Cutting the post down again so as not to intrude on people’s dashboards too much.
We’re
a couple of trans women currently struggling to pay rent, and buy
electricity, gas and food. People have been incredibly generous so far
but we still need roughly £300 to make it through the next three-ish weeks.
After which, hopefully – although I’ve hoped this before – we’ll be able
to support ourselves again!
Authors Nicola Griffith (So Lucky) and Kate Ristau (Clockbreakers) and bookseller Annie Carl (The Neverending Bookshop)
presented at last week’s Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association on
the ways that increasing accessibility can result in higher profits for
booksellers.
Starting from the CDC’s estimate that one in four Americans
has a disability that impacts major life activities, the trio reasoned
that if your bookstore is not accessible, then those 61 million people
might not be able to shop there.
The three presented a series of recommendations for improving physical
and sensory accessibility, summarized both on Griffith’s site and as an easy-reference PDF.
ok so I actually finally found a room that would hopefully be good and stable, but having to pay the deposit basically means I dont have money for food for two days… any help would be appreciated ❤
I was in line at Aldi and this girl with two toddlers in front of me had her card declined and she looked so fucking sad and said “let me call my husband real quick” and it was only 18 dollars, so I just paid for it, and she was very sweet and then as she walked off, the lady behind me said `”You know that was probably a scam, right?” and like, even if it was, like what a sad fucking scam, right? 18 dollars at the Aldi. If you’re “scamming” me for some Tyson chicken and apple juice and cauliflower, then just take my fucking money.
“A scam” people are fucking wild.
This happened to me, too. A woman had used WIC for the majority of her stuff (which I say from personal experience is such a long and embarrassing process) and to buy the remainder of her groceries, which included diapers and wipes, she used a card, and it got declined. I bought the other $30 of her groceries because hey, I’ve been there, and now I’m not. She was extremely emotional and began to cry and even hugged me. My mom called me on the drive home and could tell I had been crying myself, asked what was wrong, and when I told her what happened, she berated me for being “duped.” I couldn’t believe she could be so disappointed in one of her children for doing something- nice? Is that the hill you want to die on? Getting mad about people needing groceries?
I once paid for a woman’s bill at the vet…it wasn’t a big one, but she was trying to pay for some medication for her dog, and her card was declined. And her lip started trembling, and she says “I don’t get paid until Tuesday, would he be ok until then?”
So I just told them to add the $20 something onto my bill, and I thought she was going to break down crying right there.
And I don’t care if it was a scam or not. Just do nice things for people sometimes.
If absolutely nothing else I guarantee you made the cashier’s week.
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