The great thing about dangerous things happening far away is that, presumably, they're too far away to hurt you. But when you're dealing with something with the mind bogglingly explosive power of the earth itself, "far enough away" often reveals itself to be not far enough away. That rock is rollin' and baby she's red hot.
As a manager of a retail location there are probably a few things you shouldn't do. It's important to treat your coworkers and employees with respect and being in charge of people doesn't, and shouldn't, suddenly mean that you can forgo that ethical and societal requirement.
Rescinding an employees already accepted leave is one of those things that you definitely shouldn't do. Just don't. Ever. This is such a low blow and a sign of disrespect.
Good on the employee for walking away. No wonder the other employees quit too.
Why do we like food so much? For one thing, it often tastes good. And for another, we literally have to eat it or else we'll die. So naturally, an appreciation for food is a pretty universal experience. And what do people like almost universally as much as food? That's right, Tom Hanks. And also memes. So here are some funny food memes to satisfy those cravings.
Okay, so keeping an alligator paddock isn't exactly a normal thing. But the fact that this lady even thought a fetid swamp full of algae is something her kid would like to swim in in the first place might indicate that she's not a wellspring of good ideas. It doesn't take a genius to look at that bog and think that it's not an opportune time to reach for the swim trunks. For another case of extreme parenting here's the dad who demanded his son get to handle a gun without permission.
The world is a confusing, difficult and often stupid place. We're all trying to do our best with the time we've got on this dumb planet, and luckily we have the wisdom of thousands of years worth of brilliant people to help guide us through the dirt parade we call life. Here are some quotes that stuck with people and changed how they looked at themselves as well as others.
Here be the land of upside down signs, ironic building decisions and incomplete projects. We've all had our own "not my job" moments that we felt could wait until Monday morning and then were completely forgotten by then. It's human to be lazy and make mistakes that could potentially damage property and people. You try not to, but hey man in these world of dubious professionalism, there are no guarantees.
We live in a world full of unconventional hazards. Random explosions, sinkholes, radiation, chlorine gas leaks, gorilla escapes, sewage tidal waves and mosquitos are all things that we feel need some kind of creepy warning signs for. Oh, also aerated water, poisonous plants, electricity, slippery rocks, angry hippos, quicksand and heavy machinery need some spooky warning signs as well. Also cliffs.
It sounds like this lady was too comfortable taking advantage of this babysitter's time, and when she refused to acknowledge being hours late, push came to shove in the form of a missing persons report. On one hand it feels extreme, but on the other hand, what exactly do you do when an irresponsible parent abuses your time? The internet weighed in on if this was the right thing to do. For an incredible example of being a bad client, here's a mom who tried to swindle her babysitter.
The mid twenties are an interesting time when a person goes from being a "young person" to "a person." The only issue being that it's not uncommon to find yourself in the same room as 19 and 20 year olds who still believe they have bright futures ahead of them. Well joke's on them, cause time is no slouch and it comes for us all. Here are some millennial memes for the aching backbone of the economy.
Having dinner with the parents can go a lot of ways, but it narrows your odds of success when you interrupt mom and insist on being the server's only point of contact. Lo and behold, the server complied. Out of some misaligned sense of responsibility or self importance, this guy made himself a target right out of the gate. At least it's better than having to defeat a Karen. And at least nothing happened to the food.
Our hearts go out to anyone who has to muddle through shifts at a call center. It seems like call centers are magnets for the world's most insufferable, painfully entitled individuals. It's as if the people that contact call centers with whatever complaints they have on tap, also manage to completely forget how to carry themselves like decent human beings. Seriously, there's no excuse. Fortunately, this call center was able to play right into the customer's demands in a way that resulted in glorious malicious compliance. If this post got you going, then definitely check out this post about a customer who demanded a plain omelette, and was then furious that it was just plain eggs.
The sad reality of scams like this is that they exist because someone out there will believe they're talking to the real Zuck and they'll be thrilled to give a scammer their personal information. But when it's this obvious, there's not much else to do but keep talking to this person and see what kind of foibles you can squeeze out of them .Here are some more scammers who were their own worst enemies.
Road rage is a scary thing. It's never good to be furious behind the wheel of a vehicle, and it's impossible to have a civilized conversation with someone in a separate car. So when no one can shrug it off, and cars start getting hit, the only true winner is the person with the less expensive vehicle.
Let's face it, ghost hunting shows are a waste of time. If we wanted to watch people wander around an old house and yell things at no one, we'd visit our parents. But lo and behold, with just a touch of effective editing, we can conceivably believe that there really is an invisible, evil force waiting to enter the bodies of the living.
