{"id":3339,"date":"2025-08-14T19:51:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T19:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kattystories.com\/?page_id=3339"},"modified":"2025-08-21T10:34:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T10:34:49","slug":"everyday-stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kattystories.com\/ru\/stories\/everyday-stories","title":{"rendered":"Everyday stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3339\" class=\"elementor elementor-3339\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa8ee97 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"aa8ee97\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5eb3765 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" 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wpr-anim-timing-ease-default wpr-anim-transparency\" data-url=\"https:\/\/kattystories.com\/ru\/island-of-freedom\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-below-content elementor-clearfix\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-date elementor-repeater-item-e74003a wpr-grid-item-display-block wpr-grid-item-align-left\"><div class=\"inner-block\"><span>28.06,2025<\/span><\/div><\/div><h2 class=\"wpr-grid-item-title elementor-repeater-item-04b0433 wpr-grid-item-display-block wpr-grid-item-align-left wpr-pointer-none wpr-pointer-line-fx wpr-pointer-fx-fade\"><div class=\"inner-block\"><a target=\"_self\"  href=\"https:\/\/kattystories.com\/ru\/island-of-freedom\">Island of Freedom<\/a><\/div><\/h2><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-excerpt elementor-repeater-item-5241605 wpr-grid-item-display-block wpr-grid-item-align-left\"><div class=\"inner-block\"><p>What are the reasons to stay far from home and family? Freedom. The freedom from our parents: mine - from my parents, my son\u2019s - from his. So we all live in different places. I still ask myself what I need more\u2014to be with the man I love or with...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-read-more elementor-repeater-item-dc1027d wpr-grid-item-display-block wpr-grid-item-align-left\"><div class=\"inner-block\"><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/kattystories.com\/ru\/island-of-freedom\" class=\"wpr-button-effect wpr-button-none\"><span class=\"wpr-grid-extra-icon-left\"><\/span><span>\u0447\u0438\u0442\u0430\u0442\u044c<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"wpr-grid-item elementor-clearfix post-3926 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-everyday-stories category-stories tag-beauty tag-fancy tag-mental-health tag-people tag-russia\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-inner\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-media-wrap wpr-effect-size-medium\" data-overlay-link=\"yes\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-image-wrap\" data-src=\"https:\/\/kattystories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/IMG_8433-1-scaled-raff036vkeu9eo4oam2ugid96z2cjckrete70xm0kw.jpg\" data-img-on-hover=\"\"  data-src-secondary=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/kattystories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/IMG_8433-1-scaled-raff036vkeu9eo4oam2ugid96z2cjckrete70xm0kw.jpg\" alt=\"Nightingale\u2019s Lies, Michelin Mornings and Flawless Moscow\" class=\"wpr-anim-timing-ease-default\"><\/div><div class=\"wpr-grid-media-hover wpr-animation-wrap\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-media-hover-bg  wpr-overlay-fade-in wpr-anim-size-large wpr-anim-timing-ease-default wpr-anim-transparency\" data-url=\"https:\/\/kattystories.com\/ru\/nightingales-lies-michelin-mornings-and-flawless-moscow\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-below-content elementor-clearfix\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-date elementor-repeater-item-e74003a wpr-grid-item-display-block wpr-grid-item-align-left\"><div class=\"inner-block\"><span>7.09,2024<\/span><\/div><\/div><h2 class=\"wpr-grid-item-title elementor-repeater-item-04b0433 wpr-grid-item-display-block wpr-grid-item-align-left wpr-pointer-none wpr-pointer-line-fx wpr-pointer-fx-fade\"><div class=\"inner-block\"><a target=\"_self\"  href=\"https:\/\/kattystories.com\/ru\/nightingales-lies-michelin-mornings-and-flawless-moscow\">Nightingale\u2019s Lies, Michelin Mornings and Flawless Moscow<\/a><\/div><\/h2><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-excerpt elementor-repeater-item-5241605 wpr-grid-item-display-block wpr-grid-item-align-left\"><div class=\"inner-block\"><p>Over a fancy breakfast, there\u2019s an encounter with celebrity-turned-propagandist. Once, he scolded Bernays\u2019 manipulation tactics; now, he deploys them, velvet words masking war. From Moscow secret bars to the red glow of the Kremlin, sickly perfection and impeccable beauty becomes oppressive, and truth slips through polished rhetoric. What is the...