There are two ways for someone to leave their job: either they resign, or they get fired. 

At least officially. Anyone who has ever held a job knows that a workplace situation is not all black and white. And there are a lot of factors playing into an employee's decision to quit, or an employer's decision to fire.

Take a company that is under financial strain, for example. Their decision to fire an employee might have nothing to do with them or their performance, but the general position of the company itself. If an employee loses their job because the company went under, can they really say that they were fired, or does that situation introduce a third option?

Similarly, some employees end up quitting their jobs not because they didn't like the work, or their paycheck wasn't enough, but because of one specific person who made the workplace environment unbearable. If someone resigns because they were basically forced out of the company, can they really say that they quit, or is there now a fourth option as well?

To say that the employee in the story below resigned is technically true, but as we established, the situation is so complicated that resigning seems like an understatement. The only reason they decided to leave their job was that they were forced out by a new manager. Someone who, for some reason, decided to make the office as inhospitable to this one employee as possible. They were left out of meetings, given unreasonable deadlines, and micromanaged every step of the way. They were basically left with no choice but to quit, to the point that you may as well call it getting fired…

Is there anything to do in situations like these? Can they be avoided or fixed? Keep scrolling to read the full story and share your opinions in the comments below.

Since when can a landlord charge extra for an AC unit bought by the tenant?

A New Yorker reached out to the community in r/Renters because he's dealing with a very strange situation with his landlord. Since the apartment he's renting doesn't have an air conditioning system, he bought a unit and installed it in his bedroom. After a new management company realized he had that, they told him he should start paying a monthly fee of $35 because it is a "seasonal appliance," and it increases the building's power bill.

This is totally insane. I also live in a city that gets very hot during the summer, and luckily, I have an AC in every room of my apartment. My wonderful landlord told me, when my roommate and I moved in, that for some reason, in this part of town, power bills don't get up too much during the hot days due to the AC. But, in case we notice any abrupt increase, we should let him know right away so he can find a solution together.

My personal situation works as a great example of what this landlord should be doing. If we all live in the same city that gets crazy hot during summer, we can expect the tenant to have an AC in the apartment so he can sleep at night. And the funniest thing is that the power bill is under his name, so he's taking full responsibility if the monthly tax gets really high. I don't really understand how they can start charging that invented fee for something he's super mindful and responsible about.

I found in the comments that very helpful information can give this renter a hand. According to some Redditors, the final answer should be in the lease. If there's no mention of an AC unit whatsoever, he's totally entitled to have that unit and not be charged for it. We all know that the new management company wants to charge him extra just for the kick of it, although it could be against the rules. Scroll down and find out what happened to this New Yorker!

This employee shared the demands that were being placed on them by their boss in order to take leave, bringing the conversation on the topic to the forefront in a viral social media post.

PTO is an important part of working arguable as important as the work we do itself. But try telling that to your boss.

Some people wish for a guardian angel, and others wake up in their tent to find a guardian cat.

When people wish someone would keep them safe, they usually mean a spouse, a big guard dog, or even a scary gargoyle at their front door. Some protection and caution are needed when you're outdoors, camping in nature, in the middle of nowhere. Who knows what the chances are for a burly bear to come near, or any other sort of danger nearby? Well, if you're camping where u/denimbuddie camped, worry not, dear friends! The grounds are kept by the most ferocious, floofy, feline guardian, who takes his security paycheck with snuggles, purrs, and tent break-ins.

There's no need to fear when the feline guardian is here.

When a cat keeps you safe, there's really nothing to fear. They keep your dreams safe, while being the best floofy pillows, making sure you're sound asleep. They keep your tent safe, and will alert you if anything or anyone comes near. They keep your time safe, because there's nothing better than sharing precious time with a purring creature who shows you nothing but love and curiosity. Cats are the best, and we don't think anything anyone will say could ever change our minds about that.

But on a more serious note, it's rather wholesome that the groundskeeper is raising the sweetest cat to keep campers company. Just imagine you're doing anything, anywhere, and suddenly - there's a cat. And not just a cat, but a friendly one, who's there to keep you company. You go to the pool? There's a pool cat, swimming with the people. You go shopping? There's a shop cat, who just wants to be petted. You go to choose a new car from the dealership? There's a cat in the shotgun seat, and he just likes to go on rides with testers. Any place is better with a local cat.

Can you tell when someone's "generous" offer comes from a selfish place?

We're not saying that everyone has a secret motive when they offer to help someone, but it's still a possibility. People, as it turns out, are quite self-centered, and many will not help other people unless it helps them in some way or form.

