'She tells me I am going to be fired': HR Karen changes dress code to try and fire workers they comply by wearing women's clothing

Sometimes it's important to take a step back and take a look at why you're doing something—especially when it negatively impacts other people. If you can't come with anything other than "because I want to" or "because it's better for me personally," then maybe you should reconsider and not do that thing. For one, you should never have the audacity to think that you can think that you have the authority and skill to rewrite an entire policy by yourself overnight… Add the incompetency of this employer, and you have the wood and gasoline that were necessary to start this bonfire. All that was needed now was a little spark of malicious compliance.  This wasn't going to stand with this "hefty, very hairy man," and he decided to exploit her poorly written dress code to the fullest extent.  Read on to selected screenshots of this story, told by Redditor u/TollhouseFrank. Next, check out this worker who was ordered to take out their hearing aid because of an over-implemented "no headphones" policy.

30 Interview Memes for Folks on the Job Hunt

Let's put it this way: it is just as important to know what not to say in a job interview as it is to know what you should say. We all know that there is a false etiquette when it comes to applying for jobs where you have to, I don't know, pretend to be a functioning human being in this world. Of course, if you actually end up getting hired, you can start revealing your true self. That being said, it's important to put on that fake smile and a false sense of confidence when you walk into that room or hop on that Zoom call.   Keep scrolling below for these interview memes, tweets, and fails. For more content like this, feel free to take a look at these coworker memes and this collection of stories about the worst thing that has happened to four folks during their job interviews.

'[This] is an act of war!': Laundry room hijacker gets what he deserves after throwing his neighbor's wet clothes on the floor; clothes are held hostage after petty revenge ensues

Laundry room etiquette isn't something you can learn from a book or read in a magazine. You learn about laundry rules from being in the trenches at the laundromat, slinging quarters for an extra 15 minutes to nuke your clothes and still have them come out a little damp. The fury you feel after experiencing a laundromat faux pas is what teaches you right from wrong. Are there no dryers left because someone forgot their clothes for 2 hours? Now that's a classic blunder– you can probably feel your blood boiling just at the thought. But as civilians in communal society, what's the right thing to do if you're put in a bind and your neighbors are being entitled jerks? Do you touch someone else's clothes in a blind rage? Or act according the standard grace period?  In this case, OP got royally disrespected in the laundry room and fell victim to an over-compensating, entitled jerk for after being 5 minutes late for his washer alarm and leaving his clothes unattended. OP returned to discover his beloved clothing soiled and soaking wet in a pile on the floor. Furious, he enacted the pettiest revenge possible on the culprit.  Scroll on for the juicy details and the Reddit backlash that lays out proper laundry etiquette for anyone who is uneducated on the social construct of the laundromat. For more riotous tales of entitled people in the wild, check out this story about a mom who refuses to pay for her daughter's life-changing surgery because it falls on her birthday.

'I knew it would be a total mess': Micromanaging supervisor's simple mistake costs company $220k gets fired

Whenever someone is confidently incorrect, sometimes it's better not to argue with them. Instead, make sure you cover your own rear and let them do their thing… and watch the chaos unfold—just as this worker did when they got a micromanaging new boss. This thread was posted to Reddit's r/MaliciousCompliance subreddit by the worker, Reddit user u/BrightRick. u/BrightRick explains that they worked for a catalog in the 80s. What's a catalog, you ask? Well, see, before the internet, people who were trying to sell stuff to you needed different methods for getting stuff in front of your eyeballs. In order to do this, every promotional season, they would mass-produce these magazines that were filled with every single product that they offered. They'd shoot these suckers off to your mom, dad, teacher, dog, and even your Aunt Shirley. They'd shove them into every single mailbox and sometimes skip that step and throw them right there in the street.  It wasn't great for the trees, but oh man, was it awesome when you were a kid. You could hand-pick every little thing (that you would have otherwise never known about) that you wanted to buy and harass your parents about it for months.  Anyways, this guy worked for one of these, and what happens when your catalog doesn't actually have the right stamp to be sent off anywhere? This supervisor was about to find out.  Tune in next time for when I explain phone books. For now, check out this manager who told their employee to find some perspective; They did… by getting a new job.

