We all have those days when life seems to be playing a cruel joke on us. You know, the kind of day where everything that can go wrong does go wrong. We've all been there, from spilling coffee on your white shirt to getting splashed by a passing car on a rainy day. But what separates the truly unlucky from the rest of us is their ability to laugh it off. These folks know that when life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. Or in their case, take a hilarious picture and share it with the world. And boy, are we glad they do. Who knew that a bird stealing ice cream or a drink getting stuck in a vending machine could be so funny? After all, if we can't laugh at ourselves, then who can we laugh at? So, the next time you find yourself in a less-than-ideal situation, take a page out of these folks' book. Snap a pic, share it with your friends, and remember that laughter is the best medicine. To keep the laughs rollin', check out these next: 24 Epic Workplace Fails That Led to These Employees Getting Fired

Don't underestimate the power of pettiness…

These artists aren't staying quiet anymore about their commission nightmares. 

While freelancing online, you may have to jump through a lot of hoops before you can find a good client. Many people will head to an artist's DMs and start brainstorming about the artwork they want to buy. But right off the bat, a lot of people aren't prepared to actually pay for the art. They say things like, "Well, weren't you going to draw that anyway?" or "I think it should be free because it only took you a little while to draw." Artists are constantly forced to explain to people that yes, drawing can be work, and no, exposure doesn't pay the bills.

At least on X, formerly known as Twitter, these artists have an outlet to vent a bit about their most unbelievable client requests. Some people have the gall to claim, "I could do that," when shown the artwork. Well, if you can do that, go ahead! Almost any artist will tell you that if you have the nerve to say such a thing. You can literally make art whenever you feel like it, you don't need to hire an artist. All you need is all of the necessary tools, like paint, brushes, pencils, or digital software, plus talent, plus years of schooling or training, plus practice. See? Anyone can do it! 

After you check out these wild tales of entitled clients, read about the cafe worker who was so incompetent that he got fired after a single disastrous shift. 

They say the best revenge in life is success… That teacher who said you'd never make it? That bully in high school? Anyone who doubted you or tried to keep you down. Well, the best thing you can do is go on to prove that you're not as weak or insignificant as they're telling you you are. Of course, although not as often discussed, going on to leave a peaceable existence of mediocrity is also an acceptable option if that's what you prefer, though decidedly less exciting of a story.

This employee had their life turned upside down when their new supervisor decided to change their schedule on a whim to bring it in line with the rest of the team. The employee had been working an adjusted schedule where they came in and left an hour earlier than "normal" in order to properly manage the care of their son. "That's what babysitters are for," their new supervisor declared when he asked her about his previous arrangement.  Already a top performer, the employee decided to get back at their boss the best way they could… See, their workgroup KPIs were based on average performance, so by excessively exceeding their own performance; they could raise the group averages to a point where the group as a whole wouldn't ever be able to meet it… When their boss missed out on a KPI target, it would put them permanently behind on the pay scale.

Rules are rules, and at hotels, they exist for a reason. One guest checked into a hotel in the middle of a forest, and a while later, came up to the front desk clerk to enquire about campfires. This guest thought it would be a brilliant idea to light a campfire right outside his cabin so that he could enjoy it from his porch. Dude… do you know anything about fire safety? The front desk clerk stared at him and informed him that 20 yards away, were a bunch of leaves, dry as the desert. He couldn't light a fire anywhere near there. That's when things took a turn, leading to an amusing series of events that you can read all about below in a series of screenshots. Afterward, check out another story about safety, but this time, about an employee who refused to work for a company that didn't give him the proper safety equipment for work. Tsk, tsk, when will people learn?

Imagine reaching out to a former employer for a full-time opportunity, getting flat-out rejected, and then being asked to give money to the organization. You have to admire the audacity of these people. 

This Redditor shared that after successful contracted work, she sought a salaried position at the same company and put a ton of work into her application. When she was rejected, she wound up receiving what was clearly a copy-and-paste rejection email. She ended up reaching out to her contact at the company to see if her former employer knew she had applied for the position or if it was some low-level intern who rejected her. As it turns out, her boss was aware of the Redditor's application and still chose to send the impersonal rejection letter without any acknowledgment of the work the Redditor had done for the company in the past.