Dating is, at best, a bit of a mess. There's expectations, feelings and one-liners flying all over the place, and it can be hard to tell which way is up. That said, meeting a new person can be a hilarious, weird and unique experience that makes all that mess worth it. Or it's not and they're just super weird. But still, it's worth a shot.
To those who are invested in the memeverse, you may recognize the face of Xavier. That's because the image was synonymous with the invented Twitter personality Pakalu Papito, who also shared hot takes and dished out irreverence. We're just happy there's at least some kind of spiritual successor to Papito's good name. For more, here are some of the hot takes of Xavier.
We live in a society. And that means when someone truly wrongs us, we can't exactly go to their place of work and spray paint "idiot" on their car the way we want to without getting in worse trouble. That's where petty revenge comes into play. Sure it's childish to eat someone's leftover ribs 5 years after they eat yours, but there's a certain compelling feature to cases of extremely petty justice.
Most of us have nightmares about having to do something and not knowing exactly how to do it, but having a boss shouting at us to make it happen. It happens in real life too, and sometimes it works out. Usually not, but sometimes. The working world drives us to absurd scenes, like this employee who wasn't being paid for being on time or these wild employee complaints that turned out to be legit.
Sure, we can live our lives telling the people around us "you look dumb" or "you stink" but that lacks panache. It's when you hear someone say "nice hair, you look like a dropped lollipop" or some crap that makes you go alright, that was one of those rare and spicy insults that hit different. People may not be good at reading, writing, being kind, driving or doing their jobs. But damn they're good at insults. Holy crap.
By all means, if you don't want the snow off your driveway, go ahead and say so. This little tale reminded other people of times newcomers needed to curb their fantastic expectations about where they found themselves living. Sometimes the ways of rural living need to be explained to people through their own failures, like the time this internet company refused to cancel service to a rural customer.
There's something about seeing an entitled person do their magic that never ceases to amaze. "Does he really think that it's reasonable to leave an all caps one star review of a sandwich place because he got there literally at closing time?" we ask ourselves. And the answer is that not only does he think it's reasonable, he's already left three more reviews of the other locked places he tried to get into afterwards.
It's important to take care of yourself. And when the lines blur between self acceptance and intolerable stink acceptance, it doesn't help when your odor ends up injuring you. In this guy's case it wasn't just foot neglect, but the neglectful act of not having a proper railing that led him to his figurative and literal downfall. It definitely chalks up there with other stupid ways people accidentally injured themselves.
With our relentless pursuit toward covering all the ridiculous life dramas and fails from the world, it can be dangerously easy to forget that there's also plenty of the good stuff out there. Funnily enough it seems as if so many of the world's blessed images involve animals being absolutely adorable. There's just something about the pure innocence of a dog who doesn't have a bone to pick with anyone, that can lighten an otherwise glum mood.
America is a huge place. Like terrifyingly, beautifully, bafflingly huge. It's full of all sorts of people who lead all sorts of lives and those lives seem to makes sense to them. But sometimes hearing from someone outside of your immediate social circle makes you realize: "Oh yeah, maybe commuting 90 minutes on the freeway with a 124 oz diet coke in my cupholder is something that people in other places don't exactly get." For some fun tales, here are obnoxious things done by American tourists.
Pizza delivery drivers see enough weird people even without getting mistakenly involved in crime. These dudes thought they could help cover their tracks by ordering an actual pizza when waiting for their "pizza delivery" but it only served to link this harmless pizza guy to their nefarious activities. The weirdness never ends for pizza delivery drivers.
Twitter is like being in a blender full of other peoples ideas. Sure there's a terrific density of thoughts in there, but it's stifling and sometimes it feels like there are spinning blades at you feet. But otherwise, it's a pretty fun place full of people's extremely thought out opinions on things like Cheetos and Star Wars. Here are some more funny tweets to grind boredom into the dirt.
Being people who live in this world, we have a lot of similar experiences dealing with our corporate masters. When it comes to something like a fancy bottled water brand, they know that we know that their super special alkaline water really just comes from a tap in Cleveland. But they never admit it. So here are some people's ideas of what the world would look like if brands just would just be that much more honest.
When his partner Greg Harlow mentioned the prospects of this shot at the World Indoor Bowls Championships, the crowd laughed at the unlikelihood of turning it around. What followed was Nick Brett rolling in a perfectly aimed shot that is so satisfying that you want to watch it twice.
Is there any reason to not like Weird Al? Actually there is. If you're tasteless, hate quality humor, and can't stand to look at the face of brilliance, Weird Al might not be for you. But moments like these, in addition to his terrific body of work, are what make us love him.
Working retail and having to appease a Karen is not a fun time, but when you realize she's not even a customer of the place you're working at? That's a recipe for a good time. This employee had a run-in with a Karen they didn't even have to make happy, and proceeded to watch her own comedy of errors unfold.
