More and more stores are opting out of labeling the prices of their products, and it's no surprise that customers don't care for this strategy at all

When you're at a store and you don't see prices, just go ahead and assume you're going to get drastically overcharged. It's unfortunate, and it shouldn't be allowed, and yet so many store operators get away with it. 

There's a lot of convenience stores around my neighborhood that do this. One place where I go to buy candy will charge me $2.50 (half price more or less) for Sour Patch Kids if I'm alone. But if they see me with a guy, they'll charge me full price, which is like $4.50. They do this all the time, so when I want cheap food, I go there alone and watch as they ring me up for like, 5 items for $7. Is this fair or ethical? Well no! I get a good deal out of it sometimes, but perhaps it's at the cost of other customers who are getting overcharged every time. 

Apparently, a lot of stores have stopped putting labels on their foodstuffs because of the constant market changes that make the prices rise and fall. As soon as they label a food, it goes up in price the next day. Or, and perhaps this is worse, some big chains have taken to using those electronic labels. That's so they can change the prices at will, multiple times per day, if they felt so inclined. 

This person had a choice to make when faced with a lack of gas station snack prices… Do you think they made the right choice? Read their short tale below, and see what you think about it. 

This homeowner couldn't believe that tree trimmers dropped a tree on their driveway, leaving it broken and damaged in several spots. 

Tree trimming isn't a perfect science. Even the most experienced tree trimmers sometimes knock down branches or tree limbs onto places where they didn't intend for them to land. It's an unfortunate outcome, and in this person's case, they had to get in contact with a project manager in order to fix such a big mistake. 

They told their story below, but honestly, you just have to see the pictures of the damaged driveway to believe it. 

As this person shared in the first part of their story, the tree trimmers were assigned to take down some trees that were interfering with the power lines. Happens all the time. These pesky trees are always entangling their limbs with the power lines, which is convenient if you're a squirrel who wants to travel across a neighborhood with ease, and inconvenient if you're a human being who doesn't want a storm to knock their power out. 

This is way worse than losing power for a few minutes, though. This person was left with lasting damage to their driveway that seems costly to fix on their own. As you'll read about in their 4 updates, it took a little bit of effort to get a fix in motion. 

Who knew that locking the front door would be such a point of contention among roommates? 

This 20-year-old college student recently moved in with two friends from school, who were a few years older than her. As she acknowledges, it was her first apartment where she wasn't living with her parents, so she was expecting a challenging adjustment. Many of us know what this change is like. You're paying your own rent, cooking your own meals, and cleaning your own dishes. 

The student likely assumed that she would be the more immature person among her roommates, given the fact that she was younger than them and new at this whole "adulting" thing. However, what she did not anticipate was that she would end up displaying far more maturity simply by requesting that the other tenants lock the front door when they leave the apartment. They ended up having numerous arguments over such a silly request, and well, it backfired big time for the other roommates.

Some neighbors just cannot let things go. A grocery cart politely moved out of an elevator doorway should not launch a two-month cold war, but here we are, watching a woman in her late fifties deploy the fake sweet smile and play the long game.The thing about petty revenge is that it rarely stays petty. It escalates. It finds paperwork. In apartment complexes, the nuclear option is always management, and management loves a complaint because it feels like doing something without actually doing anything. One accusation from one resident, zero verified evidence, and suddenly a 28-year-old working hospital shifts is banned from picking up her own packages.

A promising internal promotion turns into confusion when the role is dissolved, and an employee finds that the role's responsibilities are trickling down to her without compensation.

We all know this feeling: Your boss is finally moving on to another job or has received a promotion of their own. This means that the position that they were hanging onto like a bad habit is finally open. That, or some other position that is a lateral move with more growth opportunity and surprisingly better pay, has opened up on another team.

There has been no chance for growth or career advancement in your current position for years. You'd been feeling a little stressed and burned out, but this, this is enough to perk your motivation, and you can practically feel yourself sitting up straighter at your desk.