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-read-more elementor-repeater-item-dc1027d wpr-grid-item-display-block wpr-grid-item-align-left\"><div class=\"inner-block\"><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/kattystories.com\/ru\/nightingales-lies-michelin-mornings-and-flawless-moscow\" class=\"wpr-button-effect wpr-button-none\"><span class=\"wpr-grid-extra-icon-left\"><\/span><span>\u0447\u0438\u0442\u0430\u0442\u044c<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"wpr-grid-item elementor-clearfix post-3922 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-everyday-stories category-stories tag-books tag-canada tag-family tag-fancy tag-princess tag-russia\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-inner\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-media-wrap wpr-effect-size-medium\" data-overlay-link=\"yes\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-image-wrap\" data-src=\"https:\/\/kattystories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/IMG_4229-2-scaled-rafexedi0h5q6u1azy89toss0abjiiwepi76lflkds.jpg\" data-img-on-hover=\"\"  data-src-secondary=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/kattystories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/IMG_4229-2-scaled-rafexedi0h5q6u1azy89toss0abjiiwepi76lflkds.jpg\" alt=\"All My Rooms\" class=\"wpr-anim-timing-ease-default\"><\/div><div class=\"wpr-grid-media-hover wpr-animation-wrap\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-media-hover-bg  wpr-overlay-fade-in wpr-anim-size-large wpr-anim-timing-ease-default wpr-anim-transparency\" data-url=\"https:\/\/kattystories.com\/ru\/all-my-rooms\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-below-content elementor-clearfix\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-date elementor-repeater-item-e74003a wpr-grid-item-display-block wpr-grid-item-align-left\"><div class=\"inner-block\"><span>7.09,2024<\/span><\/div><\/div><h2 class=\"wpr-grid-item-title elementor-repeater-item-04b0433 wpr-grid-item-display-block wpr-grid-item-align-left wpr-pointer-none wpr-pointer-line-fx wpr-pointer-fx-fade\"><div class=\"inner-block\"><a target=\"_self\"  href=\"https:\/\/kattystories.com\/ru\/all-my-rooms\">All My Rooms<\/a><\/div><\/h2><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-excerpt elementor-repeater-item-5241605 wpr-grid-item-display-block wpr-grid-item-align-left\"><div class=\"inner-block\"><p>Royal bedrooms don&#039;t save you from loneliness if you&#039;re not allowed to scream, kiss, or laugh outside the etiquette. When you&#039;re raised as a princess, everything is handed to you \u2014 but you live by someone else&#039;s rules. To descend into the ordinary, you end up sleeping on a mattress...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-read-more elementor-repeater-item-dc1027d wpr-grid-item-display-block wpr-grid-item-align-left\"><div class=\"inner-block\"><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/kattystories.com\/ru\/all-my-rooms\" class=\"wpr-button-effect wpr-button-none\"><span class=\"wpr-grid-extra-icon-left\"><\/span><span>\u0447\u0438\u0442\u0430\u0442\u044c<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"wpr-grid-item elementor-clearfix post-2466 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-everyday-stories category-stories tag-canada tag-family tag-grief tag-mental-health tag-russia\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-inner\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-media-wrap wpr-effect-size-medium\" data-overlay-link=\"yes\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-image-wrap\" data-src=\"https:\/\/kattystories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/IMG_0171-ra3jgcpefapqbrhg7y8bp277n8yyxhgawsq4f93als.jpg\" data-img-on-hover=\"\"  data-src-secondary=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/kattystories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/IMG_0171-ra3jgcpefapqbrhg7y8bp277n8yyxhgawsq4f93als.jpg\" alt=\"Flight Vancouver &#8211; Moscow\" class=\"wpr-anim-timing-ease-default\"><\/div><div class=\"wpr-grid-media-hover wpr-animation-wrap\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-media-hover-bg  wpr-overlay-fade-in wpr-anim-size-large wpr-anim-timing-ease-default