When you're the expert in your field, you can choose to be picky about what jobs you accept.

There is a lot to look forward to as Halloween approaches, but having to deal with difficult neighbors is certainly not one. For this Redditor's girlfriend, Halloween is an opportunity to flex her baking muscles to all the neighborhood kids and to make special Halloween-themed baked goods. However, this one new neighbor decided to make things exponentially harder for her. This neighbor caught wind that OP's girlfriend was big on homemade Halloween treats and decided to get ahead of things by gi…

Innovation is never rewarded in the workplace. For some reason, bosses, managers, and supervisors feel entitled to the intellectual property of their employees when they're on the clock, but when an irreplaceable worker creates something invaluable to the company, suddenly it's like we're on the recess blacktop again and the school bully is trying to steal your jump rope because 'they saw it first'...

When you demand that your workers adhere strictly to a schedule, you shouldn't be surprised when they continue to adhere to it even after you make a mistake in planning their schedule. After all, if you're insisting on micromanaging them, then you had better be prepared to micromanage, ensuring that you're feeding a constant stream of tasks if you want them to have any productivity at all. Of course, no one likes to work in these conditions, so you're always going to end up with a team of miser…

These lawyers found a clever workaround to a bagel issue. U/Ars-Torok shared an excellent malicious compliance story about the time they worked as a chef. Chefs start their work days while most of us are still in bed. This dude started his workday at 4AM , and only had to work until about 10AM. You never really get used to working nights, but that shift sounds so ideal. Even if you have to wake up at 3AM, you'd finish work and still have the entire day to do whatever you want! Plus, I'm sure yo…

When I found this story about a workplace chili cookoff, my mind immediately jumped to the unforgettable scene from “The Office” where Kevin accidentally spilled his massive pot of chili in the office – iconic. But as it turns out, some real-life workplaces also embrace the chili cookoff spirit. When u/mndsm79 first faced defeat in his work chili cookoff, even though he knowingly deserved the crown, he hatched a plan for the ultimate chili redemption for the next competition.

Working while in university is an interesting experience. Every time you're at work, there are people trying to convince you that the smoothie and salad shop in which you're working is the most important thing, more important than that test you need to study for to pass the class that is going to get you the degree you're actually working for. “That's all well and good, but there's no way my minimum-wage job is the most important thing in my life right now,” you tell yourself. It's only five ye…

Teaching takes more self-restraint than most jobs. As a former tutor of high school kids and the child of a teacher, I can attest to the fact that there are a million thoughts your teachers have about you and your classmates, and it takes absolutely every bit of their brain power to stop themselves from saying the things that they probably shouldn't. Some of these thoughts include hot takes about students with bad body odor, students who have obvious crushes on their other classmates, and stude…

Traveling memes for workers who desperately need a vacation

This story serves as proof that politics, politicians, and political parties are silly wherever in the world you go—and also that politicians are completely incapable of listening to expert advice. In general, for some reason, people are particularly unwilling to listen to A/V guys , thinking that because they set up their home sound system and know how to use a TV remote, they know all there is to know about running an event as a sound engineer. For some reason, stories like this consistently…

Do not question the skilled craftsman. That's just common sense, right? Apparently not, according to this Reddit thread . A skilled tool and die maker was doing his job when he got reprimanded. He knows, from years of experience and knowing how to do his job and do it well, that he had to wait 30 minutes before doing anything else. The machine is testy and he knows it's ups and downs. So he waited patiently so that the machine would work properly. However, the annoying manager who thinks he kno…

Whether or not you like to admit it, the types of books your significant other reads have to matter to you on some level. Of course, this is not to say that your taste needs to completely match that of your partner, but it is to say that if you have strong feelings about a certain kind of book, it might be important that your partner is also not a fan. When you're on a first date and you're getting to know a person, their favorite books might not be the first topic of conversation that comes up…

Don't hide your secrets ---confess them anonymously instead! That's exactly what the famous Twitter account @fesshole is known for. Randos from the internet can submit their funniest, most surprising, and most scandalous secrets. Then the account will publish your secrets, and no one will be the wiser. Sometimes people will post really divisive secrets . For example, one person wrote that whenever they see someone filming in public, they go out of their way to walk in front of the camera and me…

We know that the dating scene these days can feel like an endless pattern of failed first dates, but you have to make the slightest bit of effort at the very least. Otherwise, you are simply in no position to complain about your life as a single person. This Redditor tried his best on a first date with a woman who would not stop texting during their meal. It was just constant. Every time the phone buzzed, she just had to pick it up and text (probably with her sound on) instead of answering simp…

Colored hair is insanely popular these days. No matter what you hear about the menty-b's required to bleach and dye your hair and unnatural color, sometimes colored haired people are the most level-headed. Perhaps it's the heady fumes of the bleach or the singing tingle on their heads that gives them mental clarity, but when you have pink, green, or blue hair the rest of the pieces in life fall into place.

It's unfortunate when loyalty isn't repaid in kind, especially in a long-standing relationship in which mutual trust and reciprocation should have meant a better result. Sure, circumstances change, and it might “just be business,” but there's always a personal aspect involved when a relationship has lasted this long. Plus, treating your long-standing employees well is just good business. If you're seriously thinking about firing your oldest employee unceremoniously just to save a few dollars… w…