food

We all want to be seen as gracious, but what happens when the things were are given just suck? Sure, you don't want to destroy the confidence of a child, but also who gives someone terrible cake made by a child and expects them to like it? When is a gesture worth lying for? At the same time, is it childish to demand equal cake treatment? For a cake related work drama, here's an office who fought back when a Karen threw away an expensive cake.

Anyone who goes out of their way to make someone working a customer service job that much more miserable, is really showing the rest of the world just how misplaced their moral compass is. It sounds like this dude was in dire need of a humbling reality check. Fortunately, a waiter was ready to give it to him. And more than once. 

We're all creatures of habit, but some habits of ours become more than that. And it's not like  illicit substances or gambling or shoplifting are the only things people can become addicted to. Caffeine, sugar, or the satisfying feeling of a Q tip hitting the Q spot are all things we find ourselves depending on. Sometimes you have to look in the mirror and tell yourself "you're addicted to diet coke." 

Some mistakes can end up living longer than others. Or just being buried away, only to come back to haunt people when we've already been long gone from this crazy planet. In this case, it's quite the hilarious cooking fail. To make matters that much better, it doesn't sound like this is the first time that someone's just tried to bury their fail away. We doubt it'll be the last time. For some more gold from Tumblr check out this Tumblr thread where sea urchins rock a bunch of mini hats. It's everything. 

It's just plain old uncool to tamper with someone's food in a way that has you putting in an ingredient that they have no idea, nor intention of eating in the first place. In this case, it's cottage cheese. It sounds like the cousin in this scenario was determined to prove some kind of unnecessary point, but ultimately they just end up looking like the inconsiderate chef. 

Not researching a company before a job interview with them is almost always going to backfire in one way or another. Even a little bit of homework before the moment of the job interview arrives can benefit you immensely. With that being said, this baker ended up enduring quite the awkward, humbling moment when they didn't do their due diligence on a bakery before sitting down for the interview. That lavender will get ya, man. 

It's one of the more novel and petty forms of revenge we've seen, but damn if it's not compelling. This tumblr user wanted to get back at their homophobic mother in a public show of force, so they landed on sharing her prized meatloaf recipe with the whole-ass internet. It also inspired another user to compile an entire compendium of spite recipes. They say revenge is a dish best served cold, but in this case it's a whole cookbook. There's never a dull moment when it comes to random tumblr gems.

So long as you have a decent enough grasp on your moral compass you probably walk through life doing what you can to not upset the people you cross paths with. Sometimes, that can manifest in rather harrowing acts of eating just the kinds of food that make you genuinely sick to your stomach. Maybe these people's accounts of their own experiences eating various foods they found to be utterly terrible, will strike a chord with you. 

In our world of diversifying diets, we find ourselves in awkward situations over people's dietary restrictions, or even just points they're trying to make. Basically the exact opposite of this situation happened when an uncle at a vegan wedding couldn't handle it and demanded a meat meal. The enduring fact seems to be that if you're a guest and getting a free meal, you're going to find your options limited.

"Passing the savings" on to the consumer is great and all, but what really matters is that you're passing the actual product to the consumer. Everyone has had a moment with lying packaging, trick containers and misleading and awful products that ended up being more cardboard and air than anything else. The lengths some manipulative and terrible products will go to is something that feels like it should only exist in cartoons.

We've all heard stories about stuff like poisonous blowfish, but when you really think about it, there's a surprising number of foods that can kill you. It's not just poisonous foods, but also strange and specific allergies, extremely dodgy and less than hygienically stuff, or just something you might just choke on. There's a wide world of dangerous food out there, and many of us have found ourselves on the wrong end of the spoon. People will also eat the worst things, simply out of politeness.

This guy absolutely isn't alone in his profound moment of learning that he'd been eating a food/condiment without having any idea about it. It can happen to the very best of us. With that being said, it's quite hilarious that he managed to eat so many meals with the Sriracha included, without having a clue about it. Wonder if there were ever moments along his journey where he found himself wondering what it was about his meal that he didn't fully enjoy. Or, maybe, just maybe he's learned that Sriracha is actually quite tasty, and can compliment many a meal out there. 

After this guy's coworker bullied the office mom to get his way, he stepped in to make sure his coworker's selfish pizza plan didn't come to fruition. The world has its fair share of entitled people and their wild demands, and a whole lot of people who get inadvisable but satisfying petty revenge.

As generally decent people, we pride ourselves on displaying a dizzying amount of decorum as houseguests. We will gladly sit at a great aunt's table and swill cloyingly sweet tea just to smile and glowingly lie through our rapidly decaying teeth over how grateful we are for the privilege. We will laboriously swallow dry biscuits and tamp them down with stalks of celery like we're muskets loading themselves. Sure, we'd rather not, but that social contract is nigh unbreakable. We'd much rather spend an entire night uncomfortable than say an unkind word about a mother-in-law's dismally soggy quiche. Go us and our willingness to tolerate these cursed food abominations. The things people eat to be polite are some of the worst foods people have eaten. Pour one out for those of us who wish we could pour this lukewarm soup into the waste basket.