It's called financial illiteracy and you don't want to find yourself in that category when house hunting.

When a fully-fledged adult flops financially, they can usually move back in with their parents to bounce back. There's that memorable stigma of the 'wanton failure' moving back in with mom and dad that's been ingrained in our heads since the dawn of rom-com rock bottom movie intro. But none of us are ever prepared for the moment that our parents move back in with the kids. 

From here, there's nowhere to go but up.

This flip-flop of responsibility is not unheard of, but for elderly parents to move back in with their kiddos because of financial failures–now that's a more complicated story. The Gen X couple in our next story unfortunately has been in the awkward position of inviting their parents in as semi-permanent guests after they entirely blew their retirement savings. Recently they've been faced with some tough decisions to help their frivolous parental figures face the facts on their finances… or else. 

Scroll to read all of the family feuding details of this insane story where the hands of the moral compass cross with the limits of a couple's generosity.

This (former) cafe worker has had a confusing week as they switch jobs. It really shouldn't have been that difficult for them, but as they described it, their new bosses suddenly decided they "don't need you anymore." 

There are a few industries that are hard to break into without experience: working as a barista or a waiter are two good examples. As a barista, you need to know the correct ways to prepare different coffee beverages quickly and efficiently. It can take some time to get your latte art to look perfectly photo-ready. A lot of coffee shop bosses just won't hire a new person to run their morning rush-hour shifts. They want people with experience, like the barista in this story. 

Not only did u/throwaway8182897 have experience, they were hired by a new cafe on the spot. Although it's a great feeling to be offered a job, getting hired on the spot can be a red flag. It signals that the company might be desperate to find workers, or has a heavy turnover of their employees. This person took the job and was enjoying it. Their new bosses seemed impressed with their skill level, until one day a text conversation ended it all. 

Check it all out below, and then read about one boss who decided to dissolve a university's department and give all the responsibilities to one person. 

The process of booking leave exists for one reason and one reason only: So that managers can maintain some control over staffing levels ensure the continuity of the business and make sure that everyone doesn't all go and take off at the same time. 

The thing is, this takes—well… managing. You, the manage-er, have to be able to manage your workers' leave requests and ensure that the business stays running while your workers get the time off that they need (and are entitled to) so that a little thing called "morale" stays high and your workers don't hate their jobs and send the company's productivity to the tip. 

Sure, it might be inconvenient at times, but it's your job. The intention of the process really isn't so that you can retain more direct control over your employees' lives (although some managers seem to think this is the case.) It also certainly isn't so that you can wave your hand and approve your employee's leave only to change your mind at the last moment and tell them that they can't go. 

Did you ever get a package of something you ordered, and what you got was a different item, but a slightly better one than what you were supposed to get? If you did, what was your thought process at that moment? Did you contemplate whether or not to contact the store that sent it and let them know? or did you decide that if they made the mistake, it was theirs to pay for it?

I'd like to imagine that each and every one of us has a good conscience and a bad conscience, like an angel and a demon sitting on each of our shoulders. They are the ones who guide us while making these kinds of decisions. Sometimes we listen to the angel, and sometimes we listen to the demon.

The person in this Reddit story was following his good conscience when he discovered that he got a $500k server when he actually ordered one that cost him around $6k. When he got the order, he blocked the transaction, so he could set the record straight. When customer support contacted him, they were angry that he didn't pay for the server, and wouldn't hear his reasoning. In the end, he got a lot more than what he paid for… 

Scroll down to read the full story. Once you are done with this one, click here for another dramatic story of entitled customers who complained about a server eating during their break. 

When will these bosses get off our backs? Those of us who are at the bottom of the food chain are starting to develop back pain over here.

