The last season of Stranger Things recently aired on Netflix last week… and it's safe to say that it has brought up some feelings about the season's past.

No, this isn't a television review where we criticize camera direction, plot points, and character arcs. The story in question is of a Stranger Things-centric occurrence that one employee witnessed in their workplace nearly 10 years ago, right when the first season of the internationally famous program debuted.

If you haven't been living under a rock, you know that Stranger Things largely targets a young audience, but people of all ages tune into the show because it's a hit. It has action, funny kids who are now not-so kiddish anymore, and Winona Ryder. What else do you need?

The colleague in the story below could've done without it, because she berates an employee for recommending the show to her. You're probably wondering what traumatized this narrator-described "annoying" colleague… and why she was only putting herself in the position of the late Barb's mother, and not Will Byers or Eleven, who also suffer from grueling fates. Scroll below to read the entire story.

Fat cats are pawdorable, there's no getting around it. Their sensational stomachs, the big belly that waddles when they walk, it's just too much sometimes. There's nothing cuter than when they curl up and just look like a gigantic ball of beauty. There's something so comforting about a hefty kitty. There's no such thing as a cat treadmill for a reason – because they don't need it! Take it from us at I Can Has Cheezburger, we're the real authorities on everything kitty. 

Hefty cats are so pawdorable simply because they're designed for maximum cuddles. Their snuggle factor is unmatched since they have more cushion for the pushin. What makes these hefty kitties wholesome isn't just their fluff—it's their energy. They're weird positions they sit in on the couch, right on their bum like they're a hooman and not a cat. Gut out and countenance shocked. They're affectionate without effort. They walk like tiny monarchs patrolling their soft kingdom. They judge you, lovingly, from atop plush blankets. And when they curl up next to you, it feels like being chosen by a warm cloud. Enjoy these chonky, lovely, beautiful, and pawdorable hefty fat cats for an afternoon scroll. 

Office workers can be like eels. Eternally wriggling free of work's consequences and passing the blame onto someone else in their bureaucracy, office backstabbers avoid taking responsibility for their shortcomings. For this reason, when it comes to office work, the best revenge is in the receipts; that's why it's always advisable to keep a paper trail of emails, letters, or written word to back yourself up when the office space starts getting a little hot. 

Like all career folks, we're all just out here trying to build a name for ourselves, so when your coworker who's known for slacking off starts blaming you for letting the project deadlines slide, all anyone can do is save face. And when you have the email receipts (timestamped, of course) to clear your good name, the lazy, low-life, backstabbing employees of this world have nothing to do except beg forgiveness from the higher-ups. 

Maybe next time a project is due, this office employee will think twice before blaming everyone else for their failure, because the embarrassment from this company meeting was enough to memorably sting their ego for all time.

It's not the first story about a neighborly dispute and it won't be the last. The couple in the story below finds a small and affectionate kitten keeps coming to their door. They take her in at first, but temporarily. They feed her and care for her, but understand that it's not practical to keep her long term since the protagonist has a cat allergy. Over time, they become more and more bonded with the kitten. They feel bad for keeping it outdoors, but the bond remains. One day, they see the kitten while talking to the neighbor, and the neighbor informs them that the kitten is the son of their big grey cat. 

The couple is shocked, they didn't realize that the neighbors were supposed to be responsible for the cat. They can see that the neighbors don't do the best job taking care of the cat, and the longer time goes on, the more they consider adopting the cat. They've made their decision to adopt, and even scheduled an appointment at the vet when suddenly they see the kitten is still outside, but now with a collar on. The neighborly dispute has started, and read the full story below for all the juicy details. 

These stairs should've never made it past the blueprint phase, yet somehow, they're set in stone (and wood, and ceramic) and ready to trip up anyone who walks on them!

A lot of kids are afraid of stairs. So are many dogs. It doesn't take much to overcome this fear — you either practice until you get used to it, or if you're a small child, you sit down and sort of slide down. Most adults aren't especially fearful of staircases, so when you see one that strikes fear in your heart, you remember it for a long time! 

