Usually if you hear a retail story it's gonna be about how horribly entitled a customer is. However, this time it's about a customer who seriously needed help and found exactly the right person in a mechanic on a slow day. For more wholesome stories, here's one about a senior who mistook a guy's car for a taxi or this lazy genius school project story.
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This power-tripping old school professor demanded all phone calls be taken publicly, so naturally, a cunning student took advantage of the situation. For school drama, here are times school presentations went off the rails as well as a teacher who lost half their class's papers and tried to fail them all.
A simple writing prompt can inspire some seriously intriguing stories, like this story about lies taking the shape of scars or this Tumblr story about aliens being fought off by wildlife. Any novel premise can give way to a short story that gets surprisingly intriguing, gut-wrenching or just plain wild.
Well, that is what she wanted, right? After a long stretch of bullying and threats, this employee finally called Karen on her word and got rid of her account. IT workers receive some ridiculous requests on a day-to-day basis, and that's when they're not even dealing with a malicious and absurdly demanding Karen.
There's that age old problem of being hired to do a job that works on a task by task basis, but you're still paid hourly, so half of your time is spent pretending to do your job just so management stays happy. These guys said screw that. For some funny IT stories, here are ridiculous requests IT workers received.
It's all too common to see an unhinged boss push their employees to their limits. This guy thought he'd save himself some money, but what he didn't know came around and ended up costing more than he expected. It's not uncommon that employees can enrage their bad bosses by following the actual rules.
Sometimes the creepiest stories are about some close call or gut feeling that just saves someone's skin. Good thing this dad got suspicious. For some creative creepiness here are some two sentence horror stories that expedited the fear, and for a funny story here's a five year old who's too smart for her own good.
Sometimes two people weren't meant to be together, hence these stupid reasons people wanted a divorce. Depending on the person, the fallout of a relationship can have some unintended consequences. Sometimes people do wild stuff to spite their ex. These moments are stressful for everyone involved, but they make really interesting stories.
A name can be a pretty important thing. It's your first introduction to someone and people with overly obstructive names sometimes want to change them. That's why there can be excessive drama over what someone wants to name their kid, and fears over if it will lead to them getting bullied. In this case a not great father covertly named a baby without permission, and years later it came back to haunt him.
If you've worked for a place that cut every corner possible, so most businesses, you've probably ended up complying with some hell boss's stupid policy or ended up doing some irresponsible or unsafe junk that goes against your actual work guidelines. This person decided to actually follow the rules, and became hated by their crappy boss. Here's one about a boss that tried to get all Alpha and it didn't work out.
When we were stupid and weird kids we were too busy digging holes for no reason and hitting each other with sticks to think through diabolical plots like this. In fact, we probably wouldn't think to do this today. Here are some weird things parents caught their kids doing.
Before there were memes, there were just running jokes absolutely everyone knew. One such popular concert gag was to demand whoever you were seeing play Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Freebird" which typically clocked in around ten minutes. It's understandable that some bands got sick and tired of the joke. For another band prank story, here's a thread about a guy who drove the Nine Inch Nails' tour manager to insanity.
For those not in the know, sleep paralysis is a pretty common phenomenon that's found all across the globe. You find yourself sort of in between being asleep and being awake, like you're conscious, but you can't move or speak. An episode of sleep paralysis can be accompanied by hallucinations that look like a face or figure, and that's commonly referred to as a demon or a visitor. It's pretty god damn scary. Anyway, this person told their mom and it backfired. People mess up, and sometimes that screw up is in their control. Here's a guy who thought a date was a job interview.
Man, this is one of those Tumblr stories that never gets old. It's a beautiful tale full of vivid imagery, meaningful sentiments, and a whole lot of feels. The story also possesses this humble nature about it, which might just leave the reader smiling with some misty eyes by the end of it.
If you're looking for more gold from Tumblr, check out this wild Tumblr thread on the insane medieval battle tactics.
Tumblr delivered in a big way with this rollercoaster of a story about a pirate mermaid. Proceed with caution, cause it can really get the feels flowing. All in all, it's a beautiful tale to get lost in. Check out some more Tumblr gold, with these hilarious and totally random Tumblr gems.
