Recruiter And Job Listing Horror Stories

For anyone out there who is looking for a new job, it can unfortunately oftentimes feel as if the whole professional world has taken it upon itself to spew out aggressive job listings that are wildly unrealistic. Like, apparently there are companies that are asking for their candidates to have more years of experience working with a certain program/software/etc than the actual technology has been around. At least give people a chance. Fortunately, we stumbled upon a glorious subreddit that's dedicated to sharing the tweets, memes, and genuinely gruesome snapshots from people's experiences navigating delusional recruiters and job listings. Maybe they'll serve to make you feel a bit better about your own frustrations with securing a gig. 

Entitled Karen Steals Customer's Drinks, Instant Karma Ensues

It's hard to believe that people like the Karen in this story actually exist, but oh boy, they're out there. They're out there just waiting to pounce on an otherwise peaceful environment, and sink their hungry claws and entitled claws into things like other customers' drinks. The thing about confronting someone who is clearly irrational beyond repair, is that they'll oftentimes end up getting all the more defensive when you call them out on their antics. We're just glad that things kind of worked out in this story. Was definitely giving off some malicious compliance vibes as well. 

A Wholesome Tale of A Mom Who Demanded An Arthritis Essay

Many of us grew up cracking our knuckles and being scolded for it. And when we moved out, it gave us license to let it rip and pop those knuckles like a bowl of eggs in the microwave. This person's mom demanded they write and essay about the health effects of knuckle cracking, which they did, but not in the way she wanted. For another wholesome tale of malicious compliance, here's one kid's wholesome malicious digging compliance.

Tumblr Gems of The Random, Shiny Variety

As aficionados of the weird and stupid, Tumblr hits us with some extremely unique interactions that are hard to find anywhere else on the internet. These sparkling tumblr gems teach us about ourselves and humanity, but mostly about the dark, hidden lore of Disney movies that came out decades ago. It's hard to argue with the tumblr gems.

Humorous Times Siri Failed To Do Her Job Correctly

It's no uncommon occurrence to end up in an entertaining situation where you're dealing with Siri completely misinterpreting what you're asking her to answer. It's like some wires get crossed, and the next thing you know she's spewing something so impressively nonsensical off that it's actually hilarious. It's okay Siri. We all fail at one point or another. Maybe she's just playing dumb, anyways. 

Dumb Design Failures That Somehow Got Through

It's hard to design something completely without getting in the weeds a little, but some design failures deserve some blame. Maybe it's creating an impossible maze on the back of a cereal box. Maybe it's drapes that look like they were repurposed from a murder scene. There are thousands of ways to mess up, and these design failures could have used a second look.

Karen Steals Coworkers Lunches, Explosive Coke Revenge Ensues

Man, the nerve of someone who actually goes through with repeatedly stealing their coworker's lunches is kind of unfathomable. The level of disrespect, blinding selfishness, and delusional entitlement is enough to get most anyone's blood boiling. It sounds like Karen's coworker in this scenario hit their breaking point. Thus, the petty revenge was swift and critically effective. For some more glorious Karen drama, check out the time that a savvy customer accused Karen of being a manager. 

Woman Reports Nightmare Neighbors, Righteous Fine Ensues

Nothing can quite sink the spirits like reckoning with the realization that you've had a couple wildly rude, genuinely insensitive human beings move into your otherwise peaceful apartment complex. It sounds like these neighbors just loved to stir up trouble. And then when they were rightfully called out for their antics, they just made it about them. Hopefully the fine that they ended up receiving was enough of a wakeup call for them to change their ways. For some more lovely drama between neighbors check out this story about some neighbors that stole from someone's garden, and then the plant puns wall of shame that ensued. 

Tumblr Thread: The Cults Are Coming

These are strange times. The world continues to change at what seems to be a faster and faster pace. Life as we know it could look like something right out of an infamous sci-fi movie in the near future. But also, apparently this is a time ripe for the rise of cults. Just a little bit unsettling. If you're looking for some more gold from Tumblr, check out these random, funny, and resplendent Tumblr gems. 