I used to have relatives who had a home that was like 4 stories tall, and then had a lovely roof where you could go outside and see the Philadelphia skyline. Later, they added another rooftop deck with a narrow, winding staircase, much like the one in the first photo here. While it was all well and good to climb up this staircase, and it was wonderful to chat and watch the sunset on the second rooftop deck, going down was truly frightful and nightmarish. You were suddenly staring down about 6 floors, looking right down into the neighbor's garden from a frightful height, and the only thing stopping you from tumbling down was this flimsy little spiral staircase. It sends a shudder down my spine just thinking about it! That staircase, and many of the ones here, are like something out of a bad dream — you need to get somewhere, but a creaky old staircase is blocking your way. 

Check out a bunch of these shudder-inducing staircases below! I really do feel for that first person — it would ruin the vacation if you had to face your own mortality every time you left your bedroom on those wobbly spiral stairs. 

There are two kinds of people during the holiday season: there are the scrooges, the ones who just want all the Christmas music and holiday string lights to be over so they can get back to normality without carolers, and then there are the ones who have their Christmas sweater on by Thanksgiving.  If you're in the second category (and honestly, who isn't?), it probably means you also adore Christmas cats. The kind of cats who also wear Christmas sweaters, hang all over the Christmas tree, and celebrate the season in style. 

No pre-Christmas scroll is complete without cats. Any cat lover will know the enthusiasm and pizazz that cats bring to the holiday. They love to play with the ornaments on the tree, unwrap the presents before the fateful morning, and cozy up to you next to the fireplace while you watch your favorite sappy and petulant Christmas rom com. So as you sip something warm and scroll your way toward Christmas, let these sweater-wearing, tree-climbing, present-stealing felines deliver the pre-holiday magic you didn't even realize you needed. Enjoy these pawdorable, wholesome, and celebratory collection of Christmas cats being hissterical. Who said cats can't love Santa Claus or be on the naught or nice list?

When someone does you a favor one time, that does not mean they will be available to you at all times moving forward.

You would think that this concept would be a self-explanatory one, and yet, this 31-year-old coworker "Sara" somehow assumed that the author of this anecdote was now her personal chauffeur after she gave Sara a lift home on one occasion. That one instance just so happened to be during a storm, and the author felt badly about abandoning her coworker in inclement weather.

For whatever reason, after that one act of generosity, Sara seemed to think that she had a carpool arrangement with the employee at the end of every work day. She would send her messages on Slack at 4:40 pm near the end of each day telling her she was ready to leave whenever. One time, the author was staying later to finish up some work, and Sara was visibly upset that her "driver" would no longer be available to her.

Keep scrolling below to find out what happened when the author refused to drive her around wherever she wanted from here on out!

Our cat children have many special and unique skills that you will not be able to find with other types and species of children. Whether it is it their ability to do the thing that annoys you most in the world without actually knowing what that thing is, or whether it is their ability to come and comfort us without being asked in our deepest times of need.

Cats, just have some seriously incredible abilities and intuitions. But one of the most highly prized of those unique occurrences is the feline loaf. It is so highly prized because at the end of the day it is a characteristic which has many meanings and motives to it and while it looks relatively similar on each catto, it is used in completely unique ways. For some cats it is their safe space, a casual warning to leave them alone and their appendages and body are not to be touched. For other cats, it shows comfort, that they feel safe enough to be able to sit on their hands and feet without the worry of having to run away at a moment's notice. And for others it is a way to put themselves on a pedestal, because they know that their pawrents will appropriately gush over them looking cute. And we have brought together a collection of these many kinds of loafing to offer you some cat loving, from afar that is…

There's always a stickler for the rules in every company, and when this person decides to make everyone else comply, too, it can really gum up the works. 

There are very few careers where everyone works 100% by the book 100% of the time. There are some fields where this is crucial, but chances are you know that ahead of time if you're choosing that career path. This person is sharing the story of their middle-management boss who is a true stickler for the rules, and wants things done by the book, every single time, just because. This guy loves opening and closing help-desk tickets. It seems like he literally won't answer a question unless a ticket is formally filed by his employees. 

