Retail Stories: Why did she think I was ripping her off??

This is the 6th edition of Retail Stories! This volume, is about people who are nuts and need a chill pill (Or need to be hit with a tranquilizer dart, either way...)

Rip Off Artist! 

Back when I first started working retail, I was ringing up this lady. When I told her the amount she had to pay, she looked at the total and was very confused. She for some reason, thought I was ripping her off! I looked at the items to make sure they were scanned properly, and that nothing was scanned twice by accident. Everything was right, nothing was incorrect, but she still had a problem with the total. I went and got the two supervisors, and they double checked. Nothing was wrong, everything was right. Still, she didn't like the price, so she didn't want to get anything except for a soda! She still thought we were ripping her off, and left angry at us.

That's not how it works! That's not how any of this works!

A common thing that happens in the store, is an item of the same design, but different color will be two slightly different prices. The red shirt will be 9.99, while the green shirt is 7.99. The customer will argue until they're blue in the face, they want the red shirt for 7.99!! They just don't get why they cannot have the lower price! *Insert the lady from the Esurance commercial, that says "That's not how it works, that's not how any of this works!"*

Time for a lesson!

The company that makes the prices for the items, want the items that don't sell as much to be a lower price, so they will actually sell. In this instance, the green shirt doesn't sell as well as the red one. In order for the green shirt to sell, they'll be stick a lower price to it. That's how it works, it's the same at other places as well, I've heard this can apply for a car dealership.
Sometimes this also happens with different sizes too, it's much more rare but also really weird.

Fun Fact:  

Stores will make different size shoes, of the same style, all the same price. So a kids 5, and an adult 10, will both be 22.99. Even though the smaller shoes are using less materials, it's charged the same. This is another way companies make some extra money! 

 The customer will fight you for the lower price, even if it's two dollars less!! Like seriously?! I bet the customers makes 10 times more money than me at their job, I wouldn't give two slaps if I had to pay two extra dollars for anything. I've done that before too. (There was an item at the art store that said it was like 5.99 and ended up being 12.99 or some price like that. I was surprised, but  I was like whatever, I like the item!) What annoyed me however, is one time when the customer asked for a manager, and the manager let her have the lower price. It's not fair, it's not right! It also messes up the system, since we used the lower price. We used a different number in the system, and will actually mess up their inventory. So it'll say two of one item was sold, and the other item was never sold and disappeared (it could even be considered stolen by the company, this is a guess though.)

ME HUNGRY

This lady was buying a pair of pants, and was already eating a bag of combo's (For those who don't know what that is, It's like a pretzel, with a filling inside.). So I scan the chips, and the computer tells me that the item is not authorized for sale. I had no idea what that's supposed to mean? But the lady was already eating them... so what could I do? I went over to the chips section, and got an item for the same price. My friend Stephanie, who was ringing next to me, told me afterwards. That the lady was being rude, and didn't understand why I couldn't put the combo's in the computer. Stephanie told the lady that I needed a barcode to scan for it to work.
After I got the price, the lady says she wants a soda, so I just stare at her. She just waits there for a few seconds and she goes, "I have to get it?!",I was like yeah, (cause that's how it works, and the lady was closer to the soda machine than I was. I'm not supposed to leave my register alone, so I can get a soda for this lazy lady). Stephanie said to the lady that I need a barcode to scan. Afterwards, the lady went on her way, and the computer printed out an extra receipt saying the combos were actually recalled! Stephanie said she didn't mind since the lady was rude, so whatever happens, happens! I didn't realize she was being rude because she wasn't rude right in front of me. Later, a manager told me the combo's were recalled due to the date on them.
I'll never understand people who eat things before they purchase them, it's also gross and rude to be eating when you're in the store. Technically, it's actually stealing. But serves her right if she's going to be rude about it, as well as not understand how things work! Like we need to scan it, that's how it works in any store! 

Keywords: Why retail is the worst job, Who are retail customers?, Why retail jobs are bad, Retail is hard, Retail Experience, Retail Examples, Retail Industry, Retail Sector, Retail Times, Retail Workers.

My thoughts on Trump

Check out my previous post about Why I don't like Politics. For more details!

What do I think about Trump?

If I had to say one thing about Trump, I would say that he is the embodiment of Hate, and Intolerance.
He does nothing but bash other people that are different than him, be it Mexicans, Muslims, the lgbt community.. etc.. Instead of saying that something bad happened, instead of blaming certain kinds of people, he blames an entire group of people. That is not right, not all Muslim people are bad, not all who study Islam are bad. Instead of targeting negative people of certain backgrounds, he groups them together, and spews his hateful words. This is not only, not cool, but also has a terrible backlash in the community. There were reports of American Muslim women being attacked, or yelled at with hateful messages, just because they were Muslim. Guess what, I worked with a Muslim woman for two months, and she was one of the nicest people I've ever met! [Source] [Source 2]. But Trump, likes to group people together, and run their name in the mud, why is that? Because he can, he is a hateful person, and hateful people should never run a country! It's not right, and it's not fair. A ruler of a country should love all of it's people, especially if they're different from them! There is a terrible mindset that many Americans, and Trump have. It is simply, if they do not agree, or find nothing similar with a person who is different from them, they hate. Not only do they hate, but they can become bullies, they can become violent. It isn't right to hate someone because they're different than you, but Trump and many of his supporters think that's okay....

What do I think about the election?

Well, I'm not a fan of either of them. But Hillary at-least respects people who are different. Trump, is on a super level of crazy. Apparently these two are the least liked presidential candidates of all time! I hope that somehow grandpa Bernie wins. Or Jill stein at-least, apparently she wants everyone to be vegan, but that's better than these two clowns.

Reasons why I do not like him, and reasons why he is very dangerous for not only for America, but the WORLD!

I'm absolutely terrified of Trump, especially if he is elected president, he hates gays and will do anything in his power to harm the LGBT community (Including myself). [I thought Mitt Romney was bad!] Despite his claims for attempting to care about LGBT individuals, he always says something else that contradicts himself. In short, he says he wants to help LGBT people, but in reality he doesn't, and just wants more votes from potentially gullible members of the LGBT community.
Source
In fact, one minute he supports the LGBT community, and the next he says that he will REVERSE marriage equality, and that it will UNIFY AMERICA!! SERIOUSLY?! Source
Despite his so called "Support" for such LGBT individuals, he has stated that one of the first things he would do as president, is to pass a bill that will ALLOW LGBT people to be discriminated freely. This means LGBT can be discriminated when it comes to jobs, landlords, businesses and healthcare. As long as those companies feel, that homosexuality is against their religion! (Which is wrong, and bad for business!) Source
In other such news, there are people that Trump will elect that are VERY DANGEROUS for the LGBT Community. Such as William Pryor, who is hostile towards Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender people. Pryor believes that LGBT people are in the same boat as, "polygamy, incest, pedophilia, prostitution, and adultery.". He thinks gay people should be prosecuted as criminals, just for being with someone that they love! As such, if he is elected into Supreme court, he WILL make sure that gay people are criminalized for being with each other in their own homes! He will go to the lengths of even lesbians and gays in jail, for even being public about their sexuality!
Source

He hates minorities and will do the same, he wants Mexicans and Muslims out of the country, even though many if not all, are in fact Americans!  My friend is Mexican and gay, and hes terrified of Trump. Like he will legit move to Canada if he has to.