But you wait, and you wait, and you enquire about the position. Still, it hasn't been listed. First, you're told "soon," then you're told that there is a hiring freeze and they are waiting to fill the role, then the position is now being "restructured."

These employees were surprised to find out that their bosses were firing them… but some of them made huge mistakes. 

How many days in a row can you be late to work before your bosses start getting snippy about it? It certainly depends on your job. At a lot of white-collar gigs, you can waltz in at like 11 AM and no one really bats an eye. But if you work in any kind of job where you have to clock in, you really can't be even a minute or 2 late without your bosses flipping their lids.

Did you know you should NOT park your car in front of someone else's driveway? That seems like pretty common knowledge, doesn't it? Unfortunately, there are people in society who think the world revolves around them and will park wherever they please. 

Luckily, karma is on the side of justice, and many times these entitled parking meanies get put in their place. Just like this old man, who not only parked blocking someone else's driveway, but also decided to throw a fit about it when it didn't go his way. He had to learn his lesson the hard way after the community did not side with him. 

In a world with lots of confusion, darkness, and entitlement, do not be the person who parks wherever they please. Seriously, have a little spatial awareness, or dare I ask, empathy. Parking can quickly change from a search for convenience to a standstill road rage situation. And who knows? Maybe that situation will end up online as a cautionary tale for the rest of us. 

Sometimes doing the right thing has unfortunate consequences, but integrity and honesty are more important.

When the junior analyst in the story below discovered their team lead was altering numbers in reports before sending them to clients, they knew they must do something about it. They didn't stop to consider the consequences or what exposing the team lead might do to them; they simply knew there was only one path ahead of them. That path led them to upper management, to whom this employee told about the team lead's action, expecting them to fix it.

Despite the upper management's thanks for bringing this issue up, days went by without anything changing. The only thing that changed was the team lead's attitude towards the junior analyst. Then, the young employee was suddenly called up to a meeting with management, and without any further notice, they were fired. 

There was no way of proving that the reason for the termination was their report about the team lead, but the junior analyst knew the truth. They knew that by bringing this issue up, a target was put on their back, and it wasn't long before it was clear what this workplace's priorities are, and integrity was not one of them.

No one likes to be woken up in the middle of the night, but especially by their neighbor.

Here's what you need to know about this story:

This homeowner found out that Derek, the guy who lived next door for over half a decade, had recently installed a large motion sensor outside his home that would blast its light directly into the homeowner's bedroom whenever the slightest bit of motion was detected. 

When the guy decided to confront Derek about it, he thought that Derek would respond by simply repositioning the motion sensor so that it wouldn't be pointed directly in the direction of his bedroom. 

However, what should have been a simple conversation between two neighboring adults who, prior to this conflict, had nothing but kind things to say to one another, turned out to be a major turning point in their relationship.

You know adulthood just got weird when a mother asks you to watch her adult son through a window like it's a reality show.

Becoming an independent adult means moving out on your own, paying bills, cooking for yourself, keeping your place clean, and generally 'having it together'. But sometimes, adulthood comes with a little unexpected supervision…

Living on your own is exciting; you're in control of your own space, you decide what to do, when to do it, and how to do it. You'll have to figure out plenty of things on your own, and that's okay; it's part of growing up and learning to solve problems as they come. Many moms try to help you by offering advice, checking in while you get used to a new routine, or just being there for you if you need anything. It's a kind gesture, of course, because they care and want what's best for you. But there's a fine line between caring for someone and invading their personal life. Some moms struggle to let you handle things your way, or perhaps they worry that you won't do them 'the right way', meaning, the way they believe they should be done. Mothers can worry about their sons' well-being all they want, but never learning to let them live their own lives? That's where things start to get absurd.  

And when you think it can't get any more absurd… believe it or not, it does. One young man found out how far a mother's concern can go when she showed up at his door, asking him to 'babysit' her 30-year-old son through his kitchen window. He thought she was joking, but she had the man's entire routine written down and was even willing to pay $20 a week to make sure her son did all his household chores, from taking out the trash to even SHOWERING. Interesting job offer here. 

