Steve Leonard was in for quite the surprise when he ended up learning just how fast a Peregrine Falcon can dive. Falconry is a truly riveting spectacle to behold.
Monday, October 4, 2021
Goose Recognizes Woman, Runs Up To Her For Hugs
Geese no doubt get a bad rap for being a little bit aggressive around people. This goose however is out there doing it different. If your day was in need of some wholesome vibes, this reunion between an unlikely couple of friends will absolutely deliver.
Karen Has Temper Tantrum At McDonald's Over Order Taking Too Long
So, apparently this Karen's excuse for her unacceptable behavior was that her blood sugar was low. You might be able to imagine how people reacted to that bullish nonsense back in the comments section. Usually, when your blood sugar is low the last thing that you find yourself doing is unleashing havoc on a McDonald's. You're more apt to sit down and wait for help.
Husband Sells Wife's Antique Tea Set To Buy Gaming Chair, Wife Sells Husband's Xbox
It sounds like this couple's having all kinds of communication issues. The fact that this guy basically wrote a check that he knew he wouldn't be able to cash is really the start of all the problems. While his heart might've been in the right place, he definitely crossed the line. His wife went ahead and then escalated things by selling his precious Xbox. Hopefully these two are able to work everything out.
Internet Company Refuses To Cancel Service, Rural Customer Proves Them Wrong
Dealing with an internet service provider is on of the most universally disliked experiences there is. Literally the best outcome is that you get sort-of reliable service for a price that's slightly more expensive than you expected. And cancelling service is almost always a nightmare. It's deliberately inconvenient, can be unnecessarily expensive, and is always a pain in the ass. For some more stupid bureaucracy, here's the time a company said they weren't getting documents until they received hundreds of copies.
Job Interview Red Flags To Not Overlook
Sure, a job interview is about selling yourself to a potential employer. But it's also about making sure that that employer can facilitate a functional workplace. Too many times have people overlooked the warnings and ended up working for a total psycho. But don't despair, because there's always another opportunity right around the corner. Here are reasons people quit their jobs on the first day.
Japanese Mascots Getting Stuck In Things
It's no secret that Japan has a whole lot of mascots. It's not uncommon for cities, companies, or governmental facilities to have a dude in a big-headed plush animal suit to really drive home the fact things like municipal water and infrastructure are adorable. But naturally, when your head is the same size as your torso and you need to get on a bus, certain problems arise. For some more predicaments, here are some dogs who are stuck and don't know why.
Dreadful Cursed Images To Inspire Discomfort
As stupid as is sounds to say: we're used to seeing normal things. So when we see an everyday item used in an estranged sort of way, it can cause a visceral feeling of discomfort. It also helps when images are distorted, blurry, and full of beans. So if you're tired of being comfortable, undisgusted and satisfied by adequate context, take a stroll past somecursed and creepy images to feel weird about.
Woman Lies About Being Marine, Lands Job As Writer For TV Show, Gets Exposed
People will go to extraordinary lengths to fluff up their resumes and try to secure jobs that they very well never should be considered for in the first place. This Twitter thread from Dylan Park revolves around a particularly deluded con artist who had the audacity to lie about being in the military, just to land herself a gig as a writer for a TV show called "68 Whiskey." Well, suffice to say, the truth came to light and she was righteously exposed for her dishonest antics.
Strange Science Facts To Ponder
Learning new stuff can be a fun process. When it comes to fun facts in particular, you never know when you might want to bust these out if you find yourself in a conversation that needs some newfound life to it. Just picturing this wild planet with a ton of sharks cruising around, without any trees to be seen, is a tad bit unnerving.
Tumblr Thread: Security Guard Hilariously Explains Why Heist Movies Don't Make Sense
See the thing that heist movies fail to comprehend about security systems is that security teams aren't robots. Security teams are like any workplace, full of moronic inconsistency and barely followed protocols. This Tumblr users explains that a crack heist team might as well roll the dice on where a guard is supposed to be at any given time, or whether they'll even respond to any active alarms. For more from Tumblr, here are some random Tumblr gems.
