If you're looking for places where the worst sides of people are bound to come to the surface, look no further than your closest parking lot, where impatience is almost always at an all-time high. Recently, I found myself empathizing with the folks who lose their marbles in these stressful situations as I came to the realization that I had become one of them. We were trying to find a parking spot for my partner's parents, who were visiting for a long weekend. We reserved a space on an app and a…

Surely we've all had our fair share of terrible roommates. The kind of people who actually see themselves as the landlords and act like everything they say must be followed. When it comes to horrible roommate experiences, I think I won the gold medal. I once had to share a tiny 4-bedroom apartment with 7 roommates, meaning I had to share a room with two other people. The apartment was constantly messy, there were always dishes in the sink, and no one was willing to commit to any household task…

Working as a server sounds fun in theory; the free food, cash tips, and you basically get paid to talk to people all shift. But then you get stuck working the dinner rush, when all chaos breaks loose, and you find yourself dripping sweat as you run from table to table while getting an earful from the non-avoidable Karen customers. Some customers are lovely and understanding, but then there are the ones who turn a small mistake into a full-blown screaming war. We’ve all seen it—the over-the-top…

What does management expect when they don't have the backs of their employees?

Some companies don't know what they got 'til it's gone.

You can't always get what you want!

If you have ever worked in the service industry, then you have definitely met lots of people who could use this training service...

Movie theater etiquette has certainly become a topic of conversation these days. Folks online seem to be split over the trend of theatergoers taking photos of the “Wicked” title card, with cinephiles finding this behavior to be distracting and obnoxious, while “Wicked” fans are finding their disgust to be pretentious and lame. Of course, unfriendly and selfish behavior at the movies goes beyond “Wicked." Here, we have a 24-year-old who treated herself to a solo date to the movies and picked out…

"She comes from generational wealth and bragged about her 10K+ wedding dress..."

The breakroom is a strange little parallel universe, isn't it? It's the one place in the office where corporate personas start to crack, and you get a glimpse of who your coworkers really are. It’s where you discover the meal-prep guy with their perfectly portioned quinoa bowls, the microwave offender can’t microwave soup without a mini explosion, and, of course, the fridge hoarder whose Tupperware is older than the interns. While most of us do our best to keep the space bearable, there’s al...

HOAs (Homeowners Associations) are a uniquely frustrating part of American life. They’re supposed to maintain order in the neighborhood, but sometimes, they feel more like power-hungry authorities than helpful organizations. From dictating the exact shade of paint you can use on your front door (is it really that serious?) to charging absurd fees for basic community upkeep, they’re notorious for overstepping boundaries. And don’t even get us started on the ridiculous fines. $50 for leaving...

If you stop and really think about the invention of cars, you will realize how crazy and unbelievable these machines truly are. Each of us actually wanders around the world in custom mobile boxes, which we learned to operate when we were 16 years old (well, most of us did). Since we have grown so accustomed to cars and their value to our daily lives, we have also grown to accept the occupational hazards associated with these fabulous machines. Road rage, traffic, and parking feuds are all unfor…

Part of being a human is wanting something, not getting it, and learning how to deal with that reality. These are the experiences that typically help you grow and mature. However, at any age, there will always be the entitled individuals of this world who refuse to understand and accept that they just might not get what they desire. In that same vein, these are the types of people with enough symptoms of Main Character syndrome to think that their problems are the most severe ones in this world…

"I know not all posts here have happy endings, so I figured I’d share this one for the holiday season!"

No is a full sentence. Even if you mean well and fully plan to help someone else, if they tell you 'no', you just have to respect them and accept it. The response to this Reddit story was split between people who judged the struggling driver's decision to decline the help she was offered, and people who thought this petty act of revenge was actually pretty stupid. So let's back up to explain it properly, and you can tell us who you think is wrong. This man, who is called Luigi in the story, was…

Sometimes, not only is the grass not greener on the other side, but it is actually much more brown, and that is the case when it comes to the neighbors in this Reddit story. Of course, we do not mean the actual quality of the grass of the two neighbors' backyards in the story, we mean the quality of the people involved. Despite envy being a strong human emotion, many people find themselves grateful that they are not like their neighbors, especially when those neighbors act entitled and downrigh…