wpr-anim-transparency\" data-url=\"https:\/\/kattystories.com\/ru\/flight-vancouver-moscow\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-below-content elementor-clearfix\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-date elementor-repeater-item-e74003a wpr-grid-item-display-block wpr-grid-item-align-left\"><div class=\"inner-block\"><span>1.09,2024<\/span><\/div><\/div><h2 class=\"wpr-grid-item-title elementor-repeater-item-04b0433 wpr-grid-item-display-block wpr-grid-item-align-left wpr-pointer-none wpr-pointer-line-fx wpr-pointer-fx-fade\"><div class=\"inner-block\"><a target=\"_self\"  href=\"https:\/\/kattystories.com\/ru\/flight-vancouver-moscow\">Flight Vancouver &#8211; Moscow<\/a><\/div><\/h2><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-excerpt elementor-repeater-item-5241605 wpr-grid-item-display-block wpr-grid-item-align-left\"><div class=\"inner-block\"><p>Delayed flights, vanished luggage, lost passport, airport meltdown, French-Canadian bureaucracy, grief, stubborn optimism, and a \u2018little black dress\u2019. Real-time chronicling of a chaotic route via Toronto, Montreal and Dubai with Emirates as the unexpected hero and Air Canada as the ultimate mess-up.I still ask myself what I need more\u2014to be...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-read-more elementor-repeater-item-dc1027d wpr-grid-item-display-block wpr-grid-item-align-left\"><div class=\"inner-block\"><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/kattystories.com\/ru\/flight-vancouver-moscow\" class=\"wpr-button-effect wpr-button-none\"><span class=\"wpr-grid-extra-icon-left\"><\/span><span>\u0447\u0438\u0442\u0430\u0442\u044c<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"wpr-grid-item elementor-clearfix post-2492 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-everyday-stories category-stories tag-canada tag-dark-humour tag-family tag-mental-health tag-russia tag-starbucks tag-work\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-inner\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-media-wrap wpr-effect-size-medium\" data-overlay-link=\"yes\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-image-wrap\" data-src=\"https:\/\/kattystories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/IMG_8860-1-scaled-ra3nwunbdwfaqsco0ts0y25n6rw88xmbz6vtf54a5s.jpg\" data-img-on-hover=\"\"  data-src-secondary=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/kattystories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/IMG_8860-1-scaled-ra3nwunbdwfaqsco0ts0y25n6rw88xmbz6vtf54a5s.jpg\" alt=\"Brenda the Independent Blocks Her Loved Ones\u00a0\" class=\"wpr-anim-timing-ease-default\"><\/div><div class=\"wpr-grid-media-hover wpr-animation-wrap\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-media-hover-bg  wpr-overlay-fade-in wpr-anim-size-large wpr-anim-timing-ease-default wpr-anim-transparency\" data-url=\"https:\/\/kattystories.com\/ru\/brenda-the-lesbian-blocks-her-loved-ones\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-below-content elementor-clearfix\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-date elementor-repeater-item-e74003a wpr-grid-item-display-block wpr-grid-item-align-left\"><div class=\"inner-block\"><span>23.07,2024<\/span><\/div><\/div><h2 class=\"wpr-grid-item-title elementor-repeater-item-04b0433 wpr-grid-item-display-block wpr-grid-item-align-left wpr-pointer-none wpr-pointer-line-fx wpr-pointer-fx-fade\"><div class=\"inner-block\"><a target=\"_self\"  href=\"https:\/\/kattystories.com\/ru\/brenda-the-lesbian-blocks-her-loved-ones\">Brenda the Independent Blocks Her Loved Ones\u00a0<\/a><\/div><\/h2><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-excerpt elementor-repeater-item-5241605 wpr-grid-item-display-block wpr-grid-item-align-left\"><div class=\"inner-block\"><p>Disguised behind sunglasses and a Tilley hat, she lives as \u201cIndependent Brenda\u201d - hiding from coworkers, motherhood, and expired documents. Her children prepare to fly alone to Moscow. One never to come back to Canada. She\u2019s blocked her mother and her ex. It feels like living in a The Academy...