'I lied about how much I currently earn': Desperate worker lands a better job by exaggerating their current earnings

Sometimes you have to fake it 'till you make it; that may or may not include when it comes to your salary. I'm not sure you're on the right side of ethics if you do this, but as long as you can prove your aptitude and actually perform in the role, then you probably deserved that salary anyway. And it's not like some employers wouldn't do the same and lowball you if they thought they could get away with it. 

'I wanted revenge': Contractor engineer charges company $9000 to press a button after they try to cheat him

Why is it that so many businesses would rather lose $10 in the name of saving $1? Time and time again, extreme cost-saving measures end up costing more in the long run. This engineer left the company they worked for shortly after completing the installation of an important mystery machine (No, not the one from Scooby-Doo.) For some reason, the manager at the client's site kept their number and contacted them personally to come and rectify an error with the machine. They agreed that the engineer would come in on the weekend to complete contract work on the machine at twice their usual rate. Everything was going according to plan until the manager came in and told them that they would no longer be able to pay them. They still needed to get the mystery machine working, didn't they? This moment of cheapness would cost them big time. This thread was posted to Reddit's r/ProRevenge subreddit by the engineer, u/AwkLemon, who shared their brilliant story of revenge.  Scroll on to see the story and top reactions below. Next, check out these workers who maliciously complied with an HR Karen's dress code changes.

'My trap had worked': Touring Karen demands to be taken into bear territory tour guide gives her a scare

This seemingly dangerous story has an unexpectedly wholesome ending. This thread was posted to Reddit's r/MaliciousCompliance subreddit by u/zeemdyx, the son of our story's protagonist. Back in the '80s, the Redditor's father was volunteering at a ranch in Montana and was giving various nature tours when he came across a rude Karen making one of the other tour guides cry. OP's dad asked if he could take Karen off the other guide's hands and proceeded to give her the rest of the tour.   However, he had other plans in mind. When he asked Karen if she wanted to go the official or the far more dangerous "unofficial" route, of course, she pretended to be all high and mighty and demanded to do the latter. Well, be careful what you wish for, I guess! Our hero took Karen on that unofficial route and lo and behold, they wound up having a run-in with a bear. I guess there's nothing like a grizzly to make Karen atone for her sins.    By the time they got back to the ranch, Karen demanded that OP's father be fired, but he was best buddies with the owner of the ranch, so he was all in the clear. Keep scrolling below for the unexpected romantic twist in the story. For more stories like this, here's another post about a barista's revenge on a different Karen.

Top Landlordiest Landlords Leeching Their Tenants This Week (June 16 2023)

Landlords are the worst. Those monopolizers that took over entire neighborhoods to exploit us poor folks keep taking two-week vacations instead of fixing the dang toilet seat like we asked them to a month ago. Obviously for most landlords, renters and their well-being is an afterthought. It doesn't matter if there's paint over the door hinges or mold growing in the bathroom, as long as they get that check every month. Tenants on the other hand seem quite aware of the shortcomings of their landleeches. Renters spent the last several months dumping quarters in the laundry machines only to be told they're raising the price (with no foreseeable improvements of course). No, we don't need a lecture on "market price" but if the tenants of the world wanted to speak a little common sense into their property managers, they'd be sorely out of luck.  So with that, let's commiserate and join hands in hating on the landlordiest landlords of the week. Keep scrolling to read about the few landleeches in this world who are far worse than yours. Afterwards, check out this audacious tale of boomer-energy taking over the Nextdoor app, where one neighbor tries to get unpaid laborers to fix his roof without pay. 

