Airplane passengers agree that, ‘people who ask you to switch seats are the ultimate thorn in your flying experience’: Personal stories are shared to back this decision

Flying used to be a luxury experience. Never for anyone under 50 years old, but it apparently used to be very relaxing and fun. Now, the first thing you experience when you get to the airport is the unnerving feeling someone might have slipped a kilo of illegal substances into your bag while you nervously walk around in your socks… Doesn't sound as luxurious anymore. Plus, if you want any sort of comfort on the flight, you need to dish out the cash. So if you want extra legroom or just the assurance you'll get an aisle seat, you have to add an extra $50/$60 to your already expensive traveling. So back in the day, if someone asked you to switch seats with them, it probably just meant you were switching to a similar seating situation. But now, when someone asks you to switch seats with them, it usually means they're asking you to give up the window seat you paid extra for to a middle seat by the bathrooms… It's not ideal. 

Many people who fly seem to agree that people who ask to switch seats are the scum of flying. Of course, there are exclusions, like when the airline screws over a family and separates a 2-year-old and a mother even though they had tried to plan ahead and get seated together. But mostly, the general consensus is that it isn't so much asking to switch seats; it's how you ask. If you're asking someone to switch seats, make sure you are offering them a seat that is an upgrade from their current one, and always ask without an expectation that they will say yes. The entitlement in some of these people trying to switch their coach middle seat for a business seat is absurd!  

Top 20+ Choosing Beggars of the Week (August 5, 2023)

It's remarkable how people can be demanding and desperate at the same time. One has to wonder what possesses these choosing beggars to be so audacious. Not that I am envious of this complete lack of self-awareness, but I do have to consider what life would be like if I was this kind of person.

 

Think about it for a moment. Imagine having the level of confidence to just demand things with literally no leverage whatsoever. Imagine having an uninhibited "nothing left to lose" mentality when going through a negotiating process. Imagine having zero authority in the matter but speaking with such forthright conviction as if you did. 

 

Yes, these people are wild, and their points of view are far different from actual reality. It's not exactly a decent way to live, and it's certainly not a generous one to others, but when you care that little about facts and generosity, actual reality doesn't affect you in the slightest. And as annoying as that might be for everyone else… if we're just considering your experience, it's kind of great? Just some food for thought! Personally speaking, I clearly do not identify with these folks!

 

Keep scrolling below for these top choosing beggars of the week. For more content like this, check out these nightmare boss stories!

'[She] changed our sign to say 'open': Gift shop employee stops customer who insisted on shopping in a closed store

This customer has a life hack to get into any store. All you have to do is take a little initiative. What could go wrong? 

U/Sparrowmoss shared this wild story of customer entitlement. Some customers take deep offense to stores being closed, or having hours of operation in general. If the customer can't get that random item at 10:59pm, they'll insist that the store is in the wrong. It's not the employee's fault that customers procrastinate so badly that they intend to shop at a store that's closing in five minutes or less. They have no regard for employees, either. This OP even told the customer that they were quite ready to head home for the day, but who knows if the guilt trip worked on this confused customer. 

It seems like a lot of customers are so crabby because they've never worked a retail job. They don't care that employees are people too — they just need to get that last-minute carton of milk or a random shirt. They just have to try again tomorrow! 

Up next, here's another story about a customer who couldn't understand common sense and logic: she wanted help from the only employee who wasn't able to assist her. 

Top 31 Unpopular Opinions of the Week

A lot of people think that free speech has gone out the window, that cancel culture is rearing its big ugly head and scaring folk into speaking their mind. Ever heard of the spiral of silence? People will only voice their opinions if they think that other people may share the same views. Then people end up staying silent on a lot of other opinions they may hold, and poof, who knows if anybody actually agrees on anything anymore? What if everyone is holding back the same opinion? It's exhausting just to think about.

I have definitely felt the pressure to zip my mouth, as I don't exactly want everyone to roast me. Thankfully, r/unpopuaropinions exists, a safe-ish space where we can speak our minds. We'll still get some backlash, but that's kind of the point of the subreddit. Below you'll find a compilation of some pretty unpopular opinions. Or maybe they're less unpopular than they originally thought, seeing as some of them had a lot of upvotes. Scroll down and be the judge. For more, here is an employee who refuses to work overtime when they're not getting paid for it, forcing their boss to change the rules.

