I worked for a family-owned day camp and they ran it like a prison colony - ThreadSky

sarahmargs.bsky.social • 23 hours ago

I worked for a family-owned day camp and they ran it like a prison colony

you can really tell who’s never worked in the service industry based on who romanticizes the concept of the Small Business lol

Comments

sarahmargs.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Minimum wage? Hah! I got paid like $250 for the whole summer with a promise of tips from parents at the end

sarahmargs.bsky.social•23 hours ago

i got yelled at for having a backpack when all the other "girl counselors" had big purses
they were like "what's with the backpack???"
and i was just sitting in the main office like "this is a summer camp... i have like a bottle of water and a hat and sunblock"

sarahmargs.bsky.social•23 hours ago

"what if you're wearing the backpack and turn around and one of the kids gets hit in the head with the backpack"
"idk i think they'd probably be fine"

sarahmargs.bsky.social•23 hours ago

they made me write a fake letter apologizing to a fake parent about the fake death of their fake child who, hypothetically, got into my backpack and ate carrots and choked to death

originalshena2.bsky.social•23 hours ago

WHAT

sarahmargs.bsky.social•23 hours ago

i was like "i don't even have carrots"

sarahmargs.bsky.social•22 hours ago

they yelled at me for taking a kid aside to a bench in open view of the whole camp because he was getting overstimulated and freaking out.
they were like "his parents always want him to be with the group" and i was like "ok well he's having five meltdowns a day so"

sarahmargs.bsky.social•22 hours ago

i painted my nails different colors and the only thing that calmed him down was when i asked him to name the colors and i was like "sick i'm doing such a good job" and i got in trouble for it and i'll never forgive i'll never forget