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'It is my turn to be selfish': Top 15 wedding debacles featuring bridezillas, entitled couples, and needy family members

Tue, 04/16/2024 - 11:00

Not every wedding is a dream come true. In fact, rarely can events that simultaneously cause so much stress and anxiety result in a blissful moment. At the end of the day, much of the reasoning behind this is our own fault. Culturally, we put way too much emphasis on the need to have the perfect time at your wedding while making both parties equally happy. It's an impossible task, so why do we keep doing this to ourselves?

These folks understand all too well that weddings are just as likely to spin out of control as they are to go your way. Unfortunately, those involved discovered this reality after the fact. Some of these fiascos include a kid who refused to attend the wedding in anything other than a lion's outfit, a couple who insisted all guests give gifts over $250, and a guy who arranged for a literal llama to be present at his sister's wedding. Is that not the ultimate revenge?

Keep scrolling below for the full list. For more, check out this compilation of wholesome posts for overworked employees.

'You dug that hole yourself’: Contractor works on resident's property without permission, creating damage that costs $100,000

Tue, 04/16/2024 - 10:00

Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. So if one messes things up, one is probably going to have to face the consequences, that is simply how the world works, although there aren't many people who actually live by those rules.

Many people in this Reddit story had to face the consequences of their actions, and not all of them did such a great job. First, there was the terrible neighbor who started the whole drama simply by being a terrible neighbor, but also because he ordered a contractor to to work on a property that wasn't his. Then, there was the contractor himself, who even though he knew he was working illegally on private property, still kept going. And lastly, there was the county, who refused to do anything about the illegal work and refused to listen to reason.

All these people got what they deserved, so scroll down to read the full story. After that, click here for a story of employees who refused to accept a bonus from their boss.

‘I cleaned the printer, now it won’t print': Employee calls tech support to inform them printer stopped working, IT discovers printer is completely soaked

Tue, 04/16/2024 - 09:00

You are typing away, your keyboard going clickety-clack as your fingers fly across the different buttons. When you look down, you notice that your keyboard is a little bit dusty. Hmmm, that's not right. You guess it's time to deep clean it. How do you go about it? Well, probably not the way this employee did.

One tech support worker took to r/talesfromtechsupport after they got an unusual call regarding a printer. Apparently, the printer wasn't working, but it had been just before. So IT sauntered in, only to find the display completely dark. It was indeed, not working. After a careful evaluation of the situation, it became very clear what had happened. The person who complained about it also happened to be the person who had last seen the printer up and running. Scroll down to read the hilarious series of events and then check out these wholesome posts for overworked employees who are in dire need of a vacation.

35+ Perilous pickup trucks and messed up Mustangs that shouldn't be on the road

Tue, 04/16/2024 - 08:00

These car mods did not turn out as intended. 

Some people get a car and have big ideas in their head about it. So what if the car is 20 years old and barely starts? That's just the starting point, and with the right bells and whistles, soon it becomes a 20-year-old car that's also loud and flashy. 

Lots of car enthusiasts want their cars to be souped up, but they don't have the cash to spend thousands doing it. So some of these people take matters into their own hands. They decide to DIY a car renovation, and the results look… well… you can see them for yourself down below! 

I'm always fascinated by Franken-cars, like the ones at #4, #20, and #22. The more cars smushed into one, the better. I love to see a Franken-vehicle that's a mini-van on the front half, and a truck of some sort in the back. You can tell that the driver needs enough seats to take the kids and their friends to soccer practice, while also carrying some bags of mulch or some 2x4s. They have lots of places to be, and lots of items to bring along. They're thinking big, and not letting either the laws of physics or the aesthetics of the car stop them from achieving their dreams.  

Next up, when a Florida couple was impolite towards this employee, they got to leave the couple stranded. 

'They lost the $1.2M funding too': Fired employee asked to write instruction manual for their future replacement with "zero experience," so they write it in insultingly simple terms

Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00

In writing, both for entertainment and for technical purposes, it's important that your reader be able to comprehend the meaning of your words. For example, if you happen to be writing a snazzy and engaging introduction to a discussion about a story that someone shared online, it would be foolish to begin using words that your reader is likely not to understand. In fact, it would be perspicacious for the author to eschew using a myriad of archaic verbiage that obfuscates the meaning of what they're trying to portray to their audience. 

