Let this serve as a friendly reminder to always read a document thoroughly before you sign it.

This tenant, who is based in Pennsylvania, found himself in a heated dispute with his landlord over a new provision he discovered in his lease renewal that the property managers failed to mention when they sent over his lease renewal via email. No, it wasn't a simple oversight on their part. They were clearly banking on the tenant's laziness and the hope that he wouldn't read what he was supposed to sign. 

Thankfully, they vastly underestimated him and would now pay the price.

How do you handle an entitled manager?

Anybody who has participated in the workforce at some point or another has encountered these kinds of managers. And if you haven't, you are one lucky person! There is always someone along the way who was given too much responsibility and is in management and uses that to power play rather than get actual work done. It's frustrating and such a waste of time and assets. There are so many ways to deal with these types of incompetent, egotistical managers. This team decided their best tool to defeat their entitled manager was to follow the paperwork. 

"From 1-10, rate how awesome you think the company owner is." 

If the CEO of the company you work for decides to one day have an anonymous survey and demands that every employee fill it out, you should be aware of these facts: 1. The CEO can go on and on about how the survey is meant to "help the company improve", but improvement is the last thing the company actually does with the information they collected. 2. The survey is never actually anonymous. If they want to know who said what about the company, they will find out. 3. They might say that they want you to answer truthfully, but truth often leads to consequences. Remember that before you actually circle number "4" on the scale of how happy you are with how the company treats its employees.

The devil wears prada, but the cat wears purrada.

Look, we know people think they're the most fashionable, camera-ready creatures on Earth. These people who say that have clearly never met a cat. Cats are flawless, and they definitely don't need no Prada to purrove it. And absolutely no sequels - cats are purrfect just the way they are. You know, unlike a certain movie about the fashion industry that milks its success with a better-never-than-later sequel because apparently the first wasn't perfect - otherwise, why would it need a sequel… are we right, or are we right?

But we digress. We're here to focus on all that feline fabulousness, aren't we? Yes, we are. And this is exactly why we asked our more than awesome online cat community over on our I Can Has Cheezburger Facebook page to show us their fashionable, camera-ready, meowing models. And we have to admit - we fell in love with each and every one. Here are 40 of them.

So, apparently, "adults-only pool party" was interpreted as a personal attack by the entire extended family?

This woman honestly sounds exhausted, and after hearing the full story, it is not exactly hard to understand why. For years, she basically turned herself into the unpaid hostess of her husband's massive family gatherings. We are talking cooking, cleaning, organizing holidays, and somehow watching random extra relatives keep appearing every year like NPCs spawning into a video game lobby. At one point, Thanksgiving ballooned into forty people inside her house, which honestly sounds less like a holiday dinner and more like surviving crowd control at a small convention center.

Things finally got awkward after she and her husband hosted an adults-only pool party at their new backyard setup. The rules were simple enough: no kids because the house was not childproof, the cats get stressed out, and previous gatherings already involved children damaging things while parents apparently entered spectator mode. Instead of just declining normally, most of the family reportedly started complaining in group chats and refusing to attend altogether. Then, somehow, the few relatives who actually did show up still spent the night making weird comments about the couple's finances, vacations, and pool setup. Now she is seriously questioning why she keeps putting energy into people who only seem supportive when everything revolves around them.

This sister is wondering: why should she let her brother put a stop to a family vacation? 

Doesn't a vacation sound amazing right about now? Relaxing, sleeping in, spending time with family, getting to see new sights and eat delicious food… For most people, getting to travel is a big luxury, and a dream come true. Taking that nice break from work and stepping away from your to-do list for a week or 2 makes you feel brand new. 

But there are some people who don't like vacationing. This woman's brother is like that. He has a bad attitude about travel, even when going to some real bucket-list locations. When his sister shared a detailed post about why she wants to leave him home for the next trip, it all started to make sense. 

Is this sister overreacting, or should her brother really stay away from the upcoming family trip to Paris? 

