Getting stuck with bad neighbors is a reality that many of us would never wish upon another person. You move in, hoping for polite waves and the occasional shared snowblower, not a self-appointed BFF who thinks you're their personal handyman. You want to be kind and neighborly, sure, but when the requests start coming in daily—sometimes multiple times a day—it’s a whole different story. And some people take it as even more of an invitation to bug you throughout the day if you work from home. Pe…

Many folks have been traveling this long weekend, which means that the vast majority of these individuals have had to deal with entitled, annoying passengers on various modes of transportation. Sure, this is part of what makes the movie Planes, Trains, and Automobiles stand the test of time because the truth of the matter is that the strangers we come across as we travel to and from family for the Holidays can strongly impact the entire holiday experience. Here, we have a Redditor who was in th…

Let's gobble up some delicious Thanksgiving fails! Every family has that one legendary story of the funniest way someone ruined Thanksgiving. For some, it's the time an aunt forgot to turn the stove on, and let a turkey “cook” in a cold oven for ten hours. For others, the most memorable moments were the time the dog ate an entire tray of stuffing, or when an uncle burnt cookies so badly that the whole house smoked up. There are plenty of ways to mess up a big meal for tons of people, and the pr…

It's never fun when you have a guest who acts like she's the host. It takes a particular kind of human being to have that mentality during a family gathering, but if there's any event that attracts this type of personality, it's most certainly Thanksgiving. Here , we have an entitled sister-in-law who insisted on making a number of Thanksgiving dishes despite the fact that the Redditor expressed a desire to take the lead, as she was the host after all. On top of this tension going into the day,…

Cook for yourself, then!

Giving full credit for something to the person who "finishes" it is generally a poor idea, as it completely discounts other contributors' efforts. You see this with things like sales where the person to “finalize” the deal gets credit for the sale against their figures, regardless of whether or not they were the one to work on it originally. Really, absolute policies might be easy and cut and clean, but they create nightmares down the line whenever there are situations that aren't as black and…

Happy Turkey Day —I hope you're already stuffing your face with turkey and mashed potatoes! No matter what food you're serving up on Thanksgiving Day , the important thing is who you're sharing it with. Maybe you're the one who cooks, and dozens of relatives show up to bring side dishes, share family news, and watch the football game. Or maybe you're the one going to a parent or aunt or uncle's home, bringing a side dish of your own and joining your cousins in a sports game outside. Some folks…

Gambling is a tricky game. You almost always lose, but the one time you win, it hooks you. Or, in this case, makes you rethink your entire life. That’s what happened to this employee who won big in a poker tournament, walking away with a six-figure check. Instead of just celebrating quietly, he decided to quit his soul-sucking job on the spot. Can you blame him? Life’s too short to endure endless corporate struggle when you’ve just hit the jackpot. But when word got out about his winnings, his…

When employees get fired from their jobs, they are granted the rare opportunity to reveal every single secret they learned about their colleagues while working. They have nothing to lose or gain, so they can do whatever they want with little to no consequences. Say you knew one of your colleagues was about to get fired, and then you got fired yourself. You can choose to tell that colleague that they are about to be fired, so they can at least be better prepared for the day they will suddenly fi…

This Thanksgiving, make sure your relatives know who's boss. This is not the time of year to let people walk all over you, so if you have to indulge entitled family members who have been nothing but unfriendly to you, you might as well show them that you are not to be messed with anymore. Here , we have a woman who used to be friends with her sister-in-law long before she even dated her future husband. However, once that relationship began, the sister-in-law was never able to give the Redditor…

Not everyone is great at public speaking. Most people have messed up at least once during a speech, presentation, or interview. Common mistakes include getting facts wrong, mispronouncing someone's name, or losing one's train of thought. However, you do not necessarily see a college student accidentally referring to their much older professor as “daddy” as a common mistake. This college student was mortified when she realized that she had just addressed her professor as her father when she was…

The unscrupulous love to use urgency and fear to manipulate their target to agree to worse terms than they'd otherwise be able to negotiate or be entitled to—pressuring people into quick and detrimental decisions. Scammers, landlords, real estate agents, salesmen—even your employer—being some of the few who are more than willing to engage in such behavior… And you know you're in trouble when your landlord is a real estate agency… When the real estate company that owned and managed the apartment…

"The joy as I said, 'No thanks, I'm the manager and I will never book you again.'"

This person is clearly an entrepreneur, but they may not have gained their money in the most ethical way. Some people just make money with ease. It seems like no matter where they go, they're picking up a side gig or talking to someone who has a quick job for them, earning them $20 or $100 here and there. Up next, this woman invited herself on her sister-in-law's 8-day-long vacation, leading her SIL to think that “ We don't need to be around each other 24/7 .”

Memories are a funny thing in that each memory is shaped and reformed every time you recall it, making them easily susceptible to suggestion. Essentially, every time you recall a memory, you destabilize it and partially “destroy” it with your brain, then completing a process called reconsolidation to re-store it with your current thoughts and emotions added. As a brief tangent, this one one of the reasons why witness testimony is so problematic. This fluidity and fallibility of memory and abili…

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