'The least you can do is get me... a small bottle of Chanel No. 5': Top 20 Choosing Beggars of the Week (June 14 2023)

These people are ready to haggle themselves the best possible deal. These "choosing beggars" are among the funniest this week. People from all over post their random sightings of people who need things, but really don't want to pay much for them, and also, they don't want to put much effort into getting these things. Some people really have the audacity to ask others to do chores for them — like removing a lengthy fence — and then want to be paid so that the buyer can take the scraps, which is probably worth pennies.  Check out these choosing beggars below, then read about some incredibly incompetent people who are driving their loved ones crazy. 

Update: 'He then said... I need to pay my dues': Employee stuns boss by turning down job with more responsibility after boss lowballs her

Should you really have to "pay your dues" in a company before moving up to a new job? This person, u/Jessicasd12, is trying to wrap her head around the concept of accepting low pay in order to rise up the ranks of her organization.  In a story shared to r/AmItheA**hole, the OP writes that after working at a company for a year, her supervisor is planning to leave. That would leave the OP to fill her shoes, which she was excited to hear. However, the title doesn't come without a few caveats. Though the supervisor left, the OP got radio silence from her bosses about taking over the vacant position.  The OP and her boss see the new job in two different ways, leading to a bit of conflict. After talking to people in the comments, the OP gained some perspective on the situation, and added in a few edits to update everyone.  After that, check out these hilariously incompetent people. 

'There [were] no instructions for how to use this tablecloth': 20 People who were hilariously incompetent at basic everyday tasks

They say if you mess something up badly enough, no one will ask you to do it again. That can definitely be true in many areas of life, whether it's the workplace or a relationship. One person burns a dinner so badly that they're never asked to cook again, making life easy for them, but harder for their partner. Discussions around weaponized incompetence, which is doing something badly intentionally to avoid it or not doing it at all, became a viral talking point of the day on Twitter. @Cooperstreaming asked their audience to share their own examples, and people delivered some hilarious and interesting stories from their own lives! Check out the answers below and you'll notice that a lot of people told these tales about their exes, which is understandable, because if you can't do basic chores, it's a major issue in a relationship. Next up, take a peek into these people's secrets which were shared anonymously. 

'Aunt shows up at my house with all her stuff': Karen drives across country, trespasses on nephew's property, nephew calls the cops

If you see a crazy Karen flailing about in the woods, definitely don't contact her nephew. This thread was posted to Reddit's r/entitledpeople subreddit by u/Outside_The_Walls, who shared a wild story with his aunt after she drove all the way from New Jersey to West Virginia and showed up completely unannounced.

 

There are numerous shocking reveals to this saga, but the one we're particularly obsessed with is that this woman randomly keeps bolt cutters in her car. We call that a trespassing queen! Let this story serve as a friendly reminder that if you think everyone in your family is crazy, you're probably the one that's insane. Unfortunately, crazy aunt Karen learned this the hard way. 

 

Keep scrolling below to see the lengths this Redditor went to keep his aunt from spending the night at his place. For more stories like this, check out this one about a Karen whose antics resulted in her husband losing his business. 

‘Karen got decaf for six weeks’: Barista serves Karen customer decaf for six weeks after Karen messes with staff

Staff working in the service industry are often greeted by unruly Karen customers who march in like they own the place, demanding discounts and ordering them around. Often because of poor management, the staff are forced to deal with the impolite attitude quietly inside their heads, as opposed to talking back and standing up for themselves. In this case, OP was working as a barista at a coffee shop where they served such a Karen customer, who happened to be a regular. Karen was manageable up until a certain point when she unleashed all her inner emotional baggage onto a poor new employee who was simply doing their job.

The new employee in question had asked Karen for her ID, since the credit card said that on the back, in the signature panel. Karen reacted by flinging her credit card at the employee, which crossed more than a few boundaries. OP began a campaign that last six weeks, where Karen was continuously served decaf, as opposed to her regular coffee. The rest of the staff joined in, and soon enough, Karen was beginning to feel the effects, or rather the lack thereof, of the decaf coffee she was given.