'I cut down the tree': Neighbor challenges guy to cut down his tree, gets left with debris

Now I'm not saying that cutting down your neighbor's tree based on a verbal agreement is a bad idea (it is), but if you've ever gone down the internet rabbit hole of "tree law," you'll know that it's serious business with potentially astronomical consequences. Cutting down your neighbor's tree is no small thing, especially when you intend to do it out of spite and unexpectedly leave them with the job of clearing the downed tree out of their yard.

Still, when this neighbor found themselves repeatedly faced with the frustrating task of clearing leaves and downed branches that were ending up in their yard from their neighbor's tree, they decided to take the limbs off that were sprawling over the fence. When they were out sawing off the limbs, their neighbors came out and suggested that they cut down the entire tree instead—so they did. 

The original poster of this story wasn't very popular with readers, which is a pretty uncommon thing to happen on these Reddit threads; usually, readers enthusiastically buy into the poster's narrative of events. But the original poster's general hostility didn't enthuse readers of this thread, and they deemed their reaction to a few leaves to be an overreaction—they weren't happy about the fate of the poor tree either.

Read on to see the original story and the reactions from the comments of the original thread.

'[I'm] not going to waste my manager's time on a complaining Karen': Waiter stands up for solo diner who finds himself stuck in the middle of a classic Karen conundrum

When we say "Karen conundrum," we're being nice. Any situation that warrants the person to be called a Karen (and not because that is their actual name), means that the situation is one of the most annoying and tiresome situations. When you get deemed a Karen, it isn't because you look like your name might be Karen, it is because you are acting like an entitled grown child who is quite literally too old to be throwing this kind of toddler-aged tantrum. 

Too often do people in the service industry have to deal with Karens. It's as if it comes with the territory. Karens tend to feel empowered with entitlement when they're in a restaurant, probably because they are being waited on. But just because you have someone serving you food and refreshments, does not mean you are entitled to any of it. So what do you do in these sorts of godawful annoying situations? There are many different approaches, but one man recently experienced one where the server came in to save the day! 

He was dining alone and was sat a 2-top table. He set his stuff down on the table before ordering and ran to the bathroom to wash his hands. When he came back, his table was gone and his stuff was on the floor. Confused, he looked up at the table next to the pile of his stuff on the floor, and sees that a woman had grabbed his table and extra chair to connect to their table of a large party. He approached the woman and said that he was using that table, he had just gone to wash his hands. She did not care. He tried to reason with her, but, as you know, Karens gonna Karen. So instead, a waiter came over to help with the situation. 

The waiter was being non-bias and trying to see it from both POVs, but they quickly realized who the Karen was in this situation. The nail was really hit on the head when the Karen delivered the classic line, "I want to speak to your manager." The heroic server was doing being impartial, and confidently told the Karen that he wasn't going to waste his managers time with a "complaining Karen" and then told her she either give back the table and chair or she and her party can dine somewhere else. After a stare down between the two, the Karen conceded and was put in her place. The man got his table back and peace was once again restored. Read the entire story below. 

Update: 'We are taking a break.': Wife beats insecure husband on online IQ test, it ends their relationship

Talk about the fragility of some people's egos. If your entire ego is built around feeling superior to your partner in intelligence, and that superiority can be shattered by something as innocuous as a phony online IQ test—well, quite frankly, you deserve however that makes you feel—you totally set yourself up for that one. (Especially when you were the one insisting that your wife take it.)

Online exams of any type are useless—unless they're to find out which Disney princess you are. Sure, they're fun, but that's about where it starts and ends. If you want to draw any significant conclusions from cognitive examination, it should be administered by a professional, and—even then—IQ tests aren't exactly an exact science. 

Still, this insecure husband had his entire worldview shattered when his wife beat him on an online IQ test after he insisted she take it. Undoubtedly, he was expecting to trounce her, which really just goes to support the fact that dumb people tend to wildly overestimate their abilities. 

See the two threads below, with the original appearing first, followed by an update the wife shared two days later. Next, see this husband who wanted to split the couple's lottery jackpot with his best friend.

'Ham in [my] public school lunch is just frozen in a block of ice': 25 Strange school lunches that left students still hungry

The cafeteria chefs who cook for public school kids are doing a very important job, but the meals they serve up can sometimes miss the mark. 

I want to take this opportunity to use my platform to talk about Italian dunkers. These were a top tier lunch food, and as a very picky child, it was my saving grace. These Italian dunkers were basically just mozzarella cheese sticks wrapped inside dough, but they tasted heavenly. Looking back, giving an 8-year-old four cheese sticks for lunch with a side of milk and an apple feels like an odd choice, but it kept me going. I know there's an unfortunate looking hot dog in the mix of photos here. Hot dogs were a great choice too, although I wish my school would have taken them out of the hot dog water before serving them up (making the hot dog bun quite soggy). 

