Employee records her manager during their 1 on 1 meeting: ‘Is this normal now? Is she building a case against me?’

She could be recording her just in case she says something suspicious, which doesn’t bode well for the manager.

25-year-old holds her prankster cousin accountable, suing him when he refuses to pay $1300 to replace the brand new phone he threw in the pool: ‘Actions have consequences’

Pranks aren’t that funny.  Attention-seekers who rely on pranks to get a rise out of their audience, whether it’s their family or a group of friends, oftentimes are the clowns or the jokesters who ran out of clever wit eons ago. It may sound harsh, but unless a prank is imbued with some calculated ingenuity, …
Seguir leyendo 25-year-old holds her prankster cousin accountable, suing him when he refuses to pay $1300 to replace the brand new phone he threw in the pool: ‘Actions have consequences’

Coworker goes through colleague’s phone and finds texts calling her annoying, starts spreading rumors about her in the office: ‘I never leave my phone out in the open, so that means she had to go through my stuff to get it.’

If she can prove that she actually read her texts, she could get herself fired.  One of my biggest fears is someone hacking into my phone and reading all of my nefarious texts. It’s not like I’m confessing to anything that will put me behind bars in my texts, but I have definitely said things …
Seguir leyendo Coworker goes through colleague’s phone and finds texts calling her annoying, starts spreading rumors about her in the office: ‘I never leave my phone out in the open, so that means she had to go through my stuff to get it.’

Family adds wrong number to their group chat, lets him participate in discussions for months without noticing, wrong number becomes emotionally invested: ‘I know so much about these strangers’

Family group chats are either completely silent except for birthday wishes every few days, or the place where all the family drama happens; there is no in between. It really all depends on the family, how close they are, and how comfortable they are to air all their dirty laundry on a shared group chat …
Seguir leyendo Family adds wrong number to their group chat, lets him participate in discussions for months without noticing, wrong number becomes emotionally invested: ‘I know so much about these strangers’

Manager calls out employee for using phone while on lunchbreak in company cafeteria: ‘That’s not a professional look’

Rule #1 of staying sane during the corporate grind: breaktime is sacred. Although it may have become increasingly acceptable to answer emails or take calls while chowing down on a chain restaurant slop bowl and call it ‘lunch’, it remains a fact that actually making time to have a decent break during the work day …
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‘I can’t be the bank anymore’: Daughter cancels family phone plan after years of footing the bill for everyone, family members accuse her of selfish behavior

I have a confession to make: I am a 27-year-old, married woman, and my mom still pays for my phone plan. What am I supposed to do? She set it up when I was around 15, along with the rest of the family, and I had no real reason to change it ever since. She …
Seguir leyendo ‘I can’t be the bank anymore’: Daughter cancels family phone plan after years of footing the bill for everyone, family members accuse her of selfish behavior

Mom demands that her 25-year-old daughter share her location with her, daughter refuses to compromise her privacy: ‘All the other moms have their kids’ locations.’

Becoming an adult is one of the best times in a young person’s life for one reason: freedom. When you’re a kid, you are afforded very few freedoms. You cannot go wherever you want to go or do whatever you want to do. You must be home when your parents want you home, adhere to …
Seguir leyendo Mom demands that her 25-year-old daughter share her location with her, daughter refuses to compromise her privacy: ‘All the other moms have their kids’ locations.’

72-year-old grandpa refuses to pay for 17-year-old granddaughter’s phone after he breaks it, her mom puts him in his place: ‘He says I’m taking money from poor old people’

Any parent knows that in order to teach their children important life lessons, they must lead by example. No one can expect their children to learn and follow values if they can’t first follow the same values themselves. Even if it’s hard, especially if it’s hard, we must show our children that it is the …
Seguir leyendo 72-year-old grandpa refuses to pay for 17-year-old granddaughter’s phone after he breaks it, her mom puts him in his place: ‘He says I’m taking money from poor old people’

Parents track 24-year-old daughter’s location behind her back using her phone, she finds out and removes their access, they retaliate in response: ‘They want to control me’

Many parents believe that parenthood grants them access to their kids’ private lives, even without proper permission. They fully expect their kids to be okay with everything their parents might drop on them, and they often forget that those kids are real people too. Being a parent doesn’t mean you need to know about everything …
Seguir leyendo Parents track 24-year-old daughter’s location behind her back using her phone, she finds out and removes their access, they retaliate in response: ‘They want to control me’

‘Fighting algorithm hypnosis:’ As Gen Z and millennials stray from social media, they now have to worry about their Boomer parents getting addicted to the screen

Whispers of a vibrating phone, beckoning unanswered calls, and constant post notifications have become white noise at the family dinner table. While your parents sit in silence, scrolling through their phones and chuckling at Facebook posts, they’ve excluded themselves from any kind of human interaction; it’s become clear that family time includes their entire social …
Seguir leyendo ‘Fighting algorithm hypnosis:’ As Gen Z and millennials stray from social media, they now have to worry about their Boomer parents getting addicted to the screen