After one spends a few months working an office job that requires sitting at a desk all the long, one starts to realize just how tiring that can be.

Sure, on paper, sitting on a chair for 8 hours a day doesn't sound that hard, and it definitely doesn't compare to other, more physical jobs, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have disadvantages, especially when it comes to our health.

The employee below, for example, experiences these struggles because of their back issues. Sitting on an office chair all day can definitely do a number on anyone's back, especially for those who already have pre-existing conditions. So, this employee found a way to ease the pain from time to time by sitting on the floor.

That was until their boss called them in and told them it's unprofessional to sit on their office floor. However, the employee refused to give in to the boss's demand and insisted on understanding why sitting on the floor for a couple of hours is such a problem.

This is why people have dashcams…The answer to all your mysterious new dents and scratches can be found within seconds. This 27-year-old man would know, as he watches his neighbor's daughter star in the latest episode of a hit-and-run into his parked car, via his dashcam. The 'episode' didn't end with a letter regarding her insurance details, nor a frantically apologetic knock on the door…but simply her, analyzing his car and driving away as if nothing ever happened! Little did she know he was able to watch the whole series of events taking place (no, this is not a dashcam Ad…)

He confronted her, but she refused to accept any responsibility for the fender bender, despite the camera footage. So he called up his cop-friend seeking advice, who guided him down the path of legal action. A path he would normally avoid, but due to her bad attitude and obvious lack of remorse for the situation, he thought it was worth a try to get her to cover the costs…But what he didn't expect was for it to turn sour, fast. As she claims to be in real legal trouble, at risk of losing her license…

When these job interviews went downhill fast, a few candidates didn't bother seeing it through to the end. Instead, they just left! We have free will to do so, but not all of us have the fortitude to leave our bad interviewers with their jaws hanging open in shock. 

I would never walk out of a bad interview, because if I stuck around, I'd have an incredible story to tell my friends about what a failure the conversation was. However, time is valuable, and I wouldn't blame anyone who leaves an interview for wasting that precious resource. Sometimes you can just tell that the boss is a little too wacky for your liking, or that the office has a revolving door of employees, meaning you won't be staying for long, either. So why bother waiting until the end of a long interview if you know you'll be emailing them a rejection by the end of the day anyway? 

One person left after waiting 30 minutes for the hiring manager to show up to the interview. Why? They explained that if they had to wait that long at a preliminary interview, they could expect that type of treatment all the time while working for that person. It's a prime example of refusing to be treated poorly just to get or keep a job! And they're not the only one who surprised an interviewer by calling out unprofessional behaviors, as you can read all about down below. 

Any form of online shopping has its risks…If you're not paying the seller directly and receiving your goods or services with your very own hands, there's always a slight chance it might never make it to you. But what we don't often think about is that it could go the opposite way. The seller scammed online, while the buyer sits with their belongings in hand… Cue this special story: gamers edition!

This innocent man was just trying to make some extra cash by selling his PC on Facebook Marketplace. All seemed to be going swell, a potential buyer came over, played with the PC for 20 minutes, and a deal was made, even shook on, if you want the specifics. The seller wanted to receive money through PayPal instead of cash, so the seller agreed and sent those $850 dollar bills through…All was pretty smooth and simple, until it wasn't…Until the moment the seller noticed his payment received had been reversed, and the buyer…a ghost! 

Weren't you ever taught to not judge a book by its cover when you were a kid? Apparently, this lesson was skipped for every entitled Karen out there. So when this adult goth woman was boarding her flight, a Karen, of course, had to get in her face. Why? Because she was boarding first class and there's no way a goth could possibly afford a first class ticket! Right? WRONG. This was a full grown woman who worked hard for her money. She only travels first class and pays for it herself. Just because she enjoys wearing all black and having long dyed hair and heavy eyeliner doesn't mean she doesn't know how to do business. What? Did this Karen just assume everyone who enjoys a more macabre style works as a barista for their entire lives?

This  Karen quickly learned the lesson she should've learned as a kid and this goth woman got the satisfaction of a lifetime. Because she not only got to shut down this Karen, she also got to wave her first class ticket in her face and then proceed to sit down in 1A. That's the first seat of the flight, Karen hunny. Pretty sure that's first class! 

You don't know what you've got till it's gone. Right, folks?

This employee dealt with the experience of being underestimated and undervalued for the remaining months where he worked at his now former company while his boss was conspiring to get rid of him. All of this was because the employee disclosed to management after two warnings that there was a medical reason why certain menial tasks were difficult for him to complete. It had nothing to do with his professional skills or demeanor. Rather, there was medical proof why these few tasks and responsibilities did not make sense for him.

