In an attempt to post more regularly, I thought I’d bring back my WTF Wednesday series. I’m not sure I’ll always have enough WTF rants to fill up every Wednesday slot for the foreseeable future, but I’ll try.
UM, WAIT, WHO ARE WE KIDDING HERE?
Of COURSE I’ll have enough to rant about. Complaining is one of my absolute favorite things to do. (Well, aside from guiltily stuffing my face with enough carbs to feed a small village in one sitting.) And, I seem to always have a complaint or ten on hand. So, buckle up, babes!
I’m going to split up my rants into three categories: What’s Annoying Me Right Now, Are You Fucking Kidding Me?, and Where’s My Xanax? for ease of categorizing my issues.
So, let’s get this party started, eh?
What’s Annoying Me Right Now
So, if you know me personally, it’s no secret that I’m looking for side work. I’m specifically looking for writing jobs, but thanks a million for the several suggestions I’ve received that strip clubs are always hiring. As nice as that suggestion is, I really don’t think third grade teachers should side hustle at The Boobie Bungalow. Also, I don’t need to have the guilt of giving some poor old, lonely dude a heart attack right as he’s struck completely blind. I just can’t have that on my conscience right now.
So, I’ve been creeping Indeed like that weirdo who’s the first to like all of your Insta posts (who are you even?).
I’ve applied to so.many.freelance.writing.jobs.it.isn’t.even.funny.
The only two I’ve heard back from are total busts.
The first wanted a peppy, inspired video of why I would be a good fit for their company. Um. There is a very good reason I chose blogging (I.E. WRITING) over vlogging: I have crazy eyes and a face only blogging would love.
So, I had to pass on that one. You’re welcome, whoever would’ve had to watch that video.
The second company to contact me was an educational company looking for writers.
Sounds like the perfect fit, right?!
Let me just list the BS I went through over the last few days with this company (everything I say here, I’d not hesitate to share with them, FYI):
1. For the first informational webinar I signed up for, the host never joined. Legit, just didn’t show. NOT exactly the best first impression.
2. During the second (successful) attempt to participate in the mandatory webinar, the owner told us we could start that day and to email her if we were interested. Alright!
3. After emailing her and not hearing anything back, I sent an email the next day to the person who scheduled the webinar to check to make sure the email I wrote down was correct. She responded with, “Susie Ann (not her real name) is very busy. I’m sure you’ll hear from her.” Maybe don’t tell us we can start that very day then?
4. After finally hearing back from the owner of the company, they got me “started” in their system they use to write in, but gave ZERO explanation for how to work within the system. I’m not a stupid person, but I do need basic directions to brand new things.
5. It took WAY too long to hear from this person on how to proceed. In fact, I spent the better part of a snow day off of work trying to figure out where to write and post, because it all made no sense. This was not how I wanted to spend my day off from being at work. I was mad, ya’ll.
6. After asking for some assistance for how to navigate, I was told to ask the super helpful woman from before. Um. No thanks. I’ll just bow out here.
So, I’ve decided to walk away from this “opportunity”. My boyfriend and one of my friends said that if they are this horrible at responding to simple questions, what’s going to happen when my pay for my writing doesn’t show up?
So, basically, I’m just really annoyed I wasted an entire day and several hours to this when I could have been doing something more productive, like looking for less stressful freelance work or binge watching The Office.
Are You Fucking Kidding Me?
Whenever it snows or rains, literally all the idiots come out in droves. It’s like they think, “Weather makes me straight up lose my mind. It’s a blizzard outside, so now is a good time to be on the road.”
When you combine idiocy with entitlement, you have an even more potentially lethal combination.
This makes me so mad, I can feel the vein in my forehead pulse as I type.
On a daily basis, I see fools driving like they are the only people who matter. I see people driving reckless as fuck and for what? So they can be first in the drive thru line at MacDonald’s? (Yes, I meant to spell it like that. You’re supposed to read it in a country accent.)
Unless you need to poop or you or someone in your car is going into labor, SLOW THE EFF DOWN and be courteous to others.
Also, can we all quit being such self-involved assholes?
On Sunday, I witnessed a woman purposely hit the plastic SLOW sign in the middle of a crosswalk. Like, she veered to hit it. How in the fuck evil does a grown woman have to be to purposely hit a sign that reminds people to slow down for people, namely children, to cross the street? Who hurt you?
Then, that very same day, my dude went to put air in his tires. There was a line, and the person trying and failing to add air to their tires was an elderly woman. It was snowing, freezing cold, and a line of people sat waiting impatiently instead of helping.
GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE.
Like, pack your shit and kindly fall off the face of the earth.
In case you were wondering, my non-douchebag boyfriend helped the woman put air in her tires, because we aren’t terrible people.
Where’s My Xanax?
So, about that “job” I decided against? It was the last semi-promising side hustle I’ve found. I’m employing my travel money saving tips for my upcoming trips, but I’m probably going to need a teensy bit more than what I can save from my paychecks. This is partly due to my way smaller than what I was expecting tax return. Anyone else really unhappy about this? I was going to rant about my tax return and forgot because I had so many pressing rants #rantlife.)
I need some way to make some side money that doesn’t involve compromising situations, and it’d be nice if it wasn’t a time-wasting scam.
I don’t think there is such a thing as a legit writing side job.
Anyone who has found one is welcome to speak up and share their secrets, because it’s getting harder to sleep with my twitching eye.
So, what is really burning your biscuits right now? Tell Aunt Fatty!
