The original agreement was that I’d get at least 40 hrs/wk instead of 20 (bc they’d hire another employee to avoid paying overtime) and then after a year I could get overtime. I genuinely loved that job and all the customers thought I was the owner. They just refused to come back after I quit so the shop failed. I got my regular wage for anything over 40 hrs, just no overtime, so it was still better than salary ig.

No kids. Had a tubal litigation. Would never adopt.

I don’t have to prepare for, or be scared of, the future the same way ppl with kids do thankfully

I’m feeling the well-deserved smug on behalf of that guy. I once quit a job that refused to pay me overtime after a year of working for them as the sole employee/manager of the shop. It took two employees and both owners being there full-time to replace me and they still went out of business. I didn’t even do anything special when I worked there, just had genuine interactions with the customers so they came back, and made them feel confident in and happy with their purchases. Guess they couldn’t do that.

I looked at it with no regret bc I’m just old enough to know some experiences are worth whatever happens bc of them, and just young enough to not be clutching my pearls about the state of my body.

It was gorgeous. The sky was cloudy, but a ring of clouds opened up around it lit up by a rainbow ring. I’ll never forget it even if I go blind bc of it. I was in the perfect spot.