He turned her offer down, naturally. But now, when he sees her car parked outside every evening, he can't help nervously wondering if he's starring in her 'watch the 30-year-old' live surveillance sitcom. 

How would you feel if you planned for a flight, showed up to the airport, and were then assigned to a bus? 

Apparently this is happening a lot lately, and it could happen to you! 

This person shared their personal story about what they discovered upon showing up to the airport. 

Imagine: you pack and weigh your suitcase, you make sure you packed small amounts of liquids, you ensure that you get to the airport with a few hours to spare to make it through customs. 

And then, after all that planning and effort, a bus shows up instead of your flight!

That is more than mildly infuriating. That is the equivalent of paying like hundreds of dollars for a bus ride that probably costs under a hundred bucks. At most bus terminals, you can just show up, toss your luggage underneath the bus carriage, and take your seat, with no need to go through any safety measures in the meantime. 

Not to mention that planes are just so much faster than busses (I mean, if you're not counting the time you'll spend standing in the TSA line). For example, some people were telling this dude that they. should've realized, while booking their flight, that it was a 3-hour trip instead of like, a half hour trip. 

But I want to counter that logic. Sure, this person could've taken note of that, but at multiple points in their booking process, they were shown evidence that they were booking a flight. I don't blame them for the misunderstanding at all! And I'm mildly infuriated for them, too. 

When little kids have sleepover parties, there's always at least one kid that can't manage to stay the full night. 

Have you ever gotten homesick during a sleepover party? It's quite common for little kids to get overwhelmed at the thought of sleeping in someone else's home. 

They're having fun until the lights go out, and then they're in this big dark scary home, feeling all alone while the other kids sleep, and missing their parents badly. 

They miss their own cozy bed and their stuffed animals. And what else is there to do but for them to get up in the middle of the night and ask the party host if they can go home? 

It's a common societal perception that children inevitably become a financial burden on their parents, but not enough folks are talking about the reverse scenario. Sure, people love to blame millennials for being too coddled, entitled, and unrealistic about the ways of the world. However, these millennials have an entirely different set of circumstances on their hands, and for once, it isn't exactly easy to argue that this is their fault.

We've covered a plethora of stories about inheritance woes on this site, whether it's grandparents picking favorites in their will or children who have, for one reason or another, gotten themselves axed out of their "rightful" inheritance. Sometimes, the reasons are valid. Other times, someone is just being petty. 

But what about the adults in their 30s and 40s whose parents are nearing the finish line, who can't even imagine having grievances about the amount of inheritance they are receiving? What about the folks who are staying up late at night, panicking about how much debt they are going to be in, rather than how much money they are going to get? 

Instead of shedding light on more of the entitled individuals who expect to receive large sums of money when their family members eventually kick the bucket, let's take a moment to consider the millennials out there who can't even fathom being that entitled. 

How many times have you had to send your dish back or ask to remake it because what you got was not what you asked for?

We've all probably had to do it a few times, and some of us feel more comfortable doing it than others. Everyone makes mistakes, especially in restaurants, so everyone finds themselves being served a dish that is not quite what they ordered, and if you want it fixed, the only way to do it is by asking.

If a restaurant makes a mistake, the right thing to do is for them to apologize and make it right; that is the bare minimum most customers expect when they flag down an error to a server. Even if it makes you uncomfortable to complain, you usually know that the server wants you to leave the establishment happy, and they would do what it takes to ensure that happens. Especially if they were the ones making a mistake in the first place.

When the customer in the story below ordered a dish in a Thai restaurant, they carefully read the ingredients of every dish before they placed their order. However, when they got their food, they were surprised to see the dish had eggs in it, even though eggs were not listed in the ingredient list. Since this customer does not eat eggs, they explained the situation to the server and asked them to remake the dish, without eggs this time. The server complied without another word and came back with a brand new dish, one that had only the ingredient listed in the menu.

The customer was sure that the problem was fixed, but when the bill came, they saw that the restaurant had charged them twice for the same dish. When they confronted the server about it, they learned it was not another mistake, and that the restaurant fully expects them to pay for the remaking of the food.