Imagine you're cat sitting and think you've achieved the impossible to the pair of shy torties, only to realize one of them looks like he just saw something he should never have seen. 

It's absolutely hilarious to see the look on this cat's face. This cat sitter actually thought she was showing the happiness of these cats, only for the cat mom to zoom in on the face of Mona and realize that she looks shocked! She looks horrified, and there's nothing funnier than a situation like this. 

If you were the property owner, what would you have done?

Purchasing property comes with an untold number of hidden pitfalls just waiting to catch you out. But I'd be willing to wager a hefty sum that very few, if any, of us ever dealt with something like this.

It's a strange situation with the fire and everything, to be sure, and I think the suggestion that the landowner simply counters with a suit for storage costs to the exact dollar value is a good one. 

The early days of the internet were the golden era of cat comedy, and with this list we dive into our divine digital past.

Who remembers the good old days of coming home from school, throwing our backpacks to the side with reckless abandon so that we can run as fast as we can to turn on our computers. An action that was followed by several minutes of patient waiting while our machines turned on and we finally gained access to our favorite sites. For many of us that meant logging into MySpace, letting our profile song blast at full volume while we carefully looked over our Top Friends list.

But no visit to that magical site was complete without a little dose of feline funnies and that is what we have lined up for you today. A nostalgic deep dive into the weird and wonderful world of early 2000s cat culture for your cat loving eyes. So prepaw yourself to be immersed in the imaginative images we used to so thoroughly enjoy in our mid to late youth.

 

When you win a car, is it legally yours? 

Lottery winners, gold star earners, and people on a winning streak in Vegas would argue that no matter what you win, once your winnings are in your pocket or in your possession, it's yours. Yet, this winner in our next story, a humble man who'd entered a random car lottery, things weren't so simple. 

He won a car, decided he didn't want to keep it, and sold it for less than market value to a couple of friends. And although he literally paid taxes on his winnings, other friends in the group chimed in with negative comments, claiming he was a "bad friend" because he "profited" off of the folks he sold to. 

Sure, he ended up with an extra $10k in his pocket, but if he had sold to strangers, he would have doubled his earnings. Was this winner ultimately a loser? According to the criticism of his friends, he was, but in my eyes, this man was turning lemons into lemonade and getting scolded for selling at 50-cents a pop. 

This is why it is imperative that cats are not shown television or movies…

Cats are a crafty bunch, we are all quite accustomed to that fact at this point in time. Whether it is ingenuous distraction techniques designed to allow them to steal food when no one is watching. Or it is the way they wait for you to be within inches of them as the zoom passed you in an effort to trip you up. There is no telling how far a feline will go to get what they want. But thanks to this story's cat child we have an idea of what lengths a cat can go to try and reunite with their family over the holidays after being left home alone.

Now, whether this cat got this idea from watching one of the home alone movies, or whether the act of escaping was simply motivated by love, we will never know. But there is no denying that with it being Christmas and all, that this story has quite the Home Alone feeling to it. And much like when Kevin McAllister is found in the movie this cat was brought home for a tearful reunion with its family. 
 

One kitten completely derailed a normal work-from-home Friday in the cutest way possible.

A normal work-from-home Friday somehow turned into a full round of Catch the Kitten after this tiny little stray appeared and immediately changed the entire day. One minute it was IT support and emails, and the next it became an emergency kitten rescue operation. The transition from terrified little runner to purring cuddle puddle happening within minutes feels very classic kitten behavior. Tiny kittens always act like the world is ending right up until they realize somebody is offering warmth, food, and attention.

Meanwhile the six resident cats watching the entire situation unfold from outside isolation jail really added another level of chaos to the story. Some clearly sounded deeply offended by the tiny intruder existing at all, while others apparently already wanted the kitten released for playtime immediately. The phrase free-range kitten honestly makes the whole thing even funnier somehow. Everybody in that house clearly already has very strong opinions about Eleven.

