- in high school i was an attendant at a local gallery and there was a large beeswax artwork that included some little wax towers on the ground. I was supposed to tell people not to touch it/ensure they didn’t step on it. One day a woman came in and started fiddling with the wax. I was so excited to finally do my job and said “uh maam I’m sorry but please don’t touch the artwork!” and she responded “I’m the artist.“
- recently met my big boss’ wife and said “Oh, you’re jerry’s husband!“ shewas very nice about it
- was working an outdoor event with maybe 100 people in a line in front of me and opening bottles of sparkling wine. I opened one too quickly (they have been exceedingly fizzy) and it made a loud popping noise, the cork shot up over 20 feet, and my entire face and front were blasted with foamy rosé. To make matters worse, in addition to laughing, everyone broke out in loud applause; I guess in response to the normal connotation of the sound of a champagne bottle popping? I worked another couple hours but it was wildly embarrassing. The girls at the front of the line were very nice and told me I didn’t even mess up my makeup lol
May 14, 2025
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@BISONSPIDER lmaooo this shows u how time changes perspective, i posted it then and was still too embarrassed and deleted and here we are just weeks later and i am unabashed again
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i was a makeup artist at sephora when i was like 19 and prom season was always so insane. every artist was booked and busy and we were all crammed into this tiny studio space to do everyone’s makeup. often times the girls getting their prom makeup done would be arguing with their mothers about how the makeup should be. meanwhile you have a walkie talkie of managers in your ear and music blaring like you’re in the club and shoulder to shoulder with everyone else trying to do makeup. OVER STIMULATING AFFF. anyways, during the makeup process i always asked the client if they would like to use the lash curler before i apply their mascara. and i made sure to ask if they’ve ever used one before and explain to them how to use it. this girl assured me she knew how to use one and even sassed me for daring to ask LOL. she proceeded with curling her lashes and as i’m watching her do so she just YANKS that shit straight out fully clamped and ripped out nearly all of her lashes. she then screams “I TOLD YOU I DIDN’T KNOW HOW TO USE IT!!!” i was like WHATTTT!!!?? like absolutely shook to my core. literally the most mind boggling moment of my life it’s still burned into my brain. she then demanded me to go get a manager and while i was away she grabbed a makeup wipe and wiped off everything i had spent an hour on :’) i cried in the bathroom after. that girl was so unreasonably rude to me i will never understand why. i think she might’ve just wanted to not pay lol. people would pull things like this often just to get their appointment for free. who knows 🤦🏻♀️ but on the bright side a sweet lady snuck a $100 bill in my brush belt that day just for helping her find a brow pencil. i told her we weren’t allowed to accept tips so she just stuck it in my belt and left :)
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I blocked most of my early employment experiences out of my head because before this job I was an independent contractor for years so that was all a long time ago…
my first boss was really terrible so here’s my story about that if you’re interested in reading.
My boss after that never really said anything dumb to me specifically but he is kind of dumb in general bless his heart. he was in an iconic post-hardcore band in the late 90s and early 2000s and broke the group apart over some lifestyle differences (totally understandable tbh). He talks a lot about not wanting to sell out which translates to being very bad at business and he has a habit of burning bridges and not listening to other peoples‘ input. He has beefed with every single business partner he’s had and he’s still dumping money into his failing restaurant years after I left.
not dumb but when I worked at a farmers market cafe in an airstream trailer my Italian-American boss would get really mad at me when I wouldn’t say the Aranciata flavor of San Pellegrino with the correct Italian pronunciation (I said it like ah-ron-see-ah-ta lol 🙈) so he would tell me IT’S ARANCIATA while wildly gesticulating Italianly and I was like chill dude nobody here is even Italian like that.
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My stylist outdid himself this time with my hair color it’s really fun and creative and so vivid… darker auburn at the roots, rich violet red on the lengths and the ends look like licks of flame. So it was nice to see that it made an impression on somebody the first time I went out after washing it. Superficial as a response to this ask but appreciated!
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Actually also number two a colleague I regularly work with called me brilliant in a big meeting he was leading in front of some of our executive leadership. In my head I was like You really think so?? 🥹
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