Everyone talks about that wall, but in reality, it would never work. It'd be too much money, and guess what?  People can FLY over walls! Check out this video from Adam Ruins everything.

I really hope Trump does not win, he's a very scary person, and I don't think people realize that he is a very dangerous person. The next election makes me realize that hopefully we never get another person as terrible as trump. I was once told that I should have more views in politics aside from just equal rights, and although I do have some other views. I think that just feeling safe in your country is good enough! There are so many people in this world, that want to bludgeon or even kill gay people... (I'm literally terrified of telling people my sexuality, that's why I'm very secretive about it, because there are so many haters out there. And I don't want to get shot or stabbed out of the blue, just for my sexuality.. "See the story of Matthew Shepard") although if politics would keep me out of it, I actually wouldn't care!

America is a country that is a melting pot of different people, to deny someone a right to live here is wrong, especially with such principles. I do also understand having stricter policies.

Reasons why Trump does not deserve respect.

It's surprising to me that Trump has said some absurd things, that people still like him for!

* For a country that holds dearly to things that have happened in the past, it amazes me that no one seems to have a problem that Trump called 9/11, 7/11.. How is that not a problem?! You can't even get a terrible catastrophe correct! (Especially since he wants to ban Muslim immigrants from coming to America). I bet that people from other countries know more about America than he does!

* Trump thought it was funny to be disrespectful, and make fun of a disabled man who was conducting a speech.
How does anyone not see this as wrong? This is a terrible thing to do to anyone! Someone like that is not fit to run a country, a country leader should be loving to ALL OF THEIR PEOPLE! REGARDLESS!

* Some people want Trump to be president because...well.... he's a business man of course! Sure.. except for the fact that ALL OF HIS BUSINESSES FAILED! He'll run America into the dirt really quick if that happens! Source

* Many of the things Trump does, is similar to Hitler. Like Hitler, Trump is using Tyranny to control everyone, he's ruling people by fear. Check this article out. Source

* Trump is one of those people that thinks Vaccine's cause autism...Source

* He hates illegal immigrants, however his wife, keeps going to her home country to obtain visa's....

* Called Mexicans rapists

* Wants to ban an entire religion from the country.

* Has sexually assaulted numerous women, bragged about it and even said some women weren't attractive enough to assault.

* Thinks Global Warming is a hoax created by the Chinese.

* Hasn't paid his income taxes, and brags about it. (He wants to be the president, but doesn't even follow the rules?! Also, people whined about Obama's birth certificate. But the second Trump is asked about tax returns, conservatives throw a blind eye. Hypocrisy much! )

* Is going on trial for fraud in November.

* Acted like such a nut, that Britain was going to ban him from their country!

* Check this article out for more. Source



Mike Pence
Trump's running mate, is just as dangerous as Trump!
He is extremely homophobic, and once wrote an article telling employers not to hire gay people! He thinks being gay is nothing but a lifestyle, and that we carry diseases. As governor of Indiana, he signed a bill that allows employees and customers alike, to be discriminated for being gay. As well as taking away money for HIV treatment, and put the money towards a "Gay cure therapy" (Which entails of shocking a person with ELECTRICITY, until the "gay" is gone!) Source

Here are some pictures, credit to the authors!

Last but not least, check out this article on facebook! Article!

I would really hope that if Trump, actually does become president. That it's all some kind of joke and that he's the biggest troll and will actually turn out to be a decent person.. but the likelihood of that happening is very slim, he's a very dangerous person! The lives of minorities, including my self are at stake, and in danger!

Ayatsuri Sakon

Ayatsuri Sakon is an anime about a shy boy named Sakon, and his loudmouth puppet Ukon. Sakon travels around to train and enhance his skills of puppetry. But everywhere he goes, mysteries appear, and people get murdered! Sakon likes to solve mysteries on the side, and is often very good at them. On occasion, his detective aunt Kaoroku, or his photographer friend Zenkichi, join up with him to help.

 Sakon goes around solving murders, and making new friends along the way.

 Ayatsuri Sakon was a nice anime, I really enjoyed it. I wouldn't call it a favorite, but the anime really allows you to get attached to some of the characters (Most notably, the characters Sakon befriends.) I was really looking for a murder mystery, where you could actually figure out who was the killer.

(I had previously watched Neuro, and as much as I enjoyed it, I really wanted to watch an anime where you had a chance to figure out who the killer was. Where as in Neuro, the killer is like the only new character introduced, and they don't show what happened.)

 The anime has a nice calm feeling to it, the mysteries get very interesting, and some of the characters are very fun, and interesting! Overall I really liked it, and it's exactly what I was looking for.
 Slight spoiler, but it's not a spoiler kind of spoiler. But I was really glad to see all of the friends Sakon made in each mystery, come to see him perform in one of his plays!

Note: I have also posted this review on Anime Planet.

Retail Stories: Why are people like this?

I've had some pretty gross customers when I was in retail, here is three stories about it. 

I do caution you, as these stories are pretty gross. So if you are the faint of heart, you may not want to read the following stories!

Crappy Clothing!

One time, an associate in the men's department found a pair of underwear. The underwear had feces on it, and this pair was hung up on the rack to put out on the floor. Apparently a customer decided to put on a new pair of underwear that he did not buy, and replaced it with his old poo stained undies!

On few occasions, similar stories like this seem to happen. Including a recent time, where an associate was going to buy a shirt and realized a brown spot on it. He decided against buying it for that reason, (Imagine the gif of Raven Simone from "That's so Raven" going "Ya nasty!".)

It's not CRAP, it's ART!!! No seriously, that's crap...

One of my previous supervisors, who was like another mother to me. Told me of a time, when she went to go to the bathroom. She noticed an elderly woman decided to intentionally smear feces all over the bathroom walls and floor. The supervisor told the woman that she can't do that, and she has to clean it up. The woman remarked that she was elderly! (Well then, you shouldn't have done that in the first place!) The woman cleaned it up, and my supervisor told the manager if that happens again she was walking out of the store!

Is this Lemonade??

