Getting a terrible gift for your birthday might be arguably worse than getting nothing at all. Yep, that's right. We're talking about folks that were filled with excited anticipation only to realize that they were being gifted something they literally owned. Or try a lint remover. Or, maybe a used pen that grandma found in her purse. When in doubt, cash is always a good and appreciated move. 

We live in a society of increasingly specific job descriptions, so why should a person described as road painter also have to be a roadkill mover? We get some stunningly unprofessional not my job moments from folks who will only do their specific job, or straight up won't do their job in the first place.

Human beings can do some absolutely incredible things when it comes to observation, innovation and expressing nuance. At the same time, there will always be those of us who aren't exactly running on all cylinders.  And then sometimes we're just having an off day. These are the producers of facepalm moments of mystifying dumbness

Sometimes customers make demands they don't know they don't want, and sometime they go as far to boldly complain at the wrong store. On rare occasions, when the frustrated cook thought they were getting some kind of revenge on their demanding customers with a new monstrous creation, it "backfires" in a way where everyone gets what they want.

Every now and again the brilliant minds of Tumblr actually nail it. In this case, we have a quick and hilariously accurate post about common American sayings, and the actual meanings of those sayings. There's a whole lot more chaos bubbling under the surface of an "it goes" than some folks might realize. 

Companies that put their employees through the ringer, overworking them while underpaying them, are the worst. It could be a toxic manifestation of higher-ups being so far removed from the inner-workings of the business itself that they have no appreciation for all the hard work that goes into the system, to keep it functioning. Or, maybe it's a willful blind ignorance. Either way, we love nothing more than seeing an employee fight back against a company that wronged them (and other coworkers). This woman's revenge was the definition of professional. 

We love our collections of overheards here. Overheards are a great expression of all the crazy kinds of seemingly nonsensical things that we can overhear while out walking around this wild world. Sometimes, you can hear something and instantaneously recognize that no amount of context is going to provide clarity to that conversation. Peoples say some weird stuff. In this case, we have a quick and hilarious collection of things a wife's medical student husband was caught saying. 

When things went down too fast for employees to save their plants from their building, the security team went through the process of turning the office into a makeshift greenhouse. For some more wholesome Tumblr threads, here's a neighbor who's helpful for no reason, as well as a barista who is the definition of chaotic good.

We would really like for this to be true, but regardless of whether or not this is a work of pure fiction, it is certainly quite the engaging read. Plus, any situation involving a cheater getting it in the end, is a win in our books. Check out some more juicy content on cheaters losing with this cheater who got left on top of a mountain.

You can never know what incredibly specific thing someone might take personal offense to. People get upset over the dumbest things thanks to their own paranoia, assuming malice in people, or extremely non-standard view of how people ought to act. It's when someone makes something out of a mistake or an utter non-issue that has people scratching their heads.

The look on this dude's face at the summit must've been a priceless spectacle to behold. We're no strangers to dramatic cheating stories here, but when it comes to the kinds of revenges that people will take on those selfish, cold-blooded cheaters, this scenario involving leaving a cheater at the top of the mountain is a new favorite. 

Leave it to Tumblr to take a quirky superhero idea and turn it up to eleven, like this thread where a mystified man is able to identify superheroes. It seems like every villain would be some kind of expert in whatever their field of villainy, so they wouldn't necessarily be bad at giving advice.

Someone on AskReddit got a thread going about people's most wholesome encounters with perfect strangers. If anything this is just the kind of thread that restores our faith in humanity. It ain't all bad out there after all. Sometimes folks do in fact step up and help others that they expect nothing back from. 

Mary Robinette's story about her experience with discovering an ominous lump on her body, and then being able to get the help she needed in Iceland, speaks volumes to the healthcare situation back in America. Sounds like a visit to Iceland to get medical attention could actually be worthwhile.