If you've been through the public school system, you know that the fine lunchroom staff have a limited budget to make food for hundreds or even thousands of kids. It may not always be the best food, but it is a meal, and sometimes that's what really counts. It's better to have a lunch that's just meh, rather than be falling asleep in every class because you're so hungry. 

Speaking of food, this woman went to r/AmItheA**hole to ask an important question: was she wrong for telling her SIL that she dislikes her "famous" mac and cheese?

20+ Funny Office Pranks To Pull On Annoying Coworkers

Some of these pranks took major dedication. If I had the kind of follow-through that these folks had, I would definitely go as far as these people. I mean, if one can barely get through one's work tasks each day, how does one find the time to play a prank on one's annoying coworkers?

 

However, if I could find that time and motivation, I'd be taking lots of inspiration from these Redditors, who shared their office pranks via this r/AskReddit thread. Some of these pranks include the classic "stapler in Jell-O" move, but we also have my personal favorite which is taking a screenshot of your coworker's desktop, hiding all the folders from view, and making the background the screenshot. You'll have your coworker clicking on that screenshots and stuck in a state of complete confusion for at least five minutes.

 

Moments like this can add some unexpected joy to office dynamics, but they can also add to friction. Perhaps you don't care and you're ready to start a fight with Karen from Communications. Or perhaps you're surrounded by a bunch of bored employees who merely need something entertaining to fill their days. Regardless of what your situation is, if you're looking to pull a prank on someone in the office, this list is for you. For more content like this, check out these horrible bosses who made their employees' lives living nightmares!

'Not an emergency situation, sorry': Local Karen throws tantrum after no one pulled over when she put on her hazard lights, gets dragged online

We love when local Karens make up rules for the whole community to follow that simply do not exist. It's as if they live in their own tiny little universe where every thought that comes into their brain is not only factual but law. We've seen this situation transpire before with Karens involved in HOAs or neighbors who have ridiculous standards and procedures for everyone else to follow. 

 

In this scenario, which was posted to Reddit's r/F***YouKaren subreddit, we have a Karen whose daughter was going into labor in a city about 45 minutes away. She was driving to the hospital to meet her there and to our knowledge, there didn't seem to be any complications with the pregnancy or any unusual emergency. However, Karen believed that her drive to meet her perfectly healthy daughter warranted the decision to turn on her hazard lights and to expect everyone driving on the roads in her community to pull over to the side and get the heck out of her way. 

 

Now, she's not a police officer or an EMT, and as we said, there didn't seem to be any unique emergency or complication going on. She just suffered from Main Character Syndrome and expected all things to revolve around her. The best part is that she framed the whole situation through a generational context, so of course, there were a few other Karens in this community Facebook group who backed her up on this. However, it did not take long for people to call Local Karen out on her ridiculous "rule."  

 

Keep scrolling below for the full play-by-play. When you're finished, take a look at this post about a landlord's petty revenge on their tenant.

‘I messed with their exams’: Tenant gets even with student neighbors during exam period, logs their devices off internet router, then eats their pizza

A lot of people go to study abroad, whether it's because their dream school happens to be halfway across the world, or because they'd like to get out of the little town they're in for a chance at a fresh start, or maybe just to soak in some culture that isn't their own. In this case, u/Lukus-Galaktikus was enjoying his time in a foreign country, studying and making new friends. He lived in an apartment building that was full of other foreign students and got along fine with everybody. That is, until some new tenants moved in, and thus began a series of unfortunate events that led to some sweet, petty revenge between students.

These new neighbors came to OP with plenty of different requests, some of which began to slightly annoy him. Eventually, one of them asked OP to use his internet while he was setting up his own. OP agreed but quickly regretted his decision, as he found out that his neighbor was basically handing out his internet password to lots of different people, none of whom had OP's blessing to use his internet.

During this time, OP was also getting lots of pizzas delivered to his door, despite making it clear to his neighbors that they were using the wrong address for pizza delivery. They were getting food at all kinds of weird hours, and OP finally had had enough. Scroll down to read about the way he got even with his irresponsible neighbors. The moral of the story… don't mess with Uni students!

For more like this, here is a company that lost some pretty big clients after they fired the wrong employee. Tsk, tsk. When will management learn?

