One person dumped someone for texting with too many emojis, while someone else ended things because their date wasn't using enough emojis! In the dating world, it's impossible to know what people's expectations will be---just ask the people who commented on this interesting r/AskReddit thread. One person asked for the "most petty reason you had for breaking up with someone," and over a thousand people responded with their hilarious moments of heartbreak. 

You probably know pretty quickly if you're going to form a strong connection with someone or not. If a tiny little thing bugs you into dumping them, it just wasn't meant to be. One person realized that they didn't want to date a person who clinked her silverware into her teeth as she ate, and that small reason was enough to end things. A different person got the ick when her date showed up wearing cowboy boots (not sure what's wrong with that, but it was enough of a reason for that person!). Keep scrolling to read a bunch of funny and petty breakup stories. 

Up next, these job candidates shared what happened during their worst interviews ever, like one where "The recruiter started to fold my CV into a paper plane."

Sometimes, telling your roommate to stop doing something inconsiderate is not enough. You have to show them the consequences of their actions.

This tenant's roommate had a habit of eating whatever he wanted in the communal refrigerator, especially when it wasn't his own food. He always had an excuse. He either didn't have enough time to do his own grocery shopping or he promised to pay the tenant back next tine. Well, after numerous instances, it became clear that this was an empty promise. The tenant had no choice but to show him the dangers of eating someone else's food. So, he embarked on a mission. The tenant sabotaged his roommate by feeding him expired milk and putting raw eggs in a container labeled "hard-boiled eggs." Eventually, his roommate got the picture but not after experiencing the well-deserved petty revenge.

Keep scrolling below for the full story from the tenant's perspective. When you're done, feel free to take a look at this collection of funny one-star reviews from Karen customers. 

There are some absolutely wild things happening in these student dorms! 

If you've ever lived in a college freshman dorm, you already know that the hilarity never stops. When you first arrive, you have nothing to do except get to know the people in your dorm and make plans to do fun activities around campus. Some people are already pros at living on their own. But most of them are 18-year-olds who've gone from living with Mom and Dad to suddenly being thrust into the real world for a harsh awakening. They suddenly have to wake themselves up for class, make their own meals, and plan out their own study time. Not everyone handles the adjustment with ease!

This teacher is in the interesting position of living with the freshman. They like that they can get to class quickly, but there are some drawbacks to living with a bunch of kids, as they shared in their very funny story below. Check out the full story, as well as comments from people who couldn't believe how inept this student was. 

Next, take a peek into what kind of mildly infuriating things these local thrift stores are up to, like one that decided "to use staples for clothing tags." 

It takes a whole lot of audacity to complain about not having something you're not properly paying for…

This entitled customer recently downgraded his internet speed from 500 mpbs to 100 because he wanted a cheaper plan. Well, as a result, this had consequences on the quality of his Wi-Fi connection. Of course, when you're a Karen, you don't necessarily have the capacity to put two and two together and realize that this is what you get for downgrading to a cheaper plan. He wound up complaining to a manager of the internet service provider about his internet speed while conveniently leaving out the details about changing his plans. Of course, the manager discovered the change based on the records of his account and called him out on his nonsense but in the best way possible. You want to correct your internet speed? Sure thing, but it's going to be corrected to exactly what you're paying for. 

Keep scrolling below for the full story. For more, check out this post about an employee who was roasted online for refusing to turn off the light for his boss.

Having to work in a capitalistic hellscape is already hard enough. You need to make six digits these days just to make rent for a studio apartment. So you have to enjoy the little things now more than ever. For example, finding a the perfectly hidden parking spot near your work that is always conveniently/ unofficially there for you. When you find something like that, it feels like the universe is giving you a little treat. So when someone you were treating kindly takes that little universe treat away from you, it feels extra personal. That is exactly what happened to this woman who turned to Reddit to rant. 

She was the only friend of one coworker that nobody really liked. But she felt bad and always went on walks with her. One day she pointed out her stellar parking spot and then BAM the next day, that coworker was parked there. She quickly realized why she didn't have any other work friends and it was because she was the office Karen. Read what else turned her into the office pariah! 

There's nothing better than being in your own home and experiencing what it feels like to be utterly and completely alone, with no one around to perceive you, judge you, or otherwise consider your existence and what you might happen to be doing. Hanging out enjoying a peaceful afternoon doing some home maintenance outside, and suddenly your ears are bombarded by an infernal whirring outside as if 10,000 angry bees have suddenly descended upon the peace you were enjoying, and looking up, you see a camera drone hovering over your property and home. 