Of course, as with everything in life, there's a balance to be struck, and it's easy to go too far in the other direction to a point where your writing begins sounding like one of those books you read in the first grade… The writer writes well. The writer writes good words. People enjoy reading the writer's words. The writer's words are easy to read. Yeah, you get tired of it pretty quickly. Like I said, there's a balance.

Well, when the survival of your company is dependent on a bunch of descriptive words that other people can read and comprehend in order to replicate essential processes or procedures, it's important that the line of simplistic yet descriptive be tread very carefully. 

When this worker was asked to write a technical instruction manual for the role that they were being fired from, the stipulation was that it be written at a level that someone with "zero experience" could understand. They decided to write it at such an insultingly simple level that it probably wouldn't be all that helpful to anyone at all. Hey, at least they tried… Right?

Mechanic bulldozes entire field, taking down army infrastructure after commanding officer orders him to level field 'no matter what'

Tue, 04/16/2024 - 06:00

It is crucial that you communicate your expectations to everyone around you. Having said that, as someone who always says what they mean and means what they say, in the event that you were given an order by superiors, would you simply follow it without question or would you make an effort to comprehend the reasoning behind it to prevent future annoyances?

The story below tells the tale of a clever transport officer who, although fully aware that he is setting himself up for failure, opts to follow his lieutenant's commands. The grandfather of the Original Poster (OP) was a transport officer in the Royal Australian Air Force. In order to prepare for an exercise, a lieutenant orders OP's grandfather to level the field that they were on with a bulldozer. Initially, the grandfather attempts to explain to the lieutenant that his training only covers upkeep and not the actual operation of the bulldozer. However, the lieutenant was unreceptive to arguments and was certain that the grandfather should resolve the matter. So, after trying several times to reason with the commander,  the grandfather ultimately decided to follow instructions and pray for the best possible outcome.

Having said that, be sure to read the story below if you're interested in learning what transpired after OP's grandfather started leveling the field! Additionally, after you've finished reading, don't forget to check out the story about the client who gets even with the contractor who ripped him off for $2000 by sending him job sites that don't exist, costing him $15,000!

'Karen can move in': College student gets even with nightmare roommate, moves out and finds the perfect replacement

Tue, 04/16/2024 - 05:00

There is nothing quite like the pettiness that exists within a college dorm. Sure, people can be petty throughout their lives but there seems to be something especially petty regarding living situations during those four years. Part of this may be due to the obvious absence of parents and the further development of one's adult brain during this time. Part of it is the collision of differing lifestyles and the confrontation with other people's living habits. Part of it is just the nature of college itself.

Who hasn't had a dramatic roommate situation during college? Whether it's the total random roommate situation or the perfectly planned "best friend" roommate dynamic that inevitably falls apart, most people's perception of sharing space becomes forever altered during their college years. Here, we have a student who felt belittled and mocked by her roommate Colleen and their friend Karen (a fitting name). When the Redditor finally found the opportunity to get out of there and move in with another friend, she sought the perfect vengeance by suggesting that Colleen and Karen move in together. After all, they seemed to clearly deserve each other. What could possibly go wrong?

Keep scrolling below for the consequences. For more stories like this, here is one about a Karen interaction on an airplane.

'I'm being singled out': Boss ‘quietly fires’ employee after they report upper management for taking their tips

Tue, 04/16/2024 - 04:00

If there is one thing that employers cannot stand, it is their employees speaking up for their own rights. You should be as quiet as possible in the workplace, and never ever even consider raising issues that are related to your work and/or your employers. An employee who does this kind of thing will probably regret it later on.

Much like the employee in this Reddit story, who thought they were doing the right thing, but their employer definitely did not agree. OP (original poster), noticed that all the upper management was taking money out of the tip pool, something they are definitely not allowed to do, so OP reported it to the Department of Labor (DOL). Somehow, the boss found out about it, and started retaliating against OP - cutting their hours, making them do tasks that are not in their job title, etc… OP now wonders if they should, again, report their boss to DOL.

Scroll down to read the rest of the story. When you are done, click here for a story of a worker who quit their job after getting a 50-cent raise.

