The human brain is an amazing computing machine, just as capable of feeling love as it is able to do advanced calculus. It will also make you throw a cup of coffee onto your bed thinking it's your phone. So let's just say that it's a mixed bag. There are some seriously dumb things people have done on auto-pilot.
Some customers get a very real sense of superiority out of abusing customer service individuals. But sometimes Karens misidentify fellow customers as employees and hurl their bad vibes at a person who is completely willing to be disrespectful right back to them. It's a beautiful day when the gloves come off. For another wondrous Karen moment, here's the secret shopper who was so much of a Karen that she got fired.
How does it feel to be less funny than a piece of wood? That's how we feel all the time, but especially in the context of funny signs. People have an inherent need to be seen and heard, and sometimes the best way to do that is the most old school way there is, by smearing some symbols up on a thing. And amazingly, that method still works. So here are some funny signs for those who enjoy jokes on a literal post.
Many of us have hit that point where we find ourselves confronted by a profoundly difficult individual that clearly just can't be reasoned with. These people in this AskReddit thread went ahead and described the moments that they just couldn't put up with the flak anymore from their exes. If anything, this thread should serve as a guide on how to not carry yourself when it comes to how you interact with people, and absolutely how you interact with your partner.
We love us some good old-fashioned dad jokes here. There's something about a dad joke, where you can find a deep appreciation for the dad joke, and also hate it at the same time. These dad jokes though, they're a work of art. A thing of beauty really. You very well might find yourself wanting to put these in your arsenal when it's all said and done.
Many of us are prone toward fits of escapism. This whole life thing can be overwhelming at times. Sometimes, you just need to unplug. Of course, it's best to do so in as healthy of a way as possible Maybe some of these people's strategies for escaping reality will give you some new ideas for the next time you need to check out and take a mental vacation for a while.
Every now and again, you might catch yourself driving or walking around a new neighborhood, and realize that you've stumbled upon an unforgettably awful display of architecture. You might snap a pic, send it off to a friend, and spend the next series of panicked hours trying to make sense out of how such an eyesore could've come into fruition in the first place. These snapshots of absurd, cursed, and uncomfortable architecture are in a league of their own. And not the league that you want to find yourself in.
This dad stepped way out of line when he took it upon himself to pass judgment on his brother because his brother called himself a "dog dad." Of all the things to get worked up about in this crazy life, that ain't it. You can imagine who the moral judges of Reddit's AITA community found themselves siding with on this matter.
Everyone only has so much that they're willing to put up with, when it comes to someone's toxic BS. It sounds like the villainous VP of HR in this tale of malicious compliance was on quite the ego-riddled, power trip. Well, all that bullish behavior certainly ended up backfiring for them. Let's just say that the heroic employee in this story made it their mission to assemble a star-studded cast of trivia phenoms, that went on to absolutely dominate at the office trivia event.
Look, some people end up coming to learn that they're just not cut out for certain gigs. It sounds like this dude might've landed himself into a job that just doesn't play off his strengths. That's perfectly alright. It's totally fine to toss the ego aside, embrace sweet humility, and try out something new. That could be the advisable move for this employee. The fact that they somehow got confused over a computer not making sound, after being told that it didn't have speakers, kind of escapes explanation. Check out another tech support tale with this story about a coworker who demanded a mathematically impossible computer, and got proven incompetent.
Customer service gigs aren't easy. Far too often an unfortunate part about the job is that you can end up having to field all kinds of wildly entitled, genuinely nightmarish customers that seem unconsciously committed toward making your life miserable. Amidst all that, some people can let themselves go, and end up overlooking the importance of serving customers exactly what they order. It might seem extra sometimes. But the reality is that some people were born with those life-threatening health issues that can't be overlooked. If you want to keep Tumblin onwards, check out these funny Tumblr gems to help stifle the brooding darkness.
The world may seem at times like it's just out to get us, and in those moments it's a good idea to have a reminder that things are still basically pretty alright. With some wholesome memes to engage the feels, it's easier to remember that people care about each other and are pretty much nice. People will even go out and do wholesome things for the love of the game.
Some people are so blinded by the thick clouds of entitled ignorance that seem to follow them around like their literal shadows, that they pretty much ask the world for reality checks. So, when this table of entitled people that couldn't afford to eat out insisted on ordering tons of food and drinks, and then leaving a garbage tip, they pretty much got their rightful comeuppance. Anyone who has ever worked a customer service gig knows that the job regularly challenges you with extremely difficult people that seem to leave their social decency at the front door of the establishments.
As monolingual people ourselves, we fully acknowledge that we would be even worse at translation than a lot of these attempts. Hell, we only manage to make fully coherent sentences about half the time anyway. But we also acknowledge that a jar of "herpes and spices" is pretty dang funny. Here are some more creative misuses of the English language as well as some examples of English being difficult.
You never know if you're going to get caught up in the middle of a completely unhinged temper tantrum from an adult who seemingly momentarily devolves into a hopeless, childlike state where they've unfortunately tossed rationality out the window. Maybe these people's stories about their notable encounters with adults that had full-fledged temper tantrums will make you feel better about any cringeworthy moments that you got caught up in the vicinity of an emotional implosion.
Humans are very suggestable beings, and every one of us is not immune to BS. We are so not immune to BS that we can actually convince ourselves that something is working. When it comes to health, work, or even delusions of our own funkiness, there's a place for the placebo effect to take hold and influence our understanding of reality. For some straight up widely-accepted trickery, here are some obvious scams that people still fall for.
