Don't give out advice nobody asked for. No one cares!

I don't understand why someone would get involved in something that has nothing to do with him and then pretend to get thanked for some useless advice nobody asked for in the first place. In this story, we get some brother that should have just kept his mouth shut over something that didn't involve him, and that is not his problem at all. I think that getting involved with anyone's parenting is something really personal, and unless you are some kind of specialist in the matter, your opinion is biased. You are talking from your experience, which is actually not a valid qualification.

I think the best thing to do when you are seeing a situation where the kid is going over the parent is to shut up. Is not dangerous and not your problem. So maybe don't get involved in it. What's even worse is to get involved in something that nobody asked you to and then want some kind of thanks for it. You shouldn't have gotten involved in the first place. The best way to live in a society is to mind your business unless something really bad is happening. Other than that, mind your business! Your issues are yours. The other people's issues are theirs. Only give out your opinion if they ask. That's it. 

You never know what life will throw at you. 

When we travel, our whole world can be reshaped and flip upside down. When that happens, it can be exciting and also scary. There's a big wide world out there, and no one really knows what they're doing. In this story, a military contractor is working a job in the Middle East. He was leaving a market and thought he saw a grocery bag against the inside of a roundabout. After doing another loop around he noticed it was actually a tiny black kitten! He put the car in the middle of the roundabout and went to save the kitten's life. Someone honked at him, and he yelled back because the kitten's life was more important. He didn't care what would happen, he took the kitten, drove away, and the rest is history. 7,000 miles and 7 years later and they're both living their best life. The kitten even has a brother now! 

When does a company asset become the employee's property? Is it when the asset is legally in their name? How about when they are paying for all the expenses?

This mobile mechanic is trying to determine who owns the company vehicle that his boss paid for after the boss deliberately placed the vehicle in the mechanic's name and pushed the costs of insurance and registration onto him as well.

Jobs can come with many perks, like a company vehicle and a phone. But you usually wouldn't expect that you might get to keep those things after you leave the job.

I mean, if the title has your name on it, and you're paying for all of the expenses. Isn't that literally just your vehicle?

Have you ever fallen asleep during something you weren't supposed to?

Sometimes life just hits you, and you fall asleep when you weren't planning on it. Maybe you got a rough night's sleep, or maybe you've been lulled into sleepiness by a big meal. Either way, it happens. It happens to the best of us, and all you can do is apologize and move on. But what if this happens at work? Should your supervisors hold this against you? If it happens on a regular basis, then maybe. The person in this story was in a difficult place in life, where they had some slip-ups at work. Nobody likes to be told they're doing a bad job, and it can feel like it gets personal when you get negative feedback at work. But it's best not to take it personally, lest you end up in a situation where you're resentful of the people you work with. 

Messing up at work can be a real head trip. It happens a lot, but the way that we react to it says a lot about who we are. It's easy to get down in the dumps about this kind of stuff, and it can be difficult to get out of the muck. The employee in this story was definitely feeling it and wondered if anyone else had ever felt the same way. When you're in a bad spiral at work, it can take so much to get out of it. No matter what you try, you keep ending up in a bad spot. Keep reading to see what this employee was going through and let us know in the comments if you relate to any of it.

Going from so malnourished the vet thought you were three months younger to being told it might be time to cut back on treats is one heck of a rescue glow-up.

Halmatro first arrived courtesy of the CDS back in January, when she showed up at her future hooman's partner's fire station during a storm looking for help. This tiny girl had already been through far more than any kitten should. She was severely underweight and had even survived a dog attack that left a puncture wound on her neck. Clearly, Halmatro had some serious fight packed into that little body.

Fast forward to now, and worrying about her getting enough food has been replaced by wondering whether somebody has been a little too generous at treat time. We'd call that the best kind of problem to have.

Her days of struggling outside have also been thoroughly replaced by the princess lifestyle. Halmatro has a big feline brother whom she absolutely adores, even if his feelings become slightly less enthusiastic when she helps herself to his food. Sibling boundaries are still a work in progress.

She's also become quite the traveler. RV trips mean prime bird-watching opportunities, and Halmatro is happy to come along for the adventure. Back at home, there are strict rules regarding affection. Walking past without stopping to pet her may result in being chased down and batted on the legs until the mistake is corrected. After everything she survived, we think unlimited pets are a pretty reasonable demand.

Her hooman calls her the best surprise the family has ever received, and it's easy to understand why.

From a tiny, injured kitten seeking shelter in a storm to a spoiled princess demanding pets and stealing her brother's dinner, Halmatro has officially mastered the rescue glow-up.

