People Share Times They Attended A Ruined Wedding

Everyone has their own definition of a "ruined wedding" but it generally falls into two camps. The first being "not perfect." Like maybe the DJ was five minutes late or the chairs were sort of uncomfortable. But then there's another kind, which should probably be referred to as "actually ruined." That's when an aunt falls through the floor trying to do the chicken dance, the bride gets showered in sewage, and the groom runs off because he's wanted for bank robbery.

With any luck, we can only hope to attend mostly "not perfect" weddings in our lives, because the alternative is something that you never forget. And not in like a cool fun way. No one wants to go through the arduous mental challenge of figuring out how to politely word "can I get my gift back? It seems like they don't need an instant pot anymore."

For more wedding stories, here are the most terrifically trashy weddings people have attended.

Irate Mother Stands Up For Daughter When Teacher Turns Her Harrassment Into "Lesson"

I'm willing to believe that this teacher didn't understand the full context of the situation. When you're constantly handling and overseeing the disagreements of 30+ students it's easy for the antagonists and antagonized to all blur together into a milkshake of "He said, She said" statements. With that context and understanding in mind, it becomes fitting to apply the generalized "lessons" to the entire involved group. From the teacher's perspective, how do you even know that one particular student is telling the truth? How does this mother know that her daughter hasn't stretched the truth? Besides, even if you are aware that there is a behavioral issue… in most schools, you aren't allowed to do anything about it anyways. Schools in many western countries have done away with any and every sort of punishment entirely (including detention) so all that's left is generalized lessons.

Despite strong stances on bullying, these toothless approaches don't do much to protect students who actually find themselves receiving unwanted attention. So, if this daughter is telling the truth then the mother is totally right for taking action… If not… She comes across as a bit of an a-hole towards the teacher here.

Food Service Worker Fired For Refusing to Come in to Work While Sick, Had Doctor's Note

This fast-food worker sent their sick note to their boss to let them know that they would not be at work that day. To their surprise their boss texted them back, telling them that they needed to find someone to cover their shift or still work it themselves. 

The text exchange was posted to Reddit by the employee, Redditor u/spr_t, to the r/antiwork and r/OSHA subreddits, which both handle topics where workers are having issues with their employers. The employee posted the topic with the title, "I lost my job of 3 years because of this."

They gave some context and updates in the various comment sections. They explain that they worked for a franchise owner of a restaurant located in Texas where they had worked for three years. After this text exchange, they were fired and the employer said that they were "Counting it as quitting since [they] didn't show up." Commenters responded to these statements that, since they are located in Texas, their rights and avenues for restitution are extremely limited. 

Commenters, of course, have condemned the deplorable actions of the employer. Especially when you work in food service and are handling other people's food… The last thing you should be doing is coming to work sick and spreading it to others. Haven't the last two years taught us anything?
 

History And Mythology Memes That Still Aren't A Great Substitute For Reading

In order to know what's going on, it's important to have a greater contextual understanding of the world before we were living in it. Every social precedent we set for ourselves is built on something that came before, and learning about history can broaden your horizons and set you on a more complete path to self-actualization. But that's if you really sit down and read about history. What this is is a whole lot of references to Henry VIII, the weirdness of the Romans, and a whole ton of junk pertaining to Greek mythology to boot.

So if you weren't paying attention in 7th grade history, you might be at a loss here. And if you love history and read it all the time, you're probably going to "well actually" yourself into a hole. But for most of us who can read but don't like to, these kinds of history memes for the ages are a nice mix of stupid junk, and references that make us feel smart to get.

History, it's a good time.

New Principal Tells Teacher To Quit Second Job, Quits Teaching Job

We've all had moments where we've been told some version of "why aren't you my first priority" by people who don't think the same of us in the first place. It's not like continuing to stick your neck out for someone who wants to take advantage of you scores you any morality points anyway. So the right thing to do is often to kindly tell them to go drop a bag of bowling balls on their mom.

Logic would dictate that if you're not getting paid enough at your main job, and your new boss tells you that you need to quit your second job, it might behoove you to just look for a new main job entirely. This algebra teacher did the math and figured it would be a better idea to just look for a new one entirely

For another tale of school justice, here's a targeted teacher who got their manipulative principal fired.

Not My Job Moments Of Unprofessional Absurdity

We are creatures of great focus. Meaning, we can only be asked to do one thing at a time. If they say "paint lines on the road" by god we'll paint those lines. But nobody said anything about painting those lines well. Or straight. But at the end of the day, you can bet your bottom dollar that those lines will be painted. They might look like varicose veins, and it's quite possible that they'll even be running over some roadkill, but the lines will be there. Anything else is presumably someone else's job.

So partake with us in this journey to do the bare minimum. Just enough to keep yourself employed, but not enough to be considered respectable or even really all that competent. Life is about balance. The balance between "total garbage" and "barely acceptable."

It's a race to the bottom, and that's the only thing we've ever excelled at.

Incompetent Boss Reprimands Top Employee For Working Too Hard, Employee Quits, Boss Doesn't Know What to Do

Imagine having such a delicate ego that you need to exercise your power needlessly over your subordinates in order to maintain some semblance of authority. If you have that picture in your head then you know exactly what this employee was dealing with when they were reprimanded by their boss for working too hard and told to take "time management classes."

This thread was posted to r/MaliciousCompliance by the employee, Redditor u/asianclooney. They posted their story to the popular subreddit because the story concludes with their "malicious compliance" of "thinking about it" and deciding to quit on the spot. Maybe not the greatest example of malicious compliance but the story itself was solid so we felt it worth sharing.

Sometimes, someone just has it out for you for some reason… and there isn't much you can do about it. Realizing that not everyone you meet is going to like you is a tough but important pill to swallow. The sooner you learn to accept that the less energy, stress, and time you'll spend trying to win that person over and you will be able to move on with your life. It's a little harder to do this when that person is your boss… But the same principle applies, pack up, find a new job, and make your life easier for yourself. Exactly as this employee has done. 

Read on for the full story below.