Top Shower Verdicts by Musing Masterminds

Revelations tend to happen most often in the shower, although it's not quite clear why. Perhaps because it's that time of day that you can just chill, so your thoughts begin to settle into a nice, neat pile, making space for new ones. Allegedly, one good idea that was conceived by the famous Isaac Newton apparently occurred to him while he was chilling under an apple tree. He's that dude that came up with the law of universal gravitation, but evidently, an apple had to plop onto his head (ouch) for that to happen.

In case you missed it, we're talking about shower thoughts here. When you're standing under the trickling stream of water, your thoughts wander through the different (weird) valleys in the atoms of your brain, coming to some strangely accurate conclusions. Perhaps you're a Wim Hof fan and you've been attempting to distract yourself as you sit miserably in the freezing cold water, OR you're normal, having a normal shower. Either way, showers are blessed with a certain… magic that allows you to capture those thoughts and figure out you're secretly a genius.

For more, here are some looney LinkedIn lunatics to judge.

25+ Tricked-out junkyard jalopies that really shouldn't be driving anywhere

Lots of high-end cars in the world are stunningly souped-up… anyway, here are 25+ vehicles that are the exact opposite of that. 

People take such pride in their cars. After all, lots of us spend hours every week driving to work, stores, friends' houses, and more. Since it's such a source of pride, folks will spend thousands to make their rides as cool as possible. But clearly, as these people below can attest to, it doesn't always go quite right. 

Check out these bizarre cars. Then, this woman stared daggers at her birthday guests, making them feel uncomfortable, because she never actually wanted a house party in the first place. 

Top 5 Karens of the Week (March 28, 2023)

It's about time we give you a freshly updated ranking of the top 5 Karens this week. As we know, Karens are widespread these days and the more we share the stories of how regular folks were able to deal with them, the more prepared we all will be when we come across Karens in our own lives. Here at FAIL Blog, it's the least we can do.

 

Keep scrolling below and when you're finished, check out this other story about an entitled Karen's parking space!

'I was miserable the whole time': Mom plans birthday party for daughter, but her daughter is determined to make the guests uncomfortable

This woman's been living with her mother for her whole life, yet her mom still managed to get under her skin with this birthday party. 

U/LowHold1634 wrote to r/AmItheA**hole about an incident between her and her mother. The issue is that while living with her mother, she feel indebted to her, and goes along with her mother's "incredibly controlling" plans. It came to a head on the OP's birthday,  when the OP planned a party with friends. She requested that her mom not invite guests over to the house, however, and her mom just ignored her. 

The OP then proceeded to take her anger out on her guests and her mom, and one can only imagine the kind of awkwardness that must have resulted. The OP describes glaring daggers at her guests… why would she think that was okay to do to her guests? 

After you scroll through this family drama, check out this dog owner who thinks she has a great way to hide three dogs from her HOA. 

'I feel like a court jester': Humiliated waitress refuses to sing 'Happy Birthday' to customers, gets scolded by management then required to sing in Italian instead

There's nothing more cringey than that sinking feeling in your gut when you hear restaurant waitstaff emerging from the kitchen with a sparkling dessert in hand and a birthday song on their lips. For some, even when it's not even their birthday, this public hooplah sends them into a fight-or-flight response. As a server, singing for your guests is either going to make or break the job. For notorious extroverts (and unnaturally confident folks who are working on an amateur singing career), entertaining the customer is the best part of the job. For regular people and MOST servers, this is their biggest nightmare. 

One woman named Katelyn, a waitress at an upscale Italian restaurant, recently almost lost her job because she refused to sing happy birthday (as a solo performer, by the way) in front of a restaurant full of people. Her managers approached their "request" for her to sing in a demeaning way and it was more of an order than it was an option. Yikes. Katelyn had feeble attempts to avoid singing to strangely eager customers by simply wishing them happy days and good celebrations, which is a much classier approach to a birthday celebration. 

Finally, after several successful weeks of avoiding public humiliation, a table asked if she could sing the birthday song in Italian instead. Katelyn did not speak Italian, so she declined. Once management found out, they t old her to Google the lyrics in a foreign language and simply memorize it in 2 minutes before singing to their table for dessert. 

As if singing in your own native language was embarrassing enough, Katelyn pushed through and did her performance, only to have the Karen complain to management that she wasn't singing loudly or robustly enough. As if the shame wasn't enough, her boss sent a text the next morning saying how disappointed he was with her. 

Tough crowd, huh?

'I live here!': Karen parks in family's driveway and tries to pretend it's her house

When someone is caught in a lie, it's always surprising to see how far they will take it. You might expect the liar to give it up, admit defeat, and admit to their deceit, but liars have been lying for so long that they don't know how to turn it off and will continue building up the fabrication even after their lie has been substantially disproven. 

Reddit user u/Top-Studio8028 posted this thread to Reddit's r/entitledparents, sharing a story that he and his brother experienced after their family moved into their new home in a new development. After a stranger parked in the driveway of their home, they bizarrely claimed that they were the owner of the home in an attempt to keep their car parked there for a local event. 

Keep reading for some selected screenshots of u/Top-Studio8028's story, or visit the attribution links to view the original Reddit thread. For more, check out this couple who tried to park in a deeded parking space and got karmic justice from granny. 

‘Thank you for your application for my labor’: Dude gives hiring managers a taste of their own medicine, drafts mass emails rejecting offers

Sometimes, giving someone a taste of their own medicine is the only way to deliver your message. In this instance, we're dealing with a restless job applicant who is clearly at his wit's end. After applying to countless positions and coming across red flag after red flag during the interview process, he decided to flip the script, so to speak, by drafting a mass email used to reject these subpar offers. 

 

Now, is this enjoyable from an objective perspective? Yes. However, as some folks in the comments have pointed out, it's not exactly the wisest decision. I mean, it's certainly not the most professional choice either. But for those of us who have no stake whatsoever in this guy's job application process, it's an enjoyable treat, and here's hoping that one of these recruiters actually responds to this email. Keep scrolling below for the full email draft and comments. For more stories like this, here's one about some gardening revenge!