'She said of all the... things Ive done this is the worst': Woman is infuriated to find out her brother randomly turned their family house into an Airbnb

This dude has what he believes is an excellent money-making scheme, but his mom is going to be so mad at him.  U/NicoDeeMaus had a query for the r/AmItheA**hole community. As a budding landlord, he's renting out several rooms in the house he's staying at, and living in the basement. He needs to earn some quick cash, and this is how he's decided to do so. But the OP should have known that commenters would call him TA, which they unanimously did, instead of taking his side of the argument.  This isn't even this Redditor's first fail — prior to this, he claimed to be working on a film set that his mom got him into… but he actually botched the (rather simple) job incredibly badly. That time, which you can read about here, the OP joined a commercial film shoot as a PA, only to decide it was his role to move cameras around and tell actors how to do their jobs. So, as some commenters noted, it's probable that since the OP got booted from that film shoot, he might be out of a job. His mom even helped him get that job, and he still squandered the opportunity. Now, the OP is back with a separate money-making scheme, and his mother is involved once again, though she doesn't exactly know about it.  After you scroll through the story below, read about another person who's not great with money… this manager just straight up ignored a noncompete agreement in a real "mess around and find out" kind of way. 

Top Dad Jokes: Father's Day Edition (June 18 2023)

For this Father's Day, we ask that you accept your dad's corniness. Sure, his jokes may not always land. They may only make you guffaw. But every so often, they do provoke the occasional "that's a clever one!" response. We ask that this year, you lean into the amusement, even if it's just for one day. Because who are you going to hurt if you humor your old man a little bit? It's certainly not the end of the world if he thinks you find his humor more entertaining than perhaps it actually is. These are what we call productive white lies, people!   So with all this in mind, please remember to laugh at those Dad Jokes today, and laugh louder than usual! Make him feel like he's being clever and witty. It'll be worth it in the long run! When you're done scrolling, here are some more dad jokes for you!

'Shakers filled with parm cheese that molded': Chef gets revenge on terrible restaurant owner after they change the terms of their contract

It's often said that you should never break two rules at the same time, lest you run the risk of being caught for the more serious rule after calling attention to yourself through the less serious. You can probably find that phrased uttered in a similar fashion throughout the ages of this site.  When we mention this, we're usually talking about driving with a broken headlight on your way to rob a casino with your ten closest friends. You could be pulled over on the way and have the entire heist ruined… But this same principle applies to treating employees with even the barest amount of respect when you're not following the laws and regulations that surround your business. These people know the ins and outs of the laws that you're breaking, and while you shouldn't be breaking any laws in the first place, do you really want to piss off the people who know your darkest secrets? This worker decided to report this restaurant for their health code violations after being mistreated by the owner. Read on for their story; next, check out this HR Karen who tried to change the dress code and had it backfire.

'Fire me? Have fun dealing with the FSA!': Chef unfairly fired after only 12 days concocts plan that puts restaurant on the chopping block

When a restaurant owner keeps their place in atrocious conditions and assume their staff will keep their mouths shut about it, how can they possibly think it's okay to pull one over on any of their employees? That's just poor planning on their part. Why would they think for one second they won't get reported?  Well, that's exactly what went down with this particular restaurant. The chef had just been hired and was working hard to whip the place into shape. And it need a lot of work. There were healthy violations all over the place. She went to work cleaning the place up to be sparkling and getting the employees to start following the rules. She was very excited for this new job since she had the freedom to completely create the menu. It was her baby. However, after only 12 shifts in, she gets a call that she's being let go. Why? Well, the owner kept it vague, but basically blamed it on how she took her pre-approved time off and then asked if she should close early on a slow day. Basically, she had already had six days approved to take off even before she got hired, it was already agreed upon in her interview. Then, while she was working a very slow day—only $150 in sales, and the owner closed at only $300 in sales one day, so made since—she texted the owner asking if she should close up early and he said no, so she kept it open.  However, only a few days later she saw her position up on Indeed but with the pay sliced in half. So, no, she was not fired because she was doing anything wrong like they made it seem. She was fired because the owner couldn't afford to pay her their agreed amount. If the owner would've just been a decent person and asked her if she would stay with a pay cut, she says she would have done it because she loved her freedom. But nope, he couldn't take responsibility and fired her out of the blue. Well, cue her reporting all of those grotesque health code violations. Scroll on to read the entire story! 

