What is the problem with builders and engineers? They seem to always be disagreeing with each other and underestimating one another.

Certain professions seem not to get along with others. We have doctors and nurses. The ones with a license to operate and treat patients are usually seen completely underestimating how much nurses know, and they deem anything they have to say as useless. Then we have the police force and the fire department, who don't seem to fully understand that they need one another. And lastly, engineers and builders. This opposition may not happen everywhere –luckily– but they aren't uncommon. These pairs that should be using each other to do their job the best way they can usually end up arguing over minor things instead of learning from each other.

A builder and an engineer need to work as a team to build something. The civil engineer, like the one in the story below, needs to do all the planning with the calculations and the drawings to make sure that the structure that is being built will be able to stay in place. The builder has to do other calculations, the ones that count how much of each material is going to be needed, for example. And then put together a squad of builders to take the drawing and make it real. They need each other. Without one of these positions, we are left without the final product –or with one that won't last.

Working with people who don't have the best qualifications can be hard. Jealousy is a strong force that will likely try to intrude on the matter. But there is no room for it, or at least it shouldn't be. There needs to be teamwork to do things correctly, and that is not possible if workers focus more on petty rivalries instead of the job. The most important thing is to do what you are hired for, and that should be enough to avoid any arguments between colleagues. We all have different qualifications, but that has to bring us together, appreciate the moment, and take advantage of it to learn. That is how a good job is done. So stop wasting time fighting one another and do what you do best. Your job! 
 

You never know what you'll come home with after a late-night shopping trip.

Some people spend years saying they'll get a cat "when the time is right." Others come up with very specific rules, hoping the decision will never actually have to be made. The Cat Distribution System loves people like that because it treats every rule as a personal challenge.

One couple had been joking for eight years that they could only get a cat if the Cat Distribution System chose them first. It sounded like a safe deal... until one late-night trip to Sam's Club for Pokémon cards changed everything. While waiting in line, one shopper noticed an affectionate little kitten making friends with everyone nearby. A few pets turned into cuddles, cuddles turned into attachment, and by 4 a.m. the kitten was heading home instead of back into the parking lot.

The husband did what so many future cat parents do. First came the obligatory, "Don't get attached." Then reality set in. It wasn't long before he was the one naming their newest family member, JuFufu, after a cat character from a game they both play. Soon after that came the selfies, which pretty much confirmed the kitten had already won him over.

JuFufu played this perfectly. She didn't need to meow dramatically or chase anyone through the parking lot. She simply wandered over, accepted a few pets, and let her charm do the rest. Sometimes that's all it takes.

The Cat Distribution System has an impressive success rate when it comes to changing people's minds. One minute, someone is convinced they're just waiting in line for trading cards. The next, they're shopping for cat food, arguing over names, and wondering how the house ever felt complete without a tiny ball of fur running around. JuFufu may not have been on anyone's shopping list, but she was clearly exactly what this family had been waiting for.

Every forever home starts somewhere. This one started under a grill cover.

Some kittens don't wait to be found. They pick a spot, stay put, and hope the right person comes along. Bibi's hiding place happened to be under her future human's boss's grill cover, and after spending three days there, her patience finally paid off.

While visiting their boss's house, one cat lover discovered a hungry little kitten tucked away beneath the grill cover in the backyard. Nobody knew where she'd come from, though it was suspected she may have wandered over after an abandoned farmhouse across the road was torn down. She'd apparently been hiding there for three days, waiting for someone to notice her. Hungry, alone, and far too young to be on her own, she couldn't have picked a better person to find her.

A trip to the vet revealed that Bibi was a healthy 12-week-old kitten with adorable extra toes, making her even more special than anyone expected. She was a little underweight after going without proper meals, but that quickly became yesterday's problem. These days her routine is exactly what every growing kitten dreams about: eat, play, nap, repeat.

The updates only get sweeter. Bibi has already claimed a hoodie as one of her favorite sleeping spots, spends her waking hours bouncing from one adventure to the next, and has fully embraced the wonderfully chaotic lifestyle that comes with being a kitten. She's currently staying separated from the family's two resident cats while being treated for roundworms, but that hasn't slowed her down one bit. Before long, she'll be exploring the rest of the house and introducing herself to her furry siblings.

