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Mental / Life update: 23/09/2025
a week ago
gonna include a TLDR at the bottom of this
So where to start.....
Lifes been shit recently and not just shit, its been an absolute shit show
Recently my job had been giving me less and less hours (Thank you McDicks) due to the franchiser wanted to keep costs down and profits high, we are the worst store in the area, dead last on maintenance orders with the golden child south receiving all the new swanky stuff and repairs the moment it breaks down, whilst our plucky little store slammed together with a 7/11 was to say the least, a complete and total mess, constant broken stuff, the absolute worst customers and all the usual corporate Bullshit that came along with it.
Just the straw that broke the camels back was today, I had been sifting through job searchings due to my job giving me less and less hours as they brought more and more younger workers in for cheaper labour during the OVNS. This week Even after telling them to call me regarding shifts, because the new McDConnect app is so god awful and wont let me log in, even tough I have been trying to fix it for 3 weeks, clearly the chain of command wasnt notified because I was messaged a couple of days ago on that app saying that I was to be shift swapped. Now as of writing this I have Just wasted 40 I dont have in Ubers to go to work, only to get told that someone has taken my shift tonight and that although no shifts has been confirmed, they'll keep one for me this week..... I have a feeling im not gonna have any shifts this week, and all because of that greedy pig.
I applied for West in hope that this other franchiser was better than my current one, we met earlier today, spent money I dont have to make myself look all swanky and perfect, and the interview went well with her saying I was actually a good candidate for a potential manager in training with the west store, she brought the store together after getting scammed by our franchiser, finding out he switched all the shit workers and equipment into that one. She liked my resume with prior experience, just one thing stopped it all.
Anti Poaching laws
Because all of the other workers before me were that were fed up with my franchiser's Constant fucking over His Workers. There were a couple that migrated to the other franchise, My franchiser caught word and sued.... and won, leading to this one's basically having a zero tolerance hiring policy, if you were still with my current employer and haven't left for atleast 6 months, its an instant dismissal of your interview
Because of all this, I am just tired.... to say the least
My motivation has tanked dramatically to where I just want to close up shop and sit on the rail line, I have been spending less time with my boyfriend because of sleeping constantly due to my jobs ridiculous hours, when I get time to do art, its not at the rate that I used to do now taking up to a week to finish a traditional piece, atleast the blender art is still being made at the relatively same pace.
the only thing keeping me together is this community and my obligations to complete commissions, however doing art is not paying my bills as much as they used to, I don't have the same amount of time I used to have to complete art and I feel like Im not going anywhere with my life
the only thing giving me hope is that I have a job interview tomorrow with another company, a games retailer, if I don't get that job, I just don't know where to go, I'll most likely end up being homeless by the end of the year and if that happens...... I dont want to get into it
Other than that, I hope you all are doing well, Im sorry this isn't my normally happy or cheerful updates like recently but I just dont have the energy to hid things anymore, I just want to sleep and not wake up again.
TLDR: Work has fucked me over again, I cant find a replacement job and doing art is no longer paying my rent and bills
Alexander
So where to start.....
Lifes been shit recently and not just shit, its been an absolute shit show
Recently my job had been giving me less and less hours (Thank you McDicks) due to the franchiser wanted to keep costs down and profits high, we are the worst store in the area, dead last on maintenance orders with the golden child south receiving all the new swanky stuff and repairs the moment it breaks down, whilst our plucky little store slammed together with a 7/11 was to say the least, a complete and total mess, constant broken stuff, the absolute worst customers and all the usual corporate Bullshit that came along with it.
Just the straw that broke the camels back was today, I had been sifting through job searchings due to my job giving me less and less hours as they brought more and more younger workers in for cheaper labour during the OVNS. This week Even after telling them to call me regarding shifts, because the new McDConnect app is so god awful and wont let me log in, even tough I have been trying to fix it for 3 weeks, clearly the chain of command wasnt notified because I was messaged a couple of days ago on that app saying that I was to be shift swapped. Now as of writing this I have Just wasted 40 I dont have in Ubers to go to work, only to get told that someone has taken my shift tonight and that although no shifts has been confirmed, they'll keep one for me this week..... I have a feeling im not gonna have any shifts this week, and all because of that greedy pig.
I applied for West in hope that this other franchiser was better than my current one, we met earlier today, spent money I dont have to make myself look all swanky and perfect, and the interview went well with her saying I was actually a good candidate for a potential manager in training with the west store, she brought the store together after getting scammed by our franchiser, finding out he switched all the shit workers and equipment into that one. She liked my resume with prior experience, just one thing stopped it all.
Anti Poaching laws
Because all of the other workers before me were that were fed up with my franchiser's Constant fucking over His Workers. There were a couple that migrated to the other franchise, My franchiser caught word and sued.... and won, leading to this one's basically having a zero tolerance hiring policy, if you were still with my current employer and haven't left for atleast 6 months, its an instant dismissal of your interview
Because of all this, I am just tired.... to say the least
My motivation has tanked dramatically to where I just want to close up shop and sit on the rail line, I have been spending less time with my boyfriend because of sleeping constantly due to my jobs ridiculous hours, when I get time to do art, its not at the rate that I used to do now taking up to a week to finish a traditional piece, atleast the blender art is still being made at the relatively same pace.
the only thing keeping me together is this community and my obligations to complete commissions, however doing art is not paying my bills as much as they used to, I don't have the same amount of time I used to have to complete art and I feel like Im not going anywhere with my life
the only thing giving me hope is that I have a job interview tomorrow with another company, a games retailer, if I don't get that job, I just don't know where to go, I'll most likely end up being homeless by the end of the year and if that happens...... I dont want to get into it
Other than that, I hope you all are doing well, Im sorry this isn't my normally happy or cheerful updates like recently but I just dont have the energy to hid things anymore, I just want to sleep and not wake up again.
TLDR: Work has fucked me over again, I cant find a replacement job and doing art is no longer paying my rent and bills
Alexander
Wispypie
~wispypie
I really wish you the best of luck! I been there before and it really does suck for sure, but i hope you get through this alright <3
