Amaris Rae

nowhere to go but up

[Amaris Rae @FailsUpward]

I think I am in my radical optimist feminist anarchist tradwife skeptical energy healer debt maxxer accidental accountant revolutionary entrepreneur silent screamer hooptie driver unwilling mechanic video game enthusiast schedule maxxer crypto finance era.

Its a mouthful. So we will just call it Fucking Over It.

[Amaris Rae @FailsUpward]

So, I am a massage therapist.
No-shows at my private practice are one thing... but there is a special circle in hell reserved for this kind of jerk.

I would like to start by saying I pay monthly for my booking software FOR A REASON. I do not want to have to type out my dynamic schedule every time a client wants to book, and then chat back and forth for God knows how long to find a time that works for everyone. I also use my booking software to collect a payment method prior to the appointment, so that I can charge a fee if they don't show up.

But some people really don't like pushing 4 buttons on a website, and would rather push 847 buttons in messenger instead. Or worse yet, call me when I am either in a session or at home eating dinner with my family.

I don't usually answer my phone. If someone leaves a message, I call them back. But I just happened to be available when this guy calls, and for some unknown reason I decided to pick up for once.

"I would like to book an appointment. What is your availability?"

"Have you been on the website?"

"yes."

"That is going to be the easiest place for you to book!"

"I'd rather book now."

fucking great.

By the time I finish talking to him, get him booked, manually send him the intake form, send a text several days later asking if he GOT the intake form, send an email reminding him about the intake form, send him another email reminding him of his appointment and intake form (for what is now the next day), AND send a text the morning of reminding him of his appointment AND intake form AGAIN (all with no response, mind you), I have now already spent over an hour of my time on this guy.

NOW I have to get out of bed, drive to my office one hour before his appointment to set up knowing damn well this dude is NOT coming. Because on the off chance he DOES come, and I'm not there... well.

5 minutes after his appointment was supposed to start, I give him a call. He picks up, says

"Hi Amaris, I will call you back in just a minute."

I wait 10 more minutes. Send him an invoice for his entire session price, and go home.

An HOUR later. He calls me again.

"Hi can I move my appointment to later today?"

BRUH.

"Sure thing! Give me a call back when you have paid the invoice I sent over for the session you missed this morning, and I will get you booked."

"Ok no problem!"

I guarantee you I am not seeing a dime. 3 hours of my life wasted on this guy. Literally GOT OUT OF BED for him (and I HATE getting out of bed).

I updated my policies, so now appointments over the phone will prepay at least 2 hours before the appointment, or that appointment will be late-cancelled for them.

If you made it this far I am a little concerned for you.
Maybe you are also an independent service worker, or maybe you just enjoy the tea.

If you read this far because you have done this to somebody in the past ... fuck you. Please change your entire personality.

[Amaris Rae @FailsUpward]

@sheni_coker @Jupitr_99 NOT the bread!!!🍞

[Amaris Rae @FailsUpward]

X made me vote today.

So, obviously I am new to X. I have never been a huge fan of social media, and when I managed to get a decent presence on IG i decided that was enough public face for one lifetime.

I recently got on here (albeit halfassededly) because something about pseudo anonymity and the freedom to say what I want when I want without overthinking my image was refreshing.
Overall, I spend maybe an hour on this app per week.

I was exhausted today. It was supposed to be a much needed rot day that turned into a classic run around with my head cut off instead. I was so tired when I got home at 6:30pm (just to grab a phone charger) that I almost didnt go back out to cast my ballot.

Then I remembered this asshole.

People are drawn to this app for the same reasons I was. The freedom to express your thoughts without repercussions. X can be a portal to see the innermost thoughts of the masses that are usually more contained.

Most of the men on here choose the path of anonymity, but this one does not. Interesting choice, choosing this particular hill to publicly die on. I’d like to say “to each his own,” but…. Ew.

It was baffling to me just how many men agreed with this, and how nasty they were to any women who dared to disagree.