Man Unleashes Tactical Nuclear Revenge On Cheating Ex
Love can drive people to madness, but when that same love seems to run its course and the breakups ensue... there's no telling what someone will do to rid themselves of the otherwise all consuming heartbreak. It sounds like this guy was really put through the ringer by his ex. The way that he ultimately chose to take his pro revenge was nothing short of a stroke of pure and evil genius.
Customer Service Rep Cancels Rude Customers Television Service While He Watches
This clever customer service representative did exactly what his customer asked when he canceled his television service when asked to. The thing is... that's not really what the customer wanted. He wanted the customer service rep to give him a discount in order to keep him as a customer! It must be satisfying to get to take a bit of revenge back on horrible customers by doing exactly what they wanted just like this. Another classic example of malicious compliance in customer service!
Guy Makes Huge Mistake And Tips Pizza Delivery Guy 140%, Rolls With It
There's some major karma coming this guy's way for this mistake-turned good deed. Good on him for rolling with it and letting they guy have a great day when he saw the effect that his mistake had had on him. A lot of us might not have been able to just let it go in the same way that he did.
On thing is for sure... this guy absolutely made this driver's day and maybe even his week or month. We've seen some crazy stories from delivery drivers and they usually aren't that good as far as experiences go.
Delivery drivers of the world... what was the best delivery you ever had?
Bad "Boss-Zilla" Dad Gets A Wake Up Call When His Daughter Singles Him Out
Isn't it crazy the effect that working from home has had on some of us? For YEARS this guy probably got away with being utterly abusive to his employees. While locking that tragic part of his personality away from his life at home and, by the sounds of things, isolating them from its effects.
Now, working from home, his daughter gets exposed to this side of his personality and its energy. I'd say this is a good lesson for all of us in how we live and compartmentalise our lives.
Who is the real you?
Sunday, October 3, 2021
Painfully Relatable Programmer Memes That Struck The Rage Key
Programmers are really out there in the trenches when it comes to the kinds of frustrating nonsense that they end up having to deal with. This particular batch of programmer memes might speak to the soul of a programmer on a level so deep that it both hurts, yet also feels reassuring to know that there are plenty of other folks out there also muddling through the struggle.
Design Fails That Need A Little Work
Listen, none of us want to do our jobs. And when we're forced to do them, you can bet your sweet bippy that we're gonna try not to do our jobs well. This line of thinking has led to some great moments in the field of design, particularly these design failures that could have used some effort. Not sure why people seem to have a problem with these, they look perfectly crappy to us.
Company Says They're Not Getting Documents, Recieves Hundreds
Dealing with a bureaucracy is a pain. But dealing with a lazy incompetent bureaucracy that doesn't care about doing their job? That's just a living nightmare. It comes down to power plays about who can inconvenience who more. And when the only control you might have is someone's fax machine, you get stories like this guy who incapacitated a divorce lawyer's fax machine.
Not So Fun Facts To Provide Context For Our Dark Lives
Life can be as depressing as we want to make it. So depending on how compelling you find not fun facts, you might be artificially making reality worse for yourself than say, your coworker who spends their whole break looking at cat adoption photos. You could remind them about some choice statistics on cat adoption, but then you would be the bad guy. So sorry, you're between a disappointing rock and an even more disappointing hard place. If you want to be less of a bummer, here are some happy facts.
Rare Insults That Dunked People In A Hot Bath Of Fiery Words
Since the internet's been around with its social media feeds and comments section we've always had people that are more than ready to go to verbal blows over a whole bunch of nothing. Or, you might say that every now and again there's that one loudmouth in particular who basically seems to bring the heat on themselves. These rare insults certainly didn't disappoint. They're inspired, ruthless, and you almost might not feel bad about laughing at them.
Shameless Cheapskates Who Were Their Own Worst Enemies
When trying to secure a discount exercise bike, one has two options. The first is to politely offer a reasonable amount of money, or just the outright amount that the seller is asking for. The other way is doing whatever these people did. Demanding free things, bullying people, and just being hugely entitled people who decided to make the world a more miserable place.