This petty revenge didn't end there, though. Scroll down to read the full, detailed account of events. For more like this, here is an employee who flipped the script on a fellow coworker who had attempted to get them fired by filing a complaint with HR. The employee got promoted, and the coworker got, well… let's just say it wasn't pretty.

'He delivered': Dudes request ultra-spicy wings, chef gives them their wish

Taunting a chef to make your food as hot as humanly possible is always going to end the same way… and at the end of the day, you literally asked for it. Sure, you might have underestimated just how spicy it could be, but the limits of your imagination are not the chef's responsibility.

But that's part of the draw for people who desire diabolically hot dishes. Mopping your brow constantly with a napkin while trying to smother the flames bursting from inside your mouth is some people's idea of a good time—after all, at least it makes you feel something. Even better is that you get to re-experience the same anguish the following day when the spicy food revisits you.

Keep reading to see this blazing tale as Redditor u/IVBIVB told it on Reddit's r/maliciouscompliance subreddit. Once you're done here, check out this boastful braggart who requested a chef's hottest dish and lived to regret it

'I never lived it down': 35 Weird and wild secret confessions

These folks have secrets — and you can only know them anonymously! 

Twitter's popular secret confession page, @fesshole, is a prime spot for your average person to confess their darkest secrets. Luckily for the rest of us, we get to take a peek into other people's lives and realize that everyone is hiding some things that we'll never know about otherwise. 

In this week's selection, one person confessed to being devastated to learn that a colleague was actually just a really polite robot, while another admitted the sneaky way they procured a pet kitten, despite their husband saying no to pets. From office hijinks to family drama, the latest batch of confessions are truly wild. I'm thinking about the person who admitted to messing with all of their office's chairs constantly… you really never know what people are up to. 

After you scroll through these 35 prime entries from the last week, discover how many cows one person accidentally bought (hint: it's over 50!). 

'New manager, new rules': Boss enforces unnecessary dress code, employee wears same ugly shirt in defiance

It's time to discuss unnecessary dress codes in the workplace. Of course, we understand rules surrounding inappropriate attire, but other than that, can't we all admit at this point that wearing a button-down shirt and nice pants in 80-degree weather is not going to make you more competent at your job? It certainly is not going to make the quality of your work any better. However, there are some folks in the workplace who simply cannot fathom the idea that a person in a T-shirt can possibly be a professional.

 

This thread was posted to Reddit's r/MaliciousCompliance subreddit by u/Philosopher_1234, who explained that after working in community mental health for approximately five years, a new boss came in and changed several policies, including the dress code. Keep scrolling below to see how people reacted in the comments section. For more stories like this, check out this post about an employee who discovered a camera in the office. 

'My turn': Mom rearranges daughter's home, daughter repays the favor

The beauty about finally getting your own place is that you're a master of your own destiny, free to choose and do whatever you'd like… until your mother comes to visit. 

What is it with mothers rearranging their adult children's homes? It turns out (based on the sheer number of responses to this thread) this is a common occurrence. Many readers responded to the original story with stories of their own about their mothers doing the same (or similar) thing.

Maybe this shouldn't be too surprising—parents love telling you what you're doing wrong; after all, it was their job for most of your life, and sometimes they have trouble letting go. It's also easy for them to see all the ways you're living your life wrong and reflect on the fact that they might have made some mistakes in raising you. They're only human, so rather than reflect on that fact, they'll just rearrange the drawers in the kitchen of your new home instead—how dare you store your silverware in such a bizarrely illogical and inconvenient place.

Read on for this glorious story of petty revenge. Next, check out this high school biology project that imploded an entire family.

Top Choosing Beggars of the Week (June 12, 2023)

It's time to take a look at this week's collection of needy, entitled folks! We're well aware at this point that some people have the strangest ability to be demanding and desperate at the same time. Keep scrolling below for these choosing beggars. For more compilations like this, check out these wholesome pieces of advice on first relationships!

25 Iconic tweets that belong in the internet hall of fame

Twitter is full of the funniest people. It's a site where folks gather to be witty and write the funniest things they can think of. Some tweets are so great that they go viral and take on a life of their own! Below are a collection of some pretty great tweets from hilarious people reflecting on life, kids, dating, entertainment, and more. 

