It is never fun to know that you are being left out of something and that people are doing it on purpose. Even though we are all adults, being excluded from social events can make each and every one of us feel like we are back in middle school, being picked last in Gym. When I first started my previous job, I entered a group dynamic of coworkers who were obviously very close to each other. They had all these inside jokes, shared experiences, and relationships that I had nothing to do with, and…

Be careful what you say while you're in court … It may seem like common sense, but many people can't help but mouth off to the judge during their legal case. No one wants to be in court, obviously, but that is not the time or place to start an argument with the judge or your lawyer. As the lawyers of the internet explained, their clients often choose the exact wrong time to blurt out new information. As they take the stand, some people will just admit to their actions, leading them to longer se…

Not every work situation has to turn sour.

What's the worst present you've ever received (or given)? Some people just are not good at gifting things to others. We all have that one aunt who gives everyone ill-fitting clothes, or hands out toys that the kiddos are way too old to play with. Although, as you can read in the answers of this hilarious r/AskReddit thread below, a lot of people have given bad gifts on purpose! For a few folks, getting subpar presents from the same person year after year started to grate on them. One person sha…

Hiring managers don't always say exactly what they mean, but if you can read between the lines, you might save yourself the headache of working somewhere awful. After that, read about an ultra-petty apartment tenant who's getting back at their irritating landlady, sharing that “ I'm making my landlady wait 29 minutes .”

It's important to set boundaries with your roommates from the get-go. Normally, you would think this is something most folks learn in college, but you'd be surprised how many fully grown adults have yet to learn these important lessons. For instance, when you first move in with someone, both parties need to establish which items (food, products, etc.) are communal and which ones should be privately used. This Redditor had the unfortunate experience of having to deal with a roommate who refused…

Anyone who can speak a second language will tell you how beneficial it is to have that ability. While there are many ways one can take advantage of speaking another language, one benefit triumphs them all – being able to talk freely about whatever you want in public and having no one understand you. When I was 19, I got to spend a year abroad with 3 of my best friends. We all speak a fairly uncommon language other than English, so we'd use that language as our main source of communication among…

Think back: can you remember what you wrote your college application essays about? For many kids, the subject matter requested is a story about something meaningful that happened in your life that changed you as a person. However, as the college admission readers of the world will tell you, these essays get repetitive. It's the same old stories about meaningful times in life, stories about family issues, or tales of friendship struggles. As one reader noted, she refused to read any more essays…

Not everyone was born to be a baker. The truth is that when it comes to cakes, cookies, and all forms of dessert, there are two types of people: bakers and eaters. A chosen few may fall into both categories, but we should all be honest with ourselves and our relationships to dessert. Personally speaking, I am an eater. In fact, my sweet tooth has been the source of many an unfortunate evening involving late-night calls to fast-food restaurants and bakeries that I'd like to pretend never happene…

Any job that even slightly requires employees to have a car in order to do the job, should physically provide a car for said employees. If you cannot do the job without one, there is no reason why the responsibility of getting a car should be on you. However, because companies today are cheap and will do anything to avoid spending more money, they will never offer that option to employees without being prompted. If there's nothing to stop them, they will even go as far as making employee spend…

Bad service at a restaurant or bar is one of life's minor yet soul-crushing annoyances. You know, the kind of service where the orders take forever, drinks are left unfilled, or that awkward moment when the server doesn't even pretend to care that you've been side eyeing them for the past 20 minutes. Most of us try to cut servers some slack—after all, they're probably overworked, underpaid, and likely juggling a table full of Karens who are making their lives miserable.

As children, we're all taught that “we get what we get and we don't get upset.” Perhaps this is true in the vast majority of circumstances, but if you were to receive one of these Christmas gifts, you would have to possess a whole lot of self-control to be able to stop yourself from letting your rage bubble to the surface. Of course, not everyone is easy to shop for during the Holidays. I have been known to spend several weeks in December agonizing over what to gift my parents. For some family…

Imagine taking your girlfriend of six years on a spur-of-the-moment trip to Hawaii to finally propose, only to discover that this was not meeting her expectations. Such is the unfortunate reality of our time on the internet, where over-the-top marriage proposals are frequent TikTok and Instagram trends. Apparently, a nighttime proposal on the beach in an idyllic dream vacation spot was not perfect enough for this entitled 21-year-old. As many folks in the comments section of this Reddit thread…

I always feel like somebody's watching me

Cyber trucks haven't even been on the market for that long, but when you see one out in public, it's an unmistakable sight. These Tesla cars are big, boxy gray cars that just look strange compared to every other truck on the market. They look like video game vehicles that haven't been rendered properly. Some people compare them to dumpsters, to which they do have an uncanny resemblance. They just don't look like they should be real cars… they look like something you'd see in an 80s movie predic…

If you can't be the best at what you do, you should at least be interesting enough to catch the hiring manager's attention ! The people replying to this person's question certainly did that. U/ThanosIsMyRealFather was curious about the things that hiring managers saw on resumes, and wanted to know what things made them want to immediately hire someone, or instantly throw that resume in the garbage. Trying to hire the right person really can feel like you're searching for a needle in a haystack.…