Three days under a grill cover ended with a forever home, full bowls, and a family completely wrapped around one little polydactyl paw.

Did we forget what a gift means?

I understand people expect useful gifts at their bridal showers, but that can't be an excuse to shake down friends for cash we know they don't have. My point is that we shouldn't shake anyone for gifts or cash, even if the people who are supposed to be making the gifts can afford it. A gift is always supposed to be given willingly. We can't expect our decision to get married to be financially supported by our friends and family. I mean, we can be grateful if it happens, but nothing more. Did it ever occur to this bride that not everyone has the financial means to support another family as well as their own? You're allowed to be frustrated, but you should be able to distinguish what your friends are supposed to do from what they aren't. Commentaries under this post confuse me because they mostly assume one is supposed to give expensive gifts to attend a wedding. I think if that were the case, it should be specified, so people don't think they are only going to a wedding to celebrate the couple's marriage. If it really is mandatory for the couple to leave an expensive gift at their bridal shower, they should be upfront about that; if not, it's the same as scamming, really. Guests don't know what they are really getting into, and they don't know whether it's mandatory. It's a no-brainer for me.
 

Cats and food have been locked in an intimate tango for about as long as anyone can remember.

No matter what we, devoted cat pawrents, try - our feline companions seem to exist in a near-permanent state of hunger. It doesn't even matter if they've just finished a full meal minutes ago - the second you start wandering anywhere near the kitchen, the meowing begins, loud, insistent, and utterly convinced that a snack is imminent. Are you actually getting them food? Doesn't matter. In your cat's mind, the answer is always yes, obviously, why else would you be walking in that direction? Cats have apparently been born foodies, remained foodies throughout every stage of life, and will, in all likelihood, stay foodies until the sun burns out. Or, you know, until you actually put food in the bowl. Whichever comes first.

Given that cats have basically claimed the throne of internet royalty, it tracks that an entire universe of memes exists purely to celebrate them, and food-obsessed cats are no exception. The math is almost embarrassingly simple: cats love food, we love cats, and somewhere in that overlap a whole meowgnificent sub-genre of memes was born. And honestly, if you're a cat pawrent reading this, you already get it. You've lived it. You know exactly what that desperate, food-motivated meow sounds like at 6 AM.

Shoulda woulda coulda

Marrying the right person doesn't feel like the movies told us it would feel, and that's ok. One has to work very hard not to get caught up in the what-ifs, because they are a trap. She could've continued with that other relationship, for example, and maybe she would've wasted her time with something that felt so romantic at first but never became a fruitful relationship. Or maybe if it eventually became a fruitful relationship, she might then have started wondering whether she made the right decision or whether she should've stayed single longer. I personally believe that those fantasies are only that, fantasies, and that they show us what we want to bring back to our lives. It could be love, excitement, newness, anything; but the fantasy is there for a reason. I don't think what ifs necessarily reflect anything about the life not lived; they only reflect our current desires.

If anyone knows how to turn their body into a perfect circle, it's a cat.

Cats have a reputation for finding the coziest position in any room, so it should come as no surprise that some of them have mastered geometry along the way. Give a cat a soft blanket, a warm patch of sun, and a few spare minutes, and you've got the recipe for a flawless floofy donut. Curling up seems to be something cats approach with real dedication. Some tuck their nose all the way under their tail for the classic tight coil, while others go for a looser loop, paws just barely brushing their own chin. A few take it further still, wrapping themselves so completely around their own body that it's hard to tell where the head ends and the tail begins.

There's something instinctive about the circle - it conserves warmth, protects the belly, and turns even the biggest cat into a small, tidy little loaf. Add a soft surface and a quiet room, and the transformation from sprawling housecat to perfect pastry shape happens almost automatically. Then there are the cats who take the cinnamon roll look to its logical extreme. They don't just curl; they coil, folding themselves into shapes that seem to defy anatomy altogether. With their tail tucked, their eyes shut, and not a single straight line left in sight, it's easy to see why they've earned the comparison.

Whether they're loosely looped or wound up tight as a snail shell, these purroboros always seem to have found the one shape a cat trusts completely.

