common players in our respective games.
One day the other DM approached me with a folder of papers. He said he had written a module that he was thinking of publishing and he wanted to have other DMs run the game with a few different groups at the same time so that he can have usable feedback. I told him I would read it and then I would try running it with my group.
It wasn't bad. Not exactly the best writing, there were some small spelling and grammar mistakes, but not anything incomprehensible. The plot basically involves a corrupt treasurer of a merchant guild blackmailing the player characters into doing a long series of side quests because he could very easily frame them for an event they witness.
The thing about this was that the writer spent a considerable amount of effort in writing contingencies so that the villain in the story could not be killed too early because it would ultimately result in the players getting framed for the event anyway. Kind of heavy-handed railroading, but I would give it a shot.
The corrupt merchant guild treasurer was Harvey. He was a smarthy middle-aged half-elf with what was described as a "manipulative personality"; None of that is actually relevant to the story.
My players decided that instead of trying to investigate the potential murder of another merchant guild office holder, they were going to try to loot Harvey's office before meeting him.
While the players are looting, Harvey walks back into his office after paying for the hit on the other office holder, one of the party members panics and wins the initiative before Harvey can even speak. Two natural 20s later, Harvey is dead.
Well shit.
The thing is, the way the module was written, every opportunity the players would have to kill him early, there would be witnesses and contingencies. This particular event did not, and wasn't exactly planned for in the original writing. When the players characters search him, and find out who he is, the players collectively panic and try to find a way to get out of the situation without having the whole town after them.
So after about 30 minutes of in and out of character discussion among the players, they eventually came to an agreement...
They were going to try to keep up a charade where everybody in town thought Harvey was still alive and that they were his best friends looking out for him enough for the events of the story to resolve themselves.
"Hold on, you guys are going to actually try to do a Weekend at Bernie's on this?"
"Well, what other options do we have? We are in big trouble otherwise! "
Every single time something like this happens, I am famous for saying four very specific words…
"Okay, roll for it."
Potentially 15 sessions worth of dark political conspiracy then proceeded to turn into 22 sessions of black comedy gold.
Finally at the end, one of the other merchant guild office holders storms into Harvey's office while the players characters are in the next room trying to explain to a town guard that the reason Harvey is slumped in his chair is because he's drunk. In full view of the party and the guard through an open dividing wall, the other merchant proceeds to start stabbing Harvey multiple times. The other merchant guild member is promptly arrested for Harvey's murder, and the players are praised for being true friends to Harvey and the town, and are invited to his funeral.
The hilarious thing is that this end result was in fact one of the possible endings that the original author had written into the module (merchant guild member murders Harvey and frees the PCs of the blackmail). My players just had a really messed up way of getting there though.
I went back to the other DM, handed him back the folder, told him that the players loved it, we took a few liberties, but they ended up getting what he called "Ending C" in the DM notes. He asked me for constructive criticism, and I gave him the pretty basic stuff but also mentioned a couple extra contingencies to try to keep the plot from being too inflexible.
We didn't talk about this for a few years, then I bumped into his game group when I came back in to browse the scene at my LGS a couple of weeks ago. DM greeted me and explained that the group was playing the revised version of his module for the fourth time with different characters, trying to get each of the different endings. While we were talking I ended up letting it slip just how off the rails that module got when I ran it.
I didn't think it was a big deal, But that DM proceeded to get fairly angry and offended. He asked me specifically what happened and I explained that they rather accidentally killed Harvey at the very beginning of the module and pretended he was still alive for 22 sessions just so that they would not get arrested. Two of the players at the table started to laugh hysterically, one of the players looked genuinely horrified and the DM got pissed and raised his voice.
"YOU ACTUALLY LET THEM DO THAT!? THAT'S NOT HOW THE TONE OF THE STORY IS SUPPOSED TO GO!"
I tried telling him it wasn't a big deal, told him it was just a game and that the players had a blast, but he wasn't having any of it. He told me if I was going to "defile" his writing, I should at least keep the tone consistent with the original work and tell him when it happens. I apologized, but he demanded that I leave the room. I just turned and left.
Over the ensuing week I heard from a couple of different people that this guy was cursing my name left and right and how in someway I betrayed his trust by letting the game get that way. Worst yet he somehow found my number so that he could bombard me with angry text messages about the subject. Tried to text him an apology and an explanation, but I'm pretty sure he blocked me. Haven't talked to him since.
I understand that it was his brainbaby of sorts, but I can't help but feel like this is a complete overreaction. Not to mention he clearly had it edited such that he was happy enough to run it four times and was satisfied with it. I wouldn't personally hold this kind of thing against anybody that did this very thing with one of my games. What do you guys think?