Some people go as far as to decide to do something for others without even being asked, just because they seek the benefit for themselves.

We can't really understand what the neighbor in the story below benefited from her actions, but she definitely wasn't doing anything because she genuinely wanted to help. She has set her mind on something, and no one was going to stop her from achieving it. At least, that is what she believed…

A resident shared how they were frustrated by their neighbor, who kept crossing the boundary between their properties and taking actions she had no business taking. It started when she mowed the residents' grass while they were at work. Then, her work on her own lawn caused the resident's fence to be ruined. The last straw was when she left broken shelves on the resident's front lawn and refused to move them. Every time something like this happened, there was a conversation that led to an actual confrontation, and every time, she found a new way to make matters worse. While she claimed she was trying to help, she refused to accept that her "help" was not welcome. 

Eventually, the resident felt like they had no choice but to involve the town and report this neighbor and her behavior. But would that be enough to stop her?

Cats are the funniest creatures, and they do it in their own cat style.

Has any cat, in the entire history of cats gracing this Earth with their meowjestic presence, ever once apologized for a cat thing they did? We're going to go ahead and say no. And honestly, knowing cats as well as we do, we're fairly confident that "sorry" simply isn't in their vocabulary. But then again - should it be? Cats aren't the villains here. Cats are the best, full stop, and they know it. Not only do they know it, but they also own it, wear it, and strut around like the title was never in question. And honestly? Fair enough. They've earned that recognition. The rest of us are just their humble hooman staff, and frankly, we're honored to serve our feline overlords.

Cats have always ruled our households like tiny, floofy monarchs. We cater to their every whim, spoil them with every treat imaginable, and happily hand over the reins of our daily lives without so much as a fight. But then the internet came along, and as hoomanity stepped into its digital era, we didn't quite clock what was happening - we'd basically just built cats a brand-new kingdom to conquer. Because cats don't just rule our living rooms - cats rule the entire internet with an iron (and adorably fluffy) paw.

Every one of these floofy felines reigns over the digital world through an endless parade of cat memes - proof, once again, that cats are just being cats, in the most supremely cat way possible. And really, we wouldn't have it any other way. We savor every meowing minute of it. That's why we're here, spreading the cat word to the world - with more and more cat memes. Meowing meow!

Some family road trips end with everyone singing along to the radio. This one ended with a dented car door, a stranded sister on the side of the highway, and a twelve-hour silent drive home with nothing but gas station coffee and simmering resentment for companyTurns out you can rearrange your entire vacation, sacrifice your legroom, and hand over your last phone charger, and still somehow end up cast as the bad guy for wanting your own feet out of your face.

Being the accommodating one in a family only works until someone decides your patience is a permanent resource instead of a limited one. This is what happens when a person spends days rearranging travel plans, sacrificing legroom, and swallowing every passive-aggressive jab, only to get treated like the villain the second they stop absorbing damage silently.

One message is all it takes for complete chaos to break loose.

Group chats have a funny way of getting completely out of paw. One message turns into ten, ten turns into a hundred, and before long nobody remembers what the original conversation was even about. If cats had their own group chat, it probably wouldn't look much different.

The first message would be important for about thirty seconds. Someone would announce breakfast, another cat would immediately change the subject, and before long the entire chat would be filled with blurry bird photos from the window. One orange cat would somehow send 47 messages in a row without saying anything useful, while the tuxedo cat would only respond with a single judgmental reaction before disappearing for the rest of the day.

Every cat group chat would have its regulars. One feline would insist on sharing daily loaf updates. Another would flood the chat with close-up toe bean photos nobody asked for. The neighborhood cat would randomly appear once a month, drop one mysterious "mrrp," refuse to explain, and vanish again. Someone would inevitably start hissteria over an empty food bowl, even though it had only been empty for twelve seconds.

Making plans wouldn't get any easier. Half the chat would vote for the sunny windowsill, the other half would campaign for the cardboard box, and one stubborn cat would ignore every message before showing up six hours late like nothing happened. The meeting would be postponed after someone spotted a bug on the ceiling anyway.

Maybe it's better that cats don't have phones. The notifications would never stop, nobody would stay on topic, and the group name would probably change three times before lunchtime.

One ordinary drive home turned into the rescue of a lifetime.

Every now and then, Reddit's r/CatDistributionSystem subreddit delivers a rescue story that feels too unbelievable to be real. Rusty's journey began on the Fourth of July with what looked like a tiny gray cloud tumbling out from underneath the car ahead. In a matter of seconds, one couple's drive to a family party became something they'll remember for the rest of their lives.