Once upon a time in the land of the Home Department, it was the midst of August. (That would be a great beginning of a novel!) It was pretty hot outside that day. I was walking around the department, as per usual, and I spotted a mug! I was like, well Jiminy crickets, It's a mug in the wrong place! I picked it up to put it away. Little did I know, or realize, that someone (or something..) decided to pee in it. When I picked it up, and started turning around. The glorious smelly yellow liquid went everywhere, including the floor, my arm and my vest! (Keep in mind, I'm a big germaphobe...).
I threw paper towels everywhere on the floor, I put up wet floor signs and basically the area became a do not enter zone! (Which wasn't a problem for customers considering it was like the middle of the beginning of each aisle, so they just had to go the other way to enter that aisle.)
At the time, we had this rude security guard. For some reason, the manager got in trouble by the security for having the wet floor signs and the paper towels everywhere. As I was discussing with the security guard and the manager, a customer overheard me say that I thought it was pee. The security told the lady, that we didn't know for sure what it was. (I don't know why that was relevant or anything.). Later on, the lady in my department told me about how the smell was really Poignant, and very noticeable after a while. I did a quick fix, and took some of the air fresheners we were selling, and sprayed some of it in the area, and any scented sachets we had, I left around to kill the smell a bit.
Because I'm a germaphobe, I did not walk down that aisle for WEEKS. Even though it made no sense, since shoes are always going to be really dirty anyways....

Once I got home, I took a boiling hot shower for 20 minutes, remember this was a hot summers day in the midst August!

Keywords: Why retail is the worst job, Who are retail customers?, Why retail jobs are bad, Retail is hard, Retail Experience, Retail Examples, Retail Industry, Retail Sector, Retail Times, Retail Workers.

Retail Stories: She almost got arrested for this!

This is a few stories of people I worked with in Retail, who all got fired for stealing.

Side note: I have a draft page for all of my retail stories. I have so much written down, but I want to put them into groups and post them separately. This way, I have more posts, and so I don't bore someone with a long post. This is literally a part of what I categorized them as...

 (Names are changed for privacy reasons)

Mars Omar

¤ Omar was this nice older guy, who was probably around 50-60. He was the janitor at my store. Everyone liked him, he was friendly, cheery and an overall nice guy. I remember one time on my lunch break, he said he had grandchildren. Another time someone was reading a report about a child in the news, I don't remember if they were missing, kidnapped, killed.. .etc.. but he made a remark that he hates that had happened, and that he just loves kids! Years later, when I spoke to an associate about what happened with Omar. She mentioned that maybe he loved kids in a different way, however this is all to the unknown, and up for interpretation.

So one day I was asked to clean up a spill. The supervisor said that Omar wasn't around anymore, and that we'd have to clean up messes on our own from now on. I had no idea what had happened to him until some time later. Apparently they caught Omar, eating gummy bears that we sold out of a container, without actually buying them. The store manager didn't have a problem with this, until they found out that he was also stealing items from the warehouse sector in the back! He was stealing belts, I don't know if he stole anything else, but to steal belts is pretty strange! I remembered thinking, If I saw him again, I wouldn't talk to him, I have no sympathy for thieves!
According to someone else, he actually had a record of stealing things at previous jobs, but they hired him anyways!

What's funny is, they never hired another janitor again, they only had cleaning crews come in before the store opened.

Devon

¤ Devon was a nice dude that worked in the back room processing items (Putting tickets on items, hanging things up.. etc..) and I didn't really know him. But one day he came in the store to shop, and an associate asked him a question, he said that he didn't work there anymore. Much later, I heard that he was one of the various people that was fired for stealing!
My friend Latifah mentioned that on her orientation for the job, most of the people that were there, all got fired for stealing!

Evil Zurie

This is a gross dramatization of what she looked like.

¤  Evil Zurie, was this little old lady who was an accountant, and a cashier. She had to be at-least 70, maybe even 80. She was this yippy little jerk, who would complain about stupid things, like "folding the receipt paper the wrong way", because the ink might fade. Instead of being nice about it, she would be annoying, and rude about it, and lecture you for all eternity. She was like a rude, yappy dog that never shut up.

Turns out, she was fired and almost arrested. Apparently, in the 5 years she was there, she stole 5000 dollars from the safe! She blamed the other accountant, and one of the managers for money missing in the safe. Once again, they already knew she had a record of stealing things, but still hired this psycho anyways!!
One day, the manager was driving me home. This manager is the same one Zurie accused of stealing from the safe. I told her that I was glad Zurie was gone, as she wasn't very nice.  I remember the manager saying I wouldn't have to worry about her anymore! "You ain't never lie!".

Keywords: Why retail is the worst job, Who are retail customers?, Why retail jobs are bad, Retail is hard, Retail Experience, Retail Examples, Retail Industry, Retail Sector, Retail Times, Retail Workers.

Retail Stories: This is why I don't like people...

Today's post will be about rude customers back when I first started retail! This was the beginning of my customer service experience, where I started to realize that people are nothing but a bag of dicks, and that humans are garbage, and belong in the dumpster.

What can I say, retail changes you!
 I wish I was exaggerating, but I'm not.

¤ These people can never shine bright like a diamond, but they can be as dark as a black hole instead! (Aren't black holes actually orange? idk, not the point!) ¤

"Some People Are Just Stupid!"

○ (My store was opening in a new location, so I was hired alongside a bunch of newbies to open the store)
Back when the store first opened, we had a return line and purchase line that were right next to each other. (Eventually, they just made everything for one line). I was on register, and a woman asked me where the purchase line was. I pointed to where the line was, and so she went AROUND the entire line, instead of walking a few steps over. She proceeded to get mad at me, because she wound up in the same place, but on the other side.  She decided she would go to the cashier next to me and say to the cashier, "Some people are just stupid!". I merely showed her where the line was, she could have went the easy way, and walked a few steps over to the correct line. Like I didn't tell her where to go, I just showed her where the line was. But somehow that was my fault, and I was stupid for it. I always remember this jerk, and it aggravates me. How can people be so dumb, and rude at the same time.
The other cashier rung the lady up rather quickly, so she could get this miserable bag of sticks out of the store.

Terrible Personalities

 When the store I work at first opened, I was a greeter for three weeks. Below are two short stories that happened to me.

○ Customer: *Looks around* This is a s#itty store! I feel bad for you!
I said: I like it?

("I wanted to say, at-least it doesn't have a s#itty personality like you!" Not like they were ever coming back!)

Lazy People!!!!!!1!!!!!]!!!!111

When the store first opened, the carts would lock up at the doors. (They keep changing the rules, sometimes they want them to lock up, sometimes they don't. Corporate can be fickle.)

○ A customer was angry that the carts don't go out made a rude comment saying that they don't go out because we "The associates" are lazy!