These scammers just think that we are all dumb.

In customer service, you always get to see the craziest things, the most entitled guests, and the most annoying requests. So if you worked in the environment for a while, you start to get the gist of it. You learn and become incredibly aware of your surroundings. That is extremely useful. You get to know when a customer is going to be a handful even before they open their mouths. You get to anticipate their movements and act in favor of it to avoid escalations and headaches. But as you get to see these things before they happen, you also get to discover scammers in a split second. Don't tell me that isn't a superpower.

In this story in r/TalesFromTheFrontDesk, we see some things that, if you work in customer service, may be really useful to learn how to spot scammers from a mile away. Here we have a young couple who seem to be traveling the world and have a reservation in a hotel. When the front desk employee is doing the check-in, she realizes that the card name and their ID names aren't the same. She points out that she won't be able to check them in if the card isn't theirs, to which the couple replies that they have a letter of authorization. The first thing this employee does great is not playing into their game. She refuses to open the letter several times as she knows it won't work either. After a while, she opens it just to say the same thing. The letter wasn't even signed! These scammers thought that front desk employees were dumb enough to accept that awfully written piece of paper!

What is amazing is how she handled the situation. She explained why that didn't work at all. She responded to the "I want to talk to the manager" with clarity, explaining that they were just going to say the same exact thing. And lastly, when they threatened to call the police, she encouraged them and even offered to do it herself. That is how you handle this situation. Props to her, and what a crazy story. But, well, it's just another day at customer service. 

Reunions between cats and their owners are usually heartwarming. This one… is kind of hilarious. 

Having your cat run away is one of the worst feelings in the world. I know it because I've been there. Back when I was 17, when my cat was less than a year old, she ran away. She ran away for 24 hours before coming back and screaming underneath my window to come and get her. Those 24 hours were the worst 24 hours of my life. I was so lucky to be reunited with my cat so quickly, and I know this. But that only happened because she realized what she had. She was curious about the outside world, but she didn't quite understand it, and it seems that 24 hours were all that she needed to realize that it is much better to be a spoiled indoor cat than one living outside and fighting for everything. 

I can't imagine my cat making any choice other than coming back. I can't imagine her adorable chonky self living anywhere but with me. And you know what? I'm sure that the cat owners in today's story thought the same about their cat. This cat ran away 12 years ago. A long time. Too long. Had we been his owners, we would have lost hope long ago. We can only imagine their surprise when they got the call that their cat had been found. 12 years later, with arthritis, after having lived and thrived as an "office cat", this cat was taken to the vet and his microchip was found. The owners were ecstatic, emotional, sobbing, but the cat… well, this wasn't his choice, was it? It seemed that he was just fine with living in a garage and dealing with rats, and hilariously, he was quite grumpy about being taken to a warm home with a loving family. 

Managers who treat meeting rooms like church, where showing up late is a sin but doing actual work is also a sin, are unfortunately the sort of people this story takes us to meet today

A customer service rep resolves an upset customer's problem, gets thanked for the help, and walks into a room to get scolded in front of everyone for being ten minutes late. The meeting obviously could have started. And for no apparent reason It did not. Maybe bossman just felt he needed to make an example of something using someone, anyone.

So a meeting that gets delayed, moved, and cancelled regularly is suddenly the holiest of sites inside the sacred place that is some office. Nobody gets called out for thatother times but today was that day. And although we know a lot of managers love a meeting about a job a lot more than working actual job. But that doesn't make it any less annoying.

Caturday is here, and that means that it is time for your weekly cat content recap! 

I can admit, I am one lucky gal. Very few people out there can say that their job, throughout the week, is to keep up with all of the viral, adorable cat content online. This is what I do for a living. I know. Insane. I love cats deeply, and before this job, I was keeping up with as much of the cat content as I could anyway. Now, I just do it on company time. But I understand that this is special. I understand that most people don't have time to do this within their day-to-day lives. And that is exactly what the weekly Caturday meowgazine is for. 

In this collection, every single Caturday, I use all my cat knowledge to put together a collection of the best of the best of the week - for everyone who doesn't have time to keep up with online cats like I do. The most viral cat tweets and stories, the silliest cat memes that people shared and enjoyed. It's all right here, with no required effort from you guys. Just sit back, scroll away, and enjoy this beautiful Caturday meowrning!

Who could resist this great conversationalist? 

I do not miss being on dating apps. One of the most underrated parts of being in a relationship is that I am no longer socially pressured to go on Hinge because, apparently, that's the only way to avoid being alone. I was lucky enough to meet my partner in real life, so I don't have to deal with the awkward experience of telling people "we met on Bumble." I deleted all my dating app accounts before we even became official, both because I was so into my partner and because I hated using them.

