There’s really no better thing as a kid than watching an authority figure whom you respect rebelling against the higher power that controls all of your destiny. Now, I’ve written a few rants on the pages of Fail Blog about standardized tests and the fact that their design and administration really only encourage schools to…
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Have you ever worked at a job where a complete Karen came in, wreaking havoc on your workflow and using no filter to tell you off about something that is really not a big deal? You wish so desperately that you could say what you really want to say, but you can’t because it’s your…
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I’m sure most of you reading this think that memes are a laughing matter. Memes are those funny little pictures that you send to your friends and family to try and get them to think you’re funny, and they can never be anything more than that. Well, I’m here to tell you that memes mean…
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It’s not easy being queasy, but somebody has to do it. And that’s the legend who is able to eat seconds, thirds, and even fourths at Thanksgiving dinner. (Or any spectacular dinner occasion.) You know what they say, an idle mouth is the devils tummy ache or whatever. I don’t really eat idioms…Anyways, we’ve gathered…
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Imagine the kind of level of desperation one would have to exhibit to draft a Santa Wish List letter as a 12-year-old child in order to get expensive Christmas gifts. These are the kinds of letters to nonprofit organizations where billionaires purchase Holiday gifts for underprivileged kids. These are the kinds of organizations that are…
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It really feels horrible when an employer retaliates for the simple reason that you gave notice. After all, we’re taught and given the expectation that if you don’t want the bridge, you give notice to your job, even if you know that the conversation is going to be contentious. But the problem is the entire…
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There’s nothing quite like loafing about. It’s the weekend routine: do a little here, a little there, and a whole lot of nothing. There’s a major difference between loafing and dilly-dallying, though. Loafing implies unstructured free time for hours on end, to be spent however you wish. Dilly-dallying implies plans in motion and things to…
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If there’s one group that is easy to take advantage of in the workplace, it’s teenagers. Sure, there might be some pesky child labor laws keeping bosses from treating them like late 19th-century factory workers, but the ethos of that era often still rings true. I remember the first day of my first job. I…
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Don’t you hate it when you become the Charlie Brown of your friend group instead of the Linus, Lucy, or Snoopy? I would even tolerate being Pig Pen instead of moping around like young Chuck, but alas, that is not always the case. We kind of take it for granted that Charlie Brown is the…
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