Which was not true, in fact. There was a shopping cart that caused a car accident, and the store got sued for lot's of money (I believe it was 30,000 dollars, but I'm not 100% sure.). That's why the carts didn't go out. I once told this to another person complaining about the carts, and she still thought the carts should go out...
Eventually corporate changed the idea and let the carts go out. Which is funny because that means they wasted their money on buying the devices to lock the carts.

The thing is, there is no cart person, so someone from whichever department will be asked to take time from what they're doing, to wrangle up all of the carts. The carts not going outside was great because we just didn't have to worry about the carts being littered in the parking lot. Also, now the carts disappear, and get damaged, they aren't cheap, that's for sure. One shopping cart sells for about 150$ USD. For ONE.

As of 2019, they have since brought back the carts locking up!

Keywords: Why retail is the worst job, Who are retail customers?, Why retail jobs are bad, Retail is hard, Retail Experience, Retail Examples, Retail Industry, Retail Sector, Retail Times, Retail Workers.

Retail Stories: This is how she threatened me!

I met some interesting people when I was in retail, the following are three very unique people that I worked with for a very short amount of time.

(Due to privacy reasons, I've changed the people's real names, to something goofy.)

Picture by me

  Theresa

Like mother Theresa, but if she was crazy! Theresa had a very lonely vibe to her, and so I felt bad for her. Everyone said she was crazy, but I didn't think so as I hadn't seen it for myself.

Eventually, I found out that hard way that she was as crazy as a pack of crazy glue!

The following are some incidents that occurred.

• My first time of realizing she a bag of  nuts, was when I was walking behind the registers. The registers at my particular store are all connected, and have a small space between them and the wall. She was crouched down getting hangers (There was a pole under the register, so you could put empty hangers from customers that didn't want them).
As I was walking past her, my foot accidentally grazed her back. All of a sudden she gets up and she goes "OW! YOU'RE LUCKY YOU'RE LIGHT ON YOUR FEET OR I'D PUNCH YOU!".

I was shocked! She pretty much threatened me! Here I was feeling sorry for her because she seemed lonely, but clearly she was cuckoo bird. After that, I stayed far far away from her.

• Another time, I was on the floor, and a customer approached me. The customer said that the lady in the home department had been gone for a while, and wanted to know what happened. She asked Theresa if we had any more of a certain kind of pillow in stock. I go to the back room, and I find Theresa staring at the pillows, just starting at them like she was trying to solve the worlds greatest puzzle! I instantly found the pillow the customer was looking for, Theresa turns to me and goes "Am I an idiot". I didn't say a word, and walked away!

• Another time, was not my experience. A supervisor told me that one time a customer wanted to know where the return line was, so the supervisor asked Theresa to show the customer where the return line was. Theresa walks over to the return line, and just waits on line. She doesn't show the customer where it is, she just stood there instead...

• The most obnoxious time was when it was Christmas Eve, we were closing early at 8pm and my friends were picking me up so we could hang out. I was a cashier at the time, and Theresa decided to buy like 100 different items at 7:59pm. By the time I was done ringing all of the stuff she wanted, or didn't want. It was like 10-20 minutes later. The manager said, she would have had no problem if Theresa made a purchase earlier right before we closed. By the time I got into my friends car, they just drove me home. My friend's boyfriend at the time was "Tired", and so we couldn't hang out anymore because I got out so late because of Theresa taking her time.
Fortunately my friend is not with him anymore, he was a jerk, and a homophobe.

Thankfully, crazy Theresa was let go with the rest of the seasonal people. 

An interesting thing though. I worked in a social service center voluntarily, before retail. One of the ladies I worked with, frequented the store at the time, and was always talking to Theresa. I wonder if Theresa was on public assistance, she was clearly not all there in the head.

Cooky Bookie

Cooky was an eccentric guy, one time the manager (Same manager that made the comment about Theresa deciding to buy the whole store right before we closed.), said that he was harmless, but wouldn't trust his driving skills, and why anyone would give him a license...
 Here's why I'm giving him the name, Cooky Bookie. 

• Cooky enjoyed stealing other people's food from the refrigerator!

• For some reason, while in the break room with another woman "Cathy". He would throw chairs at her!

• He claimed to be this guy "Mikes", uncle. But he wasn't Mikes uncle, and it would freak Mike out!

Lazy Dazy

Was a tomboy-ish girl that worked in the womens department. The first day or so was fine, and she worked great. Afterwards, she would disappear for hours, and just wouldn't do any work.

• A cashier called her to the front to get returns, but she never showed up. She was called for hours upon hours, the manager searched the store but could not find her! Apparently she was "asleep" in the fitting room! The manager said, who knows what she was doing in there, she could have had a guy in there! My at the time Co-worker, Kelly said, I think she's a lesbian! The Manager said, Guy, Girl whoever!! (lol)
Later on, she disappeared again, in the bathroom for a HALF AN HOUR!

Eventually they made her a cashier, which she liked better. But she eventually stopped showing up (Or She quit, I don't remember.) Months after she left, Dazy, at one point tried to get her job back, but the managers were not going to let someone like her work there again.

Keywords: Why retail is the worst job, Who are retail customers?, Why retail jobs are bad, Retail is hard, Retail Experience, Retail Examples, Retail Industry, Retail Sector, Retail Times, Retail Workers.

Toxic Communities: Let Them Go

The internet is a great place where people can talk to others, learn about new things, see pictures of the world, talk about Marcy and her questionable fashion choices.... The list goes on!

However, the internet is not all sunshine & rainbows. Plenty of sites on the internet can be a toxic place to go to, and these places are filled with nasty comments, trolls, and that moldy three month old bagel you left in the refrigerator!

One particular site, I will not name, is a popular meme sharing site. Unfortunately, the kinds of people that flood the comments are absolutely vile. The comments on the site are littered with sexism, racism, homophobia, and anything else you could think of.

You could make a very harmless comment about the sun shining on your shoulders, and you bet your bottom dollar that someone will respond with a nasty comment.

It's almost like these people get off on being rude to one another 

I noticed one person responding to one of these negative comments, this is what I said to them.

"Hey there! I've seen a couple of your comments! I 100% agree with what you're saying, but I think it's best to not bother with these idiots, "Site name" is filled with vicious people who are disgustingly racist, sexist, homophobic and other things. I used to get mad at these people too, so much so that I quit the site for a year. The negativity bothered me so much that I left! My friend said that I should come back because it still has funny stuff. I decided not to worry about the haters, the nasty people, etc.. They'll never amount to anything! So I don't bother with the comments because it would wear me down, I usually take a peak, but don't really comment because that's when the hurdles of D-BAGS come in. What I'm trying to say is not to let them get to you, and just pay no mind to them, that's what I did, and it's better to enjoy yourself without these losers being negative. I'm sure there are better, more friendly communities out there."