Secrets McDonald's Employees Discovered While Working There

This enlightening AskReddit thread has McDonald's employees revealing various secrets they learned while working at the infamous fast food restaurant. If anything, it's surprising that things aren't grosser. Also, that idea about throwing an apple pie in a plain McFlurry and blending the two together sounds like pure genius. 

Choosy Beggar Wants Homework Assignments Done Before Payment

The world's just never going to run out of terribly entitled, delusional, and downright cheap individuals that insist on wasting the time of sellers just trying to have a rational negotiation. It sounds like this choosing beggar wanted 22 homework assignments done, but without having to worry about paying for all that hard work. Yeah, good luck. For another ridiculous choosy beggar scenario check out this dude who complained about a $1 taco, and proceeded to get set straight by the owner. 

Tumblr Post: Brother Learns Lesson In Not Irritating The Chef

If you're going to insist on being rude to the very person that's going through the trouble of graciously whipping up a meal for you, then you're probably not going to get any food. Or, if you do get the food you'd best brace yourself for the food to be a little iffy at best. This dude clearly needed to learn his lesson in the value of respecting the person who is making you food. 

Woman Complains About Lousy Customer Service, Gets Called A Karen

The term "Karen" gets thrown around a whole lot these days. It's grown to be the go-to name to assign to anyone who insists on being a terribly entitled, straight up nasty human being to folks that are working customer service jobs. With all that being said, it seems like this woman was wrongly called a "Karen." She was dealing with some genuinely poor customer service, and decided to call the company out on it. 

Savvy Customer Accuses Karen of Being Manager

It's not uncommon for an irate Karen to find a fellow customer and assume they're an employee based on the color of their shirt. In typical hyper-aggressive Karen fashion, any attempt to let the Karen know that she is mistaken will be met with a "you're just a lazy employee who just doesn't want to help me." Cue this bystander who figure out a way to beat Karen at her own stupid game. Customer service is a wild game.

People Who Proved They Weren't The Dumb One

More often than not, the more ready someone is to call someone else an idiot, the higher chance they themselves are the true moron. People will double down and say some wildly dumb things, but rarely do we get to prove these people wrong. It's at least a little nice to challenge the absurd things people say in complete seriousness.

School Administration Won't Budge, Dad Takes Detention Rap

Despite a litany of reasonable excuses, this school administration was determined to send someone to detention. This person's dad, being a bro, decided to show up for detention and make a point regarding the absurdity of the whole situation. Sometimes school faculty isn't this rigid and vindictive, like these teachers who pulled total bro moves.

Man Handles Rejection With Admirable Grace

The comments section on the original video really says it all. What was she thinking? This dude seems like an absolute catch. Of course, this is also one of those dating shows that could all be scripted, and/or involve people donning their carefully practiced egoic masks that completely hide their actual monstrous selves from the rest of the world watching them on TV. Maybe the dude was a straight up demon. Or, maybe, just maybe he ended up dodging the real bullet through being rejected. 

Toxic Boss Makes Employee's Life Miserable, Employee Calls Their Bluff

Man, let this employee's experience navigating the ins and outs of a job under the weight of a terribly toxic boss be a lesson to us all. If you see those bright red flags present at a company that you're considering working for, don't ignore them. Trust your gut instinct. At least this employee was able to serve up some satisfying malicious compliance when it was all said and done. For some more sweet malicious compliance, check out this shady dude who tried to use fake cash at store and ended up triggering a malicious compliance in the process. 

History Memes For The Besmartened

What is left out there for the splendiferously learned among us to laugh about? Perhamspnt must ye be learned enough that though shalt iimplore thine knowledge of the histories. The history memes that thoust understand better than the other peasants may set thine apart from the ye rabble, may let it be knownts amoung the gentry forthwith; thehistory memes for the ages be that with thou pullst thine knowledge swoard fromme the stone of tyme. Amen.