Update: 'How I dealt with a one-sided friendship': Woman plans birthday revenge so her friend will reply to her text messages

Sometimes it only takes one little thing to break apart a friendship. It could be something as simple as a text message — or the lack thereof, in this person's case.  One thing you realize the older you get is that it isn't what people say that matters so much as what they do. That whole "actions speak louder than words" sentiment is totally accurate. There are only 24 hours in a day, and if someone makes you a priority, they're taking time from their day to include you in their life. People certainly get super busy and can't answer texts. And who among us hasn't gotten that kind of depression that makes you take 5 days to reply to a message? In adult life, sometimes you really are just so busy that your inbox is overflowing, you have 7 missed calls, and 41 unread messages. It can be a lot to juggle.   But this person shared her annoyance over a chronic texting issue with the woman she believed was her best friend. As she shared to r/pettyrevenge, she realized that she and her best friend were having a rather one-sided friendship. She would message her BFF, and then not hear from her for months.  In a moment of goodwill, the OP, u/peachbunx, decided to get her friend this birthday gift she really wanted. It was a blender, a really nice model that cost $150. Kitchen supplies aren't cheap, and the OP went out of her way in buying such a pricey present. The OP then had a realization about the way her bestie was treating her… and things went south from there.  Check out the story, plus an update, by scrolling below. Next up, these class clowns will keep you giggling with their wild pranks. 

'I scotch taped all of my classmates together': 25 Class clowns who took school shenanigans too far

There's nothing like the perfect senior prank, but the lengths some teens will go to achieve it is striking.  For some teens, being known as the person who pulled the perfect senior prank is really important. At many high schools, the prank is organized by dozens of people. And as the folks below told with their own stories, the results can be legendary and hilarious. Just don't get caught! A common punishment is not being able to walk in graduation, and no grad wants to miss that. It seems that a surprising amount of the people below actually didn't get caught, and are only confessing to the deed years later.  From leading cows up flights of stairs they can't come down from, to pouring mass amounts of soap into a school pool, these people were rowdy teens. Not all are senior pranks, either — the prompt from u/Zer0Insentiv3 asked for people to name their funniest moments of chaos at school, so some folks told stories from their elementary school days.  Next, this birthday host is not happy with a guest not showing up… so he's charging the dude with an expensive request. 

'He never came back to our branch again': Bank manager calls Kevin out on expenses after being accused of stealing money

It's as if Kevin was begging to be called out! This dude kept on claiming that his local bank was trying to steal money from him after numerous instances in which he canceled his card and ordered a new one because he didn't recognize certain charges.    When the Redditor, who was the manager of the bank at the time, decided to look into the matter, they discovered some unsavory information. The enraged Kevin showed up the next day with his wife, demanding answers from the bank manager, and the manager did, in fact, warn him that perhaps it would be best if the two of them spoke in private. Kevin did not catch on, and so the bank manager went on to list out certain websites he has made payments to that his wife definitely did not know about. Yikes!   Keep scrolling below for the full story. For more, here's a post about a crazy Aunt Karen who drove across the country.

I left a huge secret that day': Bridal attendant catches step-sister stealing bride's dress tells bride 21 years later with even more tea to spill