Check out these fine tweets, then see if you recall these random things people miss from the pre-internet era. 

'When I say I'm not available, I mean it': Employee berated by boss after last minute schedule outside his available hours

This manager has some audacity for placing blame on their employee! It should not be the employee's responsibility to ensure that their hours of availability are honored, especially when these were agreed-upon hours when the employee was first hired. This thread was posted to Reddit's r/mildlyinfuriating subreddit by u/jeffyjeffs, who shared a text exchange with his manager after they left a rude voicemail asking why the employee didn't show up for work. 

 

It turns out there was a last-minute scheduling change that wasn't cleared with the employee. That would be problematic even if the change occurred during the employee's available hours. But this is even worse. The fact that his hours of availability weren't even considered at all when this change was made says everything about how much this manager values the employee's time. 

 

Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best comments. For more, check out these top petty stories from last week!

'I was fired after this': Worker fired for missing work due to injury sustained from shoplifter

You might think that being injured while trying to defend your company's property would get you a warm thanks and a pat on the back, at the very least… and definitely not a swift kick out the door. But chasing down someone who has nothing to lose is dangerous and not a risk worth taking—and (hopefully) not a risk your employer wants to take liability for. For that reason, most businesses often have rules about not engaging with shoplifters, thieves, and other criminals—even for security guards, who often serve as little more than a deterrent. 

So, if you choose to intervene and get injured in the process, you may very well find yourself out of a job for breaking policy as the company seeks to distance itself from liability. 

Bizarrely enough, this worker reports that they were fired for being unable to perform their work duties due to the injury they sustained while intervening with a shoplifter—no mention of policy against intervention. This feels like it has to be a major misstep on the part of the district manager or GM, who was probably reactively trying to get rid of the person tied to multiple problems.

Read on for the exchange between the district manager and worker, followed by some context regarding the situation from the worker and readers' comments.

Next, check out this worker who found out they were getting fired when they were accidentally cc'd into an email requesting removal of their access.

'I just rage quit my waitressing job': Server finds out her boss was stealing her tips, quits on the spot and seeks legal action

Most people start a career as a waiter or waitress because of the money. It's no secret that servers make bank, but it's definitely not because of their minimum wage hourly rate, it's because the tipping culture in America says it's acceptable (if not encouraged) to tip 25%+ to the server on top of a restaurant receipt. So for servers who aren't making tips, why would you suffer the long hours, picky customers, and weekend enslavement? Exactly. You wouldn't. 

One woman just recently quit her job in a furious rage because of a debacle with her tips. Not only was she not earning tips (after being told they'd go straight to her paycheck), but her boss was straight up stealing her tips for themselves. She basically caught him with a hand in the tip jar! After that incident, the Internet is up in arms. Keep scrolling for the full first account of this tantalizing tale of thievery, managerial fall out, and just bad business. 

For more dizzying stories of drama in the workplace, check out this piece about an overnight employee that gets revenge on her coworker for being an hour late to relieve her shift. 

'She might bring team morale down': Braggart employee denied job position after colleague opposes her nomination

A college student really didn't want to recommend her colleague for a job. As the co-lead of a software research lab, this college student enjoys her job, all except for one specific colleague. 

It's an unfortunate truth that you won't always get along with 100% of your colleagues, but just because you don't care for someone personally, doesn't mean they're not great at their work. However, the OP of this story, u/UsualAd1535, shared that her colleague constantly tries to one-up everyone around her. She's not content to let other people have a moment to shine. Instead, the OP shared examples of this woman bragging so much that it brought her classmates to tears. She writes that a classmate pitched a business idea, only for the colleague to immediately "overshadow his accomplishment" by bragging about her own personal start-up. 

Scroll through the entire story below, then check out these 25 things people really miss from the days before the internet. 

'I felt extremely embarrassed': Toddler cracks expensive artwork during open house, parents flee the scene

When something happens in a small town, everyone is going to hear about it. So when this couple chose to let their toddler roam unsupervised around an open house, they'd be crazy to think the whole town wouldn't know what happened by the next day. 