The first thought wasn't that it was a kitten. It looked more like a squirrel that had been hit and was rolling across the road. Then the little gray bundle stood up and ran for the shoulder. The couple managed to stop in time, pulled over immediately, and rushed to see if he had survived.

Somehow, he had. Aside from a small scrape on his lip, the kitten escaped without any broken bones or serious injuries. It's hard to believe after everything he had just been through, but he walked away with little more than a close call and a chance at a completely different life.

The couple named him Rusty, a nod to the Lithuanian words rasti ("to find") and rastas ("found"). It couldn't have been more fitting. They didn't leave home expecting to meet a kitten that day, and Rusty certainly didn't plan on finding his family in the middle of a busy road. Yet their paths crossed at exactly the right moment.

One decision to pull over changed everything. Rusty went from clinging to survival on the side of the road to being welcomed into a home where he'll never have to fend for himself again. The holiday plans may have changed, but it's safe to say this Fourth of July came with a much better story than anyone at the party was expecting.

I'm Not In Love - 10cc

This story is the final proof that no absolute narrative exists; two people can have two opposing interpretations of what happened, and most of the time there is no use in trying to convince one of them otherwise. The most frustrating part is when part of that narrative is made up of assumptions about what we feel and think that could easily be refuted if the other person talked to us, but in life, you very often have to learn to let go of many, many things that stay unresolved. What would you do given this situation?

How is your heart feeling this summer?

Are you dating someone who is starting to feel distant? Are you, yourself, feeling distant? What is going on? Are you questioning their love for you? Are you questioning your love for them? What happened to that summer love feeling you two used to share? Why are you even in a relationship right now? We have all had these questions, and sometimes we even get answers, but usually, it ends up just being confusing. It's easy to turn to the besties for advice, but if you're anything like me, then your besties already know you a little too well. Now, whenever you start to have boy problems, they are experiencing the same triggers you are because they were with you during your entire last heartbreak. So what advice do they have for you now? 

DUMP HIM. 

But this is only his first offense, and you're a forgiving person, right? We're in the same boat, queen. And, you know what, don't let those f boys from your past, present, and probably future steal you of your forgiving nature. It's beautiful. You're beautiful. However, don't let them take advantage of it either. Give them a first and second chance, AND THAT IS IT. I cannot stress enough how two chances are ALL they are allowed. (Unless it was infidelity, in that case, kick them to the curb ASAP.)

Do you know how embarrassing it is to think back about when I listed all of my ex's offenses to my therapist, and I had to count them on both hands. BOTH HANDS?! I'm cringing right now just thinking about it. You know what always makes me feel better? Memes!

Give your besties a break from the summer love drama and give these memes a chance. You might just fall in love! 

How many kittens in need do you need to see while walking in the street to make you stop in your tracks and offer your help?

We hope you know our answer is always "one kitten", because there is no way we can hear that tiny little meow and not immediately search where it is coming from and what we can do to help.

Sadly, usually when you hear one tiny cry for help, you might hear a few more, and before you know it, you are met with a whole furry feline family that desperately needs your assistance. While on a normal day, there is nothing that makes you happier than a whole bunch of kittens, when you see them after they were abandoned or dumped, your heart cannot help but break, even just a little bit.

 But a broken heart does not stop you from doing what is right and helping the fiesty family get to a safe home, which is exactly what the animal rescuers below did. They got a call from a guard who watched as a mama cat and her seven kittens were abandoned in front of a restaurant after their owner couldn't sell them off. The rescuer arrived at the location immediately, where they were met with the tired-looking mom and two of her week-old babies. After a quick search around the area, they found the rest of the family and started working on getting them the help they needed, both physical and mental.

Scroll down to see the snapshots from the original story, and below you will find the original, heartwarming video. We hope these sweet kittens will inspire you to keep your eyes open for any cat in need!

Did you try to pretend that you were following the World Cup without actually watching any matches? Here is a quick guide for people who don't really know about football.

The FIFA World Cup is divided into different phases. First, we have the group stage, then the round of 32. Then the round of 16, quarter-finals, semifinals, third-place play-off, and lastly, the final. We are currently ending the round of 32 and about to start the round of 16. So here is everything that happened before the round of 32 and how it works.

During the group stage, there were 48 teams playing, divided into 12 groups with 4 teams each. Each country had to play the three other teams in their group and start getting points whether the match ended with a win, a loss, or a tie. That metric defines the position of each country in their group. Only the 1st and 2nd place teams went on to play the round of 32. 4th place gets automatically eliminated, and the 8 best 3rd places get to play something called "The best thirds", which is basically all the third-place teams with the highest score also go on to play in the round of 32. If your country won a match, they scored 3 points. If they tied, only 1 point, and with a loss, 0 points.

