I am trying to focus on posting source documents, as opposed to someone else’s reporting on source documents.

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Cake day: June 11th, 2023

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  • Home Depot, many many years ago (20+), used to hire people who were experts to work departments. Best Buy used to have concierge experts to help you with phone, camera, electronics purchases. I really wish that stores would do that again. The only differences between stores that sell the same items now are price and availability. Actually focusing on service would easily set a store apart.









  • We are immigrants who didn’t grow up here, so we have no idea what’s normal and what’s not.

    I’m not sure where you’re from or where you are, but considering how this is escalating, I don’t think it matters.

    I would actually take this to the school administration - principal and counselor(s) - and not to the specific teacher. A second grade teacher may not have the experience necessary to handle it properly, but the administration would. And you don’t have to bring it as “I want you to do something about this.” Present it as “This is definitely something you should be aware of,” at least in your first conversation with them.












  • I read The Fountainhead instead, and it was interesting enough to keep me reading. “Okay, there’s a lot of setup of characters and circumstances going on, I am curious to know how this plays out,” and then it just … doesn’t. It was all a lead-up to a long, weakly written, and plainly stupid monologue about how completely ruthless all people should be at all times, only ever thinking in the shortest term about themselves.

    I closed that book wondering why Ayn Rand was famous for anything beyond being a shitbag, when I was young enough to be kind of a shitbag myself.