That's enough to make you wonder what the person controlling the drone might be doing—and it's only a natural suspicion. Many of us would have the same feeling at seeing a camera pointed in our direction even if we were out in public and aware that it might be a possibility, but it's a little different where and when we might expect to have complete privacy. 

Now, I can't say anything other than the noise bothers me much. I know I'm not that interesting, and no one would really want a photo of me for any reason, so I wouldn't be quick to assume that the drone was bothered with me at all. However, those more unadjusted to technology and accustomed to having their privacy undisturbed, particularly those in rural areas, tend to be prone to more suspicion and finding the persons responsible.

That's likely how this rural homeowner felt when she had a strong reaction to a drone flying over her property, upon finding the controller giving him an earful. It was later revealed that he was flying the drone in order to take real estate photographs for her neighbor's home, and her neighbor thought that her reaction was unnecessary. The homeowner took to this online community to ask whether or not she was wrong for her reaction and for caring at all about the disturbance.

Not everyone is going to bring home first prize in a spelling bee. Some folks are just awful at spelling. At least on our phones and computers, we have spellcheck to give us a notification that we're spelling words wrong. But in real life, you sometimes just have to wing it. 

These people spelled things by sounding them out, with some very funny results! I imagine a lot of the people who wrote these signs aren't English speakers. Instead, they're sounding out the words phonetically to try and get their point across. We're not dunking on people who are trying to learn another language---it's really hard, and props to them for trying their best! They've just made some excellent and very unintentionally funny signs. Correct spelling? Nah, hit 'em with a remix! As an editor, it's my job to make sure things are spelled correctly while I'm on the clock. But in my free time (like while I'm texting my friends) I think it's pretty fun to mix it up and spell things in the way you think they should be spelled. I mean, why not? 

Check out all of these funny language mix-ups below. Then, read about these people's worst interviews ever, like one candidate who shared, "The recruiter started to fold my CV into a paper plane."

There's a theory that office technology is built differently–and not in a good way. This 24-hour tech support guy knew very well that office technology rarely works how you want it to. Still, after receiving several overnight calls from the same company, he knew something wasn't working right–and it wasn't just the technology. 

Although all office technology seems to be built faultily, this guy knew something bigger was at play when none of his over-the-phone software hacks worked. Sure enough, after troubleshooting things a bit and tinkering with the interface, the tech support guy realized the most obvious blunder of all: The computer was unplugged. 

However, after this easy fix, it seemed like nobody in the office could check this simple solution before calling their tech support guy, repeatedly begging for his help over the phone to realize that it was just the cable being unplugged finally… Again. Finally, the tech support guy had had enough and learned their phone number by heart, delivering the most epic, godlike one-liner over the phone that would fix their 'tech problems' for good.

Sometimes, life events and medical diagnoses prevent you from staying on top of the smaller things like housework and lawn work. Luckily, there are services available to help us out when we can't help ourselves. Instead of risking our lower backs to keep our lawns looking crispy and healthy, we can hire the fellas that do this for a living. It's a win-win situation until you start getting misled and cheated by the service that's supposed to make your life that much easier. Well, some services are better than others, unfortunately, and this story is solid proof.

The homeowner in this story had a string of events that had prevented him from keeping up with his lawn care. However, he expressed he didn't "want to be" that neighbor who has a gross-looking lawn and didn't practice regular upkeep. So, he hires a lawn mowing service that advertises a "one-time cut". Sounds perfect. Come to find out, this service had a "three-cut minimum." The original poster (OP) expresses that he should've turned back once this occurred.

Over the course of multiple days, the mowing company refuses to mow his lawn for a multitude of reasons. Some wanted more money given the height of the homeowner's grass (not high at all.) Others were simple no-shows. Each time the OP tried to cancel because it wasn't worth it at this point, he was met with pushback because of this "three-cut minimum." So, he schedules his next appointment for over 20 years later. One commenter explains this was a tasteful case of "mowlicious compliance" and they're not wrong. Scroll to read the entire story.

Being a team player means supporting your coworkers when it's appropriate. It does not mean doing their job for them.

Here, we have a fully remote Karen coworker who had the audacity to ask an employee, who had to work in-person every day, to print multiple PDFs and scan them as one document for her. Now, the purpose of this was to combine these PDF documents into one, a task the employee pointed out could be via Adobe. He even wrote out clear instructions for how to do this from home, but the Karen refused to listen. Instead, their boss got involved and accused the employee of insubordination. Again, the employee was fulfilling his core responsibilities and was complying, albeit with reservations, with the new in-person work policy. Meanwhile, this Karen has the privilege of working remotely full-time and refused to fulfill her own responsibilities because of her out-of-touch understanding of how to merge PDFs. 