Most employers in this situation would be understanding, or at the very least, they would recognize that pushing back on medical issues is a recipe for a doomed lawsuit for the company. It would have been best to accept the employee's reality and find another person who could complete those tasks. As the author himself states, the core responsibilities of his position were still well within his abilities. At the end of the day, the output was more or less the same.

Still, the author's entitled boss took this whole conflict as some sort of perverse justification for putting the author on a PIP and coughing up fake reasons to fire him. Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions from several members of this online community!

Accountability is something many people struggle with for some time, but this finance team's version takes it to accounting levels of pettiness. This woman screenshots Slack messages like she is gathering evidence for a courtroom drama, forwarding examples of confusion to managers while her own mistakes vanish under the fluorescent lights. She is less of a colleague and more of a live-action LinkedIn post about accountability.  

Her hunger for praise borders on performance art. She rushes to managers with news of a minor typo like she is reporting insider trading. She openly roasts ex-team members and quietly edits history to make herself the lone competent survivor. Meetings without you suddenly appear on her calendar, and you can practically hear her typing up her hero narrative before the agenda hits your inbox. Her vibe is corporate mean girl meets surveillance intern. 

Tensions rise in the office cubicles, putting coworker against cowork in the fight to survive the 9-to-5. 

While we all try to maintain positive relationships with our coworkers in the office, it's tough to respect a gaggle of litterbugs dumping trash on your desk every time they cut through your workspace to go to the loo. If a person can't respect your workspace, how are you supposed to amicably sit by and watch it all unfold? That's right, you can't. It's impossible. This is why the office worker with toeing the line of lost patience, found a genius way to combat her inconsiderate coworkers' behavior. While I never condone violence to solve a problem, sometimes a petty swivel chair slide is enough to convey your message of displeasure. 

If you've ever taken a desk chair wheel to the ankle, you know that it's not a pain that you'll soon forget, or ever wish to repeat. Maybe these office employees will think twice before using a colleague's cubicle as a shortcut next time.

 It is an active workspace after all...

Via u/Tom Ackerman

The 26-year-old  finally gets her dream space, lit beautifully by natural sunlight and the quiet joy of independence. Enter cousin Emily, a 23-year-old influencer hopeful armed with ring lights, ambition, and zero respect for boundaries. She asks to film in the apartment because the lighting is perfect. Reasonable request, easy rules. Clean up after yourself, don't move the furniture, and don't come over uninvited. Three rules, three violations.  

While the owner is at work, Emily lets herself in with the spare key meant for emergencies. She films her "morning routine," which apparently includes turning the living room into a post-production disaster zone. Candles melted on the table, makeup smeared across the bathroom, a shower curtain apparently used in a stunt sequence. When confronted, Emily calls it "small stuff" and tries to spin the chaos as artistic inconvenience. The conversation derails when she claims her cousin's lack of support is why her career isn't taking off. 

Apparently, there's an unspoken rule at the fancy resorts that allows guests to claim pool loungers with nothing but a grimy flip flop or an old magazine. For hours, the best seats in the shade are empty as the late risers roll out of bed. As one who firmly believes that the early bird should get the worm, this unspoken rule irks me. While I understand that waking up at 6 AM to claim a good space by the pool demonstrates a valiant effort towards maximum chillage, I don't think it's right to assume that this pathetic display is enough to claim ownership over a chair for the entire day, when you're not even present. 

That's when you start straying into Karen territory…

Karens by the pool feel that they're entitled to a certain level of queen treatment, but this vacationer made sure to call out her bad behavior after several days of lamenting over empty chairs. Day after day, they saw the Karen's dusty pile of magazines to "claim" the best spot at the pool, but when they still hadn't shown up 7 hours later, something had to be done. A lesson had to be taught. A Karen had to be reminded that she didn't own this pool. 

Pizza is a delectable treat, but these folks have eaten some pizzas that no taste buds should ever encounter. 

As one of the most universally beloved foods, pizza is a difficult thing to mess up. Melty cheese, warm tomato sauce, crispy crust… it's the perfect meal for almost any setting. Making it at home doesn't always provide the best results, but most restaurants can knock it out of the park when it comes to creating a pizza pie. Not to mention the places with brick ovens, or those that create specialty pies with a bunch of interesting toppings — these places are often full of diners who can't wait to have a hot and fresh pizza for dinner. 

But you know what, sometimes pizza parlors do get it wrong! They create pies that are terrible, simply inedible, and diners with a good sense of humor have shared some of these with the world. Here, we take a look back at some of the worst of the worst pizzas of the year and wonder… how could things go so wrong? 

