In the summer comes the dreaded heat—the kind of heat where you don't even want to step outside without fear of profusely sweating. No one likes that uncomfortable feeling, which is exactly why these parents chose to go and visit their son to escape the heat in their hometown. Their city was experiencing the kind of heat wave where, if you were lucky enough to have air conditioning, it could barely keep up. So, they chose to visit their son, where the temperatures were 15 to 20 degrees cooler. And for good reason. Their son was fine with this and, in fact, kept his house really cool in the su ..read more

Don't get mad, get even! That's clearly the motto of these folks, who were able to whip out some hilarious zingers on the spot.  Some folks are just naturally hilarious. They can turn any conversation into a laugh riot, and the more you hang around with them, the more you pick up on their sense of humor. Well, people across the internet shared the funniest things their clever friends have ever said. More than 9,000 people responded to this person's query: "What is the funniest smart-*** comment you've ever heard?"  One person who works in retail had one of the best comebacks. They r ..read more

No vacation ends up going according to plan. Sometimes, what tarnishes the experience of a trip is completely out of your hands. Recently on a trip to London, my partner and I discovered while about to board our return flights that our flight was overbooked and our assigned seats were merely taken as a request. We ended up not getting seats on that flight and found ourselves temporarily stranded abroad at the end of what would have been the first trip of mine to go according to plan. We should have known that something was bound to go wrong. Luckily, we got a pretty good deal out of it and en ..read more

Who doesn't get embarrassed by their parents from time to time? Probably everyone was embarrassed by their parents as a teenager, and then you grow up and learn to embrace their quirks. But sometimes their behavior still makes you cringe really hard! U/cmarie22345 had a brief but interesting story to tell to the r/weddingshaming community.  This person's dad just couldn't resist bragging about his kid a bit. Many dads love to do this, it must just come with the territory of being a loving father brimming with love for your child. This person was heading to a wedding with their dad. This ..read more

We can all agree that no one likes making a trip to the emergency room. It's highly inconvenient, usually overcrowded, and let's not even get started on the cost. But what's almost just as bad as visiting the emergency room yourself would be the poor workers who have to deal with irritated patients all day long. They are already unhappy to be in your presence, not to mention they are in immense pain (I mean, they are in the emergency room, for crying out loud). And when you're in a lot of pain, you hardly have regard for others around you. The OP (Original Poster) in the story had to take his ..read more

What was this manager thinking? Working for a union, you'd think you'd know your way around labor laws–especially when it comes to your own team of hardworking employees and their overtime shifts. When this overworked employee was faced with a last-minute project after a long double shift, they were shocked when their manager pulled out an out-of-pocket request. They were working in a union center where they processed employee paperwork for other companies, but each project could plausibly take the duration of an entire shift to complete. So when this guy was only minutes away from clocking o ..read more

In decades past, getting constant phone calls was a real nuisance. I mean, it's still kind of an issue today, but at least now our iPhones tell us who's calling and if there's a likelihood the call is spammy. We now know exactly who's calling us, and the newest feature is that you can read a transcription of the voicemail someone is leaving you in real time!  This is very cool and useful tech, and it would've dazzled people in the 1990s who were used to getting bombarded with phone calls. These calls often happened during the dinner hour, since callers knew people would be home. Back the ..read more

People tend to get a little bit nutty over their dietary preferences. Still, there's a difference between a preference and a requirement… "I don't eat legumes because they make me a little gassy" is an entirely different ballpark than "Even a speck of gluten will cause my immune system to attack my organs or "All the liquid in my blood will leave my blood vessels if this prawn touches me." Still, some dietary preferences are deeply rooted in staunch and steadfast religious beliefs or ethical quandary, so there's an argument there that these are perhaps more serious than just simple preference ..read more

Photography is just pushing a button, right? WRONG. Being a professional photographer means brandishing complicated and expensive equipment knowledgeably, managing lighting, ISO levels, composition, and a whole slew of entangling factors to capture a beautifully candid moment. And that's not even putting into consideration the time that goes into post-production…  Put simply, it's not easy to be a good photographer.  But for some reason, people with no knowledge of the photography world love to lend their opinions of the value of this challenging art form, claiming it's just 'pushin ..read more

This manager has no one to blame but himself. How much more do we need to evolve culturally for managers to understand not to question employees when they tell their bosses they are sick? It's simply not worth the risk. This thread was posted to Reddit by u/Retired_DG_Key, who got the stomach flu from his roommate's kid and tried to call in sick to the managers of his four jobs. Two of those managers were decent humans. The others forced the employee to get a doctor's note or find a replacement on short notice. He ended up coming into the office and, although he spent most of his shift away f ..read more