What I've learned from the negativity from people on the internet is, that there's really nothing you can do about it. Trying to change their mind will most likely not work. You have to do what's best for you and just move on, find people that are on the same wavelength as you. Enjoy the things you like to do, and pay no mind to the haters.

As I said these people are just losers, and they won't amount to anything. They're probably unemployed, eat junk food all day, have no friends and live in their moms basement anyway...

The best thing you can do with a toxic community is, either leave, or do not bother with the comments. Sites like that, where they offer something, is easy to ignore comments all together. A site where the only function is to talk to other people, such as a forum. Is best to leave if they're a toxic community.

Sometimes you have to let it go, and move on, you're better than that! Unless you're like really vengeful, and want to find their home address and just shock them with a cattle prod... But the best thing to do is move on, find more interesting people to talk to on the internet!

Feel free to check out my other blog posts where I discuss how to deal with certain kinds of people.

This post is about if you want to Win An Argument Online

How To Not Get Angry Over The Net

Vampire Holmes

I really like how I made the bats in this banner. I'll have to use this trick again sometime!

Vampire Holmes is a very quirky little short series anime, that only I liked, and watched. There is no one else in the world who has watched this anime, except me.. Also, the intro theme is catchy, and fun!

There are good, funny, random anime's like Bobobo or Strange+. Vampire Holmes would fit that bill, especially since no one liked Strange+, or Bobobo, except for me. (Actually, not true, my brother likes Bobobo as well)
Vampire Holmes kind of random is so random, that I just don't even know what's going on! It's just like, "Huh? What? Huh?"...
The anime refuses to make much sense, there is however a two-parter from episodes 6-7.. Which I thought was surprising.

 I think the animation is good, apparently everyone hates it, but I have no problem with it. The ending scene for each episode has this beautifully done background of the galaxy, which I think is so pretty!

The music is good, they have this cool song called "Everlasting Love" by Nami Tamaki, which I wish was longer... because it's actually pretty good!

 The characters I find are likable, except they aren't very fleshed out due to it being such a short anime! I would love to see what they could actually do with the characters, but no such luck!

 The main focus, I find is they made this to advertise their game of the same name. I checked it up on the app store, and the reviews for the game are actually good. (Despite it only being two reviews, don't judge me...) It does make me want to check the game out, but it's not in English, so not much luck. It just makes me wonder if the characters are this silly in the actual game!

(The game is for IOS & Android.)

My verdict is, I've seen anime's that bored me to death, this anime is not one of them.. Vampire Holmes is just "whatever" to me, so I don't mind it, but I'm not "OmG tHiS iS tHe BeSt AnImE eVeR" Either.

Two more things..

1. The weird thing, the main character's name is Vampire Holmes, and yet there is no reference of him being a Vampire. I assume it's an in-game only thing, but still kind of strange.

2. One of the things I did like, is that there is a very SLIGHT homo-erotic undertone, it really only appeared once or twice, but I thought that was interesting. Quick! To the YAOI Mobile!!

Retail Stories: What cuckoo juice were they drinking?

I'm going to start a new segment on this blog, although it'll probably only last for as long as I am in retail, unless I get stories from friends and stuff...

Retail Stories will be about all of the crazy stuff that I've heard about, or have witnessed in the store that I work at.I can't give a name of the company, but I can say that it's similar to Marshals. (And no, it's not Marshals, I wouldn't be caught in a marshals! Rude! :P jk)

As per post, I'll list stories of a specific genre. I'll list a few times I had to deal with jerks, or maybe crazy people, or that one time when I found a mug filled with pee! (True Story). I'll keep them in the same genre, so you can laugh your ass off, disgust yourself in humanity or get mad (Don't get mad, get glad!!!!).
I'll be linking any stories I've written on this blog in the past under "Retail Stories", so click retail Stories, or check the retail stories tag below for any other previous stories that I've written about.

Okay, so most of the stories for today will be short and recent for the most part! (The first is an oldie, but the second and last are from the last few weeks of the date posted.)

I'mma Psychic, Woooooo *Wiggles Fingers* 

○ One time around last year, one of the ladies that used to work with me in my department told me about this one elderly woman. She was hunched down because she had a crippling back. (Like the hunchback of Notre Dame) The lady turned to my co-worker and told her, "The Luggage has psychic!". That was all she said, the luggage had psychic! She didn't clarify what she meant, or how she meant it, just that it had psychic!

Although this is probably a sad story, since clearly the woman has some sort of problem. It's still a strange thing to happen!

Take your pants off!

○ This male customer decided to take his pants off, for the whole world to see, so he could try clothes in broad daylight. He was sitting on a bench by the shoe department, he didn't even try to go into the fitting room! This guy was asking every employee where his pants were, because he lost them! His pants had his wallet, phone, and keys. He was obnoxious about it, and the supervisor and the security guy were helping him look for them. The Supervisor asked him where he started, he said by the shoes. She says, are those your pants right there on the top shelf of the shoe rack? He was like, those are my pants!

They were right where he left them! 

This nut job took his pants off, and left them on the rack, and forgot about them!! If he had went into a fitting room like a normal person, he would not have lost his pants in the first place! Is this not public indecency or something??
He also had a little girl with him, and she peed her pants because she had to go to the bathroom, and he wouldn't let her! He decided to throw the wet pants on the shoe bench. What a lovely individual!

This guy is a really big nut, not only was he rude enough to not go into a fitting room. He was being indecent, by being partially naked. He left his important items lying around, just for a thief to snatch them. He was getting rude with associates, because HE misplaced his pants with important items. To top it all off, he's a terrible dad for not letting his kid go to the bathroom! If he was afraid to bring his daughter into the fitting room, he could have asked. They would have allowed her to go in with him.

Crazy Bird Lady!

○ My friend Tina was telling me about this crazy bird lady from two Saturdays ago...
(Currently, we have a problem where birds keep getting into the store. Some of them eventually find their way, while others are stuck inside forever. But then a new one comes in somehow.)
This lady approached her, and was freaking out because there were birds in the store! She said, "How can you work in a place like this, aren't you afraid of birds?! You not only have to worry about kids popping out, but birds attacking you!! I've gotta get out of here!"

Tina said she was very crazy, and very funny! 

Keywords: Why retail is the worst job, Who are retail customers?, Why retail jobs are bad, Retail is hard, Retail Experience, Retail Examples, Retail Industry, Retail Sector, Retail Times, Retail Workers.

Blind Heroes

After watching Daredevil on Netflix, I thought of how many blind heroes there are, that I know of? So far, that's three, but here is a list of them!

Morgan

Suikoden I

A blind gladiator who appears in the first Suikoden game.