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-read-more elementor-repeater-item-dc1027d wpr-grid-item-display-block wpr-grid-item-align-left\"><div class=\"inner-block\"><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/kattystories.com\/ru\/brenda-the-lesbian-blocks-her-loved-ones\" class=\"wpr-button-effect wpr-button-none\"><span class=\"wpr-grid-extra-icon-left\"><\/span><span>\u0447\u0438\u0442\u0430\u0442\u044c<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"wpr-grid-item elementor-clearfix post-2475 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-everyday-stories category-stories tag-art tag-canada tag-fancy tag-funny tag-longread tag-mental-health tag-people\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-inner\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-media-wrap wpr-effect-size-medium\" data-overlay-link=\"yes\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-image-wrap\" data-src=\"https:\/\/kattystories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/IMG_7177-ra3jtgkdq4no80g1om71gr4luod89jhk1o7vc5nnu8.jpg\" data-img-on-hover=\"\"  data-src-secondary=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/kattystories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/IMG_7177-ra3jtgkdq4no80g1om71gr4luod89jhk1o7vc5nnu8.jpg\" alt=\"The Bed Frame Story\" class=\"wpr-anim-timing-ease-default\"><\/div><div class=\"wpr-grid-media-hover wpr-animation-wrap\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-media-hover-bg  wpr-overlay-fade-in wpr-anim-size-large wpr-anim-timing-ease-default wpr-anim-transparency\" data-url=\"https:\/\/kattystories.com\/ru\/the-bed-frame-story\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-below-content elementor-clearfix\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-date elementor-repeater-item-e74003a wpr-grid-item-display-block wpr-grid-item-align-left\"><div class=\"inner-block\"><span>2.04,2024<\/span><\/div><\/div><h2 class=\"wpr-grid-item-title elementor-repeater-item-04b0433 wpr-grid-item-display-block wpr-grid-item-align-left wpr-pointer-none wpr-pointer-line-fx wpr-pointer-fx-fade\"><div class=\"inner-block\"><a target=\"_self\"  href=\"https:\/\/kattystories.com\/ru\/the-bed-frame-story\">The Bed Frame Story<\/a><\/div><\/h2><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-excerpt elementor-repeater-item-5241605 wpr-grid-item-display-block wpr-grid-item-align-left\"><div class=\"inner-block\"><p>A marketplace purchase spirals into a surreal encounter with three strange men, a house of fake Klimt paintings and gaudy antiques and a reincarnation of David Bowie if he was 70. The real horror? Realizing why we ignore danger: fear of rudeness outweighs survival instinct. J just laughs and fixes...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-read-more elementor-repeater-item-dc1027d wpr-grid-item-display-block wpr-grid-item-align-left\"><div class=\"inner-block\"><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/kattystories.com\/ru\/the-bed-frame-story\" class=\"wpr-button-effect wpr-button-none\"><span class=\"wpr-grid-extra-icon-left\"><\/span><span>\u0447\u0438\u0442\u0430\u0442\u044c<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"wpr-grid-item elementor-clearfix post-2481 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-everyday-stories category-stories tag-canada tag-family tag-immigration tag-russia tag-starbucks\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-inner\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-media-wrap wpr-effect-size-medium\" data-overlay-link=\"yes\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-image-wrap\" data-src=\"https:\/\/kattystories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/IMG_0005-1-ra3nbxqlblsmf4qb5abuyu5fd4z7zdlc3obw0i4mls.png\" data-img-on-hover=\"\"  data-src-secondary=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/kattystories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/IMG_0005-1-ra3nbxqlblsmf4qb5abuyu5fd4z7zdlc3obw0i4mls.png\" alt=\"Easter Hugs\" class=\"wpr-anim-timing-ease-default\"><\/div><div class=\"wpr-grid-media-hover wpr-animation-wrap\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-media-hover-bg  wpr-overlay-fade-in wpr-anim-size-large wpr-anim-timing-ease-default wpr-anim-transparency\" data-url=\"https:\/\/kattystories.com\/ru\/easter-hugs\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-below-content elementor-clearfix\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-date elementor-repeater-item-e74003a wpr-grid-item-display-block wpr-grid-item-align-left\"><div class=\"inner-block\"><span>31.03,2024<\/span><\/div><\/div><h2 class=\"wpr-grid-item-title elementor-repeater-item-04b0433 wpr-grid-item-display-block wpr-grid-item-align-left wpr-pointer-none wpr-pointer-line-fx wpr-pointer-fx-fade\"><div class=\"inner-block\"><a target=\"_self\"  href=\"https:\/\/kattystories.com\/ru\/easter-hugs\">Easter Hugs<\/a><\/div><\/h2><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-excerpt elementor-repeater-item-5241605 wpr-grid-item-display-block wpr-grid-item-align-left\"><div class=\"inner-block\"><p>Immigrant Longing: When a Stranger\u2019s Mother Feels Like Home. J brings his spectacular mother to Starbucks, a desperate hug blurs borders between &quot;here&quot; and &quot;home\u201d.