So i quit my job as a teller from one of the top banks in our country just a few months ago due to personal reasons or more like “career” reasons.

I just accepted the teller position because the HR decided to assign me to that position for reasons unknown. I was supposed to be a staff at another branch. Also, life’s tough.

I don’t like the teller position because it’s repetitive, risky and far from my economics and internship experience as a staff. Although the bank provided training, I was still unmotivated but I learned a lot. I had no choice but to accept hr’s offer or else I would be vacant again because life’s tough

Fast forward to deployment, January 6th 2019 was the first time I would experience telling and i had no idea what disaster awaited me lol.

I entered the building and this guard who seemed nice came up to me and told me that I should watch my back because most of the employees here are snobby. I think he was hinting that these people are unfriendly or they are not that open to new hires but whatever I just shrugged it off.

Then the service officer came in at 8 am , hurrying to the office to put on some make-up. She called me so I went inside the main room or what I call the office. She asked for my identification to verify my name and she didn’t even smile or have that welcoming aura. She came off impatient and kinda rude like no offense. All she asked was where did i come from. She the told me to sit down and wait.

As i was waiting, a group of people (bank employees) came in and me being the new employee, i decided to greet them. They just looked at me like ” whos this girl?” Which is totally understandable.

At 8:30 , the woman in a nice suit who was the manager, came in and greeted me with a warm smile. She then called all the bank employees to form a circle, including me. The manager asked me to introduce myself and after that, she then asked the other bank tellers to introduce themselves. Their greetings were not that welcoming and only a few smiled at me but i didn’t mind it.

I will admit that Im slow when it comes to counting money and because im very detail-oriented it would take me not more than 1 minute to check all the details on the database whether I typed them correctly or not. It also didn’t help me that my co-teller to the right had decided to hate my guts. She would tell me what i needed to know and of course i did listen but since i was adjusting to my new environment back then, it was an information overload and i had to review my old notes again related to my training. After a while i apologized to her although I was new.

After the shift, i was called upstairs by my officer to “interview” me if I know the functions of telling. I answered some of the questions right and i answered some of the questions wrong. She then asked me this question in which i misunderstood and answered wrongly again ( btw i answered it wrong 3 times). She shot me a dirty look and told me that she doesnt need my confidence and i was surprised of her childish attitude like was that even professional?

The next day, before i embarked on another adventure, the service officer called me again and she told me that ” only nice people are promoted in this office. I don’t like arrogant people”. I knew her accusations were pertaining to none other than me because we were only 2 people in her office.

Of course, I defended myself and who knew a slander would make her confront me but I don’t know if someone was making comments behind my back. She then told me that Kristine confessed to her yesterday and told her that i had this arrogant vibe where the hell did that come from??

I know I’m, not the one to act up, especially when im new to the environment. I felt so lonely and not to mention that I was also bullied because i did not live up to their standards. Most of my colleagues already had their own group so i was left out on my own

The culture and environment suck and after a few months, i decided to quit like i dont deserve this kind of toxicity.

And I just don’t get how most banks , especially when the hiring season comes, prioritize people who came from well-known universities or people with a perfect 4 GPA like it makes no sense. This is according to my friend who just quit her job from a bank.

She told me that it’s unfair to assign people , who do not have perfect scores or those who didnt come from prestigious universities,to teller positions . There are lots of entry-level positions not just teller positions

My boyfriend and I have been together for 4 years now. We moved in together a year ago. We’ve been slowly settling down.

We haven’t got joint bank accounts right now. But normally, my salary pays for groceries, and everyday spending. He pays the bills. We are happy with this and I’ve never had any doubt in him.

I could never believe he would do something idiotic that would get us in a mess. But he has.

7 months ago, he got a loan out with a random company. He never told me and he kept it very very quiet. Bills were paid, and he did do a lot of spending but I assumed that’s just leftover bill money tbh and I just didn’t have a clue he had gone and got a loan.

It wouldn’t really matter if he actually paid it back! But he didn’t. This company had interest added on for just getting the loan, so on top of that, loads more interest has been added for it not being paid on time. He’s very very late paying it back.

I’m fuming. He only burrowed 2000 but we have to pay back way more. (Don’t want to be specific In case he reads this, but it’s enough to really put us in a hole financially.) We can’t afford to pay this back without losing something else as we aren’t super well off.

We are going to struggle financially and that’s a given. But I’m stuck on what to do next – relationship-wise. I think this is very stupid of him and I’m struggling to come to terms that he has made a terrible decision that’s impacted us both greatly. He hid this from me and I’m hurt he kept this secret.

I don’t even know exactly what he spent the loan on either.

I know he brought a video game console but that’s it. I have asked him but he’s just said video games and stuff. Which I can’t really see 2000 worth of gaming stuff. I’m just finding it hard to trust him or believe a word he says. Also I believe it’s not a great thing to go spend a loan on, it’s not like he needed the newest Xbox or PS5.

