You know what they say… you don't win friends with salad! Well, it was Bart Simpson who said that, and is he even correct? When it comes to a fully vegan Thanksgiving meal, he just might be! Having a vegan or vegetarian lifestyle can come with some excellent health benefits. It's also good for the environment and a humane way to avoid the meat industry. I'd love to be vegan or vegetarian, but as you'll know if you've ever attempted these diets, it's way harder than it seems! You have to be incr…

It's about that time of year when visiting one's in-laws is just around the corner. This means bracing yourself for the occasional passive-aggressive remark or awkward encounter. It also means preparing to find excuses to have some alone time and to draw boundaries. You simply cannot be “on” all the time with anyone, especially with family. This entitled Karen , however, was far more intense than your average mother-in-law. She frequently forced her son-in-law to eat food that he couldn't eat,…

It really should go without saying that you can't just go around renaming people just because you don't like their name for some reason. Even if—no, especially if—that person is a foster kid under your care. Some things like this are so outrageously laughable and out-of-pocket that they would be silly if they weren't so cruel… This 16-year-old foster child found himself facing hostility from his new foster family's extended family, who apparently came to the decision that his name, “Nico,” was…

There's something about Fridays that makes everyone collectively decide that work can wait. Maybe it's the promise of a 48-hour break (which feels way too short when you put it that way), or maybe it's just the primal urge to mentally clock out early. By 3 p.m. on Friday, Slack is silent, email chains mysteriously stop, and half the team is "wrapping up" for the weekend. Translation: watching dog videos and scrolling through memes until it's socially acceptable to leave. The problem is that Mon…

These hotel receptionists were giving guests the side-eye. Not everyone can act normal out in public, and these people are proof of that! Front desk workers do much more than just check-in guests. Many of them work long hours and supervise other workers and guests as well. If a guest needs a towel or a toothbrush, they're the one to provide it. Some guests will show up without a reservation and make it the receptionist's problem to solve. They're flipping out because they have a reservation in…

We expect our employers to act in good faith. That being said, instilling all of your trust in your boss without making sure to protect yourself is a recipe for disaster, as this employee unfortunately has recently learned the hard way. He had been consistently depositing money into his retirement account for the last few years. However, when he checked his account most recently, he soon discovered that his boss had been “withdrawing money from his paystubs” yet had not contributed that money t…

When you're working, you need to take breaks; it's just a simple fact of working—at least until our employers manage to replace us with AI and AI-powered robots. Even when that inevitably occurs, there's sure to be downtime for updates and bug fixing, so it's all the same, really. Customers and bosses alike seem prone to misunderstanding when a worker is on their break. And, let's be honest, in some working environments, where there isn't the appropriate space to take breaks or where you're alw…

This young worker has a lot to learn about the way the world works! At just 20 years old, you're still fresh into your career. You've probably only had jobs that value hard work, like a fast-food job or a retail job. At those places, it doesn't often pay to schmooze with the bigwigs. You can chat up the floor manager all you want, but you're still going to have to sweep the floors and ring up customers, just like every other employee. When you get into a salaried job, though, the game is totall…

It's not easy saying no to your employer, but every so often, it's more than necessary to stand your ground. This is crucial for several reasons, but most of all, one needs to make sure one's employer understands the limitations of their so-called “control" and jurisdiction. It's one thing to draw mental boundaries between work and life, but it's even more challenging to make those essential boundaries known to your boss. This employee was leaving the company for seven weeks for paternity leave…

They left her everything for a reason.

No one is going to agree on everything, and when it comes to a game where almost everything is in part determined by imagination, what you imagine might not be in line with everyone else at the table. As with anything in life, inevitably, personalities, ideas, and preferences will clash, and it's all down to tolerance and an ability and willingness to go with the flow. Not being set in your own ways and ideas just makes everything easier, even if everything isn't exactly the way you want it. Th…

It's your special day, and you're hoping that everything will go as smoothly as possible. You and your soon-to-be spouse are thrilled as your guests enter the venue and watch you take your marital vows to each other. Then it's time for dinner and dancing late into the night as you celebrate your lifetime of marriage . Well, that's how every couple hopes their wedding day will go, but of course, there are bound to be a few mishaps here and there. Some people hire photographers who don't really k…

Now that Thanksgiving is around the corner, it's time to prepare yourself for some dad jokes. Perhaps your father is inclined to make the cheesiest, most cringeworthy remarks around the dinner table every year. If that's the case, then you need to start bracing yourselves now (mentally, emotionally, and spiritually). Or perhaps you're the Dad in this situation, and you're looking for some new jokes you found online to recite as your own to your kids with the hopes of earning even the slightest…

Weekends are sacred

As a kid, bedtime is one of the ultimate constraints; being forced to go to bed right at an exact time every night feels like authoritarian oppression, almost symbolic of the limitations being imposed upon you. Of course, when you're seven years old, your bedtime is really for your own good, it's not really like you can be trusted to make your own decisions at that point for whether or not you're tired. But still, who among us didn't “cheat” our bedtimes, playing in our rooms long after our par…

This dude is in a really awkward situation with a coworker, and he's wracking his brain to figure out what he did wrong. In some work environments , a single person can ruin the whole vibe. It's true what they say: one bad apple can spoil the bunch. You can go from having a peaceful work environment one day to an awkward job atmosphere the next. It all depends on the attitude and the amount of grace that your coworkers are willing to offer. Because, as u/Saikasss can tell you, not everyone can…