Actual help-desk tickets are useful for those who answer said tickets — they provide a log of errors going on with someone's computer, as one example, so that the random worker fixing it has some background information about which solutions have been tried already. And for employees, filing a ticket is a good way to cover themselves, ensuring that they won't be penalized just because some of their equipment is broken. If you have to file a ticket for literally everything, they lose their meaning, not to mention their priority status. If you have one important ticket to deal with, it'll get dealt with before lunch. If you have 150 tickets sitting in your inbox, where do you even begin? You might approve a few less important tickets while totally missing out on the actually urgent ones. 

Commenters urged this person to report back when they have an update! Check out the full story below and see if you side with the frustrated employees, or with the boss who got stymied by his own communication style. 

Losing a cat is like losing a piece of your heart. Every cat pawrent will understand, every person who has had the honor of raising a feline friend in their family knows this gut-wrenching feeling that comes after the thought of "Where's the cat? I haven't seen them for several hours", or "I just saw the cat bolt through the door! Quickly, catch him!" It's like your heart drops through you straight to the ground, a freezing chill of horror. Knowing your cat is not in their safe place, their home, is a difficult realization. When a cat goes missing, a hole is torn into the feline family they belong to.

Gathering the strength to hold on to hope that your cat will return takes a lot of resilience. And some people have that, as if losing their cat ignites a fire in them to stay positive until they find their feline friend. Like this vigilant family who stood steadfast until they found their cat, which we wrote about here not long ago. Learning your cat's habits can really be the difference between a lost cat, and a cat who's safe inside their home.

This next cat's story is one with a happy ending. Sure, she was alone for some time, wandering the streets and alleys, but eventually - one person spotted her, hunched behind a dumpster, hiding from the world. And it's all thanks to the family's relentless publishing of the lost cat's likeness that led to this friendly neighborhood man recognizing her. Now the cat is safe, sound, and at home.

No one likes that one entitled customer who thinks they can cut the line without any repercussions. 

In fact, we all have likely been stuck at the end of a long line at some point and witnessed a person brazenly break the rules and skip to the front. When this happens, a series of thoughts tend to cross your mind. The most generous interpretation would be if the line-cutter had a legitimate excuse. Perhaps they were in line prior to your arrival and had to step away for an emergency. Nine times out of ten, of course, this is not the case. 

It's far more likely that the line-cutter simply felt like they could get away with this behavior because they are blinded by their own Main Character Syndrome. If you're still stuck in the back of that line and bearing witness to this person's audacity, you are likely thinking about all the ways you wish you could confront them in that moment. However, because you're not one to make a scene, you probably would choose to refrain from doing anything of that nature.

Welcome, fellow disasters-in-love, to the magical intersection between "how cats act" and "how we flirt,, which, let's be honest, is basically the same chaotic energy. If you've ever tried to flirt by sending someone a meme at 2 AM, knocking something over by accident, or staring at your crush from across the room hoping they notice your weird little presence… congratulations. You flirt exactly like a cat on a cactus. Slightly painful. Very dramatic. Zero logic. Maximum vibes.

Cats don't flirt well, but they flirt boldly. They'll scream for attention, then act offended when they get it. They'll bring you a weird gift (a sock! a bug! a crunchy leaf they're very proud of!) and expect you to swoon. They'll blink slowly like they're declaring eternal love, then suddenly sprint away like you just proposed marriage too soon. And if that's not identical to human flirting? Oh, we're absolutely lying to ourselves.

So this list of flirty feline memes is not just cat memes - it's a full romantic education. A meowsterclass in Lovecraftian-level love chaos. A guidebook for everyone whose idea of flirting is hovering awkwardly, knocking over the metaphorical plant, and then pretending nothing actually happened. Whether you're single, taken, or emotionally entangled with someone who sends mixed signals like a confused housecat, these in-love feline funnies will remind you that romance is messy, adorable, and often makes no sense at all. Just like cats. And just like us.

The last stage before a new hire signs a contract with a company should be filled with honesty, from both sides. What is the point of lying about anything regarding the job, if one day on the job would prove that whatever was discussed is not what is going to happen?