At an interview for a tech startup, they asked me “If you could be any animal, what would you be?”

I answered “Otter” because you know, fun, active, work well with their hands and cute.

They really debated whether or not to hire me because of that answer because, and I quote, “We only hire predators, never prey.” and they weren’t sure how to quantify an Otter, because none of them had ever paid the least bit of attention to any sort of animal documentary or read biology or you know, visited a zoo recently.

God that job sucked hard.

I was thinking the job is for humans right, Apparently their hr department got too involved in psychology

Here are what netizens think:

• Otters are pretty brutal

• The what kind of animal would you be question is so weird…”Uh, a human, because this job is for a human right?”

• From my personal experience tech companies seem to love that question for some reason. That’s something you ask a kindergartner not a fully grown adult.

• I’ve heard the same thing from other people I know, some of whom are fairly high up in their organizations. All of them were asked the same thing, and disturbingly a couple of them see it as an important part of the interview.

• Tech companies like to think they transcend normal boundaries by always “disrupting” industry standards. Unfortunately, HR doesn’t always realize that treating potential hires like adult human beings, and asking them about their applicable job skills, would be best practice.

I had to do some flying for a business trip, so my colleague and I had business class tickets booked with a very nice airline. Our travel took about 26 hours total each way with the longest segment being a 14+ hour flight in both directions.

My flight to our destination was great. The plane was very quiet, the service was unbelievable, and in general, it made the more than 24 hours of travel time bearable. I landed exhausted but feeling like with a bit of sleep I could be human again. All in all, a wonderful experience.

The flight home, however, was a total shitshow. I started my travel after a full day, and the total travel time was again more than 24 hours. So, by the time my 14-hour flight was off the ground I had already been up for a day-and-a-half. It was time for some rest. Unfortunately, the person behind me had two babies. One was with him, the other was with his wife in the centre aisle of seats.

14 Hour flight

For a full 14 hours straight, one or both of them was crying. It got so bad that I stood up, shot a look that said “I want to smother AND shake your babies”, and walked to the back of the plane to get away from the noise. In this plane there is a bar and lounge area where you can stretch and meet other people. Just hang out and unwind. Since I was so exhausted and couldn’t sleep, I figured I might as well try to socialize. WRONG.

It was at this moment that I had a slight short circuit and a bit of a meltdown in my brain. I’d been listening to the crying and carrying on for something like 8 hours at this point, my tickets cost a small fortune, and I desperately needed sleep.

I confronted the situation. I said, “Huh. Seems a little F up to bring screaming, crying babies on a PLANE”! I said it loud and clear enough that everyone in the bar turned to look at the parents and the kids. And I was clearly not alone in my opinion.

They brought the kids back to the cabin area, and when I returned to my seat about an hour later the kids were still carrying on, and the parents gave me a look like, “How dare you”. I just stared them down, looked at the inconsolable, snot-nosed kids, shook my head, and took my seat. I was so fuming mad that I wanted to ask the attendants if I could switch seats with someone…but I would have felt terrible for anyone I put in that position.

At one point, the crying got so bad that one of the flight attendants asked the parents if they needed help! When a plane full of people are sick of your kids’ bullshit, you know you’re messing up. Right?!

I would love to see kids not allowed in business or first class seats on a plane. People in these sections are usually traveling for business, and actually need to sleep on the plane so they can be functional for work. Having kids running around, carrying on, crying, etc. makes it totally impossible to get rest. I had noise canceling headphones, ear buds, ear plugs, etc. None of them could block out the racket made by these two little shits.

Anyway, that’s my gripe. Anybody think I’m crazy for asking for one section of the plane to be child free?

The most positive investing story is that I actually started investing. Till 2019, I had no clue about investing.. I was too busy, being stressed out from my job.

Even though I have a good job, the thought of working till age 55/60 terrified me. Having to work throughout my youthful years made me feel depressed.

The pandemic gave me enough time to know about investing, and it felt like I have a new purpose in life. I realised that letting the money sit in Savings Account is a waste.

I started off with mutual funds, and invested a lot during the last 6 months. Those funds have grown considerably, and I am very eager to keep investing for the long term.

Investing makes me feel a sense of relief that everything will be alright, and that I can become financially dependent without relying on my job. I can’t get enough of investing!

I have also been dabbling in stocks. These are two of the most satisfying investments I made in the last few months :

1. PVR – 11.26% returns till now – The cinema stocks have been hit hard by the pandemic. Came across PVR and Inox stocks, and realised that they were undervalued & that they’d rebound eventually. Bought 20 stocks. It’s been doing good so far.
2. REC LTD – 22.37% returns till now – REC LTD has been trading at a very discounted price during the last few months. Bought it for the eventual price appreciation AND the dividend yield. It has probably the best dividend yield of any stock that I have seen. Bought 500 of it, and also received an interim dividend.