Runway Model Catwalks at a Funeral, Shocks Internet

Like almost everyone, I’ve spent some time thinking about how I’d like my funeral to go. I plan out the guest list, and the music, and even wonder what the eulogizers will say. It can be kind of fun to think about it as a big party celebrating your life, full of everyone you love …
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Boss Plans to Fire Employee After His Father’s Passing Because She ‘Doesn’t Know How Responsible He is’

Family emergencies are one of those things that can really show a company’s true colors. When you’re a diligent hard worker who always shows up on time and rarely calls off, it’s easy to feel like you’ve earned the good graces of the company. After all, you’ve put in so much hard work for them, …
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Boss Plans to Fire Employee After His Father’s Passing Because She ‘Didn’t Know How Responsible He Was’

Family emergencies are one of those things that can really show a company’s true colors. When you’re a diligent hard worker who always shows up on time and rarely calls off, it’s easy to feel like you’ve earned the good graces of the company. After all, you’ve put in so much hard work for them, …
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Heartless Boss Cancels Employee’s Time Off for Mom’s Funeral, Threatens to Fire Her if She Goes

We’ve heard of managers reneging on vacation approval, but this is just cruel. When u/vanluvsyou requested two weeks off so that she could arrange and attend her mom’s funeral, the request was approved by her manager. A month later, OP’s manager called her into the office to inform her that she had to cancel the …
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Clout-Chasing TikToker Sparks Debate After Trying to Film Grandma’s Funeral Like a Wes Anderson Movie

Even in these days when every other person seems to be an aspiring influencer, you might think that certain things are off limits for posting about. Trailblazer as she is, Trisha Paytas is not a how-to guide.  However, if there’s one thing we should expect from social media, it’s that there will always be some …
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Boss Posts Bizarre Note Explaining Funeral Leave Policy

Calling off work to go to a fake funeral is so common it’s almost considered cliche. People online talk about pretending their grandma dies at every new job, which is something I have not been desperate enough to do yet. Even though it’s relatively uncommon in the working world (college professors see this excuse more …
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Mourning TikTokers Cause Controversy Taking BeReals at Grandma’s Funeral

Once upon a time, you could rely on one thing when it came to attending a funeral: it was all about trying to show some respect to the person who had died. However, these days it seems like the rules on how you honor the dead are a little more lax. For some people, the …
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Mom Entrances Viewers with Party Trick at Father-In-Law’s Wake

In many cultures, funerals are not a time for merriment. When a loved one has just died, it isn’t most peoples’ first instinct to start putting on a show. Nonetheless, the bit that comes after the actual ceremony-and-remembrance can bring some eyebrow raising occurrences, especially if there is alcohol involved. I once got propositioned at …
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Elephant That Trampled A Woman To Death Attended Her Funeral And Trampled Her Dead Body

Twitter has been shaken up this week by a case of accidental death in India; a woman trampled to death by an elephant had a surprise guest at her funeral. Who was that surprise guest, you might ask? Why, the elephant who killed her, of course!