By far the worst part of dating apps is texting some random stranger for weeks, only to meet them and realize that they're a total dud. You can't always tell if somebody's cool over text, but you can often tell if they're uncool. The guy in this story was talking with a woman on Tinder. Well, he was talking to her, but she wasn't doing any talking back. 

Teenagers can be extremely sensitive, especially when their parents get remarried…

A Reddit user shared on r/AITH an issue that has been affecting her family. She recently got married to a man with two daughters, Tara and Ava, and she also has a daughter of her own. Before getting married, she liked to travel everywhere with her daughter, and now she keeps the tradition, but includes her new family in her plans. She invites her husband and stepdaughter everywhere she goes. One of the girls, Tara, goes with them all the time, but her husband doesn't like traveling, and the other girl, Ava, is afraid of flying. The stepmom keeps inviting them everywhere they go, but the two of them always stay home. Lately, Ava started mentioning that she doesn't want them going on trips without her, because she feels left out and that her sister is closer to their stepsister than to her. She asked that they take more road trips and camping trips so she could go. The thing is, no one else in the family enjoys those kinds of trips. Ava has tried going to therapy to get over her fear of flying, but it hasn't seemed to have worked. 

The matter here is delicate. On the one hand, we understand that Ava feels left out and not close to her family, and she doesn't seem to be coming from a place of malice, just some teenage jealousy. On the other hand, it doesn't seem fair to make the entire family go through something they don't enjoy, or to renounce an activity they love just to accommodate her. 

Teenagers need to learn that they are not the center of the universe. People have the right to do things for themselves, and that doesn't mean they love us any less. It is understandable that maybe she feels unloved, but everybody else's decisions can't revolve around her. They said she "tried" therapy, and maybe that's part of the issue. Fear of flying is perfectly treatable, but you have to put in the work and acknowledge that those things take time and effort. Her stepmom would love to take her on trips with her sisters, and that can totally happen if they all agree on working alongside the correct therapist to help her get over her fear. The solution is not for them to stop traveling altoghether; it's to work as a family to find a middle ground that makes everyone happy. 

He hired the movers. He took time off of work. He paid the first and last month's rent, and the deposit. All the moving boxes and furniture were inside, but the most important thing was missing - his cat.

If you have pets, moving becomes not only a physical ordeal, but also a mental and emotional one. First, you have to find a place that allows pets and sign your life away in case your cat somehow turns into an agent from the underworld and destroys the very foundation of the building (which is what it seems like every landlord expects your cat to do). Then, you have to help your pet adjust to the brand new space, which we all know can be harder than the move itself. Cats, and other pets, love consistency and routine. A new house throws all of that away and forces them to learn how to live their life in an unfamiliar place.

But, moving is a part of life, and just like all things, they will get through it… except in today's case, originally posted on Reddit by a cat pawrent in Ontario, Canada. Working with a real estate agent to find a new condo, he had finished the whole process, but literally saw some signs ("No Pets Allowed" signs) that made him question if everything was okay. After his whole life was moved into the new apartment, his realtor told him that they never checked the building's bylaws, and it turns out that his cat is not purrmitted in the apartment. Now he's stuck with his cat staying with a friend, thousands of dollars in the trash from moving, and an apartment that must remain cat-free. 

It's a good thing this didn't happen to me, because if it did, I would be on an unstoppable mission for payback.

Today's agenda was officially cleared to make room for cats whose only contribution to society is being adorable.

And I can promise you that you won't regret scrolling through this cute collection of cats. 

I've always found cat faces to be fascinating. I don't know if it's because of their bone structure or what, but they look so majestic… like they were perfectly made. Because of this, every good picture of a cat tends to be mesmerizing and so awesome to look at… sometimes it's hard to look away. And if you take a picture of a cat that knows that it's pretty and good-looking, then you'll be obsessed for life.

But besides how beautiful they can be, they are also wise creatures that are worth observing. Every animal out there lives their life based on their instincts and their short-term pleasure. That's why they will do only the things that they truly want to do, and leave no room for things that are time-consuming and not worth it. Although we are humans and we cannot behave like that, we can still learn from them how to appreciate life a bit more.

Yes, we have responsibilities and things we need to tackle, but that doesn't have to force us to live a life that is exhausting and heavy for us. I think the difference, and the way we can achieve this, is the mindset. We all have in our heads those things we want and need to do today. That being said, if it needs to get done eventually, why do we procrastinate on it? And why complain about it? Cats wouldn't do that.

