These parents were hoping their kid could provide them with a pristine lawn . It's a goal that many suburban and rural homeowners spend a great deal of time thinking about. People love to have a perfect lawn: it makes their whole property look well-kept and cared about. But it takes a ton of upkeep, especially for those with a huge property or tons of trees or plants that also need to be maintained. At least if you're a couple with older kids, you can have them help with the yardwork. You can h…

How's this for lawn care?!

When people start new jobs, usually, they tend to keep their heads low and just survive the first couple of weeks. That does not mean they do not make friends, or do their job as well as they can, it just means that they try not to cause any trouble, or stir up issues for other people in the company. The new hire in this story didn't get the memo on how one should behave at a new job, and if there is one person who should have kept their heads down, it is this guy. Right of the bat, he behaved…

Being fired from your job on day one should earn you some type of medal. It's a very special achievement after all. When managers are training a new employee, they expect them to mess up basically every task for a while. But you can't chock up everything to being unaware or untrained. Some things, like employees who can't focus on the job or those who berate the customers, have to go ASAP. Up next, read about a couple of the “worst lawyers ever," who got lazy when drafting a retirement document…

Instant karma is one of those magical phenomena that makes you think the universe really does have a sense of humor. It's when the cosmos delivers a swift dose of payback right when it's needed, and it's downright satisfying to witness. We've rounded up 20 of the funniest real-life instant karma stories from Redditors who caught it all in action.

You may remember the best concert of your life, but do you recall your worst concert ever ? Going to a concert can be one of the most fun experiences in life. You get to watch bands you love sing the songs you've memorized to you, all while you sing, dance, and clap along. However, there are a few drawbacks. For one thing, a lot of concerts require you to stand for hours and hours in the general admission section, sometimes in hot weather , too. You might have to pay outrageous prices for food…

If you've ever suffered the effects of living next door to someone entitled, loud, Karenish, unaware, creepy, or just downright insufferable, you've probably laid awake in bed at night thinking of ways to get your revenge.

“It was time to hatch our Dad-inspired plan,” this teenager explained as they outlined the hilarious prank they pulled on him. The best pranks are the ones that are harmless and leave the person being pranked feeling good. My personal favorite as of late is this guy who hands men flowers to surprise their dates! A stranger comes up behind the couple sitting together, and surreptitiously places a bouquet in the guy's hand. The surprised fellow then gets to hand the beautiful flowers to his girl,…

When it comes to attention-seeking behavior on social media , we all know at least one person who can't get enough of it. From the very infancy of Facebook to the current day TikTok and Instagram trends, some folks are just addicted to posting. They make friends online, gain a huge following of fans, or make content that goes viral. But Rome was not built in a day, and a social media account won't get a viral hit until it's posted dozens of posts that flopped first. These people have realized t…

No matter how old or young you are, making a spelling mistake has the potential to make you feel like a complete and total buffoon. As someone who writes for a living, I can attest to the fact that I still have that age-old fear of being misunderstood and embarrassed by a grammatical or spelling error. If it happens to you once, you never really forget that feeling. In an ideal world, making these errors should help you think twice before messaging someone or posting something online for the wo…

Let's read about some heartwarming stories of instant karma doled out to the worst drivers on the road. I'm sure you know the type, because the roads are full of crazy drivers . Some people love to tailgate, which is just baffling. What do they think is going to happen if that person they're tailgating slams on the breaks? Why are they so insistent on getting to their destination 2 minutes sooner that they're willing to make the road less safe? The crazy drivers of the world aren't considering…

Core memory unlocked

No matter how poorly you performed in a job interview, at least you never brought handfuls of jellybeans to eat during the interview! Up next, these people had a discussion about the pettiest, most meaningless hills they're willing to die on, like one person who insists everyone should “throw away your trash at the movie theater.”

The people who refuse to deal with their own problems, and resort to calling the authorities whenever something mildly inconvenient happens to them, are the people you should stay as far away from as you possibly can. But, if you cannot stay away from these people, for example, if they are your neighbors, then you might want to consider giving them a taste of their own medicine. Say your neighbors decided to call the cops on you because you wanted to help them out by clearing some trash out of…

Whatever the weirdest thing is you've brought with you through the TSA line, those security folks have seen weirder. After that, this person was sick of cell phone store managers trying to upsell them, but as they explained, “What they don't expect is that my wife… knows their tactics. ”

What's the most disappointing product you've ever received? No matter how carefully you vet the seller, sometimes you're going to end up with a subpar product. This seems to happen constantly to people who buy things online, where tricky photography angles can be used to disguise subpar products. One person bought a cat sweater, only to realize it wasn't a sweater at all. It was a sweater print , printed onto some cheap fabric. It looks like the kind of fabric people wear for an ugly holiday sw…