'City attorney...refuses to work with farmer neighbor': New neighbor refuses farmer's trade offer, becomes infuriated when his taxes skyrocket

This attorney moved from the city to the country without considering the consequences. It's a major life change, as u/USPO-222 writes. 

Social media often glamorizes life on a farm. On Instagram or Tiktok, people who act "trad" (meaning traditional) show off their relaxing, low-technology life. Some people will share their days of baking fresh bread, doing household chores, or feeding chickens. Farm life is all that stuff, but there's so much more that goes into it, especially for those who have made farming their livelihood. Farmers have a hard life — they wake up in the middle of the night to begin caring for their cattle or tending their crops, and most don't quit until dinner time. It's no 9-5 office job, that's for sure. There aren't really "vacation days" for farmers, since they always have to care for either their animals or their crops, or both. 

The attorney in this story decided to buy a 50 acre property on farmland. After moving from the city, he met his new neighbors, including a farmer who'd had an agreement with the previous land owner. The farmer tells the attorney that he will mow his fields a few times a year and harvest a few trees, and in return, the attorney would receive enough chopped wood to heat his house all winter. But the attorney seemingly thought he was too smart for this deal, and was convinced the farmer was taking advantage of him. After rejecting this offer, he must have regretted it. 

Next up, this HOA was tired of looking at this person's 30-year-old car, so they demanded they move it, but the car owner had the last laugh. 

'Force me to do Karaoke?': Non-singer pressured to perform at show-off's karaoke party, cue malicious compliance

Karaoke is not for everyone, and it's ten times worse when you have an actual good singer present. We all know why that is. They hog the microphone, they take it too seriously, they pick obscure songs (probably musical theater), and belt crazy notes that don't actually sound as good as they think. In short, karaoke is only fun when everyone in the group is on the same page about what this is. You can either have a room full of show-offs and legitimate singers, or you can have a room full of non-singers. Anywhere in between could be a recipe for danger.

 

This thread was posted to Reddit's r/MaliciousCompliance subreddit by u/Iborrador, who begrudgingly attended a friend's party where he was forced to participate in karaoke. He complied but only in a way that would reveal how silly this self-obsessed "singer" was acting. For his song, he chose the band Polyphia. For those of you who didn't know (I didn't), Polyphia is an instrumental band. So, this dude did participate like he was supposed to while also managing not to sing a word. 

 

Our self-obsessed "singer" host was ticked off for sure, and when she organized the next party, she made him sing something with lyrics. Of course, our Redditor managed to get away with another form of karaoke sabotage. Keep scrolling below for the rest of the story and for some funny karaoke suggestions from folks in the comments section. For more tales of malicious compliance, check out this post about a fast food worker who was told never to talk back to their manager.

'Phone must be off during work? You're the boss': Employees lose customers for hours after their bosses insist they turn off all mobile phones

Turn all phones off? Okay, if you say so…

Phones in the workplace are quite the divisive topic. You could argue that these days, people really need their cell phones to run their lives effectively. For example, if you're at work, but you get a call or text that your child is sick and you need to get them from school, having your phone on you is the best way to communicate.

On the other side of the coin, however, phones are so addictive that it's easy to get lost for hours browsing social media and chatting with friends. In the workplace, even a few minutes of phone time is too much for many bosses. This person's boss is no exception. They laid down the law — no phones at work whatsoever. Okay, whatever you say, boss.

This OP, u/Super-Monkfish, shared their tale of malicious compliance that took place when they worked at a betting shop. It was the morning of a big horse racing event when they decided to comply with their boss's rules, no matter how impractical. 

Check out this story, plus delighted commenters who added their own thoughts. Then, read this story about a family who visited a college campus, only to majorly embarrass themselves by overreacting. 

‘They never did it again': Resident gets even with neighbor's kids who dump trash over fence, throws trash right back into their backyard

Having kids as neighbors can result in quite a hassle if their parents aren't doing their job right… These kids in particular were an absolute headache for an entire neighborhood, as they would constantly throw trash (among other things) over their backyard fence. One of the residents in the neighborhood had been moving some of the stuff that had ultimately ended up blocking the sidewalk for years. That is, until he ended up scrolling the neighborhood Facebook, finding out that he wasn't the only one who was absolutely fed up with their antics.