Caller Tries To Get Tech Support To Help Commit Tax Fraud, Fails Miserably
The individuals in this world that are caught up in the work grind of tech support really get put through the ringer. With technological advancements continuing to kick along at the rate they are it's unfortunately pretty much inevitable that there are going to be people that fall through the cracks, when it comes to knowing how to navigate all the cutting edge machinery. Sometimes though, it's not even a matter of the technology being too impressively advanced. If you got a kick out of this tech support tale check out a couple others. We've got a solid story where a coworker demanded a mathematically impossible computer, and then got proven incompetent. Or you can sink your teeth into a tale about an angry lady demanding one billion GB of email storage.
Man Receives Lifetime Contract From Company, Rejects Brother-In-Law's Offer, Drama Ensues
The whole premise of receiving a lifetime contract offer from a company that you sunk your heart and soul into seems like a pretty exciting situation that's well worth celebrating, and probably taking. Especially in this day and age with things being as chaotic as they are. So, when this guy hit the AITA community to ask whether or not he was in the wrong for rejecting a competing offer from his BIL, you can imagine what folks had to say in the comments section. Really, the family should've just been supportive of the offer coming through in the first place. But hey, you be the judge.
Overbearing Coworker Demands Employee Come In On Day Off
It sounds like this person's coworker is out there crossing all kinds of lines. The best course of action does indeed sound like it'd be to go ahead and report them to HR, or run it back to the supervisor. Otherwise, someone like Irma might just carry on with the inappropriate antics. The thing about people that take time off is that they're well within their right to not be summoned to come to work --- especially by someone who isn't even their supervisor in the first place.
Red Flags People Missed In Their Past Relationships
Many of us have ended up gaining that wizened life experience through suffering our own moments of emotional pain where things just seemed to kind of cave in on themselves. Then, eventually, you go about putting yourself back together and take another crack at the whole thing. Sometimes, this falls within the dating realm. This AskReddit thread has people sharing various red flags that they missed in their past relationships. At the very least this thread might be able to help other folks steer clear of impending disasters.
Woman's Ex Wants To Get Back Together, Lies About Being Single, Karmic Justice Ensues
This story might be brief, but oh boy does it pack a nice comedic punch. While we feel for the woman who had to deal with this guy's complete bullish nonsense, we also can't help but get a kick out of how quickly things became undone for the lying jerk. The fact that this whole rodeo went down in a Wendy's parking lot makes it that much better too. Then, you additionally factor in how he was trying to blame her for his own moment of reckless failure? Just ridiculous all around.
Man Fails To Check Smoothie Ingredients, Gets Blindsided By All The Creatine
This guy was on a painful journey toward becoming a Creatine-infused human being. His wife's heart was definitely in the right place. However, it's a TIFU tale like the one we have here that should serve as a reminder that there's a value in checking the ingredients on those smoothies. Especially if you find yourself consistently battling nasty stomach pains. Basically, if something feels a bit off after you eat a certain food or drink down a certain smoothie, it never hurts to investigate further.
Angry Lady Demands One Billion GB Of Email Storage
The issue with the everyone's total technological illiteracy is that sometimes people ask for, nay demand a technological feature that doesn't exist, shouldn't exist or would cost millions of dollars to make exist. It's as if a customer was screaming down your throat demanding you put a recliner in a paper bag. It just doesn't reflect reality. For another one, here's a coworker who demanded a mathematically impossible computer and got proven incompetent.
Cursed, Creepy and Weird Images To Feel Bad About
We shouldn't want to seek out creepy images like furry skeletons and clown statues that look like they just moved, but there's just something so compelling about all those cursed, creepy and weird images from the abyss. Is it something wrong with us? Perverse curiosity? A need to link the creepers to the jeepers? Welp, can't go back now.
Tweets and Tumblr Gems To Win The Battle Against Boredom
Let's face it, being alone with one's thoughts is at best boring and at worst terrifying, so sometimes it's down to some Tweets and Tumblr gems to make the day more tolerable. While we can't stand the garbage banging around in our own heads, it's sometimes nice to see what's making it out of other people's minds. So use the power of Twitter and Tumblr to kick boredom in the groin.
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