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fail_feedThis guy was proud of the car he bought, so when it got totaled he was heartbroken. He went through the steps with his insurance and they were able to pay him out to get a new car. The best case scenario to a totaled car. However, since he loved that car, he had personally purchased matts, CDS, and other accessories to add to his ride. The insurance company had already sold his totaled car to someone else, but said they would reach out to them to see if he could get his personal items back. The guy said he had "grown attached" to the items and would not be returning them. Amazed at this guy's arrogance, he hung up the phone frustrated at the loss. But hey, it's not the end of the world, just some cheap items he wanted back. He moved on.
Then, the insurance called back asking if he had the fancy spare key to the car because the new owner would like it. As lucky would have it, he sure had the key! Spare car keys can be over $800 sometimes, way more expensive than matts for a car and some CDs. He could've offered a trade, but instead, he said he had "grown attached" to the key.
fail_feedIf this isn't iconic, we don't know what is…All we can say is, Sia would be proud. No, they didn't swing from any warehouse chandeliers, but we're pretty sure one of the coworkers got inspiration from her for his Wednesday Wig. After these employees are reprimanded for their long hair, a new rule of 'nothing below the collar' is implemented. But remember this was the 90s, an era of self-expression and rebellion…so they decided to listen to the new rule, but left some room for just a tad of self-interpretation…
So instead of cutting off their luscious locks, these employees decided to show up to work in the most outrageous wigs that resembled anything but natural. Rainbow hair, crazy curls, they did it all…getting increasingly stranger every day. But the most important part: They stuck to the one rule, no wig's length passed their collars…So what could their boss do? Well, as you can imagine, four months later (Still shocked it lasted that long), they were told that as long as their hair was clean and presentable… the length shouldn't be a problem…Sorry, Sia, back to the one-tone we go.
fail_feedWe all have that one coworker who has the social awareness of a toddler. They pry when their colleagues clearly don't want to share personal information, expect everyone to trust them with their deepest, darkest secrets, then cry "workplace harassment" when everyone decides to stop talking ot them. The coworker in this next story is this archetype on steroids, likely because she is an aspiring mother and is obsessed with her pregnant colleague.
A lot of women's anatomies, unfortunately, are not compatible with carrying a life. This is a sad fact of the world, but in this story's case, it does not excuse the coworker's prying behavior, especially when the pregnant colleague's safety is at risk.
Imagine your coworker calls your doctor and tries to make an appointment for you. Weird. Well, it's even weirder if they demand that your manager give them your home address. Did I mention this coworker is a remote employee? All of this screams "obsessed," and not in the Mariah Carey-I'm better than you way. What would you do if you were in this colleague's situation? Go to HR and demand relocation? Or, stick it out? Scroll below to get all the details.
fail_feedEvery person who works in sales has a different method to successfully make a sale. Think of that episode in The Office when all the sales employees pair up and we see how Jim and Dwight appeal to customers as opposed to Phyllis and Karen. They all sold the same thing, but each had a different approach to get the customer on their side. Some methods are probably better than others, and it takes time and effort to become a professional and successful salesperson.
The car salesman in the story below needs all the help he can get if he wants to succeed in this business, because his current ways are definitely not going to help him sell cars.
After showing a customer cars for around 10 minutes, the customer left, telling him they needed to think about it. Less than 24 hours later, the salesman already starts calling the customer asking if they are ready to buy. When he didn't like the customer's response, he started throwing accusations, a sales method we are not sure where he learned…
fail_feedIt can be challenging to get over the need to impress one's parents. This woman may be 40 years old, but she clearly has not gotten over the feeling that her parents value her older sister more because of a college degree they believe she completed. Now, not only is the younger sibling going back to school to finish her undergraduate degree, but she is also considering revealing the truth to her parents about the fact that two decades prior, her beloved sister dropped out of school.
Look, if I were this author, I would also be resentful. After all, the primary reason why her parents are more proud of her older sister isn't even true. Her sister never finished that degree, and the author was supportive enough to honor her sibling's wishes and keep it a secret. The problem is the fact that the author now wants to undo all of those years of sisterly loyalty just to become more favorable in her parents' eyes.
While we do not believe that this author is solely going back to school for the purpose of impressing her parents, shouldn't that be enough to regain some favorability in their eyes? Why does she have to put her sister down in order to boost herself? Clearly, the impulse for sabotage is reflective of the fact that this woman's level of maturity does not exactly match her actual age. Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions from members of this online community.
fail_feedShared housing is the sport where printed policies play against personal constitutions and the hallway serves as neutral ground until someone drags a sofa across it. Two adults sign the same lease, run different governments from adjacent bedrooms, and discover that the thinnest thing in the apartment is not the drywall but the tolerance for anyone else's rules.