We're not just talking about how candidates shouldn't lie about their qualifications; we've all been there. No, we're talking about how some companies promise all kinds of things to employees before they sign the contract, only to back out of them as soon as the employee arrives on their first day. 

Why go through all this trouble just to drive the new hire right out of the door they just walked through?

Take the employee in the story below as an example. They were told they would have to go through 2 weeks of training out of state, and were promised certain accommodations. However, in the first week, they discovered that the training was actually 6 weeks, and that the company refuses to provide any of the accommodations they promised. 

Which leaves the new hire wondering what the point of the promises was in the first place…

Cats are the ultimate cuddle meownsters. They are the best weighted blanket, the most ameowzing purrsonal heaters, and supreme snugglers. Especially during the winter, we always have at least two cats snuggled up next to us. It's a mutually beneficial relationship: we both get warm from snuggling, and it makes the chilly evenings cozier. But, if we could have our choice of cats to cuddle with, it would be with Bengal cats. They're purrobably one of the most beautiful cat breeds, looking like little leopards in your family's home!

The unfurtunate part is that Bengal cats are quite active and need a lot of exercise, so they're not going to be likely to snuggle up next to you unless they're super tired or cold. But that doesn't stop us from wishing for it to come true, and pawsitively staring at their beautiful feline faces in the meantime. A guy can dream, right?

If you have a Bengal cat at home, you're already good to go. But for those of us who don't, and want to pretend, we've gathered some awwdorable bengal cats that won't run away from you below. They're ready to cuddle up and make your day purrfectly cozy. Enjoy! 

A favor is only a favor until it becomes an expectation—or even a demand. At that point, what are you even doing? 

Unfortunately, it's only natural "humanness" to become adjusted to something and adapt to it over time. We are creatures of habit by nature, and it doesn't take long before something that's new and exciting becomes a baseline for our lives. 

We're most guilty of this probably with our own parents; we grow up so used to them doing things for us that it can be easy to forget that they're just people too, and anything they're doing for us comes directly from their own time, energy, and intention. Or even that friend who goes out of their way to keep in contact with you. Would you even still be friends if it were up to you to message them first?

When it's something that someone else is doing for you, it can be all too easy to take it for granted. It's a quiet line that is crossed without you even noticing. We might not even mean to take advantage of it, but we do all the same. And, at the end of the day, we're responsible for our actions (or lack thereof, not only our intentions.)

I'd argue that this happens with all instances of favors, too. The minute the behavior becomes a pattern, it's just ingrained into you and, thus, becomes an expectation. That doesn't mean that we shouldn't do favors for others; in fact, I'd argue that this part of the social contract is one of the biggest things we've lost as a society in the last 30 years. 

Doing something for another person for the sheer kindness of it should be one of life's greatest satisfactions, but instead, we're all just crabs in a bucket seeking to better only ourselves at the expense of others. Still, the other side of the same coin of doing favors for others is clearly communicating and setting boundaries. Which is something else we've also lost in the modern day, as we all largely seem to struggle to communicate directly and say what we mean. 

This employee found herself in a difficult situation when she relented and provided her colleague a ride home on a rainy day, intending for it to be a one-time thing only. However, she unwittingly opened a door that, once ajar, her colleague was quick to stick her foot into, jamming it open. Realizing how "easy" it was for the employee to drop her off, she decided that this should be a daily occurrence, signing the employee up as her personal chauffeur, even asking to be driven for personal errands. 

Like a shark in the water, she'd come circling every day when it came time to head home, acting like it was outrageous any time a ride wasn't then offered.

As mentioned previously, boundaries are essential in any relationship, but this is especially true in the workplace. After all, having some inoffensive universal baseline to refer back to is the foundation of professionalism. It's a shame, but instances like this are why everyone is wary of extending a personal kindness to anyone in a professional setting.

One of the reasons why we love our cats so much is because they are so weird. On the outside, they look like fluffy little angels, you would never guess that one of them will spend hours sticking her face in our shoes, and falling asleep with her head inside. What a lovable little weirdo! The other is slightly less strange, but he does fall asleep in some truly ridiculous pawsitions. But if you thought our cats were weird, just wait until you read what this pawrent below is going through.

