FAIL Blog - Page 39 - Work Life and Social Dilemmas - Employment, Life, Work, Culture - Cheezburger

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‘Right now they owe me over $1000’: Worker leaves corporate for a small family-owned business and faces chaotic pay, no accountability, and quickly misses the structure she thought she didn’t need

Nobody else but us can say what’s important for us in our friendships and in our lives. When we constantly feel somebody else doesn’t listen to us, it’s ok to listen to that feeling, but sometimes we get glimpses of something else that might be going on. It’s always ok to try to have an honest conversation with ourselves, or with a forum on the internet lol, and see whether we are exaggerating through our pretensions or not.

Guy constantly feels unheard and overriden over "little things" but refuses to be more direct when they happen: 'If I did the same things he did, to my own mother, she would get incredibly angry'

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Sales manager embarrasses himself while on the phone with a long-time client by accidentally saying “I love you,” they all laugh it off, but HR still gives him 2 write-ups: ‘Basically had to convince them not to fire me’

Giuliana Tiscioni

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Mother refuses to let her 18-year-old daugther go on a trip to Miami with her boyfriend: 'We know she's legally an adult, but she still lives at home'

Sometimes being good at something doesn't guarantee people will notice it. You might be the best at what you do, but people are definitely more likely to see what's overtly shown to them.

Calm employee discovers his quiet competence made his good work invisible: 'People who get noticed are the ones who create urgency, send 14 Slack messages, act stressed, then get praised for solving the same issue they made everyone aware of'

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Customer demands a free steak, as it wasn't cooked as he asked, even though he had already eaten it, he gets his way, plus a free dessert and "jokes" it's for the kids in the car: 'A coworker came up to me and said a kid jumped out of their minivan.’

Big events have a way of bringing everything into light. Those days, when our feelings are exacerbated and expectations are high, old dynamics we’ve gotten so used to that we stopped noticing them show themselves again at full force. The resulting feeling is bittersweet; we see something clearly now- which is in itself a blessing, but what we see isn’t beautiful at all.

Bride abruptly ended a 10-year friendship with her maid of honour after what happened on her wedding day: 'Eventually I asked her for honesty and closure. What I got back shocked me.'

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Office employee forgets that he drove to work and leaves his car in the expensive parking lot before leaving for a long weekend, comes home to a massive parking bill: ‘It’s gonna cost me $100-$150…’

Giuliana Tiscioni

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70-year-old employee is interviewed for a higher-paying position only for it to be given to an employee 40-years-younger: 'It’s not like I didn’t know the reason I wasn’t chosen'

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Hotel guest who isn't behaving properly says, "Do you know how I am?" and makes the front desk employee discover a scam that other employees were doing for months: 'Needless to say, both were fired a few days later.'

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35-year-old Woman, owner of 2 large German Shepherds, hosts 4th of July Party and refuses to remove the dogs from the room when they pester guests, tells them to leave, which they do, creating a rift in the wider friend group

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Ex-husband refuses to let ex-wife dog-sit at his house while he’s on a couples trip with his new girlfriend, friends cancel over pet-sitting drama: 'If the roles were reversed, I'd do whatever it took'

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Homeowner lets 21‑year‑old relative live with her, but she secretly books expensive hotels over “noise” and sends her dad to complain instead of speaking up: ‘She thinks my house is unreasonably loud when it is just me living there'

Sometimes doing a good deed can get out of hand. At first, you do it because you can and because it has a positive impact on the other person; then you begin to wonder whether the positive impact would be to let that same person be aware of their reality and where they stand, even though it can hurt a little at first.

34-year-old man secretly pays for his 28-year-old brother's credit card debt and now his brother thinks he is a financial genius: 'Last week, he told our parents he's writing a BOOK about personal finance'

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Well-off family member spends $2K on overlooked 14-year-old niece during a TikTok shopping challenge after family gives her low-effort gift cards while her sister gets thoughtful birthday gifts: ‘Does everything have to be about Ellie?’

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