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Non-tech savvy office mom accidentally becomes unofficial head of IT by fixing the Wi-Fi with a bag of frozen peas: ‘Someone asked if I could “optimize the cloud.” I told him I optimize casseroles.’

Elna McHilderson

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Gen X has real-life 'Revenge of the Nerds' moment when he uses his computer smarts to redirect 1,000+ junk mail letters to his college nemesis: 'An evil scheme unique to his talents and skills.'

Elna McHilderson

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Young worker complaining about burnout after one year of 9-5 sparks wave of sarcastic responses: ‘Welcome to adulthood. You get used to it after the first couple of decades

Etai Eshet

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15+ grappling grownups share facepalm-worthy adulting fails: ‘Used to think a lint roller was a one-time use thing, had no idea could pull off tape for a fresh roll underneath’

Etai Eshet

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Entitled boomer thinks senior discounts are a ‘thank you’ for his generation’s greatness, son puts him in his place: 'Do you have ANY idea what we've done for this country in our lifetimes?'

Isabella Penn

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‘But it's legal tender’: Boomer tries to pay for gas with $50 in pennies but gas station clerk refuses, so he throws a fit and coughs up $50 bill when the cops take clerk's side

Lana DeGaetano

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‘Gen X are becoming Boomers’: Employees who work the register share their biggest entitled customer ‘flops'

Elna McHilderson

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'Cry us a river': Boomer bosses baffled when corporate millennials refuse promotions, rejecting higher-level positions because rank doesn't matter when your paycheck stays the same

Jesse Kessenheimer

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28 Nostalgic Latchkey Kids Reveal the First Meal They Learned to Cook Solo: 'That chicken cheese broccoli rice that came in a bag'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'Raising a family of 5 on a single income': 27 Modern Luxuries That Were Pretty Standard Back in the 90s

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘You just lost a customer’: Boomer customer tries to refute a phone bill that makes perfect sense, employee sets him off by keeping his composure

Lana DeGaetano

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'She's one of those super aggressive types that wants to be CEO before she is 45': Gen X employee gets revenge on overbearing boss by scheduling emails to send all throughout the night

Isabella Penn

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Boomer becomes enraged after being told he has to print a shipping return label in order to get a refund, harasses employee for months because of his ‘vendetta against technology’

Lana DeGaetano

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32 Elders from the Aging Generations Share Their Most Pivotal 'I'm Too Old For This' Moment

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Gen X truck driver faces off with ‘boomer truckie’ at a distributor claiming ‘[he] was [there] first’ in a true boomer meltdown, gets sweet karmic revenge

Lana DeGaetano

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‘She’ll find a way to blame the customer before taking accountability’: Gen X employee avoids the blame when she messes up and puts it on her coworkers, gets called out

Elna McHilderson

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