When you’re a kid, you hang onto your parent’s every word. Unlike a fellow child or a random stranger, the things your parents say to you stick whether you remember exactly what they said or not. If your parents praised you when you succeeded and encouraged you when you failed, you are probably still benefitting …
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‘Your kid needs a bath like yesterday’: Workers share things they aren’t allowed to tell customers at their job
If you’ve ever worked in retail, you know things the customer will never discover. If every restaurant in America were transparent with their customers about where their food came from, the public would stop eating out as much as they do. Or they would stop for about six months after this Supersize Me-esque revelation, forget …
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Gen X Shares How They Went From YOLO to ‘Get Off My Lawn’
Groaning when you climb up a flight of stairs is the new norm. Remembering names has become more difficult, although to be fair, you were never particularly good at that anyway. And the music? This new stuff sounds like angry robots having a rave in a blender. Does this sound like you? Congrats, you’re getting …
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25 Satisfying Facts for Parents to Share With Their Kids at Bedtime
You’re tucking your kids who are yabbering on excitedly into bed, the soft glow of their nightlight casting a warm ambiance across their cozy bedroom. They are super interested in cool facts about geography, animals, and even history. Smart little critters. The walls are adorned with posters of their favorite animals and space-themed decals twinkle …
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Fast Food Workers Share Most Entertaining Workplace Moments
Everybody here has had some experience working in customer service. A number of us had jobs in theaters, motels, fast-food restaurants, and various other places. It’s safe to say that working as a server was one of the hardest jobs I’ve ever had. For the most part, we felt like human punching bags that people might …
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‘Letting the tablet raise them’: Parents share the parenting trends they disagree with
Throughout the past 100 years, many different parenting trends have gone in and out of style. One of the biggest trends that has all but dissipated is parents leaving their kids outside to play by themselves for hours at a time. Starting with panic about child abductions in the 80s, compounded with the rise of …
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‘They told me about their severance packages in the first interview’: Employees Share Most Entertaining Job Interview Stories
Ding, ding… Alarm bells go off in my head anytime I hear the phrase, ‘Though there are set hours, most employees stay extra so to show they’re committed to this job’. Another big red flag is when the interviewer seems disinterested or unprepared. If they haven’t looked over my resume, or if they’re asking basic …
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Freeloading sister refuses to adjust to off-the-grid new home: ‘Worried for these children’
I’ve always wanted to live «off the grid.» The way I live now is so «on the grid» it’s nuts. There is something beautifully romantic about imagining a cottage in a far-off pasture, growing your own vegetables, making bread, and not having to go on the internet. You could just read books all day, attend …
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‘He should pay it all’: Renters debate how couple making $180K and $40K respectively should split their rent
As a brand new New Yorker, I often think about the circumstances under which I would be able to live «on my own.» Even if I suddenly came into a large amount of money, I probably wouldn’t be financially savvy to live alone unless I won the lottery. The best idea I’ve come up with …
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