The fact that this kitten became the eleventh cat to somehow find this couple since they met really feels less like coincidence and more like the Cat Distribution System fully locking onto their location permanently. At this point the CDS probably has the address saved as a favorite delivery spot.

Even if Eleven does end up heading to a rescue soon, she still managed to spend a week being safe, loved, and absolutely adored instead of stuck outside alone. That is a pretty successful little kitten mission overall.

This husband seems like the kind of neighbor most people would appreciate. Helping a neighbor with small tasks out of courtesy is a nice gesture, especially when the person is elderly and may need assistance. But he helps because he wants to, not because he is responsible for maintaining someone else's house.

That's exactly what the elderly woman failed to understand. Kindness should not become an expectation. At first, she started asking him to fix things and offered a small payment. But over time, her requests became more frequent, and her sense of gratitude seemed to disappear. She assumed she was entitled to this husband's time and skills. 

It's officially graduation season, and these tiny furry students are finally earning their long-awaited meowster's degrees.

After years of hard work, intense study sessions, and knocking important papers off tables at the worst possible moments, these little scholars are finally ready to cross the stage and accept their diplomas. Some specialize in advanced screaming for food before breakfast. Others focus on late-night zoomies, countertop parkour, and professional-level loafing techniques.

Certain cats honestly look very proud of their academic achievements too. Tiny graduation caps somehow make every cat look like they just completed four stressful years at Meowvard University while surviving entirely on snacks and last-minute assignments. Meanwhile other cats look deeply confused about why they are wearing a tiny hat at all. Those are usually the students who barely passed Introduction to Purrsonal Space and still owe several assignments in Furniture Destruction 101.

Every cat also seems to graduate with a very different career path ahead of them. Some clearly move into full-time biscuit making and nap supervision. Others pursue careers in yelling outside closed doors at 3 a.m. A few ambitious orange cats probably major in Chaos Management with a minor in climbing things they should absolutely not be climbing.

At the end of the day, these tiny graduates deserve recognition for their years of dedication to being adorable little weirdos. Their diplomas may be fake, but the student debt from all the treats and toys definitely is not.

He went out with a mission to dance at the club, but came home with a mewing bundle of love and a new purpose in life. 

That's cat ownership for you, baby; it always catches us by surprise. 

The only thing that cat lovers can be certain of when it comes to cats is that they're guaranteed to surprise us. Cats always keep us on our toes. Sometimes, you hear a loud crash in the other room while enjoying a night in, only to find your prized ficus knocked over and catnip scattered all over the bedroom floor. And sometimes, you catch your kitty snoozing under your pillow when you lie your head down to sleep. No matter what the outcome of the surprise is, you can guarantee that your mischievous feline had something to do with it. 

Similarly, this man had a simple plan for his Saturday night: dance, celebrate, and come home alone. But instead, the Cat Distribution System had another plan. Instead of returning home when the bars closed, this man came home early with a wet kitten bundled up in his dress shirt. With no plans of adopting a cat and no idea how to care for a sad, yet friendly, kitten, he was faced with a choice that we all would make. Keep the cat, start a new life as a cat lover, and accept the fate the CDS has given you. 

Although he left that night with a good vibe in his soul and a pair of legs that needed a dance floor shakeout, he came home with the biggest prize of the evening: an adorable orangecicle kitten who needed him more than he needed an Uber ride home. Purrhaps this kitty knew what she was doing when she picked this winner, because he left the house solo and came back with a furrever friend, one who could cuddle and snuggle him every night of the week. Not just on Fridays and Saturdays. 

Behold, the club holds something for everyone, even when it's the consolation prize that nobody expected: a mewing, helpless feline with love in its eyes and a song in its soul. 

What should you do when you're asked to fill in an anonymous company survey at work? How do you respond? Do you respond at all? If it were truly anonymous, how would they know if you didn't?

If you've ever been invited to submit an anonymous survey at work, you've probably cast a long and wary gaze at the email. Whether for a conscious reason or for reasons not entirely clear, it just seems like a bad idea. Right? Everything electronic has a fingerprint of sorts.

