31 Funny Signs Found in the Wild by Signage Scavengers

I used to make blackboard signs for my old coffee shop gig, and it was easily the best part of the job. I got paid to sit down and use chalk paint pens and doodle little doodles. Watching my signs get peoples’ attention on the street was kind of a thrill. Yes, come get the …
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The Cringiest LinkedIn Posts of the Week (August 19, 2023)

I do not understand the point of LinkedIn influencers. I know that in their minds, they are constantly shaping the discourse around business, commerce, office decorum, and whether or not you should grind. While that is all good and valid, I have never been convinced of a point because a LinkedIn person told me to …
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Workers Discuss The Benefits of Lying on Your Resume

There’s only so much you can do to get a job when your resume is not up to par. You can change the verbiage you use to describe your job-hopping as much as you’d like, but employers are just going to see the same thing: an unreliable person who can’t be trusted to stay at …
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‘I did exactly as I was told’: Employee told «not to think,» does their best

Some employers value different traits than you might expect. Usually, when interviewing for a job, you’d make sure to emphasize how you go above and beyond, think critically, and problem-solve—yet, some employers are looking for someone who does exactly what they’re told and doesn’t ask questions. For most of us, this wouldn’t work for us, …
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‘She demanded I hire her’: Manager’s old company calls to begging him to hire his useless ex-coworker to get her off their hands

Imagine having a coworker so terrible that when you get a new management role and poach the members of your old team, your old HR manager actually gets mad at you for not poaching the awful one. That’s a scenario that boggles the mind so completely it’s hard to imagine this scenario actually playing out …
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Wild LinkedIn Posts Courtesy of Cringey Entrepreneurs

There’s something about entrepreneurs that makes them want to post cringe at any chance they get. They love to advise struggling workers when they themselves haven’t achieved any semblance of success. They love to humble brag about how hard they work and how having your own business is superior to working for a company in …
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OSHA-Triggering Fails That Are Kind of Impressive

Growing up my mother used to accuse me of «creative incompetence,» a complicated manner of getting out of chores that I really, really didn’t like. You know, like sweeping. I’d dramatically «fail» at sweeping to be absolved of the tedious task and my mother’s 99 cent store brooms. These geniuses? Well, they’re definitely creative. But …
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Thailand’s Plastic Bag Ban Forcing Shoppers To Get Hilariously Creative

Thailand started the year with a strict plastic bag ban, much to the chagrin of the cult of bag-savers ‘round the South Asian country. Shoppers have yet to adopt the cute canvas totes that are popular in the United States and Canada. Instead, Thais are opting to get creative with their shopping vessels, using objects a …
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