Great Basin National Park’s cave tour line looks nothing like a line and everything like a sleepy morning picnic. People with camping chairs, crumbly muffins, even travel mugs acting like everyone’s just here to swap hiking tips. There’s no rope, no sign, just that weird, silent contract where everyone tries to out-casual each other while …
Seguir leyendo ‘You are horrible people for cutting in front. Some of us have been here since 6:30’: Hiker shuts down couple cutting 20 people in a 2-hour line for a national park cave tour after park ranger refuses to intervene
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‘Make sure the house is spotless by 5 pm’: Guests cancel their $2000/night Airbnb reservation after the hosts demand they clean up after the previous guest
Home-sharing apps have gotten out of control. People saw the opportunity to get rich quickly with a ramshackle house in a decent area, and realized that they could flip an insane profit off the backs of their guests. Naturally, riding the coattails of the hard work of the guests staying in their house. Because when …
Seguir leyendo ‘Make sure the house is spotless by 5 pm’: Guests cancel their $2000/night Airbnb reservation after the hosts demand they clean up after the previous guest
Brother-in-law camps out in bathroom for hours while staying at his sister-in-law’s 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom house: ‘I told him I really had to go. It took him an hour to get out.’
When you live in a house with four people to one bathroom, you have to be hyper-aware of not hogging the space during incredibly inopportune times. You can’t blow-dry your hair for twenty minutes during high-traffic times, like weekday mornings. Other people’s showers and trips to the toilet are more important than standing in front …
Seguir leyendo Brother-in-law camps out in bathroom for hours while staying at his sister-in-law’s 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom house: ‘I told him I really had to go. It took him an hour to get out.’
Single friend refuses his Europe vacation buddies’ demands he sleep on a couch while couples get private rooms, the couples instantly back off when he suggests upgraded accommodations: ‘I don’t like sharing bedrooms, we are not children’
If you ever want to watch your adult friends regress to the politics of middle school gym class, just suggest a shared vacation rental and wait for the bedroom negotiations to begin. The couples in this friend group claim territorial rights faster than you can say «queen-sized bed.» And single traveling members of the group …
Seguir leyendo Single friend refuses his Europe vacation buddies’ demands he sleep on a couch while couples get private rooms, the couples instantly back off when he suggests upgraded accommodations: ‘I don’t like sharing bedrooms, we are not children’
Cash-grabbing Dublin host ends up indebted €235 to their customers after getting caught trying to force them to cancel their €115/night accommodation for St. Patrick’s weekend: ‘And I got a free upgrade’
We live in a society that’s obsessed with a good grift. In line with the cash-grabbing opportunists and your average snake oil salesman, grifters come in many forms, but when it comes to travel, you can always count on your home-share host to be the capitalistic version of themselves. Like the worst landlord of all …
Seguir leyendo Cash-grabbing Dublin host ends up indebted €235 to their customers after getting caught trying to force them to cancel their €115/night accommodation for St. Patrick’s weekend: ‘And I got a free upgrade’
Friendship group falls apart before a big vacation, leading one friend to cancel everyone’s hotel rooms without a word: ‘I do not want to stay at the same hotel as them’
When you enter a new romantic relationship, one one the main things people warn you about is the idea of scheduling something months in advance before you are sure the relationship is serious. You don’t invite a potential boyfriend or girlfriend to your sibling’s wedding in September before you are sure they are actually going …
Seguir leyendo Friendship group falls apart before a big vacation, leading one friend to cancel everyone’s hotel rooms without a word: ‘I do not want to stay at the same hotel as them’
Manager faces blowback after demanding hotel landscaper train employee to replace him: ‘I realized that I was too expensive for him’
Many factors make up how bearable a job is, but by far one of the biggest is what the management is like. In the average business, it is the people above you that make the rules and set the tone, and no matter what the role entails or what your other coworkers are like, it …
Seguir leyendo Manager faces blowback after demanding hotel landscaper train employee to replace him: ‘I realized that I was too expensive for him’
Sales employee insists on bringing his girlfriend of 6 months to a work trip despite his coworker saying it’s unprofessional and strange: ‘She’s shown up to a few of our work dinners and it’s been awkward because no one else brings their partners’
You can go literal years without ever meeting your coworker’s partner. Ben from Fail Blog’s boyfriend is an incredibly Maris-from-Fraiser-esque figure in my life. I’ve heard about him many times, have never met him, and probably never will, and that’s okay. If you think hearing about Maris, Bob Sacamano, Mrs. Columbo, or Socko is fun …
Seguir leyendo Sales employee insists on bringing his girlfriend of 6 months to a work trip despite his coworker saying it’s unprofessional and strange: ‘She’s shown up to a few of our work dinners and it’s been awkward because no one else brings their partners’
66-year-old woman gets called a ‘doormat’ after she complains about entitled family and friends who use her guest room but never say thank you, she refuses to keep hosting: ‘I got the message’
Some of us go about our day with full acceptance of the fact that we cannot say ‘no’ to other people. Whether it’s because we truly enjoy making other people happy, or because we are classic cases of people pleasers, sometimes you just have to accept that this is who you are, and you are …
Seguir leyendo 66-year-old woman gets called a ‘doormat’ after she complains about entitled family and friends who use her guest room but never say thank you, she refuses to keep hosting: ‘I got the message’
Friend demands room swap at hotel over “bad vibes,” in hers, throws tantrum when told to handle her spiritual crisis alone: ‘She said mine «felt lighter.» I said no, I didn’t want to deal with moving just because of her imaginary haunted room theory’
Isn’t it fascinating how some people navigate through life with an invisible detector for things the rest of us are too mundane to perceive? These enlightened beings float through our world armed with their spiritual sensitivity, ready to alert everyone within earshot about the dangerous energies lurking in everyday locations. Whether it’s their collection of …
Seguir leyendo Friend demands room swap at hotel over “bad vibes,” in hers, throws tantrum when told to handle her spiritual crisis alone: ‘She said mine «felt lighter.» I said no, I didn’t want to deal with moving just because of her imaginary haunted room theory’