The OP, u/open852, wrote to the r/AmItheA**hole subreddit with their rather intriguing etiquette question. In the post, they describe how they and their husband brought their 4 year old kid to an open house. While the parents were strolling the property, their kid got into some trouble. Instead of owning up to the mistake, the couple fled the scene! 

OP then chose to share the story to Reddit, where they got absolutely roasted by commenters calling them TA. Who knows, maybe they'll take the advice to heart and pay for what they owe! 

Next, this person managed to buy 55 cows by accident, because what can't you buy online? 

'I just found out my coworker is my cousin': Employee uncovers family secret, debates whether or not she should tell the whole family

Talk about office drama! Not everyone necessarily admits it, but we all enjoy a little workplace gossip. This revelation, however, has got to be an all-timer. This Redditor discovered that her coworker Ruby, who thankfully is someone she actually likes, is her cousin. 

 

This thread was posted to Reddit's r/TrueOffMyChest subreddit by u/Bannanna_La, who learned that her aunt had an affair when she was living in another state for work. That affair resulted in a child (Ruby). Ironically, OP later reveals in the comments section below that her uncle also had an affair, and the two ended up divorcing but to her knowledge, no one in the family knows about Ruby. Ruby is aware that her mother was married and, in fact, hadn't seen her since she was five years old. Now, OP is debating whether or not to spill the beans. 

 

Keep scrolling below to see what many folks in the comments suggested OP should do. For more stories like this, here is one about a welder who destroyed her fiancé's engagement ring.

'I was excited... to get some video game satisfaction': Fired employee gets back at money-grubbing CEO in the most epic gamer fashion

Even if you had the nicest boss in the world, getting laid-off is never easy. It doesn't matter how much you pour your heart into your work or how many hours you put in, money-grubbing CEOs will always choose profits over people. Welcome to capitalism, buddy. You and your boss could become the best of friends, get drinks after work, share a funny duet during karaoke, but when it comes to cutbacks, employees are always the first to suffer. What can you do? Nothing, usually. 

Unless you and your CEO are both gamers. Ooooh how sweet revenge can be when it can be conducted in a pretend scenario, like a video game. This OP on Reddit shared how he got back at being laid off and it was in the most epic gamer fashion. The company he worked for is unnamed, but the gist is that he was a very hardworking employee, but the investors wanted more money, so they laid-off hardworking people to give the greedy ones what they wanted. It was obvious the company chose profits over people. He was heartbroken, but there was nothing he could do. 

Until his now ex-CEO joined the team shooter game they were playing online. At first, he saw that his old CEO was on the other team, and he was excited to get out some frustrations by hunting him down in the game. However, his boss switched to his team all of a sudden. The old CEO tried to say hi and act like everything was ok, but he was too upset with him to let that slide. So instead, he worked friendly fire for the win. He ended the old CEO even though he was on his own team, and, honestly, it sounds like that made his point of loathing him forever even more clear. Read the entire gamer revenge story below! 

'You were rude to me': Karen gets unreasonably angry over a kid's meal

If you work in retail, customer service, or the service industry, sooner or later, you're going to run into a confoundingly indignant and angry individual who is going to ruin your day—leaving you thinking about this interaction for years to come. It's just a matter of sheer statistics; talk to enough people in a day, and sooner or later, at some point, you're going to have a grown adult having a full tantrum in the center of your store like it's some kind of performative art piece. 

This Karen took offense to the fact that her order wasn't explicitly as she had intended it to be but failed to see how her continued ineffective manner of communication (which caused the problem in the first place) was exacerbating the problem. But the customer is always right, so she became increasingly frustrated at her inability to manifest the meal of her dreams growing increasingly angry at the situation.

Read on for this story, originally shared on Reddit's r/entitledpeople subreddit. Next, check out this entitled customer who threw a fit after realizing she had to wait in line like everyone else. 

'I removed everything from my bag': Employee gets even with screening officer at company security checkpoint after being told twice to ‘empty’ his bag, rest of employees follow his lead

Oftentimes, in transportation facilities, there will be a legal requirement to go through a security checkpoint that inspects bags; employees will need to go through a metal detector. In order to do that, they will need to remove any electronics/wires from their bags. OP was a technician working for a company that required him to pass through such a checkpoint on a daily basis. He carried a laptop, hand tools, and network cables in his bag, and was told he could leave hand tools and such in his bag, but would need to remove the wires and electronics.