He is first met at a temple, where he meditates. He notes to the player, that he was born blind. This is however false, it's not until the prequel, Suikoden V, that we find out that he was an enslaved gladiator in the country of Falena. He was so powerful, that he won every match. In order to go against the odds, his eyes were forcefully removed. Despite this, he would still win with the use of honing his inner being, and was shipped off to another country. Morgan was able to escape due to a storm, and washed up in the country of Toran (Where Suikoden I takes place).

Morgan on the Suikoden Wiki

Toph Beifong

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Toph is an Earthbending Master. (Which is the ability to manipulate the earth, such as making giant earth pillows pop out of the ground.. etc)

Toph was born blind, and the daughter of high status parents. She was able to learn "Earth Bending", by animals known as Badger Moles. She's able to "see" through the vibrations in the earth.

Toph is a great fighter, and earth bender. She also learns how to "Metal Bend", and eventually teaches others how to do so as well.

Toph on the Avatar Wiki

Matt Murdoch

Daredevil

Matt Murdoch, or "Daredevil", is a lawyer by day and a vigilante by night.

When he was 9, he saved a man from getting hit by a vehicle, unfortunately, the vehicle had dangerous chemicals on board, causing Matt to lose his eyesight.

Eventually, he was trained to fight by a blind man named Stick.

After college, Matt became a lawyer. But at night, he becomes the vigilante hero "Daredevil".

Due to losing his eyesight, he has heightened senses, and uses them to his advantage.  He uses an array of martial arts, and a stave to fight his enemies.

Daredevil on the Marvel wiki

This makes me wonder if there are any deaf heroes in fiction?

Question of the day, how does a blind person and a deaf person communicate?

Feel free to comment below any characters that you know of!

Why some people need to get a job!

Some time ago, a Facebook friend had mentioned that many people on her Facebook would complain about their job in retail. Like if you know what you're getting into, don't go for it, do something that you would want to do. But at the same time, getting a non Customer-Service job, can be hard to get. Retail & Food Industry jobs are much easier to obtain than an office job. So when you're desperate to make money, you'll take any job that comes your way!

(I think everyone should work a customer service job, so they can understand how cruel people can be, and hopefully don't turn into the very people that were nasty to them.)

When I got a job in retail, I was unfortunate to not know what I was getting into. But I also had no choice but to go into retail. I was previously in college, in which they wouldn't let me go back for my bachelors until, I started paying them. I had to get a job, retail was the first to take me in. Ironically, my college ended up shutting down years later, and it was honestly a useless college in the first place.

 (Quite frankly, I learned more stuff online, than in college!)

Now I'm just horribly in debt, and from 2012-2018, I was making minimum wage. (Thankfully, the minimum wage went up a dollar every year. So I started at 7.50 an hour, and ended on 12 an hour. In 2019, I got a job that pays 14 an hour. I had been on plenty of non-retail job interviews before, and because I lacked job experience in the fields I applied for, no one would give me a shot! That's when retail came in, and hired me without an interview, because it was a new store opening up. (More or less, they were relocating to a bigger store, but got rid of most of the old employees. The new location was only a 5 minute drive from the old one, and literally just on the opposite side of one of the roads.)

I chose to be a cashier, which was fine until I realized people were psychopaths that belong in mental institutions! I also realized that being around people so much, mentally drained me.  I needed a break every now and again, or I'd have a panic attack. My store is the type of store, where customers will scream their bloody head off because they didn't get a coupon, but another lady did. When the only way to get that coupon, is to donate a coat!

This happened to one of my supervisors a month ago. This nut job lady was cursing, and yelling at my supervisor because she wanted a coupon. You could only get the coupon for donating a coat. My supervisor gave the lady a coupon, even though she did not donate a coat. The lady apologized for yelling at her, and she "understands because she worked in retail once too". Which I highly doubt, because if you worked retail, you wouldn't have acted like a crazy person whose thumb just got cut off by a log gremlin! I felt so bad for the supervisor that day, because she got two other loony tunes right after that one! The supervisor was ready to cry, and she always goes out of her way to help people (Like she bought a 40 dollar coat for one of the girls at work who couldn't afford it).. and she got crapped on by dirt bags!

Working in this industry has lead me to not only dislike people, but despise the human race as a whole. Quite frankly, if the world were to get engulfed by the sun, I'd just say, well, at-least all the D-bags are dead! The really sad thing is, I used to be such a nice person (Which, I still am), but now I just have a negative view on humans. I think humans are simply, a waste of space (Yes, I know the irony, you don't have to tell me twice!). A year or so after working in retail, I came to the conclusion that I was a misanthrope! (Someone who hates people) The sad thing is, retail changes you, it shows you the madness of humans, and it changes you for the better, and or worse! (I would say for me, it is a mix of both.) I do feel my head was in the clouds before retail, and feel I had a more childish view on many things. I previously took things too lightly before retail, and I think it's allowed me to be more level headed when it comes to various things. Especially when I write stories, or do artwork. (I look at some of my stories, or graphic design projects from 8 years ago, and just think to myself, what the bloody hell, was I thinking!?) But now, I just see things in a whole new perspective. I find myself more negative about people, and things in general, than I used to be. With people being so rude to me, I find myself more selfish, in a certain sense of... "People are assholes, so I deserve this instead of them." Which has also lead my to favoring types of characters in games, or shows, who are sassy, and do what they want! (Example, Sombra from Overwatch. Who is looking out for herself first, and foremost.)

But that by no means, do I act like a jerk to anyone. I got called stupid recently (2015) by this one lady because I was helping her, after that, I walked away because I wasn't going to deal with someone who had no respect for me! Where-as I could have called her a nasty word back!
 Many of the customers my store gets are just simply trash, but there are some good ones too. I like the ones that are just the type to buy something and go. I rarely get overly nice customers, but it is fun to get really nice customers! I've gotten so used to dealing with rude people, that I'm surprised when I meet nice people! (The sad truth) One time, I went to the pizza place. This old lady cut in line, and when she realized she had cut in line. She apologized, I was so blown away that she was so nice to me, I was literally speechless. (Especially since 70% of nasty customers are older people)
In fact, due to my experiences in retail, I am not shocked at all, when someone does something rude to me, someone I know, or just something I heard about online. At this point, I'm immune to evil things people do, I got so used to it, that it just doesn't phase me anymore.
Whats that, there was a shootout at a school? That's terrible, but, I'm not surprised! Say what now, a lady was being racist? Not surprised at all. Did you hear? Someone was beaten for being gay! Yeah, if you're surprised, well I'm not. Humans are the embodiment of fear, and hate, and they're just garbage overall. The only thing that surprises me now-days, are when people are actually nice to me!

