'That's when I found [this] Banana Slicer. Our marriage has never been healthier': 20+ cringe online reviews

Sometimes, the greatest window into someone else's life is via their online shopping reviews! Keep scrolling below for these timeless ones. When you're finished, here are some more cringeworthy fails!

'Small win against toxic management': Employee pushed out by toxic manager, exposes that they have been doing manager's work for over a year

Here's a lesson to all managers out there: you don't want to make enemies with the person who has been essentially doing your job for you for over a year. That seems to be what happened in this scenario, which was posted to Reddit's r/MaliciousCompliance subreddit by u/landinthesky. 

 

There were many red flags in this toxic work environment. After all, it was a startup so the employee in question should have expected as much. That being said, you would think that a manager of data analysts would be able to, I don't know, read data. I'm certainly no expert in this field, but I'm just going to go out on a limb here and say that this is probably an important skill. Now, the employee clearly made enemies with another coworker at work, and while we can't really weigh in on those complaints since we aren't aware of the details, we can say regardless of that situation that exposing the toxic manager's pure incompetence is a pretty rewarding climax. 

 

For more stories like this, here's one about some petty revenge on the plane!

'I prepared an entrée, main course, and dessert': Retail employee serves customer 3 portions of petty revenge on a plate following customer's petty promise

Working in retail makes you develop a thick skin, as you have no choice but to deal with people who have obviously never heard the word 'no' in their entire lives, let alone been taught basic manners. Anyone who has worked in customer service of any kind will be sure to tell you that the number of times they've been told, 'I'll never shop here again!' would surmount the times it was actually true. In other words, people like to talk, but they don't put their money where their mouth is.

One customer woke up one morning and chose to be an awful human being, calling OP up and demanding that they send their 'express' order over, pronto. The customer said that he didn't 'care' that OP was short-staffed, and the fact that paying for express didn't mean that the store themselves had any responsibility over when the order would arrive didn't seem to phase him either.

The call ended more or less with some shouting; the customer said he would 'never shop at OP's store again'. OP laughed and hung up. Of course, this customer did indeed try to shop there again, but OP wasn't having it. He delivered petty revenge served in three separate portions, and all of them were absolutely delicious.

Scroll down to read the full account of what happened. For more stories like this, here is an employee who contacted the BSA after his boss refused to pay him his wages.

'Funniest wrong number text I've ever gotten': 25+ Failed text conversations that will make you facepalm

Texting is a must in these modern times — it's how basically everyone, from teens to the elderly, communicates with each other. That's probably why it's so funny when there are miscommunications over text. It happens a lot! And these fine folks posted their funniest texts online so that we can all share in the hilarity. 

One form of trolling that's pretty innocent and silly is people who get messages from wrong numbers and just run with it. They pretend to be the person the text was intended for. And since they're typing it all out, there are no consequences for them! Usually, they'll text for a while before giving up the gambit, and it's wholesome and funny at the same time. 

Ready for more cringe? Click here to read about the most embarrassing phases these people ever went through. 

'I've been waiting for someone to bring this up': Dude gets parking ticket for literally no valid reason, fights it in court and WINS

The determination of this guy is genuinely inspiring. Who hasn't gotten a parking ticket that seemed like a BS violation of a BS rule? But what do you do most of the time? You comply and pay it because it simply takes too much effort and work to fight something like that in, you know, literal court. However, this Redditor got a parking ticket for "violation number 27" and kept asking everyone at every step of the process what the heck violation number 27 is. And of course, no one had an answer.

 

So rather than comply, this guy decided to contest the ticket and thankfully, he was dealing with a judge who seemed to be waiting for this magical day to arrive. Keep scrolling below to learn how this guy pulled it off, what transpired with the verdict, and what violation number 27 actually was supposed to mean. For more stories like this, here's another tale of parking drama.

'I'm not leaving here without [the console]!': Entitled customer has a screaming fit over video game console, gets booted by security for freaking out

The hype around new gaming consoles can be so outrageous that people feel overly entitled to their new device. 

Whenever there's a new console release, there is a lot of hype. Gamers are psyched to try new games or play old ones on a brand new system. And let's face it, these consoles are not cheap whatsoever, with most of them costing hundreds of dollars. That was also the case with this cranky customer, who just wanted a new gaming console the second it was released. 