But wait, it only gets worse. The former boss's next move was to invite the Redditor to a fundraising event for the organization in the same email. Furthermore, the price of admission was $60 per ticket, as if the Redditor would be willing to spend her funds during unemployment on the company that just rejected her.

Keep scrolling below for the full story and the best reactions in the comments section. For more, check out this post about a teacher's final act before leaving their job for good.

Congrats, you got a new job! You go over the contract, notice the 40-hour work week, say 'Cool' to yourself, sign, and move on. A month later you begin training, and everything is falling into place… except for one thing. Deadlines. The company expects you to work way more than 40 hours a week… but you're only getting paid for 40. Basically, the managers don't know how to manage their time very well, leading to a big workload. Then they work overtime to complete the projects they've been given. Worst of all, they expect you to pick up the slack, and it doesn't matter that it isn't your fault that they are short-staffed.

This was the case for one Redditor, who took to a work sub to complain, asking other employees for advice on what to tell his boss. See, his boss had told him that he wasn't being as committed as he could be. Ugh, it's already firing me up. Time for the weekend. Next up, check out this office manager who promised to make their coworkers' lives very inconvenient if they didn't begin cleaning up after themselves.

Working in the retail and customer service industry is not for the faint of heart. One minute you're helping a sweet old lady find the perfect pair of shoes; the next, you're dealing with a Karen who's demanding to speak to the manager. And returns are a whole other adventure. It's like some people think the store is their personal rental service. Despite the challenges, there's nothing quite like the satisfaction of helping someone find exactly what they're looking for...or maybe it's just the feeling of relief when a customer finally leaves. But at the end of the day, I think we can all we can all agree that retail workers deserve a gold medal for their patience and perseverance. They've got endless aisles to stock, coupons to decipher, and enough existential questions about the meaning of "lightly used" to fuel a philosophical thesis. And don't even get them started on cleaning up fitting rooms. But on the bright side, they also have hilarious memes. So, enjoy these 27 memes below that sum up the circus of customer service.

When you have someone in your organization, or externally who your organization is paying, specifically to do a task… It makes sense to let them do that task; if you insist on your involvement and time being spent on that same task, all you're doing is double handling and wasting your own time and the organization's money. And, yet, so many managers struggle with this simple concept, refusing to relinquish even the smallest, most important things to those who should be responsible for them, bogging down the entire operation with the bottleneck effect that is created by everything needing to pass across their desk. 

You see this all the time, especially from entry-level managers who proved testament to the "Peter principle" and were never able to rise further through the ranks past their initial management position. Stuck, forever in that level of the organization, they begin clutching tighter at the few straws they have hold of, hoping that holding tighter and tighter may one day see their rise to that promotion that they so crave… 

It also happens with small business owners who have found success that they attribute to their micromanagement, and as their organization grows, they find it impossible to relinquish any of the hold they have until a critical point is reached.

"It's just trees," lamented one unhappy 1-star reviewer who was writing about… a national forest. Don't you hate when you visit the outdoors, and the outdoors are there? Crazy how that works. 

These people decided to visit our nation's many great national parks, and they then proceeded to leave very funny, and very unhinged 1-star reviews about them. The funniest to me are the ones where people get the location entirely wrong. For example, one reviewer was frustrated because their "Milkshake was disappointing, ordered jalapeños on my chicken sandwich but didn't get them :/." Too bad they were reviewing the Croatan National Forest in North Carolina… not a disappointing restaurant. These types of reviews aren't helpful, but they make us laugh with their absurdity nevertheless. 

Below, we have a great collection of one-star reviews about the USA's most popular tourist attractions. As you can imagine, there are quite a lot of people who are just joking around with their reviews. But some distraught reviewers really do seem upset about the Grand Canyon's lack of WiFi, or the Croatan National Forest's tree problem (there are too many trees. In the forest. Yep.) The first 15 reviews are all about the Grand Canyon, #16-#26 are regarding Croatan National Forest, and there's a bonus review of Zion National Park on the last slide. 

