"What Paranormal Experience Changed You from a Skeptic to a Believer?" Viral Medium has People Sharing Their Spookiest Stories

Not everyone believes in ghost stories. They're just tall tales adults told us as kids to give us a wholesome spook or maybe to keep us away from somewhere/something dangerous. Cryptid tales, demonic encounters, unexplainable experiences, whatever it was, you can't just convince anybody to believe. Well, whether you believe in ghost stories or not, there are people out there who do and it's usually because of something spooky that happened to them. A viral medium on TikTok who is constantly sharing her own scary stories, called upon her viewers to share their own from when they were skeptics but it changed them to believe. They were thrust into a terrifying circumstance that forced them to start believing. We've shortened these stories down to give you just the nitty gritty spookiest parts of these stories. All these people swear these experiences are true, even if they themselves don't know how to explain it. Sometimes things happen that just don't make any realistic sense, but that doesn't mean they didn't happen… And you know, it's said that once you hear a true ghost story, it's more likely that you will now encounter a ghost yourself… So continue on with caution. 

Malicious Compliance: Restaurant Worker Told to Reconsider Having Two Jobs, Quits

This worker was working a second job as a greeter at a popular restaurant before the manager told them that they needed to reconsider having two jobs. When they paused to reconsider this as requested, they decided that the job at the restaurant was the one worth giving up. They went into their next shift in their street clothes and announced that they would be quitting and not coming back.

As much as we love to side with employees in these types of stories, a couple of things that stick out to me with this one that give me pause. First, the original poster admits they were consistently late to shifts at the restaurant… This leads one to think that the manager had a point about the original poster's ability to work two jobs. People with experience in the service industry will know what I'm talking about here… If they weren't showing up on time, you're just making it harder on the other workers who have to pick up the slack, and it clearly wasn't working out. It doesn't matter if it's your first, second, third, or fourth job; you've made an individual commitment to that organization and need to honor it.

Then, quitting without notice, or even finishing their shift, just because they've been asked to reconsider having two jobs? Pssh, come on. This is one instance where the employer was probably better off without them.

This thread was posted to Reddit's r/MaliciousCompliance subreddit by u/JJayHawk84 where they shared their story with the popular sub.

Commenters felt differently than I do here and voiced their support in the comments. 

"Good on you," said Own-Cupcake7586. "Employers who don't value their employees don't deserve to keep them."

"But how will you survive the rest of your life without free salad and breadsticks? /s" quipped dwillphx.

What do you think? Was the employer in the wrong? Did they have a point here?

Funniest Major Dating App Fails and Memes We Saw This Past Week

Dating apps are for people who are ready for the unexpected. There are definitely certain things one can expect to see while swiping endlessly, a couple of hotties, a couple of uncomfortable messages, a couple of catfishes perhaps, and a couple of people refusing to show their face. Sure, we become desensitized to such occurrences, but often you come across a fail that is so strong that you are left with no choice but to screenshot and share. And honestly, we see nothing wrong with that, as long as you keep the person's identity decently hidden. You don't have to include the photo, although they can often be cringy. People usually tend to go crazy in the written section of dating apps.

 

Some people overshare, some people come off as super angry for no reason, some people have spelling mistakes, and some people just clearly need help. But hey, we've all been there. Now, without further ado, let's get into these dating app fails.

Delivery Driver Shows How He Doesn’t Actually Have to Use Any Real Words While Doing His Job

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The Choosing-est Beggars of the Week and Their Stupid Demands (Aug 11, 2022)

There are a whole lotta people in this world who want and think that they are entitled to something for nothing. They want everything and are willing to give very little in return. These entitled individuals and choosing beggars are quintessential narcissists and have very little, to no, regard for other people. In their world, they are the main character and are the only thing that matters. All of the rest of us are just NPCs who are here to give them random stuff for free and unearned rewards for side-quests.

"I also jack my price when people start asking if they can get something or nothing," Tweakywolf responded in a thread about the first choosing beggar on this list.

And they're not wrong; one of the best ways to deal with these types of people is to charge them more for their stupid ways. It's nothing worth getting mad over, they aren't worth the time and energy. Have a little fun with it and make a game out of dealing with these entitled people instead.

Greatest Hits: IT Head Steals Important Email Address, Sets Off Chain of Events That Get Them Fired

An IT Head saw fit to swipe a long-held email address which set off a domino effect that led to their excusal from their position. What is it with power that makes it go straight to some people's heads? So many new managers see fit to exert their dominance over their subordinates as soon as they have a shred of power to wield.

This has been one of the top stories that we have seen come out of Reddit's r/talesfromtechsupport subreddit this year and, as such, it was well worth a revisit. The thread was originally posted to Reddit's r/talesfromtechsupport subreddit by u/Lorix_In_Oz. They shared their story with the title "When a new IT department head steals the prestige e-mail address from long time employee and lives to regret it."

Readers started some discussion in the comments.

"If someone ever said 'It receives all the critical alerts and I'm happy to deal with them,' why the f--k would you want to get involved in that," said someonehasmygamertag.

"Bc they crave attention that they can not achieve on their own merits, I'd say..." responded SirIsildur.

"Nothing better than giving someone enough rope to hang themselves if they ask for it," commented bkaiser85.

"Glad "Joe" got his email back but gosh the current email address rule is ridiculous. Is department AND country code really necessary?" queried emmerzed.

"It made sense in the sense that you could gauge from the e-mail address which region the person was coming from. By the time I joined the company had multiple global offices as well as remote staff in different countries, so it made sense to have an e-mail address like joe.bloggs@it.us.company.com or tom.smith@sales.uk.company.com," responded the original poster.

Read on to see screenshots of the thread.