Splitting the bill can be a stressful event, even for the best of friends. The tab can run up quickly in a group, and someone’s gotta pay. And there are so many ways you can do it, that it’s not always intuitive to decide. You could give your server all your cards and let them …
Seguir leyendo 22-year-old man orders $85 lobster at dinner with friends, insist they split the bill evenly despite their entrees costing $20: ‘This isn’t his first time mooching’
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22-year-old girl forces friend to sit on guy friend’s lap for 1.5 hour drive, gets mad when she Ubers home: ‘Sarah tried to argue, but my ride showed up, so I left’
Sitting on someone’s lap during a car ride is not only uncomfortable but unsafe! We’ve all probably done it in a pinch, but only for a 5-minute drive to the convenience store or home from dinner. Anything above 20 minutes is untenable. If you’re the one on top, you’re unbuckled, sliding all over the place …
Seguir leyendo 22-year-old girl forces friend to sit on guy friend’s lap for 1.5 hour drive, gets mad when she Ubers home: ‘Sarah tried to argue, but my ride showed up, so I left’
Why Discourse on the Film App ‘Letterboxd’ Epitomizes the High Scrutiny All Social Media Users are Under
The cultural phenomenon surrounding Letterboxd reviews proves that you don’t even have to do anything notable to enrage your fellow internet user. You can do so by merely rating a movie in a way the masses don’t approve.
‘You paid for your seat, that’s how the system works’: Pregnant woman and husband steal assigned train seat, argue when seat owner comes to claim it
A universally stressful moment is when you’re boarding a crowded train and you have to look for a seat. You cruise up and down the aisles, hoping for an empty one, and you don’t always see it. Or maybe you see someone sitting by themselves, but their bag is taking up the seat next to …
Seguir leyendo ‘You paid for your seat, that’s how the system works’: Pregnant woman and husband steal assigned train seat, argue when seat owner comes to claim it
Grocery hauls are the new status symbol: ‘Being able to afford rent n’ groceries is being romanticized by Gen Z’
From thousand-dollar Erewhon hauls to fridge restocking to simple «come grocery shop with me» videos, influencers give grocery shopping a glamorous treatment online. Celebrating and romanticizing the lifestyles of the rich and famous is nothing new, but now that longing-affluent fascination has trickled down to even mundane chores. This newer, even more confounding type of …
Seguir leyendo Grocery hauls are the new status symbol: ‘Being able to afford rent n’ groceries is being romanticized by Gen Z’
Theatergoer kicks off shoes while seated at a play, friend calls them out, sparking a months-long argument: ‘There’s a dress code to live up to’
I’m all for keeping your shoes off. There are people in my family who will wear their shoes in the house all day until they get ready for bed. I can’t understand that kind of madness. Don’t your feet ache to be free from the constraints of your shoes? Don’t you yearn to feel the …
Seguir leyendo Theatergoer kicks off shoes while seated at a play, friend calls them out, sparking a months-long argument: ‘There’s a dress code to live up to’
29-year old who constantly borrows money from friend, including a $300 ‘emergency PS5,’ without re-paying then bothers him for $60: ‘You still owe me hundreds, and I’ve never hounded you about it
Borrowing money from friends can be wildly uncomfortable. You want to keep it fun and friendly and polite, but at a certain point, you also might need your money back. If you sweep things under the rug and let them go by, you might end up resenting each other for unpaid debts or unbalanced books. …
Seguir leyendo 29-year old who constantly borrows money from friend, including a $300 ‘emergency PS5,’ without re-paying then bothers him for $60: ‘You still owe me hundreds, and I’ve never hounded you about it
Baby shower guest prompts discourse after complaining about being asked to buy mom gift from a registry: ‘No one owes you a gift because you got pregnant’
One of many undeniable truths about parenthood is that kids are expensive. Even those parents who do their best to make the most of hand-me-downs, thrift shops, and good old-fashioned budgeting find that keeping a whole other person or several alive takes a chunk out of their income that wasn’t there before. You can try …
Seguir leyendo Baby shower guest prompts discourse after complaining about being asked to buy mom gift from a registry: ‘No one owes you a gift because you got pregnant’
Entitled customer provokes discourse pleading to be able to choose the gender of her Instacart shopper: ‘Go shop for yourself’
What is the price that we should pay for not having to do basic chores ourselves? If the army of apps on many phones is anything to go by, this should only be monetary. In countries like the USA, we live in an age of ultimate convenience so long as we have the cash for …
Seguir leyendo Entitled customer provokes discourse pleading to be able to choose the gender of her Instacart shopper: ‘Go shop for yourself’
Entitled customer provokes discourse by pleading to be able to choose the gender of her Instacart shopper: ‘Go shop for yourself’
What is the price that we should pay for not having to do basic chores ourselves? If the army of apps on many phones is anything to go by, this should only be monetary. In countries like the USA, we live in an age of ultimate convenience so long as we have the cash for …
Seguir leyendo Entitled customer provokes discourse by pleading to be able to choose the gender of her Instacart shopper: ‘Go shop for yourself’