Moving To @pouchedmilk

Story time: so one day I actually had spending money, so for funsies I kept putting money in his jack-o-lantern (that’s what his tip bucket is) requesting Scotch-Irish folk songs, and he didn’t just play every song he PLAYED them like he was in a music battle with the Faery King. I was quite impressed. Later, I ran into him, mask-off, at Café Envie and I told him “That was really cool, but you still didn’t play my favorite song ‘The King of the Faeries,’ do you not know it?” and Violin Monster looked around and over his shoulder, and then leaned over me and said in a hushed tone: “Oh I know it, but it’s bad luck to play that song. They say if you play it three times the Faery King himself will appear. So I don’t play that song anymore.” And then he smiled and walked away.

I’m talking about an interaction that goes like this…

Me: Good morning! Your total is $3.18

Customer: (chatting on their phone in the drive thru, digs through their wallet, finally presents card after about a full minute, doesn’t look at me, doesn’t interact with me at all, ignores me)

Me (after swiping their card): Thank you! Have a great day!

Or alternately,

Me : Good afternoon! Your total —

Customer (cuts me off): You don’t have a clue what I was asking for, and my order is totally wrong. (Launches into a 3 minute diatribe into why all fast food workers are “fucking idiots” and then goes on to add three more things to their order and complains about the price, all while telling their teenage child that they better go to college to avoid such a fate).

Me: All right, thanks! Have a nice day!

Customer: Fuck you, bitch.

Another scenario…

Me: Hi! Good morning! Did you have the three happy meals?

Customer: (shoves card in my face)

Me: I’m sorry, was your order the three happy meals?

Customer: (glares at me for a moment). Yeeeeessssss. (said very slowly).

Me: (swipes card and then hands it back.. customer yanks it out of my hand, and in turn drops the receipt I’ve handed them with the card).  Thank you.  Have a nice —

Customer: (has already driven off or closed their window)

He’s a really smart lab, he learned all the commands, but he just has an affinity for doing them whenever he wants

So this lady’s dog literally turns on-off lights, opens doors, opens the fridge, etc… at his own wishes.

First Home in the U.S. specifically for sex-trafficked boys is set to open in late 2016. Of course neighbors pulled a stink and tried to get the house shut down before it even opened. 

People are worried about their property values when these young boys have literally been sold as sex slaves and raped and abused in who knows how many other ways. They just need a safe place to heal and protection while they testify against their abusers so we can put the actual criminals in prison.

In late Fall last year, the area of North Carolina where this house is set to be opened experienced a lot of very bad flooding. This has set them back. They wanted to be open by now, but they have finished restoring the house and are now working on furnishing it so they can open soon. 

The link above is broken, so here is an updated one. You can see they  now have a registry for Target and Walmart open. If you want to donate by buying items they need to furnish it, you can do so this way. 

Ceramics by Shiyana of Ox and Otter on Instagram