We've been seeing a lot of instances lately about employers stirring up a fuss about their team members leaving the office early, even if it's just a few minutes before the end of the day. Apparently, it doesn't matter if all your work is complete and there's nothing left to get done for the day. It doesn't even matter if you got to the office early for a meeting or to get a head start. The funny thing is that the expectation is for employees to always go the extra mile and show up early, but when it comes to leaving just a few minutes early, these authority figures seem to immediately lose their cool. 

This thread was posted to Reddit by u/MonkeyMobile635, who shared his boss's passive-aggressive message via Teams. Keep scrolling below to see how he and his teammates responded and what they plan to do moving forward. Does this call for a little malicious compliance? We think so! For more stories like this, here's one about a lawyer who stopped coming in early because his boss tried to pull the same shenanigans.

Any type of information is now readily available online. We can access any book, paper, article, or even blog we want with only one simple click of a button. Consequently, given how simple it is to access all of this information, one might assume that everyone—including you and me—would be more cautious about what we publish online.

The following is the story of a frustrated tech firm customer support representative. The Original Poster (OP) describes a terrible boss from back in the early 2000s. At first, OP was perplexed as to how she could have possibly offended her manager. But after a quick conversation with her husband, OP learned that, before she started working there, her boss had a thing for her husband, which explains why she's been trying to make her life as difficult as possible.

All in all, though, things turned out nicely since OP happened to come across her manager's negative blog post about the business and its CEO. OP sent multiple blog postings to higher-ups without hesitation, exposing her manager's true colors. That being said, be sure to read the story below if you're interested in learning what happened after OP exposed her supervisor's true colors! After you're done, don't forget to read the story of the daughter who starts a family conflict by persuading her father to take down all the pictures of her half-sister from social media!

"Humans are creatures of habit." Bla, bla, bla, whoever said that was not talking about going to work.

It seems like Karens only comprehend service animals when it's them buying a vest online and using it for their untrained dog. 

Life is full of many strange (and potentially misspelled) signs if you're looking carefully enough. It's remarkable how much work a marketing team may put into a billboard without doing a simple spell check or using some common sense with regard to the image they've chosen and how it might be interpreted. You would think that among a group of professionals, someone would have said something with some of these signs. But alas, not everyone is as smart as the readers of FAIL Blog.

These funny signs, most of which are accidental and some of which were intentionally hilarious, were the top posts of the week on Reddit's r/funnysigns subreddit. Our personal favorites include the protest sign about hotel checkout times, the Darth Vader campaign sign, and the sign barring wizards from entering an establishment, the latter of which is yet another reminder that people are either clever or crazy. Keep scrolling below for the full collection. When you're done, check out this list of anonymous confessions.

No one can agree on the way this person should've talked to their boss. 

In any job, communication is key, but it's a skill that one develops over time. You don't enter the workplace at 20 years old already knowing the decorum of an office setting. People might give you weird looks if you speak up loudly during meetings or say something off-putting, and that's just how you learn those things over time. 

This person isn't sure if they talked to their boss appropriately or not, so they asked the internet. But citizens of the internet were also divided! 

U/danondorf_campbell writes that they are seriously annoyed by their boss's habit of answering questions. Whenever this employee goes to their boss with a simple question, they get a question in response. No matter what the question is, the employee can never get a straight answer, because their boss has to reframe it into a question. The worker reports that they talked about this "multiple times (privately)" with their boss. They also suspect their boss is replying that way to avoid sounding oblivious. No doubt that their boss's habit got old really quickly. 

However, the way this employee finally snapped was quite… memorable. While in a meeting with several other people, the OP decided to go on an accusatory tangent about the boss's bad habit. They apparently smoothed things over later on, but people are telling this employee that their days may be numbered at this company. 

Next, check out some of the worst concerts people have ever been to, like one singer who just completely ignored the crowd for the entire show. 

Talk about unprofessional! There are many instances when the personal details of an employee might come up in general banter during a team meeting. Examples of this include questions like "how was that concert you went to?" or "did you enjoy your trip?" Those are, of course, acceptable. However, questions like "did they refill your ADHD meds?" most certainly fall into the unacceptable category.

