Sometimes the warning signs that you might not want to work somewhere are readily apparent as if someone commissioned them to be made in neon and hung in the lobby for all to see. Other times, they're not so obvious, and it's highly likely you won't notice them until you've started working there and have learned to read between the lines. These workers came together in a viral internet thread to share their stories and experiences to help uncover some of the things that we might be missing in i…

The deli employee who got fired for eating all the skin off every single rotisserie chicken behind the counter is living the dream! What a glorious act of rebellion, probably never repeated twice, to eat the most delicious parts of the rotisserie chickens, and then become a living legend before getting (rightfully) canned. That person is super unhinged, as are numerous other people in the hilarious stories included below. Every workplace has a story of “ that one guy ," who everyone knows did s…

You can learn a lot about someone just by watching the way they treat other people. On this r/askreddit thread, people shared that, along with other ways to determine if someone's trustworthy as you get to know them. The answers are interesting and eye opening — and you can tell some people only know their answers from personal experiences . Some folks advised that you should keep an eye out for how people treat waiters or other service workers. If they're rude or dismissive towards them, that'…

Parents, you may tell a few little white lies to your kid every now and then… but kids don't always realize you're stretching the truth.

One person wrote, “Please, ban telemarketing,” in this thread of irritating legal things people hope will be illegal soon.

Some things stand out to you immediately as being out of place—like feeling the skin suddenly crawling on the back of your neck when you're walking through the park at night. We're primally—well… ‘primed’ for picking out when things are potentially dangerous; that innate survival instinct works wonders for picking up when things aren't quite what they seem. However, some people are cunning and practiced in their duplicity, and chances are you might miss the subtle hints that things really aren'…

On this next installment from the wild world of dating, we've got a series of horrible first date stories for you.

Who knew that being a park ranger or a background actor in a film wouldn't be fun jobs? There are so many jobs in the world, but some are certainly way more entertaining than others. I've always thought a great job would be to test ice cream , which is a real career! However, I imagine you'd get sick of eating ice cream pretty fast. That's the thing with these jobs — even if it's something you might do for fun on your day off, having to do something every single day can get monotonous really qu…

Job interviews share more in common with a scene from Shakespeare's Macbeth than they do with a legitimate means of vetting a candidate for employment. Two players put on a performance for each other: one playing the part of an employable person and the other of an employer that a candidate would want to work for. Sure, there might be no regicide or kinslaying in a job interview — but the process can be just as ruthless. On top of the complexity of the social performance of the interview, there…

I guess these people were on the naughty list!

What are the things we all do that no one talks about?

The existence of other people can be — well — kind of a downer. Nothing spoils the enjoyment of the pleasant dawning sun, with a hot cup of coffee in hand and pleasant birdsong in the air, like being reminded that other people exist. Barking dogs, honking cars, or yelling neighbors puncture tranquil morning thoughts and pull you right back into a bleak and bitter reality of continuance. But a barking dog, honking car, or occasional dispute is far from the worst thing one can experience when liv…

A job interview is a two-way street; as much as the company is seeing if they want to work with you, you're also deciding if you want to work for them. Unfortunately, there's a lot of smoke and mirrors involved with the traditional interview process. It's a performative experience in which both parties are attempting to seem desirable, neutral, and natural — revealing just enough without giving too much away. Most of us, who have been working for an appropriate length of time, have come across…

Some people are born without common sense but an obscene amount of wealth. At the end of the day, we are only human and, as such, are direct products of the environments in which we were raised. Whether or not you have common sense, if you've never had to pay for, say —a sandwich — in your entire life; then you're not going to have any life experiences, or even a frame of reference, for what a sandwich costs when you finally do need to pay for one. This seems absurd to the rest of us, but it's…

There's nothing more mind-bending than discovering how intricate the inter-workings are of every little thing around us. We spend so much time focusing on our own careers and lives that we couldn't possibly take in and process everything that is going on. It's a bit of a terrifying realization; we miss and don't observe infinitely more than we actually do. Our understanding of this world that's happening all around us is incredibly limited by the scope of our perspective and learned experiences…

We've all heard this phrase uttered and felt obligated by the societal commitments to remain exactly where we happen to be standing or seated at the time. Almost always, the person uttering this phrase knows that they have control or power over you and is counting on you being reminded of that fact in order to justify and pass off their own terrible behavior. Since they've offered you the “option” of an out they're then going to feel