The reality is you have to think this kind of thing through. You can't take something like the word "anonymous" at face value and simply assume that whoever wrote that in the email is telling the truth. The reality is that truly "anonymous" isn't going to stop everyone from going around guessing who submitted what anyway.

It was his project all along, and she wanted no part of it. 

Alas, it's not as if she had a choice to partake or not when 100lbs or rotting, gnarled, nail-filled wood planks piled up in her backyard. 

This woman wasn't at all a DIY-type. She is the kind of woman who is happy to hire a handyman to hang a photo and prefers to keep her manicured nails out of the mud. Honestly, I get that. Construction and all varieties of manual labor are difficult, laborious, and sure, yeah, okay, it's often cheaper to harbor a do-it-yourself mentality, but sometimes avoiding rotting splinters is worth the extra money. 

However, this woman's neighbor was 50/50. He wanted to save money the DIY way, but he also didn't feel like doing all of the work that it required. After she approved of his plan to remove and replace their shared fence, because his dog had destroyed his side of the wall, she went on vacation. When she got back from her relaxing trip, she noticed a massive pile of rotting wood piled up in her yard, smothering her grass, and giving her a DIY project of her own. This isn't what she bargained for, but the neighbor insisted that the wood pile removal was her responsibility, as she was the beneficiary of the fence he built, and therefore, she had to carry her weight in wood disposal. 

What do you think? Did she deserve this rotting wooden surprise when she came back from her vacation? Or was the neighbor totally off base with his half-baked DIY idea? Sure, she was benefiting from the new fence, but it was never her idea to replace it in the first place… Scroll onward to read all of the details of the divisive story, and you can be the judge of who's right, wrong, or splintered somewhere in between.

Is there any worse feeling than realizing you got quietly removed from the friendship group chat?

This girl genuinely thought she and her college roommate were locked in as best friends. They met freshman year, instantly clicked, traveled together, and even survived the natural horrors of sharing a living space with another human being. Honestly, surviving roommate life without police involvement already feels like a strong friendship foundation in itself these days.

Things got messy after the two of them took a birthday trip to Puerto Rico with another college friend. From her perspective, everybody had a great time together. They talked about returning someday, visiting more places, and making it a longer vacation next time around. Very normal friendship behavior. Extremely wholesome. Absolutely full of future-group-trip energy.

Then months later she casually asked her friend to hang out for Saint Patrick's Day and accidentally discovered both girls were literally in Puerto Rico together without her. Not only had nobody mentioned the trip beforehand, but they were also visiting all the places the three of them originally talked about seeing together. That "oh…" text message probably carried enough emotional damage to power a small city.

To somehow make the situation even worse, the two friends also got her ex involved during the trip by having somebody FaceTime him and insult him "in her honor." Which honestly sounds less like friendship bonding and more like the kind of idea people come up with after exactly three airport margaritas and zero critical thinking skills.

Have you ever tried using the Uno Reverse card to break up with someone?

Not literally using the card (though that would be hilarious), but we mean using their toxic habits back at them. This wife, now-ex-wife, used the manipulation tactics she learned from her manipulative husband to convince him to divorce her. And it worked! She was more than happy to sign those papers since she had discovered he had been cheating on her with several different other women for about a decade. Finally, she was moving out, and this man had the audacity to bring his newest flavor of the month. They were both horrible to her during a very difficult time, both physically and emotionally. So you know what she did? She got back at both of them in an insane way… 

What would you have done to get yourself out of this nightmare interview as soon as possible?

This job candidate thought he had found the perfect company. The position was well within his skill set. The salary was decent. The benefits were exactly what he was hoping for in his next role. Even HR seemed excited about his potential at the organization. 

There were seemingly no red flags…. until he met the business manager who would be leading his team. Pretty soon into the meeting, it became clear exactly why he had such trouble maintaining loyalty among the folks who worked for him.