What possessed this CEO to think inquiring about this was a good idea? Even privately, that question is inappropriate. All the employee did was relay the fact that they had finally finished a project that had been ongoing since November. There was no simple logical through-line there that could lead to discussing their medical needs, not to mention disclosing those needs in front of their entire team. The employee shared their side of the story via this thread on Reddit, and people in the comments were quick to tell them to contact an employment lawyer and start looking for other work.

Keep scrolling below for the full story. For more, check out this post about a toxic manager who used IT to spy on their employees.

A family is a place where you can always be yourself, imperfections and all. It's a secure haven. Nevertheless, every family has a unique set of issues that they would have rather kept private, especially in this day and age of social media, where one click may have a profound impact on someone's entire life.

The story that follows is an account of a frustrated sister. The twenty-one-year-old Original Poster (OP) has made the decision to reconnect with her long-lost half-sister. To put things in perspective, OP has a half-sister from her father's previous marriage. Everything seemed to be going smoothly at first; OP and her half-sister were getting along well and had a strong bond. But everything appeared to change when OP shared a photo of her and her father taken at her high school graduation. The half-sister made the decision to contact their father and express her 'concerns' over the situation in question.

So, without giving too much away, be sure to read the story below if you're interested in finding out exactly what was said to the father and how OP got even with her sister!  After you're through, don't forget to read the story of the arrogant guest who mistreats the server and the server's choice to punish the guest in retaliation!

There's nothing more frustrating than losing access to your favorite shows just before the finale is released. With all the tension built up from the show's entirety, few people on this earth deserve to be denied their season finale–except a cheating ex-husband. 

The man in our next story may not know why he's had the misfortune of missing out on his favorite shows, but because of the betrayals of his last marriage, he'll only be watching children's TV from now on. According to the ex-wife's petty bestie, there are few luxuries that a cheating ex can remain privy to after a divorce… and free-reign of the communal Netflix account is NOT included in this alimony. 

After noticing that the dirtbag ex-husband was still using their old streaming account, one woman's best friend went above and beyond to get the pettiest, most benign revenge possible, by reverting his watch settings to never exceed TV-Y ratings. Scroll to read the entire hilarious tale of how one woman's pettiness meant that some guy out there is deliriously watching Peppa Pig, wondering how he hit rock bottom. 

Music unites us all. Almost every person loves music, and many of us will jump at the opportunity to see our favorite bands play in person. It's a special occasion when the band you listen to every day arrives in your city to play a show. You and your friends can spend weeks getting hyped up for the concert by making tee shirts and blasting their music through the speakers at top volume. On the day of the concert, you arrive to the stadium expecting to see an amazing show. 

For many musicians in big bands, playing gigs is their entire job—and everyone has a bad day at work now and then. Sometimes a member of the band will be off beat, making the song sound strange. Other times, the lead singer refuses to interact with the crowd. In many cases, the arena the band is playing at has sound issues that cause their set to sound a little wonky. 

U/EverydayPersons asked the good folks of Reddit to share the times they've "seen a band that left you totally shocked at their terrible performance," citing their own recent concert disappointment. Interestingly, a lot of the commenters who had poor experiences were seeing classic rock bands. You'd think these legacy groups would have the ability to perform flawless shows, but between awkward band dynamics and performers who can't show up ready to sing, there is plenty of room for error. 

Next up, check out the hilarious ways these people quit, like one person who protested their boss never being around by sending a video dancing on his desk. 

One of the biggest red flags an employer could have is being disrespectful of their employees' time off. When an employee takes time off, it usually signifies that they could not work at that time, and have other matters to attend to. If an employer disregards that time and insists their employees would accommodate the work schedule needs no matter what, then something is extremely off.