We're not just talking about the oft-lambasted pineapple on pizza. No! While that is a matter of personal taste, and is highly debatable, these pizzas are actually hard to stomach. I've saved the worst for last… you can be the judge of that. Check out a bunch of pizzas, from one pie drizzled with matcha sauce, to the wild-looking truffle pizza. Let's all try to have better pizza next year! 

Considering how petty this guy's manager was, how he acted should come as no surprise after his top employee put in his two weeks' notice.

This 22-year-old was the most productive and efficient worker at the local sandwich shop, even if his manager seemed to always have it out for him ever since he stepped in to oversee this location. It's possible that he felt threatened that upper management might eventually take note of the 22-year-old's work ethic and promote him. However, that was never the employee's intention. 

Still, that did not stop the manager from punishing the employee any chance he got. When the 22-year-old spent weeks training a new hire, he could not help but notice a few weeks thereafter that his hours were being increasingly cut and given to the new guy instead. Some thank you for all those hours of training, I guess!

It got to the point where this guy realized he was being taken for granted and could easily earn more working somewhere else. When he decided to put in his two weeks' notice, his manager doubled down and cut his hours even more.

These employees were fired for reasons that left them speechless, but at least they're finally now revealing the full stories! 

You can be the best worker at your company and get fired. You can be the worst worker at your company and also get fired. It's not always about you — sometimes your boss has it out for you, and has decided they need a scapegoat to shield themselves from their own boss's criticisms. Other times, that workplace needs to cut costs, and they do so by picking employees strategically depending on their type of job rather than their performance. Not to mention that sometimes it's for the very good reason of letting higher-ups enjoy a bigger salary at the end of the year by letting go a bunch of workers who make peanuts. Who cares if a few people are out of work and can't pay rent when the CEO needs a fresh coat of paint on his private jet? 

These workers did not hold back while describing the exact situations that got them laid off. However, quite a few of them also discovered that they were way happier once they had a new job, anyway. It's a good reminder that bad things do happen to good people, but sometimes they're also blessings in disguise. 

If individual residents have to endure the challenges of following strict HOA policies, so should local developers.

The folks at this investment firm thought they could get away with bypassing the rules that new houses needed to be 20 feet apart. That's a pretty significant rule to ignore, especially since residents in the local community were already up in arms about the fact that their board president was fining everyone left and right.

Of course, when corporations are involved, there is the cynical belief that they will inevitably get some kind of special dispensation, but when it came to this HOA president, nothing was going to stop him from fining anyone. This author recounted the subsequent lawsuit. The developers may have been in over their heads, but they were about to confront a healthy dose of reality once they were taken to court. 

As this author mentions, no one in particular liked the members of their local HOA, but when it came to this shady investment firm, they were happy to take the HOA's side. Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions from members off this online community!

Many people take a lot of pride in all the work they put into making the front of their house look beautiful. We've all seen how much effort goes into some front yards. There are even those with sentimental feelings towards a specific decoration, whether it's a gnome gifted to them by their great-grandmother, or a flower bed they planted with a late loved one.

The resident in the story below, for example, planted roses in their front with their mother before she moved to Mexico, so this flower garden is really important to them. When they saw that a neighbor's daughter kept driving over it when she parked her car, they asked her nicely to be mindful of the flowers.

She, however, did not care at all about the damage she was doing and kept driving over the front yard, no matter what the resident put there to stop her. That was until they turned to the HOA to ask for permission to put spikes in their yard, which the HOA agreed.

There's a strange temptation we all feel when someone who treated us poorly suddenly comes back into our lives. Is karma finally coming back around? Is this the cosmos giving us the chance to break even?

It's tempting and gratifying to imagine this chance to set the record straight. The kind of thing that you fantasize about in the shower when you're having arguments in your head, that moment where you get the chance to establish your worth and finally get that validation that you never received.

At this point, though, it's important to realize that seldom in life are people ever going to recognize that they were wrong. That they treated you wrong. These things might come if they discover self-reflection. 

With certainty, that realization is never going to come from an argument, let alone one where they were left burned and without a response. If anything, they'll just get their ego up and convince themselves that they were "right about you" or whatever else they need to tell themselves to be able to sleep at night. 

It's sometimes incredibly hard to stomach, but it is almost always better not to burn bridges behind you. What purpose does it serve to go scorched earth and leave a wake of bad feelings and enemies behind you, when you could instead be measured and collected?

One deep breath, a swallow of pride, and you'll find it's easy enough to shake that monster of pride off your back and get on with your life. 

In the professional setting, especially, in time, these people could become references or word-of-mouth supporters as they, too, let old disagreements fall away and look upon your relationship with rose-tinted glasses.