The shift from real life to virtual life has already happened

I don't think that, at any point in history, people have incorporated so many marketing concepts into their own lives as they do now. Marketing used to be something companies used to sell their products more effectively, to generate desire, or to project an image. With social media nowadays, people have gotten used to thinking about their own public image as if it were a brand, even people who do not own or represent any businesses. Events have transformed from occasions where people shared time and enjoyed things together to gatherings curated to project an image or a reputation dissociated from their actual content. The thing is, weddings have always had social significance; they did not occur in a vacuum. Instead, weddings used to allow the 'realness' of the event to emerge when people were actually together, as well as take pictures and show off how much money the couple invested. Now some couples police what goes on in the event as much as they police how the event is photographed. The vigilance only grows. I would not be surprised to hear weddings start requiring a script. People have gotten so used to being constantly recorded that they start fearing it and adjusting their behaviour to that. I believe you can't coerce people into having a good time, so the events that will inevitably become popular (I'm being optimistic here) will be the ones that leave recordings, and social media outside of the picture.

Just because an animal cannot be released back into the wild does not mean that they cannot find a new purpose and live a full and happy life. 

Back in 2016, Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center came across a young bobcat that needed help. She had a strange head tilt, likely caused by some head trauma, and that simply wasn't right. Because of this, she could not be released into the wild. But that didn't mean that her journey was over. That didn't mean that she instantly lost her purpose as a bobcat. And her caretakers knew that and decided to help her find a new purpose - as a foster mother, helping other rescued bobcat kittens get ready to be released back into the wild. 

The conservation center gets lots of rescued cubs, and the goal with each and every one of them, of course, is safe release into the wild. So, after they are done with bottle feeding, the cubs get placed in an enclosure next to Emma, and when the time is right, they get to meet her. "We'll open it up, and she takes those kittens in as if they are her absolute own, as if she gave birth to them."

"It's been amazing no matter how many kittens we give her, litter after litter, year after year, she takes them wholeheartedly and immediately starts bathing them and doing all the things that a wild bobcat mom would do," one of her caretakers explains. Thanks to Emma not having any interest in humans at all, the kittens she raises are also raised wild and wary of humans, giving them the best chance at a safe release. "We feed [Emma] every day. She doesn't want to have anything to do with us. She is a wild wild bobcat".

You didn't pay for it? You do not own it!

Marriage is scary. Imagine you decide that the love of your life is someone who thinks that something you worked really hard for is just as much his as yours. Finances are hard when you are on your own, so I can't even imagine how hard it can be to go from having your separate accounts to joining them when you get married. People tend to manage money very differently, which can cause big problems in the long run. That's why a lot of couples have started to use prenups. They are a great way to maintain what you had before the marriage to yourself and avoid getting into financial fights with your spouse.

Some people think prenups mean that you don't love your spouse enough, but that is far from true. Keeping the things you work hard for in your name should be common. A marriage can end, but you can lose your hard work to somebody else. You are not putting just yourself at risk by trusting them with your money, but also the future of your children or heritage. Your investments are yours, and it's not fair that somebody gets it for free just because. You are the one who lived on a few bucks for years so you could own a property. He didn't. Why would you put HIS name on the deed? Share it with him, live together, be happy, but do not add him to the deed when he didn't provide two cents for it.

This Reddit story got me clear on something. What's yours is yours. Keep your things and your efforts. Protect what you worked hard for. Love, get married, but do not get the finances involved in that. You can have the most perfect marriage without risking your and your children's future over some man that you aren't a thousand percent sure you aren't going to break up with. Marriage and finances are two different things. Do not forget that, ever. 
 

After helping expose years of mismanagement and expecting to inherit the vacant manager role, an employee discovered the promised promotion had been given to someone else, prompting their resignation, which left the already struggling store critically understaffed.

It's not often you come across a story like this on the internet anymore. Something about the way that this story was written makes me nostalgic for an era gone by. 

You used to see plenty of stories like this every day. Messy writing, messy characters, and a narrator that isn't overly concerned about making themselves look good. They're just laying it all out there on the table for strangers on the internet to read without worrying about the judgement. 

