Used to be anxiousaesthetics ¦
I'm Sky (he/him or they/them) I'm a hobbyist artist/writer that likes aliens and monsters and not-quite-humans. I don't have a coherent reblog scheme, though I tend to tag fandoms and common triggers so feel free to blacklist if you want. My asks are usually open so shoot me a message if you'd like.
I'm also the guy who sparked Ben 10 meme comps on like 2018 so you're welcome for that.
I had this comic drawn for so long that I actually rewrote the ending because I had enough time to realize the original made no sense. Shoutout to @themornal for the suggestions with that final panel!
it always just blows my mind how foreign of a concept “a permanent weekly schedule” is in food service/retail/etc jobs, despite being the obviously best way to do scheduling
literally our parent company cannot comprehend that all our stores schedule this way and have no intention of changing because its the best
they were so adamant about “you HAVE to make a new schedule every week” that our director of ops basically had to say “just send me you permanent schedule every week and I’ll say you’re doing it”
which worked a little too well apparently because now they’re giving us a new software to post our “weekly” schedules to so all employees can know when they’re supposed to work. despite the fact that. they already know when they’re supposed to work. because the schedule doesn’t change.
and i really do mean it’s the best way because from the employees side:
always know when you’re scheduled because it’s the same every week
easy to track your hours because they’re the same every week
don’t need to worry about being scheduled when you’re not available because it’s the fucking same every week
easier to get time off and shifts covered in advance because you always know what days you’d need off ahead of time
easier to schedule around school
easier to have a second job since your availability here won’t change
if you need to change your schedule you can just talk to one of the managers ahead of time
and from the management side:
pretty much all of the above makes our lives easier
always know how many people you have working
so we generally know ahead of time if we’re gonna be short staffed and need to ask for extra help
we know if we should start hiring again/how many people we need to hire based on how many shifts are open on the schedule
also, it’s strongly incentivized not to run low on staff since we have to be in the stores running them all the time, so if we’re short it fucking sucks for us too
and, since we’re in the store all the time, we can tell which shifts don’t need any more people too
and despite how many times we explained this to the higher-ups at Inspire they just. don’t fucking get it. and keep finding new ways to waste our time pretending to run our stores the way the want. it’s actually infuriating.
It’s because inconsistent staggered schedules are useful for preventing labor organizing.
left: the Nebra sky disc, circa 1600 BCE, showing the Moon, Sun, and stars in gold on copper - the oldest depiction of the cosmos in the world
right: the Webb Space Telescope, July 2022, revealing thousands of baby galaxies forming in the early days of the universe - humankind’s deepest look into the sky
Here’s some extra photos of the disc from when it was exhibited just in case
My resolution last year was to do one thing before bed that would make my morning feel easier, and that’s become a daily habit that I’m carrying into this new year.
Some nights even filling up the kettle and setting an empty mug out for my morning tea felt hard. But I was always thankful for it in the morning.
Other nights, one thing would lead to another, and I’d wake up in a clean house with everything ready to go.
And, on a rare few nights, the one thing that I could do to make my morning easier was going straight to bed and allowing myself to rest.
What stayed the same each day is that I would take a moment to think of what I could do for my future self and do it, even after a hard day. And I would wake up knowing that I had done my best and any effort—no matter how small—was a kindness to myself.
I’ve been doing a lot of “a treat for future me” moments lately.
That’s a great way to look at it, and I love this artist! (Anna-Laura: instagram / website)
