19-year-old employee shows up to work 2 hours late wearing flip-flops: ‘How is this not a fireable offense?’

How clueless is he? Many white-collar workers argue against the necessity of a «professional» wardrobe. After all, does it really matter if your sweater is too bright a color for the stuffy ladies in the break room? Does it really matter if your black slacks have a few too many pockets to be considered appropriate …
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25-year-old accountant quits after her manager called her stupid because he didn’t understand the way she audited his work: ‘It’s been 2 years of disrespect, so I went home and decided to never come back.’

Was this a smart decision for her to make? Are you the kind of employee who will immediately leave a job at the slightest sign of discord? Or will you stay at a company for years, even when it’s clear that it’s an unhealthy environment that promises no real future for you? Hopefully, you don’t …
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Employee notices payroll error, HR insists that $26.38 an hour is a 10% raise from $26.35 an hour: ‘If your HR department can’t do simple math, you might want to think about working somewhere else’

If you’ve been in the workplace long enough, you’ve probably encountered some less-than-brilliant HR professionals. They say, «I’m here for you no matter what,» but at the end of the day, they’re here for the company first and you second. They routinely ask that midwestern employees not say «guys» because it’s not inclusive but turn …
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‘I know who Mark Twain is! He’s Shania’s husband’: 25+ Times people realized they were dating an idiot

We’re all allowed a little blonde moment every now and then. You can be so smart and gifted in your area of expertise, but completely ignorant in others. For example, I am so miserably bad with directions that I could easily get lost in a couple blocks radius of my childhood home. It doesn’t matter …
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A Fresh Dusting of 26 Lamp-Loving Moth Memes to Light the Way

Moths love lamps. If you’ve ever been camping on a warm summer’s eve, you know that there’s a good chance you’ll get bombarded by night bugs the moment you set up your camp. With a lantern dawdling in the breeze by your tent, who can blame the moths for coming? You’ve built a shining beacon …
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‘What swear words do you know in Canadian?’: 20+ stupid things commenters regrettably said out loud

We are all capable of supreme stupidity. Our neurons fire at such a rapid pace that of course something’s going to gum up the works every now and then. Having a stupid moment (or as we blondes call them, blonde moments) can be vulnerable since we’re all usually running around acting like we’re so smart. …
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Dude spends $18.75 on a cookie, blames the President for the price: ‘Before you became President, it was $3.75’

Living in New York City, I’m no stranger to absurd prices being thrust into my line of sight every time I go to the grocery store. The grocery store near my office recently started selling rotisserie chicken. Instead of selling it for $5 a bird, as any self-respecting grocery store would, they’re selling it for …
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25+ Funny Typos That Are the a Pitta Me of Comedy

Since the dawn of autocorrect, typos have gone from random little misfires of the keyboard to full-on changed meanings. No longer do we «mesd up like thfs» we «nest up like thieves.» Sure, it’s spelled correctly, but you know that’s not what I was going for! Technology can get smarter and smarter, but that doesn’t …
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‘Bats are not, in fact, blind’: 20+ Obvious things it took some folks a while to learn

As smart as humans usually are, we have to admit sometimes our rat brains get the best of us. We can go around studying particle physics, saving lives, and creating complex pieces of art, but sometimes it takes us 30 years to figure out that it’s «for all intents and purposes» and not «for all …
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34 Memes for Mellowing Out

Has anyone ever told you to take a chill pill and it immediately made you the least chill person in the world? Telling someone to calm down is one of the worst ways you can actually get someone to calm down. It immediately makes them more upset and there you are, back at square one. …
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