One day when going through his usual ritual, the employees working at the security checkpoint weren't paying attention when he was removing said items from his bag, leading to some confusion on their part. One employee, who we will call Karen, remembered she was actually on duty, and told OP that everything he had just put back in his bag had to come out again for inspection. He explained that he had already done what they'd asked of him, but Karen was adamant that he 'take everything out of the bag'.

OP told her that if she'd been paying attention, she'd know there was no need. Again, she demanded he empty the bag… so he did. Other employees in line saw what was happening and decided to follow suit. Soon enough, everyone was taking everything out of their bags, and Karen was bombarded with much more work than usual. Scroll down to read how the story played out.

For more, here are some coworker memes for employees working overtime due to wages moving at a snail's pace.

Update: 'I'm not her butler, babysitter, or handyman. I'm her freaking brother': Family saga unravels on Reddit, brother stands strong on his position

Family trauma is a very real thing. You could have the most loving family in the world where you're all besties and STILL have family trauma. That's basically what the entire plot of Disney's Encanto is about. We all have our own inner demons and that just happen to surface around the people you feel most comfortable around—often times that is your family. However, it's 2023 and we are all open about working on our mental health and taking therapy seriously, but that also includes working on the mental health between you and your family—maybe even doing family therapy together. 

Recently, a family saga has been unraveling on Reddit. It started with this post of a brother asking if he was in the wrong for booking a separate room during the family vacation, because last time he was forced to be the babysitter for his older sister's triplets. Now, he may be the youngest sibling, but he is a grown adult man, so being forced to be his sister's butler for no pay is beyond insulting and hurtful. Plus, that is his vacation too and he'd like to actually do vacation stuff for it rather than be the family butler. 

The original post became a hit on Reddit and he was deemed "Not the A-Hole." In fact, many Redditors shine light on how awful his sister is treating him and how unsupportive his parents are. His family knows about his Reddit account and saw the post and the comments it gathered. Luckily, it made them see the light, for the most part. He followed up the post with another one saying his parents apologized, but his sister did not, "at least not at first." You can see that post here. "My sister dug her heels in, blamed me, and then doubled down on her belief my life should circle around hers," he writes. "I told her that was the most narcissistic and entitled thing she's ever said about me." Eventually, his brother-in-law aka his sister's husband, got involved and talked to her and found out that she was pocketing the babysitting money he was giving her to give to her brother. So then that became another drama bomb in the family saga. Eventually, his sister, BIL, and parents all sat down and showered him in apologies and promised to do better. 

Cue the most recent addition to the saga, his family is now begging him to take down the Reddit posts since they have all talked it through and the hurtful comments are really putting a dark shadow over the family. However, the OP has kept everything completely anonymous and feels he has the right to vent to strangers on the internet to get some unbiased opinions—plus, it's proven to have been a helpful key in solving this family drama and he wants to make sure they don't fall into being mistreated by his family ever again. See how it's lately been unfolding below!

'You got cute feet?': 20 worst things people have said on first dates

You would think people would be on their best behavior on a first date. Well, if that were the case, you would be thinking incorrectly. Based on these responses, which were compiled from this r/AskReddit thread, it seems that there are a growing number of instances in which people (let's be honest, it's often dudes… not always, but most of the time) cross several lines on their first dates.

 

These crossed boundaries include inquiring about salary, oversharing about your most recent ex, expressing outrageous future plans, etc. While it's important to give the other person a glimpse into who you are and what you want, there's definitely a point when the oversharing begins and people start unknowingly waving glaring red flags. Keep scrolling below for a closer look at the twenty or so worst things people have said on their first dates. For more compilations like this, here are some top petty revenge stories!

'My boss put candles in his dishwasher': 30+ Goofy bosses who make their workplace feel like 'The Office'

Having a funny boss is amazing, but having a wanna-be funny boss is much less ideal. 