Who do you think was the insubordinate one here? Keep scrolling below for the full story. For more, check out this post about an entitled manager who tried to force their employee to work longer.

There is a big difference between living with roommates and having a landlord and living with your landlord as a roommate. Nobody wants to do the latter, for starters. Having roommates is hard enough, imagine how unbearable it would be to have your landlord as a roommate, watching over your every move.

If you are a landlord, and you are looking for roommates, I would definitely recommend telling them what they are walking into, because they deserve to know. That is what I would tell the girl in this Reddit story, who decided to not tell her roommates that she is actually the one who owns the house. Eventually, they found out by going through her mail, and they decided to confront her about it. By this point, I had no idea who was in the right and who was in the wrong.

Keep scrolling to read the full story. After you are done, click here for a story of an employee who got fired for accepting fake bills.

There should be a rule that everyone has to work in a restaurant, bar, or retail store for at least year before being let loose into society. These jobs really change a person. I worked in a pizza place all of college, I graduated over a decade ago and I still have nightmares about working a shift… The things you experience can't happen in any other job. You learn how to either deal with a Karen or spot one out a mile away so you can avoid them. You learn how to fold clothes fast and perfectly. Or you learn how to calculate 20% tip as fast as lightning in your head. The best thing working at these kinds of places, however, is that you learn just how many stupid and entitled people there really are out there. No more blissful unawareness of humanity. Time to wake up and smell the coffee. If you've worked in food service or retail, you'll appreciate these memes. 

It's common knowledge that you'll often never be appreciated for your job when things are going well—or even great. Your boss and employer assume your high performance is just a given and merit to their management rather than a credit to your own talent and efforts. But, as soon as something goes wrong, they won't blame themselves, even though that will make the most sense based on their logic. No, they'll suddenly come around asking questions, trying to figure out what went wrong, and looking to finger you with the blame. Sorry, if you don't know how to fix the issue, why were you taking credit in the first place?

This is especially true in any role, like IT and software development, where you're paid to ensure that nothing goes wrong. As long as nothing is visibly going wrong, the C-suite suits are probably sitting there wondering what the heck they're paying you for. But, as soon as something goes wrong, they'll suddenly be well reminded.

When this HR department refused to give their developer a raise, downplaying their work and arguing that their bug fixes and improvements weren't delivering anything that "actually mattered," they decided that if delivering new projects and features were the only thing that mattered for their role, well, then that's what they'd be focusing on. And when things stopped working properly, guess who was the first to complain?

If a teenager wants to do something, they'll find the most creative ways to do it. 

Teenagers are simply unstoppable. Whether it's their parents, guardians, or teachers telling them not to do something, they can't be deterred. Things feel extra dramatic to them at that age: if they can't go out with their friend group, some teens act like it's the end of the world. Missing out on a group shopping trip because they're grounded is cause for a full-scale meltdown. 

For u/Quitthesht, being denied a night out with their friends was cause for some major irritation. Even though they'd told their parents days in advance that they wanted to see their friends, their dad decided on the day of that it was time for the teen to organize the woodpile. Dad dumped an entire trailer's worth of wood pieces in the driveway, and told his teen to stack is before going out with friends. As you can imagine, this teen was quite unhappy to hear that. They decided to maliciously comply with the request, which you can read all about down below.  

After that, read about some eye-opening thrift and vintage shopping experiences, like one person who couldn't believe that the "local thrift store decided… to use staples for clothing tags." 

Airport security can bring out the worst in people. Unfortunately for this passenger, he had to endure a packed security line where every flight was getting delayed and people were gracious enough to let folks with less time before their flights to get to the front of the line. Unfortunately, not everyone was gracious, and this passenger, who was already dealing with time constraints, was pushed and shoved by two impatient Karens, who just so happened to be on the same flight.

After the Karens cut this Redditor on the security line, one of them forgot to retrieve their laptop after she went through. The TSA agent asked the Redditor if they knew who the laptop belonged to, but the Redditor decided to say nothing and to give these Karens the comeuppance they deserved. Once the boarding process began at the gate, they finally realized that their laptop was missing. That's what you get for projecting your stress onto others rather than treating those around you fairly.

For more stories like this, check out this list of Karen customers' one-star restaurant reviews. 

