FAIL Blog - Page 51 - Work Life and Social Dilemmas - Employment, Life, Work, Culture - Cheezburger

Advertisement

humor wholesome hilarious relatable memes relatable funny memes Memes funny Funny Memes - 45833221

'It might be time to download Hinge again': 25 Hinge messages fails to make you feel better about your love life

family drama brother house hunting ungrateful Family - 45787653

Sister changes her house lock to avoid his brother moving in with her, her parents make a huge drama implying it's her duty, and gave him a key anyway: 'I had the exterior locks changed and did not give my parents another key.'

Advertisement

Have you ever lost a friend? Not naturally, not through the passage of time, but through concrete action, a good ol’ breakup just like lovers do. I have, many times, some I have gone back to, some I haven’t, but it’s always funny how so many words and songs and books and films exist about the end of romantic love, and how few about the end of a friendship.

Woman breaks up with a long time friend due to him changing his attitude and developing feelings for her: 'Someone who had become such an important part of my life was gone. Years later I still think about him'

I was about to make malicious compliance my new religion until I came across this example of it going the exact opposite way it was expected. Maybe it’s time to give up on our mischievous endeavours and turn back to old, regular, direct communication. When something like this backfires, we get two problems where there used to be one.

Manteinance employee maliciously complies with his manager's new rule and in an unexpected turn of events, his manager loves it: 'As you can tell from the title, this did not go how I was expecting'

employment issues malicious compliance healthcare bad bosses Workplace - 45813765

Employee is told by boss to stop being chatty and friendly, she complies, rumors about her being in a bad state of mind start to rise: 'The following week, the director called me into her office and asked what was wrong".

Advertisement

When your family thinks you're too young to demand your own bed The practical explanation might be simple: ‘They’re the youngest, they’re more flexible, they’ll manage’. Sometimes, when you are the youngest sibling, you’re forced to remain in a babyfied position. This is probably not on purpose; it’s just a way of functioning that got stuck when you were a baby.

24-year-old youngest sister refuses to go on family vacation due to sleeping arrangements: 'Since I am the youngest sibling, I have to put up with whatever option was the most inconvenient'

IT fails to fix employee's computer, leading to their account and login being deleted, employee spends over two weeks unable to work: ‘What a clown show’

IT fails to fix employee's computer, leading to their account and login being deleted, employee spends over two weeks unable to work: ‘What a clown show’

family drama

Mother-in-law invites everyone early to try to give her daughter-in-law strife about being late, but DIL catches onto her plan and calls her out: ‘[I] stewed in my pettiness.'

Elna McHilderson

Advertisement

friendship entitled parents world cup babysitting Entitled People - 45785861

Friend gets mad because she is being used as a babysitter just so the dad can watch the World Cup at a bar away from his kids: ‘I told her I wasn't a replacement dad’.

inheritance finance relationships wealth family disagreement will and testament Family - 45839109

When a Grandfather Left His Grandson the Vast Majority of His Estate, His Sister Called It Manipulation, The Will Says Otherwise—Should Caregiving For Older Relatives Influence Inheritance Decisions?

landlord hotel lease tenant renting apartment Landlords detroit - 45804037

Detroit tenants find out their apartment building is converting to a hotel next month, with some having signed year-long leases just weeks ago

Advertisement

customer service malicious compliance chef kitchen service industry Workplace - 45835269

Chef thinks he is teaching the kitchen "Runner" a lesson over a kitchen intrusion, but he's the one who learns one thanks to the Runner's malicious compliance: 'Don't want me to do the work? Ok, then do it yourself'

Have you ever had a friend who has simply everything going right for him or her? Have you ever had the same friend having everything going right not for a period of time but FOREVER? I had, but I never reacted with jealousy. I don’t want to seem like the moral police here, but I think there can be plenty of postures to take that are much more beneficial than jealousy.

30-year-old woman runs out of the headspace she needs to handle the jealousy she feels towards her decade-old best friend: 'I’ve started resenting her for always having it so easy, always being just “lucky” and absolutely every single aspect of her life;

family drama siblings daughter money parents entitled people Family - 45821445

Man cleans up after girlfriend's 21-year-old son for months, sets clear boundaries together, then she tells him the rules don't apply to her or her son: 'It starts to feel like my effort isn’t respected.'

Advertisement

humor wholesome hilarious relatable memes relatable funny memes Memes funny Funny Memes - 45820677

Consider this your warning to leave the scissors in the kitchen: 25 Haircut fails to prevent you from being in charge of your makeover

Artificial Intelligence vs Organic Slyness Sometimes I believe the robots are overpowering us, and then I come across stories like this and realize they still lack the flexibility and the sharpness it takes to adapt to ever-changing human demands. At least the ones who know a little about coding can find ways to slip through the cracks.

Frustrated gym user sets up an automatic response for every time he gets a late fee notification in revenge for the one time they charged him an extra $11: 'I did what anyone with too much free time and a mild interest in how systems work would do'