These kids' parents had been contacted too many times to count, and the general consensus was that they simply didn't care that their kids were being a bother. And the Parents of the Year award goes to… not these people, that's for sure. OP hatched a petty plan for revenge; his goal was to get these children to stop throwing their trash over the fence. To say he succeeded would be an understatement. To find out how exactly he got these kids to grow up, despite other people attempting to do so for years, scroll down. The full detailed account of events is below. For more, here is an employee who left the payroll tab open, allowing all other employees to see how much each person's salary was after his boss annoyed him.

'They completely bombed': Student gets forced into doing an entire group project alone, fakes flat tire on the day of presentation so they fail

Show me someone who has been assigned a group project, and I'll show you someone who has had a terrible group project experience. Although if the experience of having a bad group member in a group project is as universal as it's claimed to be… some of us must be lying. You never see or hear people talking about the group projects where they were terrible group members… 

"Oh, yeah, I had this project with Jennifer in high school where we were supposed to do an oral report on the usage of the tersorium in Ancient Rome and its role in the spread of typhoid and cholera—totally had her do the entire thing, bro—it was epic!"

I've probably shared this before, but the icing on the cake of my school group project experience came from one of the final projects I had to complete to get my degree. This was for a non-disclosed pre-med course. I was paired up with an individual who absolutely could not care less about the project—as long as I secured them a top mark—since they had "more important" things to study for. I wish I could say I did something creative, but—quite liking that class and wanting to get a good grade—I somehow ended up letting myself get coerced into doing the entire thing. I'm not necessarily proud of it, but I got a good grade and avoided conflict.

That individual is a doctor now and—well, I'm not. So I don't know what conclusion we really should be drawing from all of this. All I can say is I hope they don't cut the same corners in their medical practice that they cut in their education.

Anyways, this group project member came up with a better solution… and faked a flat tire on the day of their oral presentation.

Next, see this other story of group project revenge.

‘Our eyes met; she knew it was up to me': Employee uses promotion to shut down boss's retail store, leading to boss's termination

Don't bite the hand that feeds you… unless of course, that hand isn't yet feeding you. Sometimes you can't know these things beforehand. As told by u/kaltics, this is a story of petty revenge that went a little further than initially intended. OP was working as a retail store manager but was promptly demoted during a mass redundancy thanks to their boss and the obvious managerial differences they had between them. Upper management, huh? OP was mad enough that they were seriously considering quitting and going to work somewhere else, but in the end, they were glad that they stayed.

Bouncing from store to store within the company, OP finally landed a position for the company's call center development and processes team. Some more time went by, and soon enough, the time for some petty revenge had arrived. In other words, the opportunity presented itself at the perfect moment. OP was given the power, so to say, to decide which retail stores within the company would be a part of a new sales experiment. The forecast was that this experiment would be very successful, so all the retail stores wanted in. During the meeting that this was to be discussed, OP noticed their old boss out of the corner of their eye.

If you guessed that OP took their advantage, you'd be correct. But OP's decision to keep their old boss's retail store out of the experiment didn't exactly go to their original plan… scroll down to read what happened next. For more, here is a waiter who demanded to be compensated for a $3,600 table who didn't leave a tip, then quit when they were denied said compensation.

'I Was Promptly Ghosted': Top 21 Dating App Flops of the Week (August 2, 2023)

It's hard to meet people nowadays, and it's impossible to pin it on one single reason. There is so much to take into consideration when it comes to dating and romance. People can look deceivingly normal in their bios, but once you get to talking, all of the ugly comes out. It is surprising what people will put in writing when given the chance. It makes me wonder, does this ever work for them? Yeah, I am in the same old dating game as the rest of the world, bound to depend on dating apps. Where else am I supposed to meet someone? It's hard out there for introverts.

If you can empathize with the emotional exhaustion that dating causes, then you have certainly come to the right place for some good old validation. Scroll down for the funniest, weirdest, and wildest dating app flops of the week. For more, here is a Karen who stormed out of a hotel without paying because she was refused a refund by the hotel clerk. People these days…

'What can we do to get you to stay?': New manager tells worker they're useless, begs them to stay when they quit

Well, which one is it? Useless or essential to the business? Contrary to what some managers believe, you don't get to have it both ways. If you treat your staff poorly, they're probably not going to have your interests—or the interests of the business—close to heart. Conversely, treating staff with decency and giving them agency will help you maintain a thriving and successful business. No one likes to have their hand held, no one likes to be micromanaged, and certainly, no one is going to react well to being berated and talked down to.