Her cat has a strange obsession with the apple of the earth, that silly spud we all know and love: potatoes. He's entranced by them, and will break into any cabinet containing potatoes. Not knowing what to do with her feisty feline child, she took to the internet and asked the helpful cat community what to do about it. Their answer? It's not as strange as it sounds.

Many pawrents stepped forward and said that their cat, too, had a cat that was once passionate for potatoes. They usually grow out of it, but suggested childproof locks or even going as far as storing the spuds in the microwave or oven. Scroll down to see more about this pawrent's problem and how she solved it!

Kids say the funniest things… just ask these mall Santas, who have heard every sweet and silly holiday request you can imagine. 

Quick, pretend you're a mall Santa: if a kid asks you for "elves" this year, what would you reply? Some kids will ask for easy gifts, like the child who requested pickles for Christmas. Easy! But what do you say to the 3-year-old who wants to find one of Santa's elves in her stocking? I imagine these mall Santas have some pretty good stock answers, and I bet they get really good at improvising their answers on the spot! 

As kids, my siblings and I knew that mall Santas weren't actual Santa, because he was at the North Pole making our presents, and because Santa couldn't be at both our town's malls at once, as we worked out. However, that never stopped us from being wide-eyed with wonder at the jolly guy with the white beard, who let us sit on his knee and tell him what we wanted for the holidays this year. 

Mall Santas have to do a lot of interpreting: when a toddler demands a snake and a goat for Christmas, they probably do mean the real animal, but we all know they're going to find stuffed animals under the tree instead. At least the whole process can help parents get some good ideas for what to gift the kiddos! 

Catching stray cats for TNRs is not nearly as easy as it may sound. We speak from experience. You, as the rescuer, know that your intentions are the absolute best. You know that if you catch the sick stray kitty that lives around your apartment complex, TNR it, take care of it, possibly get it adopted or adopt it yourself, then the cat will live a life better than it has ever known. You know it… the cat doesn't. And so the cat runs, and the cat gets older, and the cat possibly gets sicker, and you can only hope that one day, you will be able to catch it and give it the life it deserves. 

We hope that every story like that ends like this one. With the happiest ending. This rescuer had been after this tomcat for four whole years, and they have not been able to catch the elusive ginger. But someone else did. Someone rescued this senior ginger cat, who has been living on the streets for ten years, and gave him the life he deserved. And also left a note for the rescuer. An amazing note. 

A hardworking employee finally reached her breaking point after her three other incompetent coworkers pushed all of their work on her. It wasn't just the stuff they couldn't do, it was the stuff they just didn't want to do. They had full access and ability to do the work, and, in fact, it is their job to do it, and yet they still pushed it onto this other employee. Even during her breaks or days off they would reach out to her demanding they do the work they were supposed to do. So she decided she had enough. 

Turns out her company was looking for places to make cuts, so when she requested to work less, they were happy to give her Wednesdays off. Now, she only works four days a week with a break in between. What will her coworkers do? It is unsure, but they are definitely going to flounder for a while. They could hardly survive without her for an hour when she would go on break! A whole day every single week will most definitely help shine a light on their incompetence. A win is a win, and now, this hardworking employee is not only getting a well-deserved break, but also so karma on her entitled coworkers!

There is one thing that we, here at ICHC, know for a fact, yet people still don't believe. Cats adopt their humans, not the other way around. We think that every person who actually owns a cat will agree with them. We don't own them, they actually own us. Because it's true. Because for most of us, adopting a cat wasn't a matter of thinking for a long time, deciding which cat we want, going to a shelter or buying a cat. It wasn't a process. For most of us, it just kind of… happened one day. Out of nowhere, a cat walked into our lives and never left. 

This happens to people so often that there's a whole genre of posts like this on the internet. "Not my cat". Quick search, and you will see. Thousands and thousands of people talking about how their cats just found them one day and claimed them. Because it's truly how it happens, and no matter how many posts like that we see, we never get sick of them. So, we've decided to put together some of our all time favorite ones for your enjoyment.