This customer clearly had no idea what he was doing, though. As u/Presspanda told r/TalesFromRetail, if you wanted to get your hands on this one device the day it came out, you had to plan ahead and preorder it. A man who didn't do that showed up to the OP's video game store on the day of the launch ready to buy a new console, and was very upset to hear why he couldn't, in fact, walk out with a brand new one that same day. 

Next up, these people shared the most mildly annoying things that happened to them this week. 

20+ Flailing felines and overly-curious kitties who got caught by their owners

Even though your cat wants to think they're a fierce and unstoppable predator, sometimes the little guys need to be rescued by their owners (like the fuzzy babies they really are). 

House cats certainly think they're apex predators — they're so good at catching their "prey," from odd socks to bottle caps. Maybe that's why it's so darn funny when they freak out over something totally ordinary, like getting momentarily caught in a hanger or vase. Other cats just do not want to wear clothing. Relatable! 

Up next, this guy brought in a lot of business for the company he worked at. But when their boss denied them a raise, this person was ready to defend themselves. 

'The trip was awful': Entitled choosing beggar refuses to pay her share of spring break trip, ruins whole vacation

We all know that one friend who always manages to "forget" their wallet. Or they seem to take too long to reach for their pocket when the bill comes. These are the folks who ignore Venmo requests and any subsequent reminders. In short, these are the folks you never want to go on vacation with, and if you happen to be stuck on a trip with them, it's best to set ground rules from the get-go.

 

Otherwise, you'll end up like this friend group. This thread was posted to Reddit's r/ChoosingBeggars subreddit by 
u/annoyingfriendon, a high school senior who managed to recognize this entitled choosing beggar's behavior well before the trip and spared herself from having to deal with all her shenanigans. Keep scrolling below to get the full play-by-play on the worst spring break trip since, well, Spring Breakers. When you're finished, here's another post about an entitled boss's tone-deaf message to his employees. 

Relatable Coworker Memes for Broke Employees Who Laugh At Their Boss's Jokes In Hopes of a Promotion

Getting promoted equals getting paid more, and let's face it, at the end of the day, we're willing to do more boring tasks for a little more bank. If the negative zeros are smiling smugly at you from behind the screen when you check your account, it's likely you'll pay a little more attention to your boss's dumb, senseless jokes. The fact of the matter is, you could be a great worker, but a promotion comes down to who your boss likes the most.

So if some of us gotta suck up to our boss on the way to the top, that's what we're gonna do. Our coworkers may be giving us the stink eye, but we don't give that much of a hoot. After all, they're not the ones paying our bills; we only got ourselves in this world. Well, we also have memes, which is what we're all adjourned here for, today. So without further ado, scroll on down to check out the relatable coworker memes for yourself.

For more, here are last week's to further get you in the mood.

'They fired me, I ruined their company': Boss refuses to give hard-working employee a raise, so this worker took him to court

Today's lesson is: get everything in writing. 

U/Subtosocksfor1 had a great story to share with r/pettycompliance about the time they refused to back down from their boss's demands. The OP's story is especially infuriating because they claim to work for this company and generate a lot of the income. If your employee is really generating 15%-20% of your company's revenue, a raise better be in the works for them! At least this OP seems to know their worth. 

However, the OP really did make a huge mistake by not getting their boss to ensure they'd get a raise in writing. Someone's word means a lot, but some people just do not care about having integrity. This boss learned a hard lesson too, because going to court is not cheap! Scroll down to read through this person's excellent tale of revenge. 

Next, check out these tiny, minor annoyances that bugged these people enough to share it with the internet. 

'All that for a cup of soup': Karen's card gets declined so she gets her husband to yell at and rough up the young cashier, manager comes to the rescue

Sometimes people do things in real life that are just so mind-blowingly bonkers that it makes you question all of humanity. How did you get to here? What did the world do to this person to turn them into this monster? This… Karen. Ahhh yes, the notorious Karen in the wild. A Karen alone is already enough to make you want to punch a wall, but add a Karen husband partnered with them and you want to run through a wall. 