At the same time, why is it always new managers who have been promoted to a leadership role for the first time who feel it's their duty to be cruel to workers who have more skill, experience, and likely leadership experience than them? Maybe it's something to do with their own insecurity—in fact, it most certainly is. Anyone with true leadership skills and management experience knows that you need to watch and listen before jumping in and making changes. 

I've written this no less than 1,000 times: Just because you're in charge doesn't mean you know everything or have the right answers—so don't act like you do.

 

'You only brought in 21 clients': Cold-caller maliciously complies with boss by extending phone call times

This person made their cold-calling job extra easy with a life hack of sorts. 

As a cold caller, you're signing up for a job that's both repetitive and competitive. You have to make the same exact sales pitch dozens of times per day, but you can't let the monotony get to you. Instead, you have to convince potential clients to purchase your company's service. For those with the charisma of a salesperson, this job can be great. However, this OP, u/Unashamed_Outrage, writes that they strongly disliked the gig. And, weirdly, their boss kept switching their role between contractor and employee, "when it suited him." That seems less than legal, but at least this cold caller got some incredibly satisfying malicious compliance on their boss. 

In addition to maliciously complying their boss's desires, this person also made the world a better place by preventing cold calls from happening in the first place. These types of calls are super annoying to most of us. In this day and age, most of us aren't shopping via phone calls, it's just way too sketchy. Check out the entire story below!

Up next, this employee shared the reason their micromanaging boss was fired — and the employees are partially to blame for her downfall. 

'What the [hey] was I supposed to do?': AP Supervisor of small company scoffs at manager who's upset that he can't control the WiFi

Well, well, well. How the tables have turned. We millennials and Gen Z might have needed help from an adult or two when we were growing up and didn't know how to boil an egg. But look who STILL doesn't understand new technology—how many times do we need to show you how to use the remote?

Reddit user u/GoGoNJDevil recently shared a moment with his manager that truly had him "laughing in millennial." It isn't new to OP that this manager is toxic and rude, and, frankly, annoying. He is already on the hunt for a new job. So it wasn't just this recent interaction that made him reconsider his employment there, but it truly does add the cherry on top. OP is the AP supervisor for this small company. The AP supervisor is the "accounts payable" supervisor, so he deals with all the paying stuff, which means he figures out how to pay for the company wifi. So when Comcast had to do some work on their end at 8 am, and it cut out the service, the boomer manager called OP. He demanded that OP call Comast and remedy the issue immediately. Ok, so, like… Just call Mr. Comcast? Say, "Hey man, can you do me a solid??" LOL

Nope, OP just rolled his eyes and tried his best. He called Comcast, and they told him exactly what he thought they would tell him, that there was nothing they could do. He relayed this to his manager, and apparently, now the wifi not working was HIS fault. What a wild rollercoaster of a job it must be to work for an entitled boomer. 

Update: ‘Instead of getting promoted, I got fired’: Employee comes home from vacation, finds out they lost promotion, then gets fired

Despite finding it difficult to fathom, I am fully aware that coworkers have the tendency to try throwing you under the bus, and you can either sit there and take it, or hatch a clever plan to dodge their attempts. But sometimes, the bad guy wins… we aren't exactly living in a corporate fairy tale. Before we get into u/TroaAxaltion's story of petty revenge that actually ended them up being fired, you can check out their first original post for some extra context, here.

OP was working in the contracting department for a medical equipment company. There he had a coworker we'll call Hank, who was an account manager. Hank was caught not doing his job, got in trouble, then tried to throw OP under the bus and pin his incompetence on him. But, tough luck, as OP had kept the receipts and proved that Hank was the real problem. Now, all that was good and dandy, but as it turns out, Hank wasn't the only problematic employee at the company.

Enter Mary, a conniving sort of person, to say the least. She teamed up with Hank, who already disliked OP for dodging his attempt to get him fired. Unfortunately, this time around, they were both successful. Scroll down to read exactly how OP was once again, thrown under the bus. For more, here is another OP who got fired after refusing a promotion.

'I got fired yesterday': Employee shares their experience of being fired from their job where they were being berated and micromanaged

We're not always going to be successful at everything we do or attempt to do, and—whether our failure is actually by our own standards or someone else's—that's ok. Similarly, (my fellow people pleasers, please brace yourselves) —you're not going to be loved by everyone you meet… Heck, not everyone is even going to like you. Some people, even within your own family, may not be able to tolerate you—and it might not be because of anything you've done or anything that you can change or control. And that's ok too. Not ok in the sense that it's going to be particularly productive or enjoyable for you; ok in the sense that it's a part of life and will happen one way or the other—no matter how much energy you put into controlling it. The sooner you figure this out, the easier life becomes, as you can save that energy for the other things in life that are going to require it.