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-read-more elementor-repeater-item-dc1027d wpr-grid-item-display-block wpr-grid-item-align-left\"><div class=\"inner-block\"><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/kattystories.com\/ru\/easter-hugs\" class=\"wpr-button-effect wpr-button-none\"><span class=\"wpr-grid-extra-icon-left\"><\/span><span>\u0447\u0438\u0442\u0430\u0442\u044c<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"wpr-grid-item elementor-clearfix post-2471 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-everyday-stories category-stories tag-canada tag-funny tag-starbucks tag-work\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-inner\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-media-wrap wpr-effect-size-medium\" data-overlay-link=\"yes\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-image-wrap\" data-src=\"https:\/\/kattystories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Starbucks-Katty-1-scaled-ra3joh17grtwmhotsylaqifke2y4fcotozm4ob1uuo.jpg\" data-img-on-hover=\"\"  data-src-secondary=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/kattystories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Starbucks-Katty-1-scaled-ra3joh17grtwmhotsylaqifke2y4fcotozm4ob1uuo.jpg\" alt=\"Supervising at Starbucks\" class=\"wpr-anim-timing-ease-default\"><\/div><div class=\"wpr-grid-media-hover wpr-animation-wrap\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-media-hover-bg  wpr-overlay-fade-in wpr-anim-size-large wpr-anim-timing-ease-default wpr-anim-transparency\" data-url=\"https:\/\/kattystories.com\/ru\/supervising-at-starbucks\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-below-content elementor-clearfix\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-date elementor-repeater-item-e74003a wpr-grid-item-display-block wpr-grid-item-align-left\"><div class=\"inner-block\"><span>1.03,2024<\/span><\/div><\/div><h2 class=\"wpr-grid-item-title elementor-repeater-item-04b0433 wpr-grid-item-display-block wpr-grid-item-align-left wpr-pointer-none wpr-pointer-line-fx wpr-pointer-fx-fade\"><div class=\"inner-block\"><a target=\"_self\"  href=\"https:\/\/kattystories.com\/ru\/supervising-at-starbucks\">Supervising at Starbucks<\/a><\/div><\/h2><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-excerpt elementor-repeater-item-5241605 wpr-grid-item-display-block wpr-grid-item-align-left\"><div class=\"inner-block\"><p>At Starbucks, the supervisor is part floor general, part therapist, part janitor. They orchestrate workflow, assign roles, motivate the team and occasionally drown in milk. It can be a real-time battlefield delegation. Leadership here isn\u2019t about barking orders - it\u2019s about laughing through the chaos and making sure everyone survives...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-read-more elementor-repeater-item-dc1027d wpr-grid-item-display-block wpr-grid-item-align-left\"><div class=\"inner-block\"><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/kattystories.com\/ru\/supervising-at-starbucks\" class=\"wpr-button-effect wpr-button-none\"><span class=\"wpr-grid-extra-icon-left\"><\/span><span>\u0447\u0438\u0442\u0430\u0442\u044c<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"wpr-grid-item elementor-clearfix post-18 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-everyday-stories category-stories tag-bears tag-canada tag-mental-health tag-russia tag-starbucks tag-work\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-inner\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-media-wrap wpr-effect-size-medium\" data-overlay-link=\"yes\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-image-wrap\" data-src=\"https:\/\/kattystories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Bear-trash-1-ra3jkcipgy6lo3ojw6e8sjwqj7a4n6b8gkjeul625s.png\" data-img-on-hover=\"\"  data-src-secondary=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/kattystories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Bear-trash-1-ra3jkcipgy6lo3ojw6e8sjwqj7a4n6b8gkjeul625s.png\" alt=\"Recycling Meditation, &amp; My Backyard Bear\" class=\"wpr-anim-timing-ease-default\"><\/div><div class=\"wpr-grid-media-hover wpr-animation-wrap\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-media-hover-bg  wpr-overlay-fade-in wpr-anim-size-large wpr-anim-timing-ease-default