You would think a bride on their wedding day would just be getting dolled up and beaming with happiness since she's about to be united with the love of her life forever. However, anyone who has ever been a bride or has worked with a bride on her wedding day knows that she is anything but that. She is usually a ball of nerves, stress, and fear. Also excitement and happiness! but having a wedding is no easy task. So, many brides will hire a person that is called a "bridal attendant." This is a person hired to take care of the bride, help her get ready, and make sure all of the bridal party and VIP guest are set. So what happens when drama hits the fan? Well, the bride is already a ball of nerves, so it would be best for someone else to deal with it, right? Cue the bridal attendant.  One wedding professional used to work as a bridal attendant several years ago. She shares on story in particular fro over 20 years ago from when she was working as a bridal attendant. She said this was a secret she has kept since that day, but as fate would have it, she runs into that bride and she gets put on the spot. Turns out the bride found out about the secret many years after it went down at her wedding, and honestly, she was so thankful that she wasn't told of it at the time.  You see, for some insane and unknown reason, the step-sister thought it would be a good idea to steal the wedding dress on the day of the wedding to go out into the snowy weather and adventure down the block to get some coffee and donuts, even though they had a fully stoked snack table. The bridal attendant caught her as she returned and nearly fainted from shock. She could not believe that the step-sister would do such a thoughtless thing. She yelled at her to remove the dress immediately and right in the knick of time too, because the bride walked in right as she was rehanging the dress. She asked what was going on, and she played it cool, saying her step-sister was in the bathroom and she was just steaming the dress to get it ready. The bride bought it and carried on, but you better believe the bridal attendant tore the step-sister a new one. They said they would never mention the incident again.  21 year later, however, it turns out the truth was revealed and the bride was extremely grateful for being kept in the dark. Just goes to show you, your bridal attendant usually knows best. Hear the whole story for yourself below! 

'I have no clue [why I was fired.]': Experienced barista gets inexplicably fired after first day at new job

Starting a new job is always tough. Sure, you might have tons of knowledge and industry experience, but there's always a different way of doing the same old thing at every new organization you walk into. You might think that a square peg would always just fit into the square hole, but your new job may require you to revolve the square 360 degrees clockwise, counterclockwise, and then on a vertical axis—all before putting it in the same square hole you always did before.  Sure, it may be stupid, pointless, and a waste of time, but you'd better wait until you've gained their trust before you tell them that; otherwise, you might be going through the same paces at yet, another new job. Still, even if you do everything right, you might find yourself sent inexplicably down the road—just as this barista was after their first day. Their situation is tough, most managers would appreciate someone who is willing to ask questions instead of getting things wrong, but there are always those ol' boys out there who admire a worker's gumption and intuitive instinct and expect workers to figure it out themselves without a word being spoken. The barista shared their experience on a popular Reddit subreddit for workplace discussion. An update they shared makes it look like one of their new coworkers might have made up lies about them to get them fired. Brutal. Read on to see their account of events. Next, check out this worker who was fired for missing work after being injured trying to stop a shoplifter.

Top TGIF Memes for Employees Running on Empty Who Need it to be the Weekend ASAP

Some work weeks hit harder than others. This week, the wind was sucked out of your sails and you're spiraling towards Earth with nothing on your mind except happy hour drinks on Friday at 5PM. Thank god it's Friday! Weekday warriors can all agree that no matter what kinds of projects you're working on, the second the clock strikes for lunch on that lovely last workday of the week, it's all gossip, water-cooler chatter, and busy work until you're finally set free into the world with fully developed weekend plans on your mind. Ahh, the loveliness of the two days you have to yourself is immeasurable. All those at-home projects you gave yourself– cleaning the shed, fixing that squeaky door, and sending your great aunt a thank you card– can all wait. We're looking for FUN ONLY this weekend to recover from useless Zoom calls, corporate babble, and a whole lot of BS work on Excell.  Long live the weekend!

'She told me that I am being a jerk': Wife last-minute cancels catering service for 20 people insists husband helps

If you change a plan, especially at the last minute, you need to take responsibility for the increased workload that you've made for everyone. This principle holds true even when you suddenly decide to cancel a catering service because you'd rather cook for 20 people yourself. If you have the ability and time and would like to take on that task, more power to you, but don't expect others to give up their time and energy to help out when they were quite happy with the original option in the first place.  This is the scenario that this husband posted about on Reddit's r/AITA subreddit when his wife, along with his brother's wife, decided to cancel the catering service that he had arranged for his mother's retirement party. The wives thought they would take it upon themselves, but the husband's wife grew angry when he refused to help her with the undertaking, calling him sexist for leaving the women to cook. Reddit has sided with the husband on this one. What's your take? After you've passed judgment here, check out this husband who wouldn't stick up for his wife when his friend was feeding their cat toxic food.

