Blue-collar dad asks his daughter’s 23-year-old boyfriend to loan him $8K to repair his bathroom, daughter discourages him from giving her dad money: ‘Frank still owes her 20-year-old brother $2K from a truck repair.’

Why should a 23-year-old kid have to support his girlfriend’s father? It’s never a good idea to loan money to your family. If you really want to give money to your parents, grandparents, siblings, or kids, it should be a gift, not a loan. Giving a generous cash gift does not irrevocably change your relationship …
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Gross Worker Shows Up Stinky to Work Everyday, Refuses to Bathe Even After He’s Been Confronted About His Poor Hygiene 3 Times

At this point, the company needs to tell him that he will be fired if he doesn’t start showing up to work clean.  I do not know how people can go days without showering. Unless you are a newborn baby or in a life-threatening situation where there is no running water, there is no excuse …
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Rich Texan Boomer Criticizes HVAC Technician for Parking His Truck in the Shaded Area of The Driveway

Whatever happened to asking workers politely to move their car? If you are fortunate enough to be able to afford workers regularly coming to your house to maintain your property, you know that you should treat them with dignity and respect if you want them to do a good job. If you live in a …
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Fully certified union electrician uses his free time to waste the time and money of companies trying to poach his expert team at lower wages: ‘It’s getting ridiculous.’

Why is there always someone out there trying to take advantage of tradesmen? Do you know how hard it is to do electrician work? Or any trade, for that matter! There is a reason they get paid well. You can DIY all you want, but some things are just too difficult and even dangerous to …
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Mechanic charges woman $3400 for an oil change that should’ve only cost $120: ‘They required windshield wipers and parking lights be replaced.’

The mechanic was celebrating the second she walked out of the garage.  One of the best ways to avoid getting scammed is knowing what things should cost. A bodega clerk once tried to charge me $12 for a pack of Hostess cupcakes and a 20-oz bottle of Diet Coke, and I immediately called him out. …
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Blue-collar employee quits on the spot after being talked over and offered a lowball raise, is the 11th person to quit in 8 months: ‘I finally cut him off and told him I was quitting.’

An entitled blue-collar manager decided to yell at his employee for something he constantly does himself. That was the straw that broke the camel’s back, prompting the employee to quit. After being offered a lowball raise and being talked over…  When it comes to being a good manager, some of the elements is being accountable …
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Homeowner saves his house by using the ‘weird useless thing’ in the basement from the pervious owners, others share similar experiences: ‘[It] finally made sense…’

Being a homeowner is a new experience for many adults these days, if they are even so lucky. So, when it comes to home maintenance, a lot of adults are depending on the internet. However, sometimes that doesn’t even help. When it came to this homeowner, it was a potentially-devastating leak in the walls that …
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‘It’s my legacy as well’: 10 years after inheriting his late father-in-law’s auto shop, a mechanic refuses to relinquish business ownership to his cheating ex-wife

While there’s never a divorce proceeding without at least a little friction, this scorned man was sideswiped when his future ex-wife demanded her late father’s business. In return for wronging him in their marriage, she decided that she was entitled to the auto shop garage that her father left to him, but he wasn’t going …
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A Tool Box Full of Carpenter Memes for Hardworking LOLs

Need some LOLs that hit the nail right on the head?! You’ve come to the right place! If you’re a hardworking blue collar tradie, getting in early mornings and man-handling those power tools, then these memes are for you. We’re talking the kind of workers who down a Red Bull at 6am and a Diet …
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Farmer parents hilariously find out years later that their 16-year-old secretly rode her horse to school when she was grounded from driving: ‘All we could do is shake our head’

When you are a teenager, you crave rebellion. It’s because of the myelination of neurons working on becoming an independent adult, but we won’t get into the neuroscience of it all. Everyone who has been a teenager remembers that urge. That feeling of doing whatever you want no matter what! If your parents say those …
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