To bring out the soft cutesy side you have.

In all the stories we read online, we see all the drama that can surround a couple. People are always posting about fights and discussions they have about a lot of different things. It can go from not replenishing the toilet paper when it runs out to being unfaithful or disrespectful. That may seem as if relationships are always complicated, but they aren't. In healthy relationships, most of the time everything is fine, calm, and loving. The idea of being in a couple is not to be fighting all the time, is to have someone you really love and respect by your side, showing you support and love during good AND bad times. Is someone you trust and like spending your time with. Is someone you want to have a future with. Is someone that makes you happy.

All that does not mean that in a healthy relationship everything is always perfect, because it is not. Discussions are normal between people, especially when you spend a lot of time together. What matters is how you resolve them. Screaming and talking badly to each other is a HUGE red flag, but communicating assertively and listening to each other is actually helpful for the relationship to evolve and to avoid the same topic of discussion being a problem again. You can have disagreements, but not all the time. In a healthy relationship, you have to want to be with the other person.

This thread of cute animal memes is a way to show you love one and that you love them and think of them. A form of love that showcases that relationships aren't problematic or full of disagreement. They are actually just two people loving and caring for each other, being and supporting each other. Relationships are the human way to show love to someone, to make them know you want to spend your life together. 
 

Getting your first job is a big deal. It's a step toward independence and responsibility. No one would expect that a family's first reaction would be an immediate suggestion that their daughter's new paycheck should be shared with a younger sibling who didn't earn it. 

The situation is very unfair. Why should part of that paycheck become her sister's allowance? The parents' suggestion is confusing because the younger sister already has access to money through them and earns something through chores. So this isn't a situation where a younger sibling needs help with her necessities. It sounds more like the parents want the older daughter to share just because she is now working as a cashier and earning money. But that's a decision that the older daughter herself must make. It's her money.

Besides, earning money doesn't mean losing the right to decide what to do with it, even if it's your first job. The cashier explains she had been trying to get a job for a while, and now that she finally got one, she wants to save it for college. Incredibly responsible goals for a young woman. I would have spent it all on food. But she's already thinking about retirement early, college, and maybe eventually helping her family's finances.

Helping family can be a really nice gesture when it is voluntary. Buying your sibling a treat, helping with college, or contributing to family needs when you can do it can feel very satisfying. But that's really different from being told that your paycheck belongs partly to someone else. 

So the cashier isn't wrong for saying no. Her sister is not entitled to a cut of every paycheck she earns just because she got hired. She is setting a reasonable boundary around the money she'll earn with her own time and labor. And that's an important part that her parents are ignoring. 

Why should a childhood promise determine your wedding day?

This writer asked for advice in the Reddit community for the difficult situation she's involved with her mother. Apparently, when she was a kid, she promised her mom to wear her wedding dress if she ever got married. She did this because she had a complicated relationship with her and only wanted to please her. Fast forward, now she's a bride-to-be and doesn't want to wear that dress.

I'm sure this is a tough situation to be involved in. And especially if you had a complicated bond with your mother growing up. As kids, we would do whatever it took to gain our parents' recognition and approval, and promising your mother you'd use her gown if you ever got married sounds like it.

But it's totally understandable that, decades later, your taste changes and that you may want to have your own wedding dress for that special day. Any normal parent would agree that seeing your kid happy while planning their wedding is what they would want. Well… not for this mother.

When the bride told her she wouldn't use her dress and would like both of them to go dress shopping, the mom broke down in tears and felt totally betrayed. She even mentioned how her deceased dad would've loved to see her in that dress…

I'll let you dive into this complication by yourself, and let us know in the comments your opinion on this topic. Is it okay to break a promise you made as a kid?

Move over, upstanding citizens, cats on their hind legs are here to take over.

It seems like sometimes cats forget they are mammals, which mostly walk on four. Sure, you might know more than one insanely weird cat in your life, but for the most part - cats are just chill. Until they are not. And that's where their absolutely unhinged behaviors enter the chat. Cats can get very weird, very fast - and every cat pawrent with at least one cat knows exactly what we're talking about.

Every cat is a strange little creature in their own right, but some of their weird behaviors are shared across the board. Even the calmest of cats will get the 4 AM zoomies, you know? But zoomies are not where the collective cat weirdness ends. A lot of cats, for example, like to be held upside down. Most don't, but the ones who do probably share exactly one brain cell. Other cats, for another example, climb on the most unclimbable furniture. Just ask the nearest cat parent what the highest place they've ever found their cat in is - you'll get "above the curtain", "on top of the bathroom heater", or "literally in the ceiling", most likely.

