There are usually limits on family helping family, especially when finances are involved. So long as you have an otherwise decent relationship, it is not unreasonable to expect that close relatives will want to assist you when you end up in a difficult spot. However, it is usually sensible to have a limit on that …
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Husband and wife ask husband’s parents to invest in their business, parents only agree to give the money to their son, wife cuts contact: ‘We had no idea what we were walking into’
Even if you have a great relationship with your in-laws, you should never willingly agree to a situation in which you owe them something. Owing anyone anything is a terrible situation to be in, so doing it with a family member historically known for making your life difficult is a foolish decision, and the story …
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‘My backyard looks like a construction site’: Dad insists on using 29-year-old daughter’s yard as business storage, flips out when she tells him to stop
When somebody purchases a home, they normally expect to be the person in charge of what it’s used for. The whole point of owning your own property is that you can, within reason, do what you want with it and enjoy all the freedoms that come from not having to answer to anybody but yourself. …
Seguir leyendo ‘My backyard looks like a construction site’: Dad insists on using 29-year-old daughter’s yard as business storage, flips out when she tells him to stop
Fresh college grad lends a phone charger to an older woman at the airport, earns the mentorship of a lifetime: ‘It’s wild how small things can snowball into something way bigger.’
We know it’s not easy out there right now when it comes to job hunting. It’s a dog eat dog world. Your career is important to you, but that’s you and everyone else… You’re not the only one reaching out to that job that’s a «perfect» fit for you. You have to work your way …
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Porcelain Safehouse: How ‘bathroom camping’ became Gen Z’s mental health break in the workplace
You’ve only just walked into the office and your boss is already on your back about next month’s deadlines. The chattering voices of your coworkers waft over the cubicles, and the tinnitus in your ears rings over your manager’s muffled nagging. Your aching mind wonders how, after six months, you’re still juggling three specialized office …
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Mom allows daughter to be fired from family business, expects her to work as her secretary for free: ‘She keeps telling me it’s my duty’
Work and family can be a tricky thing to mix, precisely because it is so easy to be taken advantage of. Behavior that would be easy to clock as bad and exploitative if a boss or coworker were just some random stranger can be overlooked when somebody is working for a close family member. For …
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29-year-old bride demands her cousin let her host her wedding in her pottery studio, badmouths her to her family when she refuses: ‘My studio isn’t licensed for events like that and the cleanup would be a total nightmare’
It’s easy to sit around and contemplate your dream wedding venue. Wouldn’t it be swell to get married in the Metropolitan Museum of Art or at Notre-Dame de Paris? Of course, we know as mere civilians we can’t afford to have a wedding at these places, and the risk of being around such precious artifacts …
Seguir leyendo 29-year-old bride demands her cousin let her host her wedding in her pottery studio, badmouths her to her family when she refuses: ‘My studio isn’t licensed for events like that and the cleanup would be a total nightmare’
‘This and your HR manager’: 26 Best Memes Roasting That Cheating CEO at the Coldplay Concert
HR is supposed to protect employees’ rights in the workplace. Often, with the company guidelines in hand and waving around the latest Code of Conduct in the faces of the employees, the work of an HR manager usually goes unrecognized. Employees will hem and haw about their duties with the HR office, but the CEO …
Seguir leyendo ‘This and your HR manager’: 26 Best Memes Roasting That Cheating CEO at the Coldplay Concert
21 LinkedIn Atrocities From Grindset Warriors Forever Making A Sale
Which social network is the worst, and why is it LinkedIn? The very concept of a social media platform that is focused on work is a demonic idea, because it takes the fun out of everything that these places have going for them in the first place. In practice, it isn’t much better, but at …
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‘Lady I work 3 jobs, I serve dozens of customers…’: 20+ Baristas share times random strangers demanded they were ‘regulars’ and how they dealt with them
We all our the main characters in our own journey—this also goes for people working service industry jobs. I know for some people coughKARENScough, they think baristas, servers, hotel staff, etc. are all just born to be NPCs in their entitled little world where the sun revolves around them, but that’s just not how it …
Seguir leyendo ‘Lady I work 3 jobs, I serve dozens of customers…’: 20+ Baristas share times random strangers demanded they were ‘regulars’ and how they dealt with them