‘My friend was mad at me, but he never asked again’: Sixth-grader maliciously complies with class showoff's request

Mon, 04/15/2024 - 14:00

This class clown kept bothering another student until the kid finally agreed to help out. Unfortunately for the class clown, things didn't work out exactly how he'd planned.

Having a jokester in the class is tons of fun for everyone except one person: the teacher. While the class is giggling at the prankster's antics, the teacher has to try and keep order. This kid was apparently the type to make loud inappropriate noises in the middle of the lesson, a surefire way to get the whole class off track for a few minutes.

Not only does this kid act as a disruption in class, but he kept bugging u/WordWizardX to help with his papers. Before the internet was mainstream, lots of kids struggled with typing, and computer classes were very common. After all, this was considered the tech of the future, and being a good typist was supposedly very important to one's future career. But this kid was fine to slack off and continually bug his classmate to do his work for him. 

Scroll down to check out this fun malicious compliance story from the 1990s. Then, read the story of the entitled customer who started shouting at her tattoo artist for not being available immediately to do her ink. (Risky move!)

20 wholesome stories where people accepted their partners' bizarre habits: 'I have never seen this wonderful woman completely close a door in 13+ years'

Mon, 04/15/2024 - 13:00

It's perhaps the understatement of the century to say that learning to live with your significant other can present itself with challenges. We all form habits, some of which date back to how we were raised, and it's not until you share space with a partner that all those habits reveal themselves. Suddenly, you wonder if how you do the dishes or get ready for bed makes you incredibly bizarre. Or perhaps you start wondering how you managed to fall for somebody who sleepwalks. Perhaps you're rethinking the entire relationship or perhaps you're paranoid that your partner is going to break up with you over your strange habits.

At the end of the day, we don't always know that the ways in which we live our lives are uniquely weird until we're confronted with that revelation. Therefore, a considerable amount of patience and acceptance is necessary when you're learning to cohabitate with your partner. Keep scrolling below to take a look at these adorable and surprisingly wholesome tales of Redditors who learned just how weird their partners actually were. For more stories like this, here is a compilation of petty ways people got back at their exes.

'She demanded that my artist tattoo her right now': Karen customer insists on instant ink, throws a fit when she's refused

Mon, 04/15/2024 - 12:00

On the list of people you wouldn't want to annoy, your tattoo artist should rank pretty high. You would start snapping at your hairdresser while they're in the middle of cutting your hair, right? If you annoy them, they could easily give you a bad hairdo that'll take months to grow out. Tattoo artists create art on your body that lasts forever, and if they mess up, there's no easy fix. It's not as easy as letting your hair grow out! That mistake will be a permanent reminder of what you shouldn't have done. 

This tattoo artist shared a story to r/entitledpeople about a customer who just couldn't understand why she couldn't get her tattoo. She wanted a specific artist to tattoo her, but she also wanted that tattoo immediately. You can't always have both. With something as permanent and expensive as a tattoo, why rush it? Just use the phone, call up and make an appointment like everyone else, and then rest assured your skin's artwork won't end with disappointment. 

After you check out this story, read about the locals who want tourists to stop their bad habits, like the person who suggested, "Stop trying to hike up a mountain in flip-flops." 

'Karma eventually caught a Karen': Top Karens of the Week (April 15, 2024)

Mon, 04/15/2024 - 11:00

Maturity and growth seem to be inconceivable concepts to the Karens of the world. These strange birds lack the self-awareness and the learning skills for serious self-improvement. Instead, they walk among us looking to project their frustrations and their entitlement onto their surroundings. This unfortunately means that the sane people among us are often on the receiving end of this unnecessary wrath. 

This week, we've got Karens throwing tantrums in the office, at a Gamestop, at a cosmetics store, and at a McDonald's. In other words, the full range of the human experience is reflected in these stories. Occasionally, the entitled folks represented in these frustrating tales got their comeuppance, but in other instances, they went about their day without any proper retaliation. Hopefully, karma will come back and haunt them eventually. 

Keep scrolling below for this brand new collection of Karen stories. For more, check out this post about crazy customer service fiascos.