'We got here first so we got dibs': Woman kicks entitled friend out of Airbnb for demanding nice bedroom

This friend really believes in calling dibs, also known as the rule of the land in most situations. If you run to the car faster than anyone else, you get dibs on where you sit, or if you call dibs first on movie night, you get to pick the film. But this friend is calling dibs on something else entirely — the room she's choosing to sleep in during a vacation with her friends.  U/yayabanana17 wrote to r/AmItheA**hole to settle an argument. As she explained, the group was planning to travel with eight people, comprised of three couples and two single people. The OP was in charge of renting the Airbnb, so she chose one with four bedrooms, then asked the group if that was okay, and everyone agreed. But once the friends got to the Airbnb, one of them had called dibs on a room she wasn't intended to have.  The OP responded in the comments section to numerous requests for information. Commenters were torn between saying the OP should get to have any room she wants, and saying that the friend was still paying for other parts of the trip, and had equal rights to the room she wanted. Just because the friend is single, doesn't make her any less entitled to the king bed — or at least that's what some commenters believe.  Decide for yourself with the story below. Then, send some of these sassy work memes to your office besties. 

'Its a lot of money for them to pay': Employee volunteers for expensive training course only to leave the company a few months later

This, folks, is how to get back at your boss! Not only did this Redditor manage to find a way to get three paid days off work, but they're also learning a valuable skill they can take with them elsewhere when they leave the company. Essentially, this office finally need to comply with rules and had to pay for an expensive first aid training course for a couple of employees.    OP volunteered knowing they were going to be leaving the company shortly afterward, but their bosses have no knowledge of their future at the company just yet. This perfect sabotage means that they will have to pay yet again for another employee's first aid training right after the Redditor departs. As OP mentioned, it may be a small win, but it's a "win-win" for them. Now, they'll have a skill they can put on their resume, they get to forgo their duties for a few days, and they get to enact a little petty revenge along the way.   For more stories like this, here are some of the top petty revenge tales!

Top 24 Starter Pack Memes of the Week

The concept of starter packs started way back when the internet was way cooler than it is now. It essentially refers to a compilation of various items that encapsulate the essence of a specific activity, and the objective of creating said starter pack is to playfully satirize and mock said activities via related items. If you'd say it sounds like a bundle of stereotypes, technically, you'd be correct. It is the stereotype manual for those who are just entering a particular domain, while simultaneously offering an amusing way to depict or poke fun at it. It's worth noting that Redditors, denizens of the popular online community, ahem, Reddit, who we may have some light beef with at the moment, particularly revel in the enjoyment of a well-crafted starter pack, thus giving rise to the plethora of social memes you will encounter below. While starter packs inherently possess a humorous and light-hearted nature, we'll have you know that they also serve a somewhat practical purpose, proving valuable to people who are novices in a specific area of interest or hobby, seeking guidance on how to embark upon their new endeavor. Okay, that last part is a little bit exaggerated, but you get the gist of it. Scroll down for the best starter packs of the week. For more, here is an employee who attempted to get their coworker fired, but failed miserably at their plan.

'Am I wrong for physically taking food away from [my] coworker?': Employee spots their new replacement stealing coworkers' food from the office

There's nothing like an office party to figure out who's really a team player and who isn't. This Redditor was leaving their company and had spent the last two weeks on the job training their replacement, Amy. OP's boss threw a "going away" party that happened to have a ton of leftovers. Now, it's quite clear from this post that OP is a team player who always thinks about the well-being of their coworkers (personally, this mentality is foreign to me). They ensured that all leftovers would be divided equally among the coworkers so everyone could take some food home.   However, Amy was the anti-team player in this situation. She tried to take more than her fair share home, to the point that OP had to physically remove some of those leftovers from her hand. What a way to make a strong impression during your first two weeks on the job, Amy!   For more stories like this, here's one about a new manager's dress code policy.