The customer refused, and a dispute in the restaurant ensued. Keep scrolling to read how that went down.

This road is as icy as a beachside boardwalk in Florida on a hot summer's day. 

And yet a man down the road was too terrified to drive his car past a man's "unkempt" house. In his winter-driven rage, he stormed the guy's house at 6 AM on a Saturday and demanded he get up and out of his PJs to plow what looked like a perfectly winterized road. Although the homeowner's eyes were still half-dreaming, he was stunned by the outburst, turning to his local village group chat to make sure he hadn't missed something. 

The road didn't need to be plowed. There was no snow. Winter appeared to be over. But the man next door was so adamant about the civil disruption that he threatened to sue the neighbor over it. 

I understand that when you don't have the right equipment to drive on icy roads, it can be a little daunting and definitely scary, but this guy was completely delulu. I've never driven in the snow, nor would I ever take a risk on icy roads, but I can safely say that this road is entirely passable. You could drive a souped-up, low-suspension Subaru WRX with drift tires down this road. You could steer an Amish 4-horse carriage down this road. You could sprint full speed down this road with no fear of even the slightest slip. 

Everyone is at the end of their limit with winter this year, and everyone is dreaming of springtime bliss, but as the seasons hold out on us and continue to blizzard, it's important to keep your head on straight. Especially in a rural area where neighbors rely on neighbors for a quick tow, a borrowed snow shovel, or even a last-minute plow, burning bridges with the folks who could help out in a bind is never the answer. 

Luckily for this guy, it seems that his neighbors are in good spirits. Despite being thwarted and threatened by the empty lawsuits over snow-free roads, the whole neighborhood was able to laugh it off, counting down the days until the moment the sunshine would warm their world once more… In more ways than one. 

People are having lackluster reactions to the newest Harry Potter trailer release, potentially Avada Kedavra-ing the series.

His dad said the wedding would be next year, so he made other plans

After committing to his best friend's wedding, this son was blindsided when his father suddenly scheduled his own ceremony for the exact same day. Now stuck between a long-standing RSVP and a last-minute family expectation, he had to decide whether keeping his word mattered more than showing up.

Going on vacation can make you forget how to behave during the workday. 

This remote employee made that mistake when he logged into a management call the day he returned from an extended break. While he might be the only person I know who would go so far as to clip his toenails during a Zoom call without realizing he was fully on camera, I have to believe that he is not the only person to have experienced something of this nature. 

In fact, who else remembers feeling this way in elementary school when you would come back from winter or summer break? All of a sudden, your body and mind completely forget how to sit still and maintain any semblance of focus for seven to eight hours a day. We think that this is a phenomenon we grow out of when we get older, but if this employee's experience indicates anything, it's that he is no different from that middle schooler who is relearning how to behave in class.

Living with roommates always comes with compromises, but some agreements are meant to be respected, especially when money is involved. This 27-year-old tenant agreed to pay extra rent for the privacy of her own home office, with clear boundaries set from the beginning. When her roommate suddenly decided to offer that space to visiting guests, things quickly took a turn. Now she is standing her ground and reminding everyone that a deal is a deal, no matter how inconvenient it may be for others.

It's not you… It's the gnome.

We've all been gifted absolutely horrendous gifts that we wished we could throw away the second they are handed to us. It could be a vase, a fruit bowl, or a garden gnome. Whatever it is, the moment we receive it, we have no choice but to say 'thank you' and find a place to hide it so we won't have to look at it every single day. Some people regift it, others stash it somewhere in the house just in case the person who gifted it asks about it the next time they visit.

The resident below decided to put the ugly garden gnome she was gifted by her gnome-obsessed neighbor in her garden shed, but that was not good enough for the neighbor. He demanded that the garden gnome be displayed in the front yard, claiming that it's a tradition that every new neighbor follows. But since this resident didn't know this demanding neighbor, and didn't feel like she owed him anything, she refused to go along with his demands, and insisted that the gnome is perfectly happy guarding her tools in the shed.

She did not expect her actions to inspire the other neighbors to follow her lead…