It's time for Christmas with the Karens! See what we did there? By the end of each year, we typically reflect on the highs and lows of our professional and personal lives as we celebrate the holidays and begin to plan for all that is to come next year. Sometimes, however, it turns out that it's far easier to complain about the most frustrating and annoying encounters we've had this past year than to reflect on the more wholesome moments. With that in mind, we've collected the top Karen stories…

"[She is] majorly in need of a personality transplant."

Talk about making a bad first impression! This neighbor was on a mission with one objective: to get the new neighbors to decorate ASAP ! Everyone decorates for the holidays a little differently. Some people do almost nothing: maybe they'll get a Christmas tree and hang up a few decorations, or put up a strand of lights outside and call it a day. Other people go all out! They'll spend hours making elaborate ornaments, preparing cookies to decorate, or filling every single inch of the Christmas t…

There are a lot of encouraging and motivational catchphrases that we all know and try to enforce in our everyday lives. ‘Be true to yourself’, ‘Just do it’, and ‘Seize the day’, to name a few. We all know how hard it is to follow some of these inspirational life lessons, to a point where it usually seems impossible. Sometimes, we actually manage to fake it 'till we make it and find ourselves doing exactly what these phrases encourage us to do, and that is a wonderful feeling. Other times, we le…

"I'd put up tow zone signs and put the tow truck driver on retainer."

"This was the last time she was parking in my driveway, period."

There's a price to relying on the kindness of strangers, especially if you're the kind stranger. After all, what would you do if your 55-year-old neighbor, who was recently evicted from her apartment by your landlord, knocked on your door one night with no place to stay? Would you not succumb to your decent impulses and let her crash on your couch, even if it's just for one night? Unfortunately, in this instance, it was far from just one night. This lady hadn't had another place lined up despit…

Holiday beef

Catching a thieving neighbor is not as easy as it looks. First of all, without evidence, it's kind of an audacious assumption to be made. It's certainly not the kind of thing you can accuse someone of face-to-face unless you have concrete proof. In this instance, the only concrete evidence this Redditor had was that her neighbor was a miserable human being. That's certainly enough to suspect, but it's not enough to prove. For a little backstory, the Redditor started to create distance between h…

Nothing is better than seeing a Karen face the consequences of her actions.

The world is filled with laws, in all shapes and forms. We have legal and state laws, civil laws, we have laws in science, common laws, laws of philosophy, and so on… However, there is one law that we all know firsthand, as we all had to deal with it at one point or another – Murphy's Law. Murphy's Law, by law, is always there when you least expect it, and you are never happy to encounter it. It is annoying, makes your life much harder, and is totally unavoidable by nature. Here at FailBlog, Mu…

It has got to be tough living next to the president of your local homeowner's association. Not only do you have to go out of your way to engage in trading fake niceties every time you see them, but also you have to deal with the paranoia that they are watching you at all times. Unfortunately for these new residents , who had just moved to the neighborhood, their next-door neighbor really was watching them at all times. In fact, he almost immediately started issuing violations regarding their ba…

Everyone likes free stuff, and what's not to like? It's free! However, some people really like free stuff—like, really, really like free stuff—and they'll go to great lengths to ensure they get it, even fighting dirty and using tools such as guilt and anger to do so. This is one of the reasons why it's, unfortunately, best not even to bother offering free stuff online; you're bound to be inundated with people who have too much time on their hands and are combing buy/sell pages trying to be the…

Part of the responsibility of setting rules is that you have to follow them. It is inconvenient, to be sure, but all you really need to do to avoid that inconvenience is make sure that you're setting fair rules that everyone, including yourself, should be following for the betterment of everyone affected. Everyone despises their HOA , but undoubtedly, rules like this are important when it comes to the fair enjoyment of your own space. No one likes to hear unnecessary noise from a neighbor. It's…

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…