The employee in this Reddit story was dealing with the same problem with his boss. The employee was constantly being forced to change his time off for the benefit of the boss until it reached the final straw. OP (original poster) had a weekend off scheduled for months but was told a few weeks before that a mandatory training session was scheduled on the same weekend. OP, who had enough of having to change his plans because of his boss's inability to plan ahead, refused to attend the training. That resulted in the boss's decision to fire OP on the spot.

Scroll down to read the full story. When you are done, click here for another story of an employee who got fired by a manager who wanted to take down the company.

Respect begets respect—and flexibility begets flexibility. It's no surprise that as in the old adage of 'The Golden Rule' along with so many other maxims, if we treat others with esteem they'll be far more likely to do the same. In the context of the modern workplace, this comes into play with a surprising frequency. Say, if a member of the team you're managing needs to leave early one day for an appointment or to take care of a personal errand, not making an issue of this means that they're going to be far more likely to be available and willing to stay late on the occasion that you need help crunching for a looming deadline. However, adamantly declaring that they must be posted at their desk—like a guard outside Buckingham Palace—for the entirety of their contracted hours, is only going to ensure that while they are at their desk for their contracted hours, they are only at their desk for their contracted hours.

Of course, this managerial snafu is an easy one to make, particularly when one is inclined to controlling behavior and prone to outbursts intended to assert authority. Luckily for the rest of us, the ensuing fallout makes for a great story when the workers inevitably share it on the internet years afterward—just as this worker did in the story they originally posted in this popular online community.

Always be careful with what you tell your coworkers, especially if you're the office Karen. Even a small ounce of self-awareness would lead this office Karen (whose actual name is Agnes… even better) to realize that if she keeps threatening to quit, the concept of leaving will soon become a dangling carrot for everyone else. Eventually, her fake quitting shenanigans caught up with her, and one coworker decided to call her out.

Well, they didn't exactly call her out. Instead, they informed everyone else in the office so they could throw an impromptu retirement party that day. It's the perfect form of petty revenge because it's all under the guise of gratitude and generosity. By the end of the day, practically everyone had congratulated Agnes on her retirement that she basically had no choice but to actually resign. Her coworker shared their side of the story via this thread on Reddit's r/pettyrevenge subreddit, and folks in the comments were quick to give the original poster their flowers for their expert thinking.

Keep scrolling below for the full story. For more, check out this post about a toxic manager who exploited IT to spy on her employees.

It's always hard to quit a job, but it feels worse to drop a job that you've been looking forward to starting because you have to give up one. No one prepares you for the whole process of putting in your two weeks with your current employer. After the awkward conversation, you then have to work 14 uncomfortable days with your coworkers who already know you're leaving to work somewhere else. But it's really not that personal. Your role can easily be replaced. Sometimes you have to leave your current job in order to grow both personally and professionally. 

It even gets trickier if after you have done so, your boss is not going to accept the resignation just like this employee. To make matters even worse, the boss threatened this employee for attempting to quit, saying that it's going to ruin his future if he leaves now. Finding himself in this tough spot, the employed turned to the internet as source of advice and support. Read the whole story below. 

Of all the reasons to get kicked out of a country, this might be the most embarrassing. 

No vacation goes 100% perfectly—there are always a few hiccups. There are the tiny things, like planning to visit a popular spot, only to find out when you arrive that it's closed for the day. Then there are bigger issues, like that one family member who forgets their passport at home, and remembers once they're at the airport. 

It's not every day you encounter problems like this, though. A traveler got deported from Bali just because she wouldn't pay a small fine! As you can check out in the video below, the travel was trying to drive a moped through an area crowded with pedestrians, cars, and other mopeds. She wasn't wearing a helmet, and that's a big problem. It's illegal and unsafe, and police officers let her know this. She claimed her helmet got stolen, which is unfortunate, but it's not a good enough reason for officers to let her off the hook. 

Check out the video below. Then, read about how one woman collected evidence and then ruined her ex-bosses life.