Top 25 Starter Pack Memes of the Week

The concept of starter packs started way back when the internet was way cooler than it is now. It essentially refers to a compilation of various items that encapsulate the essence of a specific activity, and the objective of creating said starter pack is to playfully satirize and mock said activities via related items. If you'd say it sounds like a bundle of stereotypes, technically, you'd be correct. It is the stereotype manual for those who are just entering a particular domain, while simultaneously offering an amusing way to depict or poke fun at it. It's worth noting that Redditors, denizens of the popular online community, ahem, Reddit, who we may have some light beef with at the moment, particularly revel in the enjoyment of a well-crafted starter pack, thus giving rise to the plethora of social memes you will encounter below. While starter packs inherently possess a humorous and light-hearted nature, we'll have you know that they also serve a somewhat practical purpose, proving valuable to people who are novices in a specific area of interest or hobby, seeking guidance on how to embark upon their new endeavor. Okay, that last part is a little bit exaggerated, but you get the gist of it. Scroll down for the best starter packs of the week. For more, here is an employee who attempted to get their coworker fired, but failed miserably at their plan.

'It only takes 8 minutes': Barber considers banning entitled customer who shows up to barber shop late then repeatedly flips out over hair style

On the list of people you want to annoy, your barber should be low on the list — your hair is in their hands. That didn't stop this entitled male Karen, who threw a fit at a barber shop for something that was his own fault.  Having to put down a deposit in order to score a reservation somewhere is the best way to ensure I'm on time. These days, lots of places do this, from dentist's offices to salons to restaurants. It's extra annoying, sure, but who wants to lose money by being late somewhere?  This guy didn't have to put down a deposit, and he sure was late to his hair appointment. As the OP of the story shared to r/Barbers, one entitled customer insisted on a specific look that takes some time. He then showed up a half hour late to his appointment, and then tried to cancel it. When he learned he'd still have to pay a $20 fee for cancelling, he then tried to get the barber to cut his hair exactly as he wanted it. The poor barber got some support in the comments — people definitely think this crazed customer should be banned from the shop for his deplorable treatment of the staff members.  Next, this goofy manager was totally fine with ignoring a noncompete agreement, until the rules were enforced. 

Top 20 Job Posting Red Flags of the Month (June 15 2023)

If you're out there looking for a new job like so many of us, you better keep your eyes open for these major red flags! We all know what some of these red flags look like. For instance, when you're applying to jobs on Indeed or LinkedIn, you are very likely to come across a posting where the salary is "competitive," the benefits are vague, and the years of required experience are ludicrous. There is no universe in which an entry-level position should require over five years of on-the-job experience. Once upon a time, people could just walk in with some semblance of confidence and leave with a good-paying job. What the heck happened, right? Whatever happened to keeping our expectations low? Almost anyone can be trained! Let's not be high-and-mighty about it.   Anyway, now that I've enjoyed my time on my soap box, keep scrolling below for more of these red flags. For more listicles, check out these top choosing beggars!

'Don't take reviews as payment': Neighbor offers next-to-nothing in exchange for an unpaid laborer to reroof his entire home making Nextdoor users question everything

Nextdoor is a place where Karens and Kevins can be truly free. Since it's essentially a zip-code mitigated version of Twitter, most users are only here for a handful of reasons: their pet is missing, informal noise complaints, unofficial vigilante work, and the occasional good ol' fashioned neighborly grift. If you're not scamming your neighbors on Nextdoor, can you even call yourself a real grifter? As many Nextdoor users learned this week, apparently if your post covers all three of the grifter 101 hot button phrases– 'sick and tired', 'sweat equity', and 'lucrative opportunity'– you've got yourself an excellent scam cooking.  In this case, a Reddit user reported back on his findings on Nextdoor because he was unable to believe his eyes. While scrolling his local neighborhood classifieds, he stumbled upon what looked like an offer for a trade at first, but when he read further, it seemed like only the biggest imbecile on the block would ever agree to such terms. You might as well stand on a soap box on the corner, charging people $20 to let you punch them in the face.  Scroll for the full details of the world's worst trade offer and how OP managed to avoid the lamest exchange of services of all time. For more neighborhood jerks, check out this tale of how one tenant got the pettiest revenge because of a laundry heist.

'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.