Just because someone throws a fit does not mean you have to give in to their demands. On the flip side, just because you threw a fit does not mean you have earned what you want. You would think that these sentiments would be common knowledge to any decent, empathetic human being. But alas, you'd be surprised. Here, we have a Redditor who specifically booked a window seat for her upcoming flight because the one thing she genuinely enjoys about flying is looking at the clouds. Of course, this exp…

The worst part about the Holidays is always coordinating logistics with difficult family members. Nearly everyone has that one person in their family who makes Holiday planning extra challenging. There are, of course, a plethora of reasons why someone might be difficult to deal with during this time. Perhaps they are merely disorganized and can't commit to a schedule in advance. Perhaps they are too particular about how things need to be done (looking at all you picky eaters out there who are n…

Something is fishy in this story, and it's not anything to tank lightly… This self-proclaimed fish enthusiast was allowed by their employer to keep a fish tank at their desk, something that brightens up their day, the tank supplied and financed by themself alone. Their coworkers, however, latched on to the idea, proclaiming that it would be more fun to open up the fish tank to everyone and make it a communal office engagement project. Their lack of knowledge and unwillingness to learn about the…

Sometimes, the only way to prove that you're a valuable employee is by showing and not telling. After all, most folks need to see things to believe them, and this employee had spent the better part of the last five years at their company automating systems so that tasks were far easier to complete for everyone involved, including their technologically challenged coworkers. However, clearly, their value was underseen, unnoticed, and not reflected in their salary. After an office Karen decided th…

Let this story serve as yet another friendly reminder to never trust your landlord. This does not merely apply to private residents, as this time, we're dealing with the property of a leisure business. During a difficult economic period for the business, the landlord proved ruthless and issued a 7-day eviction notice with the expectation that the employees would be unable to clear out all their equipment on such short notice. It gets worse. After a little probing, the business owners discovered…

There are lots of ways to get back at your ex. Most people throw shade on social media or brag about having the best social life ever. Some folks stay passive-aggressive or subtle in their pettiness. Maybe they keep a sweater or take their favorite shampoo. That level of pettiness is not nearly as exciting or as visual as what this Redditor pulled off. After divorcing his wife of 12 years—10.5 of which she spent cheating on him— he decided it was well within his jurisdiction to enact some payba…

It's remarkable what entitled people think they can get away with if they stir up enough of a fuss. Here, we have a male Karen customer who called up a sandwich place demanding for a refund after getting just “slabs of fat” on the brisket sandwiches he ordered at around 6:30 pm the day before. The manager with whom he was speaking asked for his order confirmation number so he could confirm the refund, and it quickly became that this was information the customer did not have not because he lost…

If you're looking for places where the worst sides of people are bound to come to the surface, look no further than your closest parking lot, where impatience is almost always at an all-time high. Recently, I found myself empathizing with the folks who lose their marbles in these stressful situations as I came to the realization that I had become one of them. We were trying to find a parking spot for my partner's parents, who were visiting for a long weekend. We reserved a space on an app and a…

Sometimes, there is only so much poor treatment one can take. It is an unfortunate reality that in certain workplace environments, employees have to expect a certain level of vigilance from management that can, at times, border on micromanaging or even callous. However, the greatest indicator that a workplace is run by decent folks is how they treat their employees when they are going through hardship and need support. In this instance, we have an employee who was in the midst of a health scare…

We all have the idyllic When you grow up and realize that your kid's grandparents are also your in-laws, everything gains a new perspective. What's somehow even stranger, though, is coming to find that you're either “dad's side” or “mom's side” of the family for your sibling's kids. If a kid is telling you in earnest that they don't feel comfortable going to grandma's house, that alone is saying something.

Applying for jobs is always a brutal process, and most candidates need all the help they can get. That's why it's especially upsetting that this former employee who was recently let go received a savage reference from their former employer, who had made it seem like they were on good terms. Of course, if they weren't, the Redditor would never have listed their ex-boss as a reference in the first place. Let's also take this opportunity to remind ourselves how references can be useful and how the…

Some companies don't know what they got 'til it's gone.

Shoutout to all the good managers out there! It's far too common these days to hear about toxic management and the enforcement of bogus new policies that actively hurt employees while benefiting companies at large. So when we do come across a story where a decent manager defies these types of unnecessary rules and regulations in the name of protecting their more or less powerless employees, we have to be grateful for the few nice authority figures that are still out there. Here, we have a manag…

Playing pranks on your fellow employees is a dangerous game. First of all, there's the obvious: it's unprofessional behavior. That's a given, but of course, there's more nuance than that. Coworkers with so much time and energy on their hands to play pranks on others in the workplace might as well get the word “annoying” tattooed on their foreheads. Furthermore, you never know how your fellow employees will react to a prank. Perhaps they will explode in frustration and anger. Or, as was the case…

Movie theater etiquette has certainly become a topic of conversation these days. Folks online seem to be split over the trend of theatergoers taking photos of the “Wicked” title card, with cinephiles finding this behavior to be distracting and obnoxious, while “Wicked” fans are finding their disgust to be pretentious and lame. Of course, unfriendly and selfish behavior at the movies goes beyond “Wicked." Here, we have a 24-year-old who treated herself to a solo date to the movies and picked out…

Employees should never be pressured to stay late, especially when they are not getting paid overtime to do so. Here, we have an overworked employee who became known around the office for refusing to give in to his toxic boss's requests. Even when he was pressured to stay late for unpaid work because of a last-minute assignment, the Redditor still packed his belongings and left at the end of the day. When his boss and coworkers caught wind of this pattern, they bequeathed the Redditor with the n…