After you have a peek inside the minds of these silly tourists, these tattoo artists got caught talking about their clients behind their backs. 

This manager may have been irritated, but the rest of us can applaud this customer's success at bending the rules for his own gain. Sure, finding loopholes and using them to one's advantage can sometimes lead to unruly behavior, but this time, the customer achieved something most shoppers can only dream of: a loophole within a store's strict return policy.

This thread was posted to Reddit's r/MaliciousCompliance subreddit by u/dubilendar, who shared that he had just bought a series of items from a nearby store only to learn from his wife that he should go back and return a few of the items he purchased. It had been less than 20 minutes since he bought them, but apparently, because he physically left the store, he couldn't return the items. Instead, he could only get a voucher to buy something else for the same price, despite the fact that he didn't need anything else. 

We have all been here before. However, not all of us are able to think on our feet like this customer. Keep scrolling below to see how he managed to get his money back in spite of the bogus return policy. For more stories like this, check out this post about an entitled Karen's comeuppance within an apartment complex.

If you're in a customer service position, you deal with all types of people. You meet some folks who are super friendly and bubbly, especially if you're working at a tattoo studio, like these people are. Many people are thrilled to be getting tattooed—they might have planned out their design for quite some time, so they're excited to finally be putting the ink on/under their skin. 

Other people have a bit of an attitude problem, as the folks on r/TattooArtists will tell you. Instead of being excited and grateful about their new skin artwork, some people show up and feel entitled to treat the artist however they want. Some act bossy or impolite, while others think it's okay to show up a half hour late to their appointment. 

A bunch of artists shared that they've had their fair share of annoying customers. Sometimes the artists couldn't hold in their frustration, and the customer heard! At least in many of these stories, the client didn't seem too perturbed. I think some customers realize that they're being a little over the top, but then they don't know how to back down while also saving face. These artists have the patience of saints! 

After you check out these anecdotes below, read about the wedding rules that would make at least one person "simply not go" to the event at all. 

It turns out that entitled customers are willing to go far for their extra ketchup! This Karen had the audacity to throw two ridiculous tantrums at the same McDonald's establishment within a short amount of time, as if the people who witnessed the first outburst would have suddenly forgotten. The result? She ended up in the back of a police car and wound up getting into way more trouble than she anticipated.

The first temper tantrum involved not having the right amount of change to pay for her food. This McDonald's was in a European country where euros were only accepted in bills and not coins. This was apparently standard throughout the country, but the Karen customer decided to take an entire country's policy out on an unfortunate employee. Her second outburst involved not getting the extra ketchup she asked for. In the process, she ended up accusing an employee of outlandish behavior simply because he misheard her. And, of course, she made a scene and held up the line.

Keep scrolling below for the full consequences of her actions. For more stories like this, check out this post about an entitled Karen neighbor in an apartment complex.

"My lease clearly states that all water-related issues are management's problem. I don't pay for water or gas utility, it's included in my rent... I'm perfectly capable of fixing the issue, but out of spite, I refuse to. I had a small leak at my house once, and it drove my bill almost $100 for the month over normal. I figure at least $1000 in water has literally gone down the drain, not to mention, the water is also being heated by the gas water heater."

Some people think that feigning ignorance and waving their entitlement around would get them far when in reality, it just makes them look bad, or even worse, it simply encourages people to write stories about them on Reddit. Much like this hotel guest, who tried getting her way even when she absolutely knew she was in the wrong. 

The hotel's front desk clerk was working a night shift when a woman approached and asked to check-in. When the clerk tried to do so, they saw that the woman's reservation wasn't until the next day. The woman, unfazed, said she would just stay the night right there in the lobby and refused to listen to the clerk when they told her it was simply not possible. This led to a whole dispute between the two and resulted in the woman being forced to leave.

Scroll down to read the full tale. After you are done, click here for a story of customers at a restaurant who got themselves kicked out.

This dude had the worst first day at work ever, as his manager can tell you. I mean, you have to be a memorably bad worker to get the boot after a single eight-hour shift. 