‘That’s not how bonuses work': Employees refuse to accept bonus after boss announces they would have to put in extra hours to get it

Mon, 04/15/2024 - 10:00

A quick message to any employer who might be reading this–if you want to make your employees feel appreciated, rewarding them by making them work more is never the right answer. Never. Don't even try to think about it.

Instead, try and reward them with the only thing that is actually considered a reward for any working adult… money (shocking, I know). Simply give them a nice bonus or holiday treat or whatever you want to call it, because trust me when I say that the only way your hardworking employees would feel appreciated and motivated is by giving them something that would legitimately help them.

If there is one employer who needs to read this message, it is the boss of the employee who wrote this Reddit post. OP's (original poster) boss announced that OP's entire team will be getting a $300 bonus for all their hard work… But only if they work 12 hours a day and be on-call 24/7. So yeah, that is not what we call a bonus here, bossman.

Scroll down to read the full story. When you are done, click here for a story of an employee being 'quietly fired' for standing up to upper management.

'You won't make a fool out of me': Client gets even with contractor who ripped him off for $2000 by sending him to job sites that don't exist, costing contractor $15,000

Mon, 04/15/2024 - 09:00

Each and every action has consequences. Because of this, you should think twice before intentionally betraying someone else because you never know when or how it can come back to haunt you.

The story that follows is the account of a petty client. The story is relayed by the Original Poster (OP), who provides readers with a detailed explanation of his motivations for starting the years-long payback plan. To put things in perspective, OP hired a contractor a few years ago in order to finish some construction work. However, rather than performing his job honestly, the contractor decided to scam OP out of a couple thousand bucks. As a result, OP was determined to jump at every opportunity to settle the score. So, together with his closest friends, he devised a devious plan to trick the dodgy contractor into thinking he had clients waiting for him all across the city.

That being said, check out the story below to learn more about what transpired and whether the contractor realized that OP had been the one tricking him the entire time! After you're done reading, don't forget to check out the account of the senior employee who was fired for showing up late just once!

'With a polite smile, I did exactly as he said': Vacationing couple refuses to let employee touch their golf cart, then realize they're stuck in the Florida heat with no gas

Mon, 04/15/2024 - 08:00

One cranky couple was too busy snapping at employees instead of soaking up the Florida sun. In the end, they got a little too much sun… but it was their own fault. 

Florida is known for many things: sunny beaches, golf, alligators, hot and humid temperatures, and who can forget the state's wacky "Florida man" residents. The vacationers in u/Sierra_Nick's story were spending a day in the sunny state, and they had a great way to get around: a golf cart. They were staying at a hotel, and had gotten a golf cart from the concierge. I guess they didn't think about the particulars of their transport… and they really regretted it later in the day. 

This employee shared their tale with r/MaliciousCompliance, the subreddit for stories of people who followed the rules exactly. If you're following the rules, you've done all you can do to help that person. If the vacationer doesn't want to have a working golf cart, well, that's his loss. He must've gotten very tanned out there in the sun! 

After that, read about the moviegoers who couldn't help but shout at the screen, like one person who yelled, "Mortal Kombat!" at top volume at the start of that movie. 

Employee given the chance to decide whether or not their ex-boss and coworker will be hired, blocks their applications: 'My new boss basically just tossed both [their] resumes out the window'

Mon, 04/15/2024 - 07:00

There's this old adage that takes many shapes and forms but usually goes somewhere along the lines of this: You should always be kind, or at least decent, to the people you meet as you never know when even the smallest act may have far-reaching consequences. You've probably heard of or read one of these stories before, and it's one of the oldest tropes for teaching the morale of being kind to others. Where old stories involved a frail old woman or man asking for assistance from a character, only once the character offers or refuses their help does the stranger reveal themselves to be some form of many kinds of all-powerful beings. 

Nowadays, when you hear the story, it's usually in the vein of "My friend was rushing to his job interview and didn't hold the door open for the plainly dressed man entering the threshold behind him… It turned out the man was the founder of the company he was interviewing for, so he didn't get the job. Yeah, it's easy to draw the line here that all-powerful beings these days are simply someone with an ungodly amount of money or the person sitting on the other side of the table deciding whether or not you have a job… So we might have lowered the bar here somewhere, but let's not read too much into that.