And some cats just stand there. Not as in "standing doing nothing, staring at a blank wall" (although some cats do tend to do that), but as in "standing on their own two feet", even if they're technically paws. They just… stand there. For various cat reasons, we assume. Check the hilarious evidence for yourself. We think these will be some of the tallest cats you'll see, even if it's just a hind leg illusion.

Cat adoptions are somehow always surprising, and we're just happy watching all these happy endings with a twist only cats can create.

The internet is full of Cat Distribution System adoption stories - these cats who suddenly appear in a person's life, and the cat-to-human match seems so unbelievably purrfect it's hard not to think it was made deliberately. That's where the constant stream of CDS theories comes in, because… who are they? What are they? Is it a "they" at all? Who or what is this entity, body, or institution that constantly matches the cat in need to the right person who will give them a forever home, and does it all in an emotional twist?

To be honest, despite being the almighty I Can Has Cheezburger, we have no clue. The CDS is a mystery to us just as it is to any other cat person, even if we are the online cat content pillar of the internet. Our guess is that it doesn't matter how much of a cat person you are, the Cat Distribution System will remain a secret for you forever. But we also think that this is their secret to success. It makes every cat adoption very special. And we prefer a unique happy ending for cats over our curiosity to know what stands behind it.

So with this in mind, we are once again stunned by another ameowzing cat adoption story, this time by Kelly Eden on Facebook - she found an abandoned kitten who looks just like her childhood cat. Some might call it destiny, others call it fate, and some other people will say it was written in the stars. But we, cat people, know it's the intricate work of the Cat Distribution System, that knew (somehow) to send this cat right to the arms of the person who will for sure take them in. Was this a coincidence? Maybe. But was it meowgical? Absolutely.

One thing is giving away something because you want to, and another is being told that something you bought suddenly belongs to a family member who wants it. That difference matters when it comes to a $1000 laptop you paid for yourself. 

This 18-year-old bought the laptop using her savings when she was around thirteen. She didn't receive it as a gift. She worked out a way to pay for it herself, then took care of it for years. Now that she is starting college, she's getting a new computer as a graduation gift. Suddenly, her parents are seeing her old laptop with new eyes. They want to give the laptop to her 7-year-old half-sister. 

Getting a new laptop doesn't erase the fact that the old computer still belongs to her. The parents think of this as basic math: we are buying the new college laptop, so that should count as payment for the old one. But those are separate things. A graduation gift is a graduation gift. An old laptop is an object that this teenager bought herself in the past. And as long as I'm concerned, a graduation gift is not the same as buying someone's used property from them. 

Besides, a 7-year-old is not exactly ready for the responsibility that comes with owning a laptop. And she already has an iPad, which has already brought problems. So, handing over another expensive device might be a bad idea. 

The most important thing is that being related doesn't allow you to claim someone's belongings for free. If the parents want the younger child to have a laptop, that's fine; they can buy one. But they shouldn't pressure the older daughter into absorbing the cost because she happens to own something useful. 

90% of the time, having a cat is peaceful. The other 10% are complete and utter chaos. 

Something that every cat owner learns sooner rather than later is that cat ownership is completely misrepresented in the media. I learned this literally the night that I adopted my kitten. It's supposed to be easy. Cats are supposed to be low-maintenance, peaceful, and simple. They're not. 

My kitten, the night I got her, showed me this. I had never owned a cat before. And I was so scared to make a mistake. She was so itty bitty, she fit in the palm of my hand. And my first night with her, she used her itty bitty claws to crawl up my giant mattress into bed with me. My fear was that I would turn and squish her, so I put her back down in her bed. But a few minutes later, she came back to me, sticking her claws into the mattress and fighting her way up. Again and again, until I caved and let her stay. And to this day, 11 years later, and much, much larger, she sleeps with her face tucked into my neck. 

Life with cats is full of itty bitty crimes like this. Tiny moments of stress and wholesomeness, of chaos and simplicity. Some days, your cats sunbathe on your balcony, and that's it. And other days are full of knocked items, scratched furniture, random screaming, and running directly into walls for no apparent reason. And nothing captures these moments better than cat memes. Nothing at all. It's why, no matter how many of these silly cat memes we see, we never get sick of them. Because we never stop relating. We never stop thinking about our own chaotic fur-shedding machines at home who are just waiting for us to come back and cuddle with them.