That's what happened to one person who used to work at Panera—she posted the story on Reddit's r/f***youkaren. She was freshly 20 and it was her first job ever. She was the cashier at a Panera when a Karen came in during a slow hour. The Karen was the only customer in the establishment and the employee kept asking if she needed help, but the Karen ignored everyone. She walked up to the touch screen and place her order there. Fine, that's fair, sometimes people don't feel like talking to anybody. However, a few minutes later she comes marching to the counter huffing and puffing wonder where her cup of soup was. The girl checked all the orders and it turns out her's never came through because her card was declined. 

The woman made such a fuss that the employee was going to just give her the soup, but she was a jerk instead and ran away. A minute later her huge 5'11" husband comes in and starts screaming at this 20 year old for messing up his wife's soup order—a male Karen, if you will. He gets so entitled that he marches in the back to yell at the cooks and when the cashier tried to stop him, he turned and grabbed her by the shoulders and started shaking her. 

Luckily, the manager came to the rescue and wrestled the entitled Karen husband off of the employee. The manager then escorted him out and came back to check on the employee and gave them the rest of the day off. 

We know, right? How can people possibly think it's okay to act this way? We have no idea. Read the entire story and people's reactions below!

AITA: 'You're an adult, not a princess': Stick-in-the-mud husband slams imaginative wife for playing make-believe games with their young daughter, ruining her childhood in the process

The best part about being a child is playing imaginary games with your friends, parents, or siblings. One day you're a riotous pirate, the next day you're a princess in a tower, and the day after that, you can be a mermaid on a beach. With your imagination, you can go anywhere and be anything. 

This illusion is a fragile and elusive thing though! All it takes is one Debbie-downer or grouchy-pants person to shatter your imaginary world and ruin the game. For one little girl who played princess games with her mother, she had her world brought down by her own humdrum, lame-o father. The mother was happily going along with her play-pretend sessions with her young daughter, getting into character and dressing up in princessy clothes, but the dad was bothered by their "childish" games. 

Isn't that the point of being a child? To act childish sometimes?

Not only did the dad make fun of the mom and belittle her for dressing up with their daughter, but he humiliated her in front of their kid. Redditors weigh in on the dad's negative response to his child and wife playing fun games together, largely agreeing that he's the jerk, or the villain, of their imaginary games. 

New employee cashes several wrong paychecks, is dismayed when her 'paycheck [is] ripped from her hands'

Who is responsible when writing a paycheck goes wrong? This person, u/Fair_Blueberry_4706, told a story of a woman she knows. They met through an online community, and the OP was surprised to see "Kevina" asking for donations. Why? She was apparently paid several paychecks that weren't hers. Instead of returning it to her employer, this Kevina decided to take advantage of the situation.

Apparently, she also didn't consider what would happen if her newfound paychecks got taken from her. So now she's had the rug pulled out from under her, and needs to ask online for money. The OP is rolling their eyes at how goofy this mistake was, and people in the comments were split on who actually is to blame in a scenario like this. 

After you scroll through this Kevina's nightmare, check out how this guy dealt with an inconsiderate neighbor during a snow storm. 

20+ Classic April Fools Day Pranks and Fails

Let's be honest: April Fools Day is the G-rated version of that movie The Purge. 

 

Now, before we scroll through the following classic pranks to reign in this sacred holiday, I'd like to first announce that I do not necessarily condone whatever prank you have in mind for your significant other, parents, bosses, or coworkers. The key word there is "necessarily." If a prank is brilliant and relatively harmless, you should be forgiven by the person you are pranking. That being said, the one time I tried to prank someone for April Fools Day was when my sister and my 12-year-old self thought it would be a good idea to put plastic wrap under our parents' toilet seat. We are fully grown adults now and we still haven't been forgiven for this. So like I said, I do not necessarily condone April Fools Day behavior, though as an objective viewer, these pranks are always fun to watch. 

'The power of Karen compels you': Brainless Karen hilariously ends up supporting metal band she hates after purchasing a ticket to silently protest from the front row (video)

We have not stopped laughing from this video. Wow, Karens can be SO brainless. If their childish tantrums didn't already prove to you that not much is going on up in their head, then this situation will solidify it. A metal band was playing a show and a Karen bought a ticket to the show just so she could stand in the front row shaking her head disapprovingly and holding her arms up as a cross towards them… LOL

Not only did she just support the band by giving them her money when she bought a ticket to the show, she ALSO is making them look hella cool. Like, what metal band doesn't want to upset Karens? That is the true essence of their anti-societal music! Rock on, whoever this band is! We wholeheartedly approve. You don't even have to be a metalhead to enough this video. It's only about a minute and a half long, but it is so worth it. And the COMMENTS that people are leaving on reddit with this video are just *chef's kiss* priceless comedy. 