Prime Fails From People Not Doing Their Jobs Correctly

Sometimes, folks just can't be bothered to see that one job through as it was intended to be done. Maybe they're in a rush, or they just don't care. Check out more attempts that slipped down the slope of failure over here.

Man Powers House With Creek And A Washing Machine

Well, this is inspiring. What a way to live. 

Student Fails To Properly Check Backup Files Before IT Wipes Computer

Man oh man, let a story like this serve as a cautionary tale to anyone out there that's naively, proactively underestimating the importance of making sure that their backup files are in check. Fortunately, this student was able to eventually get the work that they needed to get done, done, and look back on their blunder with humor. For some more gold from the tech support world, check out this story about a customer who didn't trust a tech support employee's advice, and lived to regret it weeks later. 

Vegan Learns That Mayo Isn't Actually Vegan

Well, you can learn something new everyday. It just might be a bit more humbling, if not humiliating, to learn that mayo isn't a part of the vegan family while you're busy telling people that you're vegan. If anything, it's a quick and funny scenario like this one that should encourage people to do their homework before they go back out into the world and tell other people that they're subscribed to a certain kind of lifestyle, without actually knowing all the rules associated with said lifestyle. 

Thread: Dude Wanders Into Creepy Fake Town

There are definitely fake towns out there, but the specifics of how staffed they might be is up for investigation. How does it feel to walk around in a government fabricated ghost town? Is security for these places really so bad that random people can just accidentally wander in? Wouldn't put it past 'em. It ranks up there with creepy moments people won't forget anytime soon.

Things That Seem Like Cults But Aren't Quite Cults

No cult will ever reveal that it's a cult, but they're easy enough to spot. It's usually any group with a whole lot of robes, too much enthusiasm and some really nontransparent management. At its core, any group can seem cult-like, especially when it develops its own strict set of rules and ceremonies. In these strange times it wouldn't be surprising if more cults are coming.

Wholesome Gamers Throw Birthday Party For Lonely Kid

As people who have grown up playing video games, we scoff at the notion that video games inherently corrupt people and turn them into violent sociopaths. It's probably more likely that they just turn people into hardline capitalists determined to see how they can buff their intelligence with potions in order to siphon as much gold as possible out of their local apothecary. Video games give people a chance to nuke their fellow players out of orbit, but they also let us cooperate with people we might otherwise not, and sometimes that turns into wholesome moments such as this.

Spelling Failures That Really Shift The Bed

People aren't great at spelling, and boy does it show. Every time someone asks you to choose a restauraunt or asks about your plans for tommorrow, the regrettable and dumb spelling fails become apparent. Sometimes it almost seems as if it's a challenge for people to come up with the most dumb and creative spelling fails.

Twitter Thread: Dude Teams Up With Arizona Diamondbacks To Monitor Buddy's Date

Man, what a caring roommate this guy is. He decided to reach on out to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Twitter to coordinate an effort to check in on his buddy's date from afar. Suffice to say, the mission was most successful. This will either warm people's hearts, or inspire folks to NOT share with their friends that they're on dates. 

Neighbors Borrow Chairs Without Asking, Break Them

Whoever said to love thy neighbor wasn't thinking about these extremely petty things neighbors did. Typically it's parking related, like this HOA member who got a neighbor's car towed, then had the favor returned. This time the internet weighed in on the prospect of demanding chair repayment. But also, like, who just jacks someone's crap?

AskReddit Thread: Dumbest Things Students Got In Trouble For

School can get to be a very boring obligation, and it's only a matter of time before mischievous students end up stirring up some trouble to keep themselves entertained. With that being said, some actions absolutely don't warrant the punishments that they're met with. The folks in this AskReddit thread describe the most mind blowingly stupid things that they ended up getting busted for. Like, yo, let the kid look out the window and stare at the birds for a second.