I am ruffled, boys. Thanks for the inspiration to vote today.

And Ben, your mom called and told me if she could abort you she would.

[Ben Wehrman @benwehrman]

Nothing will radicalize you on the Age Gap Question more than scrolling through random google images of groups of male/female teenagers together.

Women clearly don't just mature mentally at a much younger age than men...they are fully-formed physically long before them as well.

All of the women in these pictures are at the prime developmental point to be locking in the highest value man they can, and begin building a big, beautiful family with him.

Conversely, all of the boys pictured are a solid 10+ years of life away from having any sort of value to provide as a long-term relationship partner, especially in contrast to the women they're surrounded by, who are biologically and mentally ready to start making babies immediately.

Any young woman who is investing her peak-fertility years dating and racking up her body count with these clueless, acne-faced doughboys (as all of us dudes were at that age), have been failed by both her parents, and society.

Personally, I believe the normalized practice of shoving women into indoctrination camps (formerly known as schools) for the first 20+ years of her life should be completely criminalized, and banned immediately.

Homeschooling should be made the new default across the board for boys and girls, but it is especially evil to waste young women's precious years of youth, while simultaneously doing a higher amount of damage to her psyche with all of the fake information being fed into her brain while her emotions are at their most vulnerable/manipulable.

A sweeping evisceration of the forced educational pipeline, in combination with a reimplementation of traditional age gap maximalism (parents encouraging their daughters to date up 10+ years), is the clear optimal path forward, and the savior we've been looking for to escape our current feminism-created relationship crisis.

All haters of this proposal are speaking from the foundation of either a propagandized delusion, or a jealousy-based disdain for those who still have the opportunity to avoid the traps they themselves fell into during their youth, or a combination of both.

It is nothing more, and nothing less than a return to proper biological alignment.

[Amaris Rae @FailsUpward]

@tuxenthusiast @KaayLily30641 @SurrDaubs @benwehrman I'm sorry you can't read... there seems to be an epidemic of illiteracy on this thread. So sad.

[Amaris Rae @FailsUpward]

@JonesEveryman @benwehrman Referring to both intellect, and a way of being in the world.

[Amaris Rae @FailsUpward]

@ResurrectTeddy @benwehrman Something tells me I could drop you 🧐

[Amaris Rae @FailsUpward]

@benwehrman I’m sorry about my mistakes too. Do you have a brother? The resemblance is uncanny.

[Amaris Rae @FailsUpward]

@benwehrman I’m sorry you can’t read 😢 you seem to spout shit well enough

[Amaris Rae @FailsUpward]

@onorma_ Can I…. Go back to sleep?

[Amaris Rae @FailsUpward]

@lilybrodi As a woman of 5’10” with the torso of a midget (I am basically just a walking leg), airplanes are uncomfortable for me. But if I’m not spreading they sure as hell shouldnt be.

[Amaris Rae @FailsUpward]

@onorma_ Mommy

[Amaris Rae @FailsUpward]

@Aella_Girl “Free 😸at my place!”
Bob shows up. Albert shows up too. Then Greg, Francis, Steve, Chad, and Gilbert.
I say Im uncomfortable with that. You do it anyway.
Yeah totally fcking gray area.

[Amaris Rae @FailsUpward]

@Aella_Girl I dont understand why this is even controversial.
She consented to have sex with a few guys. Not all of them. She said she was uncomfortable — which even if she were not crossed on weed, alcohol, and K should be enough of a “no,” even if there was only one dude. There were 7.

[Amaris Rae @FailsUpward]

@Aella_Girl And SHE wasnt the one who invited them.

For the slow ones, I will give you an easier example to process:

Imagine in some wild alternate universe I somehow consent to having sex with you. Then you send a snap to your friend Bob who I’ve never met saying:

[Amaris Rae @FailsUpward]

@Hpgabagool @Aella_Girl Yeah? 🧐

[Amaris Rae @FailsUpward]

@normal_brandon1 @Aella_Girl Usually the ones that werent invited