Poor u/LazerMoonCentaur was a manager at a cafe, and one day, they got stuck with the least competent employee ever. They write that this dude made a bad first impression by showing up to a shift at a cafe a whole 90 minutes after his shift started. I'd think at many places, being that late on your first day would be enough to let someone go. But this person kindly let the new employee work despite his tardiness. That was a big mistake, as you can check out in the story below. This guy couldn't do a single thing right! 

Some commenters speculated that this new employee was acting out on purpose, and that he was trying to lose the job on the first day. If that's so, he's not just dumb, he's totally uncaring about other people! The cafe's customers deserve better than Kevin's zero-effort work ethic. 

Next up, these people shared stories of the most tech-illiterate people they know like the person who had to show someone "multiple times how to open Excel." 

In jobs and industries that operate off of shift work "The Schedule" is hailed by management as an ancient relic of extreme importance—and not as if it's a document they threw together at the end of last week, days after it was supposed to be posted. 

No, there wasn't a lot of thought or effort that went into drafting that schedule, but there sure as heck is a lot of thought and effort put in to make sure you and your coworkers keep to it… Since making this schedule is part of the manager's job, you'd probably expect that it would also be their job to find coverage for it when workers can't make a shift or call out sick. Yet, somehow, nearly every shift manager sees fit to force the workers themselves to call around and find coverage.

As a rule of thumb, once you've traded a shift with another worker, or they've agreed to otherwise cover that shift, that shift is no longer yours and no longer your responsibility. Still, there will inevitably be some murky situations where the coworker who was supposed to cover the shift forgets about it and claims that it was not, in fact, their responsibility, leaving a disgruntled manager who displaces their wrath onto the original shift owner.

That's basically what's happening in this thread, which was originally posted to a popular online workplace community. This young worker traded their shift with a coworker who no-showed to the shift, landing them in hot water with their manager.

Hotel disputes aren't uncommon, and dare I say it's usually the guest who starts them? Imagine working your shift, minding your own business, when a guest comes right up to you and demands a full refund because they are in fact, leaving now. The thing is, you just checked them in, 45 minutes ago. You know you can't give them a refund… It's against the hotel's policy. On the other hand, you don't really want to start an argument, and anyway, it's late.

What would you do? Well, this front desk worker who also happened to be the manager, didn't give in to an entitled guest's demands for a full refund. They had checked in barely an hour ago and had used the facilities. If you use the product, it's yours, or however the saying goes. Scroll down to read a very messy tale of events, and then check out this employee who quit after the company failed to provide them with safety equipment.

This is what happens when teachers are not paid fairly. It's no secret that your average teacher is forced to take on a number of tasks and responsibilities that go well beyond their job description and salary. The reality of the matter is that without their extra free labor, students and teachers alike will not have the proper materials for class to run smoothly. 

Naturally, this lack of fairness can lead to a whole lot of resentment from teachers who are taking way too much time out of their already busy schedules to do even more work and, in many cases, spend their own money to get it all done. Here, we have a teacher who was expected to install software on each of his students' computers so that lab could run smoothly. This meant three extra days of unpaid work each time the software needed to be installed. IT refused to pitch in, and the administration was, of course, no help at all.

Eventually, this professor had enough after 17 years of this madness and decided to enact some well-deserved malicious compliance before leaving this institution forever. Keep scrolling below to see what happened to that software. For more stories like this, take a look at this post about a sales ops director who left because of a lazy Karen.

Working at the front desk, you get to see a lot of different guests in your lifetime. It's hard to keep up with the complaints that people have, it's ridiculous. Some people want a discount because the room wasn't the right temperature when they entered. Other people want a discount because you didn't smile enough. Then again, some people don't even want a discount, they just want to make you miserable. Honestly, I'm so glad my customer days are behind me… I don't know if I could put up with it anymore.

This hotel employee met the type of person you try very hard to stay away from when working a shift… this guest was a liar, and also a thief. She tried to get the employee fired under false pretenses, but luckily, the employee was able to bait her into being honest about her intentions.

You can read the full story below, and when you're done, check out these wholesome posts for overworked employees who really need a vacation.