I was happy when my job asked me to work on the sales floor, instead of cashier. I can easily say I enjoy being on the floor more. Even though people ask unintelligent questions, like where the bathroom is (You see that sign that says the restroom?), or when they ask where the fitting room is. Um, it's literally that GIANT DOOR, 5 feet behind you! (This happens way too much!)  Being on the floor, is more quiet and you get to do your own thing. As an introvert, I don't like dealing with thousands of people all the time. Meeting too many people, drains my energy and I become a lifeless doll on register. So if by chance you're reading this, and are an introvert who needs a retail job. I suggest getting a floor position, they're usually titled as things like "Home associate", or "Merchandiser", "Sales Floor/Associate" etc... 

Let's be a chemist!

I think sometimes people are thrown into situations they cannot control, so they may not always want to do it, but may have no choice to get a job in retail. Finding a job these days that isn't retail can be difficult since, there aren't as many jobs out there anymore. (At-least for America, I'm unaware of the job states in other countries.)
It's annoying because, all of these companies want people with 20 million years of experience. People like me, or someone else with little experience, get passed on. But people who are pouring with experience, get jobs at the flip of a hat. I wouldn't be surprised if one day, the majority of people have little experience, and companies have a hard time hiring people for that reason. In fact, I've been on an interview from a company through networking (My friend is friends with the people who own a printing company, which is made up of Graphic Designers), and I still didn't get the job because, "They needed someone with 5 years Graphic Design experience". Well guess what, they were looking for half a year for that position, I at-least would have had some clue of what I was doing. (I regularly saw their ad online, that's why I knew how long it took. lol)
Honestly, I was not digging the way the place looked anyway. It looked like a flashback from the 70's! The furniture was old, and torn up. I was surprised Graphic Designers were the owners, since it was so boring, and dull looking. Not enough color!

When this was originally posted, I had been in retail for three years already, and miserable. It's not easy to get out because I didn't have enough experience, for like, anything. (And because I always say the wrong things by accident, I usually said something stupid on interviews)
[Ironically, I only got a job in 2018, because I did well on their typing assessment. But also because I worked retail, and the manager hires people who worked retail, so I believe I was hired based off of luck and skill, and not the actual interview. Conveniently, I ended up leaving that new job, and got another new one in 2019. Where It is a mix of office work, and some Graphic Design, so it only took me 6 years after retail, to get something in my field...]

The cool thing about some job websites, is that they tell you how many people already applied for the job.  It usually says something like, 50-100 people with over 10 years experience have mostly applied for this position.which really makes me lose hope in even being considered for that job!

On a side note, I've heard being a telemarketer is pretty bad. So I always avoid those types of wanted ads. Apparently if someone can't see your face, the customers get to be really nasty to you for no reason. The funny thing is, the people I work with are all nice to customers, but we get all the rude customers. Because of all the crap I've had to deal with, I always treat employees in stores that I'm a customer in, very nicely.

Concluding on the original subject, I do agree that people should get jobs they want, and not complain about it. But at the same time, we don't always get to choose what job we want. Sometimes we really need money, and take what comes our way. Sometimes you just have to put survival, over pleasure first. Not to mention, if you have a job you like. It doesn't mean you won't get managers that are nasty, or a toxic environment. It can still happen!

Keywords: Why retail is the worst job, Who are retail customers?, Why retail jobs are bad, Retail is hard, Retail Experience, Retail Examples, Retail Industry, Retail Sector, Retail Times, Retail Workers.

DO YOU GUYS DO LAYERWAYS?!

I have an interesting story to tell today! For those of you who do not know, I currently work in retail. It's a big store that has clothes, shoes, accessories, kids and a Home department.

The More You Know 

My interpretation of a layaway box, it also had holes at the top, so you could hang clothes through.

The store does something called a "Layaway",  for those who don't know, this is a service where you put the item on Layaway, and it gets put on hold for 60 days. My store had a 5 dollar service fee, and a 10 dollar cancellation fee. So if you decided you didn't want the layaway anymore, you'd lose that 15 dollars! If you picked up the layaway, you never saw that 5 dollars ever again. In many cases, it was better to just buy the items right then, and there. (In 2018, they got rid of this system, and replaced it with a credit card program.)

How it works

The associate had to bring a big brown box from the back room, and had to insert the items into the box, many times people would put so much stuff on Layaway, that you'd need a bunch of these boxes.

They then had to write the customers information, expiration date, and layaway number, on the box, then tape it up. At the end of the day, the closing cashiers had to put the layawys in the layaway room. Many a time, cashiers didn't do this. So the layaways would start to pile up by registers, and cause lot's of problems because layaways would be "missing", due to the fact that they were still by the registers!
Layaways were always obnoxious, they were very time consuming, and held the line up. (Thank goodness they got rid of this system! But apparently it was only my store that was affected. )

I work in the Home department, and while I was working near the furniture sectopm. This illiterate lady comes up to me, and she goes. "Do you guys have LAYERWAYS here?".
And I said, yes, we have Layaways.
She goes, are you sure you have LAYERWAYS?!
I said, yes, I am positive!
Then she tells me, she needs ME to be her personal assistant! She directs me to the furniture section, and she keeps asking me for prices for things that clearly have the price like right in front of her!!! The price would be right there, and she'd ask me how much it was! I kept telling her what prices everything was.


She wanted all of this obnoxiously big stuff! Like lot's of it, three dressers, two stools, some glass/ceramic decorations, weird metal things, a this and a that. I had like four carts of junk, and it's just like, do you really need all of this stuff??!
Then she's trying to see if the stools work, I was thinking to myself, she's obese, and she's trying to get on these tiny stools. Meanwhile only like 30 percent of her is on this thing, like she cannot physically fit on this thing. She's like I want it, her (I assume) husband is telling her that it's uncomfortable and cheap. (Well duh, where the hell do you think you are, Macy's?! This is an off brand retailer, we get stuff that other stores don't want!) Her son, also commented saying the stool was uncomfortable as well.

So she's like, I want two of them

She explains to me about how much she's going to tell the manager how great I am, and I was thinking to myself, I'm trying to get a new job, I don't care about getting praised! I highly doubt she even told a manager anything, not that it really matters...
She goes on her way, to shop more. I put her obnoxious order to the front, near the registers. But not all of it would fit in the carts, so I go and get a Hand truck-flat bed thing.
I go to the back, and get another flatbed (Some call it a hand-truck). I bumped into two of my co-workers, and I'm recounting the story, about how this lady keeps calling them "LAYERWAYS"!

Later...

The woman wanted a discount for the three dressers she wanted to get, because they had scratches. I had to run around this big store trying to find a manager to ok it. After I found a manager and brought her over, she OKed the use of the discount and was probably the only other person who actually heard the lady pronounce it as "Layerways".
I put the items up, and I tell the supervisor about the layaway and the discount. She actually went out of her way, and wrapped the fragile stuff in a paper in advanced!

I wasn't there for this part, so It's going to be brief.