Online shopping can fool even the most vigilant of shoppers. Even when you use your best judgement and buy items from reputable sellers, you may find yourself opening the package and looking at a bad product. Sometimes you get a knockoff item that is definitely not what the photo advertised. Other times your package arrives looking like it's been through a tornado, leaving your product damaged. You never can know for certain what'll happen in the time between hitting the "place order" button and the mail carrier dropping the box off at your door. 

These people found some funny stuff while browsing online. There's a lot of hilariously bad Photoshopping in online stores. There's a lot that tends to get lost in translation, too. You can check out a bunch of very funny online shopping mishaps down below! 

After that, read about this customer who decided to go straight to the top when a car dealership tried to fool her: "One phone call to the CEO later, she's in his office."

Imagine working from home but having your boss look at you the entire time. It kind of beats the purpose of remote work, doesn't it? Those days offer employees some freedom to fulfill their responsibilities at their own pace and under their own preferred conditions. Having your manager on Zoom monitoring your progress during your entire work day is no different than having them breathe down your neck in the office.

This employee worked for a startup and helped build it from the ground up. Things were going swimmingly until the new manager started scheduling unnecessary meetings and progress began to slow. Instead of recognizing that these meetings were part of the problem, the new manager decided to combat this issue by enforcing 14-hour Zoom calls. Yes, 14 hours. What kind of policy is that and how on earth is that allowed?

Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the subsequent consequences as this Redditor and his fellow coworkers prepared to jump ship. For more content like this, check out this post about a warehouse employee's petty revenge.

In a quiet residential neighborhood, one frustrated homeowner had finally reached his breaking point. Despite submitting countless complaints to the HOA about his entitled neighbors throwing loud parties 3-4 nights a week, the noise just wouldn't stop. He called the cops, filed multiple violations, and even endured a kids' party with a loud MC that went on well into the early morning hours.

Finally, after years of sleepless nights and growing frustration, his efforts finally paid off and the parties came to an end. But the homeowner wasn't done yet—he had his own plans for revenge. Knowing that his neighbor was a construction worker and relied on weekends to catch up on sleep after early mornings on the job, he decided to make his mornings a little less peaceful.

Every Saturday at 6 a.m. for four years, the homeowner mowed his lawn with enthusiasm, ensuring the sound of the mower disrupted any chance of sleeping in. It was a creative way to get back at the noisy neighbors, proving that sometimes a little retaliation (or in this case, a lot of retaliation) can restore the peace in a neighborhood.

Growing up and embracing maturity is hard—and especially hard for some. Accepting that your age and responsibility means that you need to leave some behaviors behind can be tough. This is usually associated with things like realizing that you can't walk away from crashing your mountain bike into a tree like you used to. Not only that, there's a chance that you might even seriously injure yourself gardening, which will take weeks or months to recover from. But this applies to social interactions and how you treat people, too. Childish behaviors like throwing your cousin into the pool might be acceptable tomfoolery when you're kids (yet probably still annoying). However, when you're grown adults and you still think it's acceptable behavior, it's time to reassess. 

This cousin was forced to face the consequences of his actions when he pushed his also-adult cousin into the pool despite her telling him not to. It might have been "Just a prank," but that "prank" ruined her new $6k hearing aids that she needed to hear properly. When he refused to pay for their replacement she took him to court, winning the total of the replacement cost. This, unfortunately, put her at odds with her extended family, who largely insisted that she overstepped. Was she in the wrong for pursuing damages in court? Read her account of events and the responses below and decide for yourself

The longer you work in retail, the more you realize that some customers simply can't be helped. It's not that they don't want to be helped--they usually do, and they'll let the cashier know it. But they often want things like impossibly large discounts or merchandise that the store simply doesn't have in stock. Some customers see items that are supposedly in stock online, and then they'll spend 10 minutes insisting to the cashier that the item actually is in the store. If only they'd check in the back! No matter how many times the cashier insists they're wrong and there's no extra merchandise to sell in the back of the store, the customer just won't believe them. 

This person, u/Silthas_Darkfire, had a story about an impossible customer they had while working at a big box store. This customer wanted to buy something, but his card declined. Okay, the cashier can run it again. Declined. This customer just couldn't face the reality that they money wasn't on his card. Maybe his bank transfer was taking too long, or he was just flat-out lying about having cash in his bank account. Either way, this guy couldn't face reality… until a manager stepped in to help, that is. 

Up next, read about a freelance designer who was forced to send an unfinished flyer out to the world.