Just. Messy. 

To be completely honest, this is an era that I hadn't fully realized we had exited, but I guess it makes sense with everything that has changed around technology and social media. There have probably been other cultural shifts that have contributed besides. 

This employee shared their long-winded story with this online workplace community, detailing the history of their chaotic workplace. After helping clean up the problematic workplace by getting their manager and the district manager fired and being given assurances that the vacant manager role would become theirs

I mean, it kind of makes sense given the situation that management might want to steer clear of anyone involved in the mess. The employee proved instrumental in exposing problems in the organization, from their perspective, but they also proved themselves to be very much a part of that same problem from the perspective of senior leadership.

Keep reading to see the story below. If you get tired of reading and want a TL;DR (Too Long Didn't Read), I have included one at the end of the main story around Item #46. Yeah, this one is long. 

Like I said: Messy. 

Who here hasn't found themselves desperate to complain about something their neighbor is doing, even though they know they have every right to do it?

If your neighbor decides to buy their teenager a drum kit one day and let him play it during permitted hours, as annoying as it might be, there isn't anything you can do to stop them. It is completely within their right to buy a drum kit and play it, even though it is known to be a disturbance to other people. You can ask them nicely to soundproof the room or get those noise-isolating headphones, but as long as they are not breaking any rules, they don't have to agree.

Still, people should try to be as neighborly as possible and ensure everyone who lives around them is happy and content with the living environment. If you know your neighbor has a newborn, you can be a decent human being and not play loud music throughout the day, and if something they do bothers you, you can take the civilized route and simply talk to them about it.

None of that was applied in the neighborly dispute below, which is why no one in the building is happy with their neighbors. It all started when one entitled resident completely disregarded her neighbors' comfort with every single action she took around her home. Constant renovations, security cameras facing neighbors' doors, and nonstop noise complaints were just the tip of the iceberg. No one was happy living next to this person.

It was when she started complaining about one of the residents' AC units that they really had enough. She never bothered to ask them about any of the disturbances she caused, but suddenly thinks she is entitled to demand they make changes in their home based on her convenience? Not going to happen.

Since the resident knows they did everything according to the law, they also know this entitled neighbor can't demand anything of them. Should they still comply? Only the rest of the story will tell…

Kindness does not always have to cost a lot of money. Sometimes, it's made of tape, rulers and hot wheels. 

We always say that cats will be cats no matter what. Being different does not stop them from living their best lives all the time. A blind cat will still find a way to do shenanigans. A deaf cat will scream just as loudly as any other cat for his breakfast. My cat? My chonky cat who's been overweight and on diet food basically her whole life does not let that stop her from running at full speed across my stomach in the middle of the night. They don't know that things can be different. They just want to… cat. 

And that is what happened to the beautiful kitten in today's story. He has a spinal injury that prevents him from using his back legs. But that doesn't stop him from wanting to be a cat. So, his caretakers built him a custom wheelchair to help him do that. And they said this: 

"The base around it and the legs do start with cardboard, lots of tape, some zip ties. And then the legs weren't quite strong enough. They kept kind of giving out when he would try and turn, so then I got these rulers for 99 cents and put them there. Hot wheels that are ambulances. I was just trying to figure out a way to keep him standing on his own for a little bit amount of time, but then he was really wanting to play and walk around. So I used what I had, and I kind of built it off how wheelchairs are that we already have at the shelter. They're just not small enough for him because he's just a little guy. I'm very happy with it, and it seems to have brought a lot of joy to the people at the shelter and hopefully some other people as well."

This is fraud, and standing up for it is the right thing to do!

Fraud, unaccountability, and family drama. Already an interesting story. I know that every family is their own world and that relations are complicated. That's why I don't try to judge family members who decide not to continue to be a part of their own family. They could have very valid reasons, and I have no power whatsoever to judge them. That doesn't mean that I wouldn't condemn fraud. There is a difference between deciding not to take part in the caretaking of your elderly mother –sounds really bad, but you can have your reasons– and a completely different one is committing fraud by accepting government checks for taking care of her while you don't even visit her.