Watch the ridiculousness for yourself below and read the funniest comments people left! 

The YeeHaw-est Memes of the Week for Funny Cowboys and Cowgirls Who Need a Good Laugh

Reckon' there's some memes on your screen, partner! Well howdyyyyy and salutations. We've wrangled up some of the yeehawest memes of the week for funny cowboys and cowgirls to get their laughing on. Y'all deserve it after all that hard work! Whether you're working the fields, handling the livestock, or building the fences, you keep this world running. It's only fair that we keep you running by adding some big 'ole barrels of LOLs into your day. We love any kind of good meme, but memes about cowboyin', rootin' tootin' farming, and everything in between really clucks our ducks. This ain't you grandma's internet, it's 2023 and we've been to many rodeos. So saddle up, and hang on tight to those reigns as you gallop up on some yeehaw-est, rootin' tootin, hootin' and hollerin', dang funny memes for any funny cowboy and cowgirl out there! This town might not be big enough for the both of us, but the internet sure is.

'It is my turn to be selfish': 20 Wedding and Bridezilla Fails

Weddings seem to be trendy at the moment, which means the bridezillas of the world are emerging. The thing about bridezillas is they come in many shapes, sizes, and personalities. From personal experience, there are the bridezillas that you always knew would be bridezillas, the ones you think will be bridezillas who turn out to be shockingly fine, and the bridezillas who you never would have expected would be bridezillas. The latter, of course, is the most shocking breed of bridezilla. 

 

For the purposes of this post, we also want to acknowledge that we are using bridezilla as a gender-neutral term despite the term's history and implications because, as I have also seen from personal experience, I have witnessed some pretty frantic, anxious, crazy grooms in my lifetime. So, before you keep scrolling to take a look at these wedding fails, let's remind ourselves that anyone can be entitled, selfish, and crazy. When you're finished scrolling, check out these introvert memes and fails.

'Are they just [THAT] afraid of confrontation': Millennial boss sparks discussion about "ghost quitting" and whether it's a Gen Z thing or a minimum wage job thing

Have you ever started working a job that you quickly realized you did not enjoy and wanted to peace out as fast as possible from? You can't usually do this with big fancy jobs, but something like you just got hired at a fast-food restaurant or some retail shop? It's pretty easy to just leave after lunch and ghost. One millennial manager reached out to Reddit on r/smallbusiness asking if any other managers were experiencing this thing she called "ghost quitting" and if it was a generational thing—she specifically contributed it to Gen Z.

The small business owner seems to run a pretty smoother operation. She pays competitive wages, has very flexible scheduling, no early mornings or late nights, and many of her employees have been working for her for several years—one has even been there for over 15 years! So she cannot understand why multiple times now she hires a new employee and they simply ghost, no two-weeks notice or even a simply "I quit" note. As a small business, she checks in on the well-being of all her employees, so when they ghost quit like that it is upsetting and she has even come close to filling a missing persons report. 

This has happened to this millennial manager only by Gen Z, so she wonders if it is just something that generation does because they are afraid to face any sort of confrontation. However, in a shocking turn of events, millennials and Gen X have come to an agreement and DON'T blame the Gen Z. They say it is simply a low wage job-thing. If it is a job that is hardly paying them enough to live off of, then many people simply don't want to give anymore effort and that includes the effort of going through the professional steps of quitting. 

We are still shocked that millennials and Gen X are in agreement. Check out  below what they had to say and read how some of them even "ghost quit" themselves back in the day. 

'He scanned his card at my till': Insanely entitled dude tries to steal guy's supermarket fuel rewards points in daring heist

It's no secret that entitled people consider themself to be immune to the social courtesies and rules that the rest of us follow. They think that an action is just fine as long as it gets them ahead.

There are your bulk-standard entitled acts, and then there are extremely petty acts like this. There's such a minor benefit to be had in a "grocery store fuel rewards heist" that it's especially insane to undertake that behavior. Like, bro, you're really going to steal my $0.05/gallon fuel discount? That's worth flouting social norms over? 