This is how this employee, a service worker, approached the situation when their former boss, from a job they had been let go from back in July, reached out to them to see if they would be willing to return to their former role. A boom in trade over the holidays had meant that they had found themselves short-staffed.

Certainly, the opportunity was here for the employee to "get theirs" and put their ex-employer in their place, but they chose instead to figure out how they could respond professionally, seeking to carve out a response that refrained from being spiteful while still politely declining their former boss's request. While they were happy with the new job that they had found in the meantime, this ensured that there were no hard feelings and would give them options down the road. 

This neighbor wrote a fiery note about how unsightly a local resident's Christmas decorations were, but it turns out that a lot of people disagree with their sentiments. 

Christmas decorations can be very cheery — all those extra warm lights make the environment feel cozy during a very chilly time of year. No 2 houses decorate exactly the same. Some people put up decorations that are decades old, and made of plastic, wood, or metal. But modern inflatable decorations have never been more popular — or less expensive. Even when I was a kid, if you wanted to buy an inflatable snow globe to decorate your front yard, it would run you like $500 or $600. There weren't even many inflatables to choose from. But these days, there are so many more on the market, and you can get a perfectly good one for under $100. For people who are just growing up and getting started buying their own decorations, that's made inflatable snowmen, reindeer, Christmas baubles, and Santa Clauses all the rage. 

This person might've found the largest Christmas decorations on the market, and placed them in their front yard! While I, and many other people who commented on this person's decorations, think they're very cute and silly, one neighbor was an absolute Grinch about them. This person wrote a lengthy letter sharing their distaste for the decor (1 compliment: they do have lovely penmanship).

However, this irate neighbor went a step further than just telling this person how tacky they thought the decorations were. Instead, they also vowed to contact local authorities who could demand that this person take down the inflatables. Bah humbug! What a Scrooge! Can't they just let people enjoy things? They aren't hurting anyone… there are plenty of other things this person could be doing with their time rather than penning long notes critiquing other people's yards. 

A new PhD graduate in STEM finally lands a job after months of interviews that kept falling through, but the relief doesn't last long. The workplace turns out to be one of those setups where the boss is the entire chain of command and runs things by mood instead of logic. Even basic requests like a proper chair or getting paid on time cause tension. Whenever something goes wrong, blame seems to land in the same place every time.  

Two months in, the tension breaks. The employee asks about the delayed salary again, and that small request turns into a firing over email. The next day, the boss explodes, shouting and picking apart every possible thing, from attitude to tone to not using tools "the right way." It doesn't sound like an evaluation, it sounds like someone justifying bad behavior. With no HR or structure to turn to, the ending was probably inevitable.  

Now the job sits as a two-month line on a resume that already shows years of academic work and applications that nearly worked out.

Perhaps firing someone while they're fresh off their surgery anesthetic isn't the most intelligent, nor considerate idea! You know how they say there's a right time and place…Well, we think that phrase may have been especially created for this day. But then our brains unfogged, and we were reminded that in the corporate world, the phrase is slightly altered to: my time, my place. 

This VP decided on his December lay-offs, and was set on his decisions…He stays, she goes, or something of the sort. The thing was, he failed to be informed that one of his only female employees was on approved medical leave, emphasis on he word approved. Yet, he demanded that one of his employees call her and lay down the unfortunate news of her termination…on her surgery day! However, and unsurprisingly, this employee refuses to kick someone while they're down, bringing matters into the legal team's hands instead! Bosses take notes: if you want your employees to respect you, try to avoid blatantly ignoring their approved leave dates, and then acting like they're the unreliable ones!

Imagine discovering that your mother-in-law conspired to make you look bad in your in-laws' Christmas portrait. Talk about a warm welcome to the family!

Joining a new family comes with inevitable challenges. After all, no two sets of parents bring their children up the exact same way. It takes a decent amount of grace, respect, and understanding to navigate that difficult transition, but there is no way that transition is even possible when one party has no desire to be kind.

This lady seemed to have it out for her future daughter-in-law well before the wedding, but once she realized she couldn't control the outcome of this engagement, she decided to get some revenge when she hired an illustrator to make a family portrait. She gave the illustrator a photograph of the family from the wedding as a reference and kept on giving notes throughout the process. However, the illustrator started to notice something strange about the feedback she was receiving. They were all about the bride's appearance.

It eventually got to the point where the illustrator had to ask the mother-in-law what was going on, and the woman just started to fully ask the illustrator to make her daughter-in-law look less "thin." She wasn't even mincing words anymore! That's when the illustrator put her foot down and refused to incorporate this harmful feedback!