If you don't want to take care of your family, then don't. You may have your reasons. I won't judge. But accepting money that the state provides so that you can help your mother when you don't even call her is illegal. It makes you a horrible person, and it makes you a scammer, a con artist. The son from the story below is taking advantage of the system and his mother. And these neighbors have every right to condemn it. They are taxpayers who help to contribute to the money his receiving illegitimately, but also, they are doing HIS JOB for him for free.

I really wish they could open this elderly woman's eyes and make her understand that his son cannot be taking this money when he isn't doing the job his receiving it for. She can either hire a caretaker like a nurse with that money, or give it to some of the neighbors that are always helping her out and are in the line of poverty. This is fraud, and it needs to be condemned. Social assistance from the government can be extremely useful for some people. To steal that is pure evil. Let's hope everyone gets what they deserve.  
 

Cat tweets exist to make your Monday a little bit better. 

It's a hot summer Monday, and we feel like things are only getting hotter - literally and metaphorically. The days are hotter, the AC is either not working or is freezing our booties off, and the universe… is basically on fire right now. All year long, throughout all the cold wintry days, we have waited for summer, for relief from the cold, but, like every year, here we are, and the only thing that we want right meow is winter. All we want is for things to cool down. So, we're looking for other ways to chill, other ways to survive this literal and metaphorical hellfire, and the one thing that we always reach for is… funny cat memes, of course. 

Funny and cute cats online are always there to make us feel better, no matter how hot things get outside. If you can count on the internet for one thing, it's for them to constantly provide purrfect cat content. Forever and always. Of course, right now, this pawsome cat content is surrounded by all the other stuff, the online stuff that we kind of want to avoid, and that is where we come in. Here, at ICHC, we have decided to spare you from witnessing any more of the madness than you have to, and every single week, we put together a collection of the freshest, funniest, cutest and overall most viral cat tweets that exist. This way, you can start your Monday with an actual smile on your face first thing in the morning. Stay in bed a little longer, scroll away. At least here you are scrolling through pawsitive and uplifting things. And isn't that what we all need to feel a little better right meow? 

Revenge is a gift best served by a bank

Some of us fantasize about something like this happening to us so we can get revenge without planning. We have to be really intelligent to be presented with the chance and be quick enough to see it and take it. I've read countless stories about exes who benefited from their partners' kindness only to resent it afterwards. I guess it's a common attitude. People would like to forget the times in which they were vulnerable and will hate anyone who reminds them of it. I don't like to be alarmist, but beware. Try to keep an eye open for anyone who displays this kind of attitude. Some people see relationships primarily in terms of costs and benefits; we should be attentive if our partners tend to maintain relationships based on usefulness instead of affection, show gratitude only while they're dependent on us, and evaluate people according to what enhances their own image. All those traits are what we should be aware of if we don't want to end up with someone who benefits from our help, and when they're done needing it, pushes us aside to get something 'better'. We should observe how this person treats those considered less successful as opposed to those above them. It's also worth separating a change in compatibility from opportunism; of course, we don't see the whole picture; we only have one side of the story, but it never hurts to take care of oneself.

Well it has happened once more, we are not sure how and who allowed for it to be this way but Monday has rolled around once more and once more we are dealt the defective hand of having to work when no one has any energy. Which is why we put together this collection of cute cat memes to mellow you out mentally and help you get to the end of the working day.

Pawisitvity is something that all us hoomans need. No matter whether we are dog lovers or feline fans we all need some good mood food to keep us sweet and functioning. After all, much like a grumpy cat, when we are not pleased with our surroundings we tend to take it out on others around us. Thereby spreading the sour mood throughout our surroundings. So instead of letting your office and coworkers waste away under the company of misery. So you had better take a few minutes to stop the spread and instead share your feline-inspired pawsitive mood with your coworkers and bring the mood up.

And so we hope you are ready for these cute cattos, who will undoubtedly warm your heart and make you feel whole for a few moments. No matter whether it is cute kittens sleeping, felines who think they are plants, or being a connoisseur of funny cat names gets you going we have got the memes to boost your mood right here. 
 

Having a friend or family member who borrowed money and won't pay you back is annoying. But what do you do when it's your manager who refuses to pay back money you loaned to him on a business trip?