 Maybe an hour later,  I went up to the registers for whatever it was and I had jut missed something, unfortunately.
Apparently the woman was causing problems, and being rude to the cashier! She wanted to pick and choose what was in her "LAYERWAYS", after the layaway would be created. At my store, when you make a layaway, it's a final deal. You can't take something out, or change it. What's done is done, and if you want to add something, you have to make a completely new layaway. But she didn't want to do that, so she was complaining and being a jerk. Ironically enough, she had to leave without making any LAYERWAYs, because her husband forgot his check book!

(Bring a credit card, it's easier and more convenient!)

They did however, buy 500 dollars of merchandise, but couldn't pay for the "layerways". I assume she bought all of the clothes that I saw her putting in her cart, after I had put away all of the things she wanted for her layaway.
They said they would be back for it, but they never came back. At the end of the day, me, the supervisor and two other people had to put all of the stuff back! There was lot's of it too, 2-4 carts and 3 big dresser furniture...

Throughout the day, I would tell people about the "Layerway" Lady and I would joke, don't you just love LAYERWAYS??? Saying it incorrectly on purpose!

The one manager said she needed a vacation after this. Girl, I don't blame you...

I literally spent 40 minutes trying to help this lady out, being her "personal assistant". Dealing with her saying "Layerways", and running around the store trying to find a manager because she wanted something discounted. Just for her to be nasty to the cashiers, not have the proper currency, and then waste all of our time going on a treasure hunt for her, just for her not to buy half of the stuff! We have lot's of stuff to do, and it's ridiculous when customers waste our time like this!

It was just so weird, but funny, this is probably the lightest customer story I have posted on this blog! 

Keywords: Why retail is the worst job, Who are retail customers?, Why retail jobs are bad, Retail is hard, Retail Experience, Retail Examples, Retail Industry, Retail Sector, Retail Times, Retail Workers.

My January 2016 Anime PT 2

One Punch Man

One Punch Man, is about a man named Saitama. Saitama can defeat anyone with one punch, he is invincible! What is his secret?! Well, he does push ups, and sit ups, the usual!! He doesn't know why or how he is strong, but he's pretty bored since everyone he meets is defeated with one punch!

My Thoughts: I thought One Punch Man was a good parody anime that had a good amount of action and comedy, it was exactly what I was looking for, after watching a few anime about everyone dying *cough* Akame ga Kill and Danganronpa  *cough*.

Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate

The anime is about a club that is in danger of closing down. The students apart of this imaginative club, will do what it takes to keep it from closing down!

My Thoughts: So far I've only seen one episode, I like it so far. I like that they have a gay character in it! 

Cuticle Tantei Inaba 

Is about Inaba, a lone wolf type who can find out information by examining or tasting someone's hair.

With his allies, he is out to capture a goat crime boss!

My Thoughts: I didn't think Cuticle Tantei Inaba would be so bizarre, and silly! It's really funny though, it's kind of like Bobobo, because of it's randomness.

Shinrei Tantei Yakumo 

Yakumo has the special ability to communicate with the dead, he uses these powers to help bring criminals to justice! 

My Thoughts: Detective Yakumo is a very entertaining anime to watch, I wanted to watch episode after episode after the first!

Arslan Senki

Arslan Senki, is about a young prince named Arslan. Arslan is set out to go on the battlefield in a war, and during the battle, his army is defeated due to a trap, Arslan had to flee with his bodyguard.

The opposing army takes over Arslan's home capital, it is up to Arslan to recruit new allies to help retrieve his kingdom!

My thoughts: This anime has a Yona of the Dawn, and Suikoden vibe to it.

It's a really good anime and the more I watch it, the more it reminds me of the Suikoden games.

My January 2016 Anime PT 1

It's the start of the new year, and I've been immersing myself in many anime, and have been binge watching them one after another. I thought I would write about them a little bit.

I'd like to make an honorable mention to "The Devil is a Part Timer", as I watched it on the 30th and 31st of December! It was great!

Seven Deadly Sins

Seven Deadly Sins is about a group of legendary villains known as the "Seven Deadly Sins", a young princess named Elizabeth is on a search for the Sins. It turns out that the Seven Deadly Sins are the good guys, and the kingdom that went corrupt, wants them dead or alive.

My Thoughts: Seven Deadly Sins was a very fun anime, it was just like all of the great shows from back in the day. It has a great cast of characters with interesting abilities, and it has a good way of balancing the light hearted tones, and the darker parts of the anime.

K

K is about 7 people known as Kings, these people have magical abilities, and are able to form groups of people that they can bestow their abilities to. Yashiro Isana is a normal student, except when he finds out he is the number one suspect in a murder! The video evidence sure looks like him! Did he really kill someone, and not remember? K is about Yashiro finding out who the murderer is, finding out what kind of King he is and just making sense of it all.

My Thoughts: K was a really good anime, and it had such a "Durarara!!" vibe to it! It was a fun anime, that left me wanting more. It had lot's of bromance and shounen-ai undertones.

Rokka no Yuusha - Braves of Six Flowers

Rokka is about a terrible demon that is resurrected after a certain amount of centuries, a powerful goddess bestows her abilities upon 6 heroes, these heroes must gather together to fight the evil demon god.

But what happens when everyone comes to a meeting point, and there are 7 people there? Obviously one must be a fake that is working for the demons!

This action adventure fantasy quickly becomes a "Who done it" type of anime, and not the magical adventure anime it comes across as.

My Thoughts: I actually didn't read the description when I started watching this anime, so I thought that them finding out who the fraud was, would be like a 2 episode thing. I didn't realize it would take the rest of the show to find out who it was! 

It's a really good show, once it gets to the mystery, it gets really good! I originally thought that maybe there wasn't a fake member, and that having 7 members would be a sign that they would finally defeat the terrible demon once and for all.

Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc

15 students go to a new school, only to find out that they have become trapped inside of an unseal-able school. The only way to escape is by murdering another student, and getting away with the murder! When a student is murdered, a class trial will take place, and is held by a robotic (And psychotic, but funny) bear named Monokuma. The students must figure out who the killer is, if they guess right, they live and the murderer is executed. If they guess wrong, all of the students will be killed, and the murderer is set free!

My Thoughts: The show is very sick and twisted, but as the show goes on. It turns into more of a "What's really going on" type of show, as the remaining students try to figure out what is going on and how to escape this school. They find out some shocking facts, and there are a few plot twists.

Akame Ga Kill

Akame Ga Kill is a bit like Seven Deadly Sins, as the main characters are assassins and are seen as the bad guys. When in reality, they are the good guys trying to defeat a corrupt government.

My Thoughts: I actually could not finish this anime.It's one of those shows where the main characters drop like flies, and I just couldn't do it anymore. I hate getting attached to a character, just for them to die in two episodes. But it's a good show, and it has many likable characters as well.