my manager was yelling at everyone, including me, today

I hurt my hip mid-shift, I think from trying to move a heavy box with my foot since my arms couldn't lift it

but there was no time to explain it so I was just slowing down and not taking initiative because, you know, stopping to whimper and try and process pain

he yelled at me like three times and I yelled back like I'M GOING I'M NOT STOPPING and he got gruff and told me not to be offended

and it wasn't until things slowed down and he stopped freaking out that I managed to squeeze in an apology for yelling back (because I really didn't mean to, I was just frustrated bc I'm in a lot of pain) and he went nah it's alright

and then as I settled for a while I started crying because oh man my fucking hip is killing me

and he got real apologetic after that jshdbf

HE THOUGHT I WAS HURT BY THE WAY HE TALKED TO ME AND I'M JUST THERE LIKE "NO THAT DIDN'T REALLY DO ANYTHING I'M REALLY JUST DYING HERE"

and then he was praising everyone like "I don't tell you guys how much I appreciate all of you"

so that was

an interesting little hell shift

my hip still hurts like a motherfucker

so does the knuckle of my middle finger, too... it's a lesser pain but it's on my hand so it's bugging me a lot more

yeah I was basically limping around the store until I finished working