This means that, yes, you may not be good enough at something, and that something might be your hobby or a sport that you're passionate about progressing in, or a job that was once your dream. If it's a job, you might even find yourself fired from it, but this doesn't mean that it's the end necessarily—merely another step along a crooked narrow path. The sheer number of famous successful persons who have given interviews about being fired from a number of previous jobs stands as a testament to this. But this is because they learned that the only way to move is forward—and walk the path of life.

This worker found themself failing in their job, constantly being micromanaged and berated by their boss to a point where they could see the writing on the wall—I mean, their boss literally told them they'd better hurry and find another job. Finally, the axe fell when they had a 1-on-1 scheduled with their boss under dubious pretenses, and they found themselves unemployed.

They shared their experience with a popular online community for discussion of employment issues, telling how their firing came to pass and sharing their initial hopeless feelings afterward—before ending with the silver lining that they now see. 

Commenters shared their thoughts and experiences of their own, commiserating with the original poster and offering their advice. 

Read on to see the thread that inspired this post, originally shared on Reddit's r/antiwork community. Next,

 

'Who butchered my lawn': Insufferable 'choosing beggar' complains after neighbor mows his lawn for free

There's nothing more blood boiling than when you go out of your way to do a favor for someone only for them to have the audacity to correct you—even ridicule you—over how it was done. Somehow, a simple thanks isn't enough. Instead, some complex ego jiu-jitsu leads them to feel it necessary to belittle you and your act of service in order to bring themselves back up to being "better than" you in their own minds. Anyone who thinks or acts like this should just do it themselves or pay someone to get it done how they want it. 

And, yet, when the miserable grump next door asks you to mow their lawn for them, it's hard to say no. If you've known them for long enough, you're probably privy to the fact that they don't have it easy and feel inclined, maybe even a little pressured, to lend them a hand. Though you might start to question what the heck you were thinking when you start to receive messages like this guy did after he went out of his way to mow his neighbor's lawn. 

Top Dad Jokes of the Week (August 1, 2023)

Let's take a moment today to appreciate our Dads in all their "Dad Joke" glory. 

 

It's no understatement that being a parent requires a ridiculous amount of patience. Although when we're growing up, we tend to think that we're the ones who have to be patient with our parents, refusing to take into account the sacrifices they've made for us. But from our perspectives, they're just so embarrassing and we have to humor them or else they're only going to get more embarrassing. 

 

We know that fathers have the tendency to behave this way far more than mothers. It's just the reality of what it means to be a Dad, after all. But every so often, our Dads make jokes where instead of rolling our eyes, we're actually able to take a minute, digest the pun, and crack a smile before uttering the words "That's clever."

 

Keep scrolling below for these Dad Jokes that made us guffaw. When you're finished, here's a story about a guy who got revenge on his Dad by covering his house in ants.

'I personally went from making 15$ an hour to $27 an hour': Swim club president insists on pay cuts, hero boss gets every lifeguard a gigantic raise

This person had the best summer job ever, all thanks to their boss who went above and beyond his job duties. We could all use a boss like John, as their former employee, u/timothy53, told in a tale of incredible malicious compliance. 

Summer jobs give teens a taste of independence. At your first job, you have the freedom to drive to work, earn some cash, and then catch up with your friends to enjoy some summer fun. A really great job for teens is lifeguarding. You have to be certified, and it's a serious role — you're protecting the lives of the swimmers around you, especially children. Some people think lifeguarding can be dull and slow, but the pay is excellent compared to many other entry-level positions that pay minimum wage. The more certified you are, the higher your pay rate can go. 

This person's boss took advantage of that exact logic. The OP shared their story to the malicious compliance subreddit, and even dropped an additional story about John in the comments. Their boss sounds like a really good human being, and it seems like he changed the lives of his employees for the better. 

Up next, this pizza parlor employee was told to take all phone calls very seriously, during an epidemic of prank calls, so the employee did exactly as they were instructed. 

'Every day I took something away': Landlord rents room in his house to tenant, tenant keeps inviting guests over, landlord gets back at him

This landlord turned a sweet deal into a living nightmare. It's remarkable how much power landlords have when it comes to living conditions. If they want to be hospitable and generous, it's well within their power to life easier for tenants and to gain their loyalty and trust. However, if you cross them, be prepared for the wrath of an angry landlord.