In practice, three forces decide whether a kitchen stays peaceful or becomes a tribunal. Rules are the official script, tidy and finite, good for quiet hours and trash day. Boundaries are private laws, sometimes absolute, occasionally incompatible, rarely negotiated with grace. Expectations live in the fog between them, built from past roommates, cultural habits, and the assumption that vibes count as precedent. When these collide, a living room turns into a micro foreign ministry with everyone claiming veto power over who breathes near the microwave. The sane moves are predictable and underrated. Lead with the written policy, write down agreements, and if values cannot share oxygen, replace debate with distance. Respect ends at the bedroom door and does not travel without a visa.
fail_feedOnce you start taking your shoes off when you enter someone's home, it's hard to break the habit. It's kind of nice to leave your outdoor shoes in the hallway, keeping your socks on in the house. You leave all that dirt and dust outdoors, and only your clean feet touch the tile and wood inside your home.
It's just not a thing in every household, and it depends on the circumstances, too. For example, you might usually ask guests to take their shoes off. But that rule goes out the window during big parties — for some reason, people don't seem to mind that when they're having 40 people over to celebrate a birthday or hosting an indoor/outdoor BBQ.
It's polite to just ask the host if you should leave your footwear at the door, or you can just follow their lead and see if they leave their Nikes outside. This person, however, has a medical condition. It's not that his feet stink — instead, he has very fragile skin on his feet, so he simply cannot walk barefoot without causing skin tears or blisters. However, as a few commenters pointed out, he should've been prepared for this. A lot of people have aching feet or foot issues that require constant footwear support, and they have specific shoes for indoors and others for outdoors. Easy!
It seems like there were some overreactions on both sides, as you can read all about in the story below.
Next, read about some mildly infuriating dining experiences: "I'm not paying $40 per plate for a bug."
fail_feedCollege isn't for everyone. You have successful CEOs who didn't graduate high school, critically acclaimed actors who were homeschooled since they were 6, and every other exception to the "rule." The rule is conventionality and tradition, in that most people take the college route, so they are better prepared for a high-paying job in a field they are interested in. Not everyone wants to be a businessman or a data analyst, but if you're thinking of making big leaps in an "alternative" career like acting or music, you probably shouldn't expect your parents to foot the bill. Yes, that remains true even if your parents funded your siblings' college education. Why? The two are very different routes, and some might argue that one reaps a better reward.
The mother in this next story refuses to fund her daughter's acting "gap year" so she can pursue an acting career in Los Angeles. It's important to note that the cost of living in LA, aside from the statistics working against struggling actors trying to make it big, is abhorrent. They say to never give up on your dreams, and I stand by that. However, expecting a parent to fund everything for a year in addition to their current expenses is a bit… much. Scroll below to read the entire story.
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Sep. 4th, 2025 02:59 pmnasa_imageoftheday_feedfail_feedThe basic rules of friendship are simple: Give and take should be both equal and mutual. For example, paying for your friend to be upgraded to 5-star hotels because she doesn't like the energy of a 4-star, and then lending her $5-10k to get her out of debt, is not a great example of balanced 'give and take'…
Don't get me wrong, she sounds like an amazing friend, who also needs a bit of therapy in people pleasing…We love that she is there for her friend through it all, financial trials and social tribulations. However, there is definitely a line to be drawn, as we are not quite sure who granted her the right to just take, take, take. You cannot be so self-unaware as to ask your financially responsible friend for a loan, and then allow them to buy you unnecessary gifts and luxuries on top of that…If her friend wants a sugar baby, she's certainly at the right place.
But how naive, could one be not to see that they are being utterly and completely used? It's time to take a deep dive into this friendship and re-evaluate its worth. Because you may look at her and see love, but when she looks at you, all she sees are $$$ signs
fail_feedEveryone has differing opinions about how remote work calls should be conducted. Oftentimes, it depends on what the situation calls for. In this instance, a hybrid employee who works for a tech company started to feel pressure about having his camera on at all times on the days he worked from home.
The employee believed this new policy to be essentially a power play, as there was zero evidence of work not being completed or workers slacking off on their remote days. Instead, this new micromanager merely wanted to flex his false sense of authority and remind his employees who their boss was.
I could understand if cameras were requested to be turned on during certain meetings, especially formal ones involving guests or clients. However, if it's a routine 5-minute update and an employee does not want to show their background because of the state of their apartment, that is their right. After all, these were hybrid employees anyway. Everyone knew what they looked like.
Still, this manager couldn't be bothered by the occasional need to have cameras turned off during these check-ins. So, this author decided to let him have what he wanted… well, sort of. Keep scrolling below to see what he and his fellow coworkers started to do during those Zoom meetings.
Thursday quickies
Sep. 4th, 2025 11:24 amjoshreadscomics_feedFamily Circus, 9/4/25
Ha ha, look at Jeffy’s face! He knows it’s not good! But he doesn’t have the gumption to be mad about it, just sad!
Hagar the Horrible, 9/4/25
Ha ha, look at everyone’s faces in the second panel here. What awful secret are Hagar and his family concealing — and why is Snert so eager to reveal it?