Go rob a casino or something with your ten closest friends and get some real money.

Redditor u/Bungee-Cord-Thrwaway shared their story of running into an entitled individual at their local supermarket. Shockingly, according to the store manager and grocery workers who responded in the comments, this behavior is incredibly common.

Read on to see some screenshots of the original Reddit post, or follow the attribution links below. For more, check out this Karen, who tried to pretend a house was hers when she parked in a family's driveway.

Update! 'I finally left [nightmare] workplace': Overworked IT employee shares how their final two weeks went at their toxic job after epically quitting

When you are working in a toxic place, nothing is ever easy—that especially includes quitting. You either quit burning all the bridges behind you or you grit your teeth and try to leave in a way that keeps your professional status, even though your toxic managers and coworkers are making it super difficult. One IT employee needed to quit their toxic job, so they did just that. However, their last two week there were worst than heII. This was a long saga (see Part 1 and Part two) about quitting a very toxic work environment. 

After she put in her two weeks, her bosses immediately started bulling her into taking a consulting position. Maybe if she wasn't so miserable with them she would have done it, but she needed to get away from their toxicity asap so she refused. They kept bullying her and even tried threatening her with lawyers, but she stayed strong. She said it was the worst two weeks of her life, but she was finally able to leave! She is even considering blocking all her contacts from that job.

Read the entire ordeal and epic exit below. 

'He tried to ruin my chances': Employee poached by new company with double the salary, old boss calls company and tries to sabotage employee

Moral of the story: don't give your boss more information than what's necessary. In this case, this employee made the mistake of telling his boss the name of the company that poached him with an enticing offer of double the salary. The employee wasn't even looking for another job, but as they say in The Godfather, it was an offer he couldn't refuse.

 

So what happened after he gave two weeks and mistakenly revealed the name of the new company to his now former boss? Well, that boss literally called up the Redditor's new boss and tried to sabotage his chances. Luckily, nothing materialized and the Redditor's new job was completely safe, but if I were him, I would leave the old job immediately no matter how many days of those two weeks have passed. Many folks in the comments suggest the same thing. He doesn't owe his former boss anything, especially after that nonsense. 

 

Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best comments. When you're finished, check out this job applicant's rejection email. 

30+ Graffiti goobers who couldn't resist some silly little vandalism

These amateur graffiti artists simply couldn't resist tweaking ordinary signs to be much funnier.  Life is boring if you don't infuse art and chaos into it. These people below had a little too much fun doing some mild vandalism. No one is harmed by a few stickers or funny notes, after all!

After you scroll through these great sign tweaks, check out this pizza party gone terribly wrong, thanks to a pizza parlor's dumb mistakes. 

'I accidentally sent her a message about her': 20 cringe embarrassing fails in front of your crush

Life is full of embarrassing moments, but if you've ever embarrassed yourself in front of your crush, you know those memories never leave you! Keep scrolling below for these cringe-worthy fails! When you're done, take a look at these introvert memes and fail afterward!

Is remote work going away?: Manager demands remote worker keeps camera on and pointed at their face for all hours worked

How are we supposed to work in our PJs with this Karen manager eyeballing us the whole time?

‘I contacted the BSA, which led to the company’s demise': Boss refuses to pay employee for labor, employee contacts BSA as revenge, leading to company's financial destruction

Every company is, and rightfully should be, afraid of the alliance of software publishers, otherwise known as the 'BSA'. Their job is to properly enforce licensing, and they do so with pure vigor. This boss did not take a fed-up 'employee' into account when he refused to pay him his wages. The employee in question ran a small IT consulting company of his own and was convinced into doing a job for a software company his friend worked for. This is where the 'boss' came into play. OP did the work, but the boss flat out refused to pay him, saying, 'Sue me'.

So OP did. But it was a long, tiring process and ended up costing a lot more than he had anticipated. At first, he let it go, but eventually, he learned that his friend had quit, and also hadn't received money that was rightfully his. So OP took action… and that action involved talking to the BSA, as he was aware that they would be interested in this particular company.

It led, quite literally, to the company's demise. The huge settlement ruined the company, and the owner had to shut down the firm. The moral of the story: Don't mess with people's paychecks.

For more stories like this, here is an executive that refused to own up to the fact she hit another employee's car… but got in the end, what she deserved.