You'll have many types of bosses throughout your life, and one specific type is the "Michael Scott" from The Office type of dude. This person is a manager who loves attention, thinks they're the ultimate people person, and most importantly, think they know everything about running their business. When u/Multicalibrador asked r/AskReddit, "What's the most Michael Scott-ish thing your boss ever did?" people had some excellent answers to the question. 

The bosses below do have their similarities to The Office main character, but some took things way too far. We're cringing hard at the boss who wanted to brag about bringing the largest amount of flowers to a funeral — what was he thinking with that weird brag? Someone also had a long list of hilarious things their boss got up to, such as doing pushups on the floor to impress potential new hires (presumably they never ever returned to that company!). 

Check out the collection of doofy bosses below. Then, face these powerful final bosses who you can simply never defeat. 

'The poor soul unwittingly brewed a cup of lava': Colleague triumphs over the office coffee thief, bamboozling him with a spicy elixir of brewed habanero, wasabi, and jalapeño

Pranks in the workplace are often frowned upon, but when it comes to petty revenge, perhaps there's an exception. We all loved the high school pranks where the seniors would streak, saran wrap the school staircases, or fill the entire art room with cups of jell-o, but when you're an adult, things start to get a little spicier in the prank department. One man, a coffee lover with with a caffeine addiction and a hard-pressed nerve for revenge, recalls the time that he got back at the office coffee thief in a very flavorful way. 

Using habanero peppers as a weapon, OP created the most dastardly brew to catch the thief red handed as they stole his favorite magic beans. Scroll for the full story on how this office prankster got even with the one coworker that was hijacking their morning fuel. After this, they'll be needing an extra disc of Tums in their back pocket to combat the hellish punishment of thievery. After this, check out this regaling tale of a Karen that gets vanquished by a bus ticket attendant, digging herself her own grave by being a jerk and getting arrested in the process. 

'He didn't believe me': Older coworkers stunned to find out how much man is paying in rent, sparks vigorous discussion about housing

Things certainly aren't how they used to be… While that common cliché has been repeated for generations now, possibly since the beginning of human existence, when it comes to the housing market, it's pretty clear that things aren't how they used to be. Gone are the days when a young couple could afford a four-bedroom home on one income while starting a family—raising and somehow funding an entire brood of children. 

The thing is, your older family, friends, and coworkers might not even realize how precarious things have become; in fact, they probably wouldn't even be able to fathom it without actually living it. Even those who got into the market before the pandemic are in better shape than those who seek to follow in their footsteps. 

I've never been one to think much about this. Still, eventually, you reach an age where you're tired of forcibly pouring gasoline and striking a match on a sizable amount of your income every month and finally are approaching a position where you can do something about it. Who wouldn't rather be paying off something that they may one day wholly own? (After you're done paying double in interest to the bank.) But, it's an uphill battle; housing prices continue to increase while wages stagnate, meaning you haven't a hope in heck of getting that sweet four-bedroom home your older coworker—which has also tripled in capital value over the last 20 years.

This worker shared their experience of having this conversation with their older coworkers, who were completely out of touch with the reality that those looking to enter the market now face. Read on to see screenshots of the thread that emerged around this conversation below. What are your thoughts on this? Jump in and get engaged in the comments.

Next, see this story from a worker who was fired for using her phone one month after starting her new job without being aware it was against the rules.

 

'I had to kick out my cousin during my ceremony for crying': Bride cuts off cousin after she causes wedding pandemonium

An entitled parent just cannot believe the world doesn't revolve around her and her kids. As u/FlounderEffective819 shared in a shocking story, she was excited for her wedding, but was insistent that the big day should be child free. All the OP wanted was a special moment with her husband as she walked down the aisle. That's a pretty normal thing to want at a wedding reception, but one of the OP's family members, who has three young children, didn't take the "no kids" rule very well. It seems like these two cousins just do not get along, judging by their screaming match over the kids' behavior. Everyone else in the OP's family took the news well, but not the cousin… her "revenge" was so over-the-top petty that some people in the comments told the OP to simply never speak to her ever again. 

After that, this person's landlord has a pretty push request — can the tenant babysit their kids, indefinitely?