Anyways, the point here is that it pays to be kind, and—well, you should just be kind whether it pays to be or not. In this instance, this ex-coworker and boss learned that it definitely would have paid for them to be kinder to their old team member, the original poster of this story, who found themselves in the position of being the deciding factor in whether or not their ex-coworker and boss were going to have a position at their new employer. 

Who wouldn't kill to be placed in this situation? It might be a little petty. But it's not really all that petty if you're certain that these individuals wouldn't be a good fit for your new team based on prior experience. 

See the original poster's account of events below, along with user's responses from the original online community where they shared their story.

'Keeping up with inflation is not a raise': Employee quits after getting a 50 cent raise, then finds a job that pays double, leaving company in the dust

Mon, 04/15/2024 - 06:00

Every young adult who has a job these days, in this economy, has realized how impossible it is to keep up with inflation. No matter how many graphs have been published showing how much the cost of living has risen in the past 20 years, compared to the average monthly pay, the gap just keeps on growing. So when an employee asks for a raise in their pay, after being a top performer and doing an exceptional job, raising their salary to keep up with inflation, doesn't actually count as a raise. It is literally the bare minimum the employer could do.

This is exactly what the employee in this Reddit story had to deal with. After becoming a top performer at their job, they asked for a mere $4 raise, but all they got was 50 cents, while the employer confessed they could only 'keep up with inflation'. The employee realized there was not much left for them in that company, and immediately found a job that pays twice as much.

Scroll down to read the full story. After that, click here for a story of a neighborhood dispute over a shared fence.

'I made the mistake of going back': Guy quits job, gets lured back with enticing offer, only to be let go six months later

Mon, 04/15/2024 - 05:00

It's always a better end to the story if you quit your job than if you're let go. Unfortunately, this overworked, underpaid, and undervalued employee had quit what he believed was a toxic work environment. However, after some time away, his old boss reached out and lured him back in with the promise of the promotion he likely always wanted. In fairness to the employee, he likely felt flattered that they seemingly needed him so much.

Unfortunately, that flattery only went so far. A mere six months after rejoining the company, the employee learned that he was being let go as a result of budgetary constraints. Not only did that promise of a promotion never come through, but also now he was back to square one all over again. Some folks in the comments section were harsh on the guy, saying that if he felt it was a toxic place to work at once upon a time, why didn't he remember that the second time around? We empathize with him because we understand the draw of the promotion and the enduring belief that workplace dynamics will improve, even if they seemingly never do.

Keep scrolling below for the full story. For more, check out this post about a micromanager who sent an employee home because of the dress code.

'Deal with it': Foreman puts his contractor's health on the line after denying him proper safety equipment on a hazmat-worthy job site

Mon, 04/15/2024 - 04:00

When you're a contractor working on the job, there are a million hazardous things around you. We've all seen Final Destination, we know what the wood chipper, the table saw, and the open electrical wires are capable of… But what about the less obvious hazards at work? Some bosses don't see the value in taking care of their employees, but the working man in our next story stuck it to his foreman with some cold, hard facts. 

While working a run-of-the-mill plastering job, this contractor noticed a foul stench in the family's home. Even though they were still living in the house, they were living in squalor, with cat excrement in every corner and a strong ammonia smell building up as you went deeper into the house. After a full 8-hour shift, the plaster guy felt woozy and barely made it home before being struck with a horrible migraine. The source? The hoarder's house was full of cat waste that was essentially poisoning all the workers. 

Scroll for the full story of how this worker stood up to a foreman who was more concerned with outward appearances than the safety of his men.

27 Wholesome Posts for Overworked Employees Who Need a Vacation

Sun, 04/14/2024 - 17:00

Take me away, far, far away. Let me use my PTO and take a day off. Please, boss, don't make me stay.

See, that rhymes. I'm a good rhymer. I also really need a vacation. Employees get PTO but if we're being honest, it's frowned upon to take them. A job is like a marriage. Remember your vows. 'I, worker, take you, job, to be my partner, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish'… you get the idea.

You need to be grateful you have a job, ignore your micromanager, and listen to your condescending coworkers if you want to put food on the table. So now what? Well, to make myself feel better about the impending sense of doom, I like to scroll through heartwarming posts.

Next, check out this employee who quit on the spot after their boss told them off for sitting down during their 12 hour shift.

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