wpr-anim-transparency\" data-url=\"https:\/\/kattystories.com\/ru\/recycling-meditation-my-backyard-bear\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-below-content elementor-clearfix\"><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-date elementor-repeater-item-e74003a wpr-grid-item-display-block wpr-grid-item-align-left\"><div class=\"inner-block\"><span>23.03,2022<\/span><\/div><\/div><h2 class=\"wpr-grid-item-title elementor-repeater-item-04b0433 wpr-grid-item-display-block wpr-grid-item-align-left wpr-pointer-none wpr-pointer-line-fx wpr-pointer-fx-fade\"><div class=\"inner-block\"><a target=\"_self\"  href=\"https:\/\/kattystories.com\/ru\/recycling-meditation-my-backyard-bear\">Recycling Meditation, &amp; My Backyard Bear<\/a><\/div><\/h2><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-excerpt elementor-repeater-item-5241605 wpr-grid-item-display-block wpr-grid-item-align-left\"><div class=\"inner-block\"><p>Reflective story about finding unexpected joy in taking out the trash, complete with backyard bears, folding boxes at Starbucks, and the quiet pride of adulthood.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpr-grid-item-read-more elementor-repeater-item-dc1027d wpr-grid-item-display-block wpr-grid-item-align-left\"><div class=\"inner-block\"><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/kattystories.com\/ru\/recycling-meditation-my-backyard-bear\" class=\"wpr-button-effect wpr-button-none\"><span class=\"wpr-grid-extra-icon-left\"><\/span><span>\u0447\u0438\u0442\u0430\u0442\u044c<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/article><\/section>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyday stories Hilariously weird everyday stories \u2014 we all experience but never expect Posts All &nbsp;&nbsp;Back Everyday stories Love Mental health Canada-Russia Trips June 28, 2025 Island of Freedom What are the reasons to stay far from home and family? Freedom. The freedom from our parents: mine &#8211; from my parents, my son\u2019s &#8211; from his. So we all live in different places. I still ask myself what I need more\u2014to be with the man I love or with&#8230; read more September 7, 2024 Nightingale\u2019s Lies, Michelin Mornings and Flawless Moscow Over a fancy breakfast, there\u2019s an encounter with celebrity-turned-propagandist. Once, he scolded Bernays\u2019 manipulation tactics; now, he deploys them, velvet words masking war. From Moscow secret bars to the red glow of the Kremlin, sickly perfection and impeccable beauty becomes oppressive, and truth slips through polished rhetoric. What is the&#8230; read more September 7, 2024 All My Rooms Royal bedrooms don&#039;t save you from loneliness if you&#039;re not allowed to scream, kiss, or laugh outside the etiquette. When you&#039;re raised as a princess, everything is handed to you \u2014 but you live by someone else&#039;s rules. To descend into the ordinary, you end up sleeping on a mattress&#8230; read more September 1, 2024 Flight Vancouver &#8211; Moscow Delayed flights, vanished luggage, lost passport, airport meltdown, French-Canadian bureaucracy, grief, stubborn optimism, and a \u2018little black dress\u2019. Real-time chronicling of a chaotic route via Toronto, Montreal and Dubai with Emirates as the unexpected hero and Air Canada as the ultimate mess-up.I still ask myself what I need more\u2014to be&#8230; read more July 23, 2024 Brenda the Lesbian Blocks Her Loved Ones Disguised behind sunglasses and a Tilley hat, she lives as \u201cLesbian Brenda\u201d &#8211; hiding from coworkers, motherhood, and expired documents. Her children prepare to fly alone to Moscow. One never to come back to Canada. She\u2019s blocked her mother and her ex. It feels like living in a The Academy&#8230; read more April 2, 2024 The Bed Frame Story A marketplace purchase spirals into a surreal encounter with three strange men, a house of fake Klimt paintings and gaudy antiques and a reincarnation of David Bowie if he was 70. The real horror? Realizing why we ignore danger: fear of rudeness outweighs survival instinct. J just laughs and fixes&#8230; read more March 31, 2024 Easter Hugs Immigrant Longing: When a Stranger\u2019s Mother Feels Like Home. J brings his spectacular mother to Starbucks, a desperate hug blurs borders between &quot;here&quot; and &quot;home\u201d. read more March 1, 2024 Supervising at Starbucks At Starbucks, the supervisor is part floor general, part therapist, part janitor. They orchestrate workflow, assign roles, motivate the team and occasionally drown in milk. It can be a real-time battlefield delegation. 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