Pluggers, 9/4/25
Pluggers are nightmarish animal-human chimeras, hideous and offensive to human sight. But among their own kind, in their own company, do they consider themselves to be, in their own distorted way, beautiful? Today we learn the answer: no.
fail_feedHow many times have you successfully taught a grown adult a lesson?
We're going to take an educated guess and say that it probably doesn't happen very often. Mostly because grown adults are usually not that interested in changing their ways, or in learning something new from others. However, sometimes, a lesson must be taught, whether they like it or not.
Take the neighbors in the story below, for example. Surely, Jack, the entitled neighbor who kept letting his guests park in someone else's private driveway, was not eager to learn a lesson. Yet, when he kept using someone else's private property without even asking, it was clear that without a lesson, nothing was ever going to change.
That is what led their responsible and considerate neighbor to take action and teach Jack what it means to respect other people's property. And if that lesson also involved a tow truck and cost Jack a $300 fee, well, that just proves how valuable lessons are…
fail_feedIt always boggles our minds that instead of giving hardworking employees a raise, some bosses would rather lose employees and then end up paying much more to hire someone else. Why is giving a pay raise to someone who truly deserves it considered such a difficult task?
Take the employee in the story below as an example. They decided to ask for a raise after three years of working as an assistant manager at a retail chain. For some reason, the boss refuses, claiming that it will only take him a week to find someone else who can do the job. "If you don't like the pay, leave; everyone is replaceable".
We will see about that, bossman.
Two months later, the employee finds a better job and quits, giving their boss the opportunity to prove himself right. You can already guess what happened next…
fail_feedThere are certain cases in life where you need to acknowledge that something is out of your control. That there's simply no way that you can meaningfully influence the direction of the outcome.
Still, some managers think that they can control everything in their sphere. The level of ego involved and self-assuradity undoubtedly may make them effective in some areas of their role, and might have gotten them there to begin with. But it becomes borderline delusion when it comes to others.
A perfect example is the one presented in this story, where their manager outright refused to acknowledge this engineer's resignation (which was really the impending end of their limited contract). Since their contract was ending anyway, there really wasn't any need for them to give notice at all. But the insistent denial and refusal to discuss either their resignation or their contract still didn't stop them from being stunned when the employee tried to hand in their company equipment on the last day. The manager attempted to employ one last method of control by telling the employee that they were to stay for another 2 months, basically declaring that they weren't allowed to leave until such time as a suitable replacement had been found.
What would have happened from here if they'd decided to stay is uncertain because, well, they didn't actually have to. They stayed the course of their original plan and left for their new job, leaving their manager to face the reality that they had been avoiding.
It's not the first time we've heard of situations such as this, with similar stories of managers having their resignations ignored for a full four-week duration—right up until the bitter end.
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Sep. 4th, 2025 04:46 amnasa_apod_feed
How soon do jets form when a supernova gives birth to a neutron star?
fail_feedAn employee who was transferred to a new job position immediately starts to get treated poorly by the entitled office "Karen." She ignores it and eventually, the Karen coworker moves on. However, once they started getting new hires, the office Karen expressed how she was going to "steal" clients from them. This boiled the employee who was disrespected by her so many times when she first started. So as payback, she went to every single new hire and offered to help them out in order for them to get 100% of their commission. She states that she would rather work hard for no extra pay just to see justice served. And, oh boy, was justice served! The face on the office Karen once she realized what her old frenemy was doing was apparently "priceless."
"The past week I've felt absolutely euphoric, practically skipping around the office," the proud vigilante employee writes. "I'm like a Disney princess fueled entirely by spite."
fail_feedDaddy's girl or not, this dad has every right to defend his teenage daughter when his 'pinching pennies' son, to put it politely, moves back in with his parents, bringing along his son and pregnant wife, after attempting to rearrange his younger sister's life to benefit them.
The teenage daughter has a car; they need it. She plays the violin; the noise needs to stop. She has her own bathroom; their son needs it. She buys her own non-vegan snacks; it's theirs now. BASICALLY, she breathes air…they want it all for themselves. This entitled 38-year-old son thinks it's his right to move back home and completely, unapologetically take over the space, expecting his whole family to just take a key, lock their mouths, and throw the key away (if he doesn't do it for them first).
Just because he can't make a life for himself doesn't mean he gets to disrupt the lives of others. After trying to convince his dad to insist on making his sister give up on her personal space, hobbies, and treats…because they need the extra room, can't deal with the noise, and crave her foods, he rightfully refuses… if they don't like how things work under his roof, they can find one of their own.
fail_feedSome bosses would do anything to get their employees to do whatever they want them to, even if it means they would bluntly lie.
Take the boss in the story below as an example. One employee randomly discovers they make less money than their coworker, even though their job is more demanding. This employee raises their concerns to their boss, who then calls in a meeting with the company lawyer and HR. In that meeting, they all claim that it's completely legal to fire employees for discussing their wages if it causes distress to the company.
Which is usually a huge lie.
Luckily, this employee does not intend to sit still and let their boss or their lawyer convince them they did something wrong. They recorded the meeting and decided to look further into what truly is illegal when it comes to discussing wages…