 

That's exactly what happened when this tenant signed a lease to live in one of the bedrooms of a two-bedroom house, owned and occupied by a homeowner-turned-landlord. This landlord was a bit naive when drafting the lease and didn't include a verbal agreement for the tenant to not invite guests over more than twice a month (this, in and of itself, is a ridiculous request). However, when the tenant began bringing what seemed to be his girlfriend over pretty much every night of the week, the landlord decided it was time to end being Mr. Nice Guy. He confronted the tenant, who then said that this verbal agreement about guests was not written into the lease and therefore did not need to be followed. 

 

That's when the landlord decided to pursue a little malicious compliance. He started to take away all the communal privileges that were not expressly covered in the lease as a bit of malicious compliance. It was only a matter of time before things got too heated (and unlivable) for the tenant.

 

Keep scrolling below for the full story. For more, check out this post about a camping feud.

'Just got fired with no explanation': Man questions the legality of his seemingly random verbal termination

What do you do if you get fired from a job in an unexpected manner? One man took to Reddit to describe his current situation, which sounds super problematic from an outsider's perspective. He explained that he finally found a job he would consider decent, but he ended up getting fired without any real explanation. 

His boss fired him without any warning by simply telling him that he couldn't come back. OP explained that he was on the schedule to work the following day, but now he doesn't have a job to show up to. He's now feeling stressed out about how he'll be able to pay his rent. For a while, he thought his boss with someone who genuinely cared about his employees. 

Now, he realizes that he might've been wrong all along. He explained that one of the possible reasons he could've been given the boot is that he had to leave work early twice, and he takes bathroom breaks at least once every hour due to chronic illnesses he is dealing with. His boss knows about his illnesses, which means the boss is fully aware that OP wasn't just running off to the bathroom on a frequent basis for no reason at all. 

People in the Reddit thread have responded with their own personal accounts of seemingly random termination from jobs. Others have been chiming in with their own insightful advice.

'That was the day I got to fire an entire company': 15+ Bosses recall the most satisfying times they fired incompetant employees

As a manager, you're going to have to make hard decisions sometimes — you might even have to fire people from time to time. 

If you've ever been on the receiving end of being let go, you know it's one of the worst feelings in the world. Losing your job is incredibly personal; aside from making you feel bad about yourself, it means that you now have to scramble to find income to feed yourself and pay the rent. It's like the floor opens up underneath you, and you're free falling until you find the next job that will provide you with financial security. For many people, depending on your industry, it's a given that you'll be let go from a job at some point. It's not always the employee's fault. However, these bosses below answered an intriguing question: "Employers of Reddit: What was the most satisfying, 'You're fired', you ever uttered?"

While these anecdotes aren't included in this post, there were numerous people on the thread who said they'd fired folks and never enjoyed it. Many bosses describe the shocked and dismayed looks on people's faces when they told them. To some degree, it is probably always hard for both parties when parting ways. 

The bosses who answered this prompt had some pretty satisfying reasons for firing their employees, however. From repeated latenesses to stealing money from the cash register, these employees needed to go. A bad employee makes the workday harder for the other employees and management alike. Check out these stories below. Then, check out these messy meals that really needed plates. 

'The hotel staff saw everything': Guest enters hotel spa and takes another person's slippers, hotel staff show person security footage

When spending time at a hotel, you allow yourself to comfortably leave things around, as you know that the hotel is being monitored by security cameras and staff at all times. Otherwise, you simply wouldn't pay to stay the night. In this case, OP was staying at a very expensive hotel, and when I say expensive, I mean that a standard room typically costs over $500 a night. So what happened to OP's slippers was kind of bizarre. OP was visiting the hotel spa, taking off his slippers and leaving them on the side.

Suddenly he noticed someone else walking out in his slippers, which he said, were designer. It made no sense, as everyone in the hotel definitely had money to spare. He approached hotel staff, asking if they'd seen anyone walk around in his slippers, to which they replied yes, then whipped out security footage. This behavior begs the question… why do rich people feel the need to take things that aren't theirs when they can definitely afford to buy their own stuff? Boredom, perhaps? We'll never know.

Scroll down for the full, detailed account of events, and the outcome. For more, here is a waiter who found out via his manager that some unhappy customers had taken it upon themselves to not only complain to corporate head office but also try to get him fired for laughing at their demands while they were seated at the restaurant.