If cats were more like people and had, indeed, a to-do list, they would first get done with the things that take the longest and are the heaviest to do, only for them to have the most amount of free time. And they wouldn't complain or make a tantrum because of them… so next time you're feeling angry, remember and ask yourself: what would a cat do in my position? And I'm sure you'll find your answer.

Every bodega has the essentials: snacks, drinks, household basics, and, if you're lucky, one extremely important feline employee keeping the whole operation running.

Bodega cats take their jobs seriously. While the hooman behind the counter handles transactions, the resident kitty is busy supervising customers, inspecting deliveries, and making sure nobody spends too long deciding between chips. There's no uniform required when you're already dressed in fur, and employee training seems to consist mostly of finding the best place to nap without actually leaving the sales floor.

Customer service varies. You might get a friendly head bump on the way to the register, or you might receive one judgmental stare from atop a stack of boxes. Either way, consider yourself acknowledged. Some bodega cats will happily accept pets between shifts, while others have important business to attend to and cannot possibly be disturbed.

Then there's inventory management. Every cardboard box must be personally inspected, every shelf climbed at least once, and any suspicious movement must be investigated immediately. Sure, the cans might already be organized, but has anyone checked whether there's enough room behind them for a cat? These are the questions management refuses to ask.

The benefits package isn't bad, either. Unlimited cozy boxes, plenty of people stopping by to admire you, prime window-watching real estate, and presumably a generous snack allowance. Frankly, plenty of hoomans would accept that employment offer.

The best part is walking into a random shop for a drink and discovering there's a kitty behind the counter. Suddenly, buying a bag of chips becomes the highlight of your day.

Forget employee of the month. Bodega cats are employees of the century, and we're just lucky enough to shop where they work.

Man plans, the CDS laughs, and suddenly there's another kitten in the house.

Back in March, this family intentionally adopted two adult cats from their local shelter. Kittens were adorable, but with a busy schedule, grown cats simply made more sense. Responsible decision made. Household complete. Case closed. At least, that was the plan.

Then June arrived.

While heading to dinner with their son one Saturday night, they spotted a small kitten sitting weak and alone in the middle of the road. He wasn't even weaned yet. A nearby house had multiple cats and kittens roaming outside, and a friend explained that the situation was an ongoing neighborhood problem. The cats reportedly bred constantly, seemed neglected, and were sometimes hit by cars.

Not that anyone needed convincing. This baby was already coming home.

Suddenly, the person who specifically chose adult cats was bottle-feeding a kitten and making vet appointments. The CDS must have gotten a good laugh out of that one.

His left eye was especially concerning. The vet initially warned that he might never regain vision in it. It remains partially cloudy, but his hooman can tell from the way he plays that he has at least some sight. Even better, the sick little kitten found in the road is now healthy and thriving.

The two resident boys weren't exactly rolling out the welcome mat at first, either. Once properly introduced, though, everything changed. They bonded with their tiny brother and started playing with him and teaching him the extremely important art of being an indoor cat.

Three cats definitely weren't part of the original plan, but neither was leaving a helpless kitten in the road.

What would a bunch of grown, manly construction workers do with a poor, helpless kitten stuck in one of their Komatsu vehicles? Rescue it, adopt it, and make it part of the family, obviously!

One of our furvorite categories of cat pictures is "big, manly guys smitten with teeny tiny kittens". There's been a stereotype going around for a long time that dogs are "boy animals" and cats are "girl animals", but that couldn't be farther from the truth. In fact, I've never seen a grown man not turn into a puddle of cuteness and go into a ridiculously high baby voice when holding a baby kitten. No matter what gender you are, it's instinctual. Their cuteness is universal, and also all-powerful. Even the most evil supervillain could be turned into a babbling ball of pawsitivity when holding a tiny, meowing kitten.

And that's exactly what happened in @riverreachconstruction's video on Instagram. After hearing this tiny orange kitten's cries stuck inside some heavy machinery, they got to work on getting him out. Unable to reach him from the top, they unscrewed a part from the bottom, et voila! The kitten literally fell through onto the ground like a snack dropping out of a vending machine. They cleaned her, fed and hydrated her, and promptly fell in love with her overwhelming cuteness. After getting him his own purrsonal-sized hard hat and safety vest, they knew he had to officially become part of the team.

Her name is Sue, and she's the internet's new favorite construction mascot. You can follow her journey purrmanently here, but for now, enjoy this rescue video and all the cute pictures of her below!

A lot of things may have changed since the 9th century, but one thing that hasn't is that cat people still think their cat is the best cat in the whole wide world.