Hahaha! It’s funny you mentioned the Boobie Bungalow! There is actually a place by that very name at the KY/TN line off I-75. Every time we travel through there and stop for gas, it just cracks me up. I’m guessing, based on the remote locale, that the “talent” is limited. 😃
BUAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That’s hilarious!!! 🤣🤣
It’s so weird. It’s literally the middle of nowhere. That exit has 3 things: a gas station, the Boobie Bungalow, and, believe it or not, another strip club! The second one doesn’t have such a creatively alliterative name though. 😃😃
What a fantastic area. I bet the club that isn’t as creatively named doesn’t get as much business!
I’m guessing neither does. 😃
Right?! 🤣🤣🤣
“I have crazy eyes and a face only blogging would love” – this isn’t remotely true, but it made me laugh out loud anyway!
That is rubbish about your tax return. Urgh. I have heard lots of people are in the same boat. Dagnammit…it is so rubbish!
Some of my teacher friends in the UK had side hustles marking exams. Could you do that? The exam boards in the UK were always looking for markers. I guess the USA doesn’t have national tests, so maybe that wouldn’t work. 🙁
LOL!!! Well, I tried to make a video about my rant and my eyes were all over the place and it was hideous 🙈🤣🤣🤣
That is an option to look into! We do have standardized tests! Thanks for reminding me of this! ❤️
I totally read “MacDonald’s” in a Southern accent, too. Good luck trying to find a side hustle, that’s sounds nightmarish.
Haha!! Good 🤣😈. It’s NOT fun. I don’t suggest doing it if you don’t need to 😬
Baby sit is a win win, you do not heat your home cos you are at theirs, you do your school work when they go to sleep (buy your own baby monitor so you are really keeping an eye). Best of all it fulfils your broody need and puts you off having your own for a little while longer.
This is a pretty good idea, except I’m kind of done working with kids by the end of the day! 🤪🤣🤣
But pennies soon build the pounds and you could gain private tutoring from it … jus sayin!
Oh, I really, really don’t wish to tutor. I did that after school for two years and it’s the recipe for quick burnout 😬😬
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One of my favorite jokes about myself is saying I thought about stripping but then I remembered I’m fat and I can’t dance! LOL
Wish I could find a legit writing side hustle too, but it’s not happening right now, and I’m beginning to think I’ll start hating writing if I start doing it as a regular thing for pay, so who knows!
LOL!! Same girl, same ✊🏻🤣. It’s SO hard to get a paid writing gig 😫😫😫😫
The Boobie Bungalow! I feel this is actually a real place–or could be. About side jobs–one company reached out to me about hosting blog posts on my blog, where they would pay $10 for each post I allowed to be hosted on my blog. They would send me the pre-written articles, pics, etc. and I just had to post and add anything that I wanted. They said they would match up writers to “fit my aesthetic and style”. I said, “Okay, let’s see if this works.” The first thing they sent me was about how to remodel your bathroom into an ornate old Italian style and the second was about Pokemon GO! Both of which are things you’d totally see on my blog, right? I quickly told them we were not going to be able to do business. LOL Anyhoozles, if you are a good typist and have experience with transcription, have you checked into Transcribe Me? It’s a completely valid company that pays people to transcribe at home. It’s not a job you’ll get rich off of, but you can make some extra scratch here and there with it.
Haha!! I’ve been approached by those kind of people! Like, I don’t write about remodeling, but thanks anyway? 🤔🤣
My application was denied with Rev Recruiting, another transcribing company. I think I don’t type fast enough, but the fact you can pause in their system, I wonder why that matters? I’ll try Transcribe Me, though! Thank you!!
LOVE your rants! What about tutoring kids? Painful but maybe worth it for the $?
Thanks, girl!! I’m not planning on tutoring again 😬. It quickly leads to burnout 😖😖
Don’t visit Asia. The traffic will drive you batty.
Until you learn to meditate. Then you just get into your zen and flow with the insanity.
LOL!! I’ve seen enough movies, videos, TV shows to know I’d need to be heavily medicated to travel there 😆😆
I feel ya! I’m about thisclose to giving up on writing and finding a shitty part-time retail job to supplement me while I finish my degree. I love writing, and I plan to finish my book and shop it around to publishers, but finding legit freelance writing gigs is nigh impossible. It’s exhausting.
Friend, I feel you! I don’t know how people break into freelance writing! It’s a joke!!
There’s some infuriating shit out there, that’s for sure. These fools wanting to pay five bucks for shit they’re going to compile into a book and sell at a profit–but I have a whole thing queued up about that for Friday.
Ooh! Can’t wait to read it!!
In my experience, finding freelancing work is a full-time job in itself! It’s been almost a year since I started my business and I can’t believe how difficult it is to find legit work. I’m actually looking for a part-time job to help pay the bills (and it gets me out of the house, which is probably a good thing).
That said… Have you tried Copify? It doesn’t pay much and the briefs are often boring, but it’s a good way to build a portfolio and it still money. 🙂
It’s def a full time job in itself! However frustrating, it’s nice to know I’m not alone! I have no heard of Copify, but I’m checking them out now!
I don’t think I’d have the stamina to look for writing jobs. Not that they’d want me anyway. LOL…..Funny blog, Ms McCupcakes. I like your name. 😀
Hehe! It’s hard work looking for writing work. Thank you! Happy to have you here ❤️
Thank you for the actual LOL’ing I did while I read your blog. So many of these things are crazy making for me too. And kudos to your boyfriend for helping that woman, and you are so right, how did those people not help her! So wrong.
And now I want a cupcake. Have a great day! 🙂
I’m really happy to hear you actually LOL’d!! ☺️☺️ Yeah, he’s a pretty decent guy 😉
Have a great day yourself!