10+ Top Tinder Moments of the Week (March 29, 2022)

It's a wild world out there… and when you open the magical wardrobe of online dating, there's no telling what might spill forth. Sure, you're probably going to encounter some mischievous fauns—who have more experience sending unsolicited photos of their anatomical features than participating in actual conversation. You'll probably also run into that ice queen who cares for naught but how she's perceived on social media—but is seeking a partner to finance her photo-centric misadventures. You might even encounter an actual lion—whose alarming ability to engage in alluring conversation is nothing but a facade designed to mask its ego-fueled lust for human flesh.

I'm running out of suitable Chronicles of Narnia references here, and it's admittedly been a very long time since I opened one of those books, so somebody—please… help me out here.

Regardless, the point still stands: When you open the box of dating chocolates, there's no telling what you'll get. (The references are all over the place—just roll with it.) Keep reading for this week's selection of "Top Tinder Moments."

For more, check out the last iteration. 

 

'I no-call no-showed for 4 days straight': Boss ignores employee's wedding, so employee 'forgets' to show up to work

A long-time housekeeper was used to putting up with her harsh boss, until her boss decided to entirely ignore her wedding day. 

As a housekeeper for 8 years, this OP was quite experienced putting up with Karens of all kinds. She dealt with Karen clients, as well as her boss, who could be "super rude and snotty." Despite this, the OP didn't mind her boss much of the time – she was just doing what she needed to do to get by. The entire time, she was watching a revolving door of employees, but she thought she would be okay. She'd already told her boss about her upcoming wedding, and her boss seemed to support the OP needing time off. 

The OP found out the unfortunate truth about her boss during the run-up to her wedding, when things really hit the fan. Scroll through this satisfying petty revenge tale. Then, check out this story of a mom who sided with her daughter in law over her son — and then gave her son a piece of her mind, right in front of all his friends. 

'Just obnoxious': Dude wears messy informal shirt when meeting girlfriend's parents, girlfriend throws a fit

There are certainly "do's" and "don'ts" when it comes to meeting your significant other's parents for the first time! When it comes to what not to do, there's of course bringing up any contentious subject matter, there's using any bad language, and then there's violating the dress code. Now, should there have been communication on the girlfriend's part in this specific instance (i.e. if this is a guy who often wears Iron Maiden T-Shirts, should she have specified what to wear?) The answer to that question is a resounding yes. However, at the end of the day, this guy is an adult and clearly has terrible judgment. When it comes to impressing your potential future in-laws, it's always better to err on the side of caution and dress more formally than you need to. Better to be overdressed than underdressed! Keep scrolling below for the full story and the funniest comments. When you're finished, check out this list of introvert memes and fails!

'[We] dressed like we were in the Matrix': 25+ People share the cringiest phases they ever went through as teens

These brave souls told us all about their cringiest teen phases, from bleaching the tips of their hair to unironically rocking fedoras. 

Going through phases in life is only natural. After all, as you grow from a child to a teen to an adult, you need to learn about who you are and who you want to be. There's a lot of trial and error as you make new friends or enter new classes. Suddenly, something you loved last week is now unbearably cringe. That's the gift of hindsight! 

Looking back on their youth, these folks shared the funny and sweet phases they went through. Most are based around fashion trends of the time, like shopping at the 'edgy' stores in the mall, or rocking fedoras or fingerless gloves. But other people expounded upon their interesting personality changes through the years, and those are some wild tales. 

Next up, this person really wanted to hide her three dogs from her HOA, but it seems like a nosy neighbor might rat them out…

'If [you] only want to work 40 hours a week then you should leave': VP makes tone-deaf demands on company call after no one receives a raise

There are ways to inspire people, but this is not it! After realizing that none of his coworkers received a raise in years (in one case, over six years!), this employee found himself on a company-wide call in which his VP decided to make the kind of rousing speech that should boost morale. 

 

Well, if that was the goal, it would be an understatement to say it was less than successful. The VP decided to demand that all employees should be prepared to work way more than 40 hours a week. Clearly, any current cultural conversations of work-life balance were not on this dude's mind. And if they were, he decided to go in the exact opposite direction. Not the wisest choice in this day and age, and yet, that's what he went with. 

 

Keep scrolling below to see what the employee did next. For more stories like this, here's one about an entitled Karen and a parking space.