History has never been my strongest subject. I just find it… boring. But maybe that's because I never learned about the parts of history that were actually interesting to me - until now. Did you know that there are many existing documents of famous people writing about their pet cats? From all different time periods and parts of the world, pawrents throughout history have written their private thoughts about their cats, but one thing connects them all: they all think their cats are the best cats, that they're the most beautiful things in the world, and they're purrfect pets. It's good to know that some things never change.

You might not have known this before, but Mark Twain was a cat guy. He stated that he couldn't tolerate being catless while traveling, causing him to "rent" kittens during his summer trips. Twain also famously once lost his cat, made posters offering a $5 reward (a lot of money back then), and when his cat was found, he paraded him around, imagining his many adventures. Now that sounds like our kind of guy.

Nikolai Tesla once wrote about his childhood cat, Mačak, calling him "the finest of all cats in the world" (sound familiar?). Legend has it that Mačak is also responsible for his life's work on experimenting with electricity. On a cold winter day, Mačak generated some static electricity because of the dryness of the air, sparking (see what we did there?) his curiosity and becoming one of his earliest memories of electricity.

And now to the story of the hour, posted originally by _voma, documenting the diary of a 22-year-old Japanese emperor and his musings about his black cat, who was gifted to him in 889 A.D. The words he uses to describe his beautiful black cat may be different from the ones we use, but the feeling is the same: his cat is meowgnificent, purrfection incarnate, and more entertaining than anything else in the world.

Why should he stay later than that?

I've never understood offices where employees stay late on purpose to prove to their bosses they're dedicated. If anything, I think staying late at work shows your boss you're bad at time management, but not everyone agrees with me. A lot of bosses want their employees to stay past the time when their workday ends, and the boss in this story is one of them. She thinks her employee's clock is off, but doesn't get why he doesn't think leaving a couple of minutes early is worth commenting on. 

Do cats get more affectionate with age? 

This is a question that I asked myself a couple years ago. My cat had always been a scaredy-cat. Anytime a new person would come into the house, my cat would hide in any place she could find. Usually under the bed, sometimes behind the couch, every once in a while inside a closet. She had always loved me, but she was never friendly toward anyone else. And even with me, she was picky about when she wanted to be loved, to the point that I noticed a patten: in the summer, when she was hot, she didn't come to me, but in the winter, when it was cold out, suddenly, she liked to cuddle. And then, she turned 10 years old, and something changed.

Like any decent cat owner, I paid attention. Any changes in a cat's behavior can be an indicator that something is wrong. If your cat suddenly stops eating, or if your cat starts limping, you have to pay attention. And if your cat suddenly stops running when strangers come into the house and asks to cuddle every night, yeah, it's important to pay attention. But nothing happened. She's fine. She just got a little older and decided that humans and human affection are… kind of cool. Yes, cats get more affectionate with time, and as an ICHC writer, I knew that. And yet, I never expected to see that happen with my baby. So, I understand why the person in today's story asked this question. And although I agree with the warnings - do pay attention to your cats and their behavior- sometimes, they simply change with time. And we could never complain about our cats wanting to cuddle us more. 

If the meeting was truly voluntary, why does skipping it suddenly put your job at risk?

I'm sure that's the same question the OP is asking themselves. Before talking about the manager, I think it's interesting the time that the meeting lasts. Because it's only 10/15 minutes, people would think that they don't mind arriving early so they can discuss before the shifts start, and things like that. Sounds normal, and it shouldn't be that big of a problem.

The problem arises when the meeting happens to be every day, and the fact that the employees cannot clock in after it's over… meaning those extra minutes they are there are unpaid.

And now, the manager… what is it with some bosses that they don't know how to boss? According to the way the story is described, this person is not only very disrespectful, but also has a bad way of encouraging participation in this meeting. On one side, he's saying it's voluntary, and that the people who don't feel like coming could avoid it. But that's not before clarifying that working is also a "voluntary thing" (sort of?), and that the ones who are not in the meeting aren't working that day.

I really don't know how someone can be so mean and so disrespectful. At the end of the day, they are employees working there, and there's really no reason not to treat the employees fairly and with respect. If this meeting is important to them, then he should find a way to make this a fun thing, especially if you're not letting them clock in beforehand, so they can feel encouraged to assist. At least, that's the way I'm thinking.

I do think that some people shouldn't be allowed to become bosses or managers, since they clearly lack the skills needed to be a team leader. Talking badly to people and forcing them to attend meetings is not okay, especially if you're the one also threatening to fire them for a single 10-minute morning meeting.