It's pretty natural to want to be seen as helpful in our workplace environments. I think we hope that our faith will be rewarded, and in the back of our mind, we are a little bit wary of telling an employer "No," as well. 

It's not all that uncommon for one negative thing about you to stick in someone's mind—especially when that someone is your manager. As an employee, the last thing you want is for some comment about how you weren't helpful or "a team player" to come up at the wrong time to the wrong people in some boardroom meeting. And then, to have this begin a narrative about you (and against you) that spirals out of control.

These things do happen, and it can be impossible to claw your way back up that slippery slope once the wrong word has been spoken in the wrong ear.

This is why managers need to be careful about the demand they're placing on an employee, no matter how personal the relationship might be between them and how informal the situation is. The blurring of these boundaries—well, it's going to create some problems. 

A manager asking an employee to cover a business expense is an immediate red flag. And while the power imbalance already puts unfair pressure on the request, here there isn't even a grey area. There's nothing personal about asking them to effectively contribute their own money to the business and it should never be a request. 

Sure, it's often the case that an employee will "spot" the company money on a business trip by spending their own money at the time and asking for reimbursement later. I still think that is a weird practice, but it always exists as an established process.

Having your manager off-hand ask you to cover their hotel costs, however, is not. Putting that employee on the spot and then not repaying the amount immediately, and when you said you would, is a major issue. And it repeatedly puts the employee in the awkward place of having to bring it up… over and over again.

Without a doubt, this employee needs to start looking for new jobs. Fast. And find some other way to get their money in the meantime. 

How volatile can a person become when they feel like they're balancing on the tightrope? 

Apparently, very volatile, or so it seems by this employee's experience, who has a manager who lied on her resume and behaves very unprofessionally. This employee reported the manager for all her wrongdoings, and it looks like the company is about to let her go. This led the manager to get desperate and retaliate in the pettiest way possible. As revenge for the employee's report, she told her to run away from work, made unpleasant comments about her to others, and tried to isolate her, as high school kids do. 

It is a very unpleasant situation to be in, that is for sure. But the entire issue speaks more of the manager than of the employee. If all the manager knows how to do is behave like a petty little child, she's obviously unprofessional and not qualified for the role she's fulfilling. The consequences of her actions are catching up to her, and she can't seem to take responsibility for her words or her behavior. 

It's a shame for the employee who has to bear her bad mood and her immaturity, but at least it's not forever. The company knows about it already, and they are taking action to correct the issue. In this case, being a decent worker is paying off, and soon she'll be free of the manager and free to go back to her responsibilities without being bothered. It'll take patience and grace, and a good use of her wits to follow the internet's advice and report every single thing this manager does and says to her. 

Bad bosses are everywhere, and sometimes they are difficult to beat. That doesn't mean it is impossible, and in this case, it very much seems like the good guy is winning. For once, the bad manager is going to get a taste of her own medicine. 

Cats are known to be stubborn creatures, up there with donkeys and middle aged men. So you can imagine that a story about a feral feline who stubbornly rejected hooman efforts to become a cat child, can become quite darn wholesome when the cat finally gives in and learns to love the luxury lifestyle that has been waiting for them.

Feral cats are often discussed amongst the cat lovers who frequently feed the felines in their area. It is a topic of hot debate with many feeling as though feral life is the cats inelieable choice, while others feel that feral cats simply do not know how good the indoor life can be and so sometimes it take a little coaxing to get them to buy into the concept. I cannot say where I stand on this issue as I believe cats are too unique to be put into any kind of categories. But what I do know is that the pawrents in this story were most concerned with being able to continue caring for the cat they had come to love. And seeing as circumstances had changed in a way where being their feral feline would simply no longer work, it was the right move to make to turn this wild cat into a creature of home comfort.

As far as i'm concerned the well being of a cat is mostly within their own purview, but in special cases such as house moves where you know their quality of life will take a drastic turn because you are not there, the regular rules do not apply. Because whether the cat will admit it or not they love you too, and losing you will hurt them as much as you losing them. So while you might not be able to get on all fours and negotiate in native cat to encourage your feline to come along willingly. You can set up as many traps and tarps as possible to capture the catto and bring it with you.