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@colinhiddlestan / colinhiddlestan.tumblr.com

Kirsty, maker of stuff, lover of tofu. Owner of www.fidgetandbobby.com
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maxbegone

“So how’s your quarantine going?”

(Hope everyone’s staying safe and checking in on one another!)

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Help

I’ve been away for a long time. Can you please send me a message with all of your old names so I can figure out who you all still are when I see one I recognise!

Thank you so much x

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The real list of things movie workers want you to know…

So now that I’ve finished my job at a movie theatre I thought I would pass along a list of what I think every movie worker wants to share.

1. Despite us saying otherwise, yes we do care when you dump soda in the trash cans.

2. If its not a comic book movie, double check with the staff if there is an after credits scene. We can’t clean a theatre until the place is empty and we HATE when you sit and talk with your group until we’ll after the credits.

3. Turn off your dang phone in the movie.

4. We probably haven’t seen what you’re seeing or what you just saw. We don’t watch everything that comes through.

5. Pick up your trash. If you can’t carry it all, don’t stuff it under the seat.

6. If you bring a spit cup in your theatre for chew…. THROW IT AWAY YOURSELF

7. Don’t clip your nails in the theatre. That’s nasty as hell.

8. Yes. The concessions are expensive. No. We don’t have control over it. Stop trying to hassle the staff about it, call corporate for pricing.

9. Be specific if you want a discount. Don’t assume we know you’re a senior or if your kids are under 13.

10. Most theatres require an adult to stay with their kid through a rated R film. Call beforehand to find out the policy for anyone under 17. ALSO BRING YOUR ID FOR AN R FILM. We were told to check anyone who looks under 25.

11. Yes we see you grabbing 50 napkins and yes we know it was you who left them behind without using one.

12. Don’t buy the pretzels… just don’t. They’re all frozen and thawed out in a steamer that only works half the time.

13. Yes the theatre is going to be busy every holiday.

14. If you want tickets and a good seat, show up at least 30 to 45 minutes early. If it’s a Saturday for a new movie, it’ll get busy. Don’t be surprised you can’t buy tickets for your family of 8 five minutes before your movie.

15. If you break a glass or spill your drink, please let us know immediately so we can get rid of it asap and don’t have to find it while we’re cleaning up. Drinks can stain, and broken glass is dangerous.

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PEOPLE ARE SO CONCERNED ABOUT THIS DOGS MASCULINITY

HES A DOG

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jimmyfury

no you don’t understand. People freak the fuck out if you don’t enforce human gender roles on dogs. They get fucking belligerent. I work in a pet store and the number of times people have gotten LIVID with me for not just automatically assuming their dog not only required but personally wanted the most stringent enforcement of human gender norms is mindblowing.

People demand dog shampoos that smell “masculine” because “He’s a boy he doesn’t want to smell like flowers” even though he’s a dog and if he had his way he would smell like duck poop. And those shampoos exist! That’s the worst part! There’s enough demand for dog shampoo that smells like Axe body spray that they exist and they sell well.

Or the seemingly nice old lady that shouted “PINK! OBVIOUSLY! SHE’S GIRL SHE HATES OTHER COLORS!” at me when i asked what color harness she wanted for her lapdog. Even though her dog can’t actually see the color pink and does not now and will not ever give a single flying dog fart what color her harness is.

Even our pets have to deal with our gender socialization bullshit.

I work in a pet store. Can confirm. If I don’t know the sex of the dog, and say, I pick up a blue lead to show the customer it’s different uses, I’ll get “well she’s a girl, so” and I’m like? Um? I’m just showing you it’s functions, there’s like 20 different colours here you can choose from?

And my manager wants us to separate boys coats/accessories and girl coats/accessories for accessibility for the customers……. like…….?

??????? They’re dogs.

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scifinut

This. Is. BULLSHIT. Also, when I worked at a grooming salon, one groomer would bring in her family’s dogs. Poms, the lot of them. They all got bows. Even the boy. He was a goddamn beautiful dog. Customers got mad. About a boy dog wearing bows. A boy dog THAT WAS NOT THEIR DOG wearing bows. Let that sink in.

Actually just like a week ago someone got testy with me because I put my female chihuahua in a blue polo shirt and they were like “she’s a girl she looks like a boy in that” and I was just like… She’s a dog.

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