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When his daughter asked him for a princess castle cake for her birthday, he called up a few bakeries in the area, but they couldn’t help.

So, he got to work figuring out how to make it himself. After over a week of effort, he finally finished, and it is amazing. He posted a compilation video showing all the steps and the finished product.

The video starts off with some very dramatic music and shows the dad whipping up some eggs that are needed to bake the cake. Then it shows him pulling the first layer of the cake out of the oven.

It looks good so far, but this is just step one.

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Next up, he is sifting the powdered sugar to make the frosting, and then compiling the base layer of the cake with a fruit filling in between each layer.

Throughout the process, the dramatic music keeps building up.

He really put in an incredible amount of work.

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He built his own cones for the castle towers and made the frosting look like engraving on the stone. He even pulled out his torch to give it a really great look.

He must have spent a lot of hours on this!

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By the end, he has a multi-tiered princess castle cake that looks professionally done. His daughter clearly loves this cake.

Judging by all the work he put in and how it was all made from scratch, I’m sure it tasted great, too.

Sometimes, you do what you have to do in order to make your kids smile.

Take a minute to watch the full video for yourself.

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The commenters absolutely loved watching the whole process.

This person had been following along for a while.

He really did do a great job.

I can’t believe how good it turned out.

This isn’t just a cake, it is an epic journey.

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Parenting is a hard job because you have to decide in the moment when to encourage them and when to punish them, and how severe to be.

What would you do if your son had skipped several days of school and then lied about it?

That is what the dad in this story is dealing with, so he deleted his son’s YouTube account, but now he thinks this may have been too severe.

AITA for deleting my son’s YouTube account with more than 20k subscribers for skipping school?

I’m a father of two kids. One of them is my daughter who’s in college and another is my son who’s a high-schooler.

Social media can have a very negative impact on kids.

I’m not too strict, but I was very suspicious of my children getting social media.

I’m not exactly young and I thought social media would be bad for them, but eventually I gave in and let them get social media.

YouTube is very popular.

My son eventually decided to get YouTube and he created a channel. I wasn’t very used to social media, so I didn’t do any stuff like creating accounts to see what they were posting like many other parents do.

Around 5-6 months ago, my son ran into my room screaming and jumping around yelling about how he reached 1,000 subscribers on YouTube.

That is a big accomplishment.

By now, I was more used to the platform and social media in general, and I congratulated him.

If I’m gonna be honest, I didn’t really care that much, but he seemed really excited and I didn’t want to ruin that for him.

Wow, he is really doing well.

Then, around 3 months ago, a similar thing happened, he reached 10,000 subscribers. Once again, he ran around screaming in joy about this news.

He seemed so happy and excited about this, I congratulated him, and let him do his own thing.

He is growing rapidly, which is a good sign.

A month ago, he ended up reaching 20,000 subscribers which was an amazing achievement to him. He was so happy and I actually felt kind of proud of him.

This was very rare so it was nice to hear that he was getting very popular in whatever community he was posting in.

Well, this isn’t good.

Two days ago, the school told me that my son hadn’t been in school the past 3 days, saying that he hasn’t showed up to any classes and they were curious as to why.

I was extremely confused as to why and it hit me that he was skipping entire school days doing god-knows-what.

Did he really think he was going to get away with it?

When he got home from “school,” I confronted him about the call from school. He lied and said that he has been at school this whole time and that wasn’t true, but I knew that was a lie.

I told him to hand over his phone and kept it in my room.

No surprise that he is upset, but it is his own fault.

He got mad and stormed into his room, slamming the door behind him.

I have one major policy in my house, and that’s don’t slam doors in my face, especially when I’m mad.

You should never punish people out of anger or frustration.

In frustration, I went onto his YouTube channel (Since I have access to his YouTube channel) and I deleted his YouTube channel.

I didn’t tell him when this happened, and since he didn’t have his laptop with him, which is what he used to make his videos, he had no way of knowing I deleted it.

I’m not surprised that he is angry.

Yesterday, I told him that I deleted his YouTube channel, and I don’t think I’ve seen him angrier.

He screamed at me saying I was the worst father ever and he hates me a ton.

Honestly, he should feel guilty.

I feel a tiny bit guilty about this but I’ve talked to him numerous times about not skipping school.

AITA?

Yeah, the punishment was pretty severe, and it was given in a moment of frustration, which is never good. Hopefully, there is a way to restore the account.

Let’s see what the commenters have to say about it.

He should have been much calmer when choosing a punishment.

I don’t see how it was revenge.

Here is someone who says he was way out of line.

This is certainly true.

I think this commenter is going a bit far.

His punishment was an overreaction, hopefully he can fix this.

If you thought that was an interesting story, check this one out about a man who created a points system for his inheritance, and a family friend ends up getting almost all of it.

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Having a group of good friends is a real blessing, but one person can cause problems for the whole group if you’re not careful.

What would you do if one person in the friend group started mistreating you and causing problems without the rest knowing about it?

That is what happened to the young lady in this story, so she finally told the rest of the friends what was happening, and they all abandoned the girl who was causing all the drama.

Leaving a toxic friend and taking all our friends with me

This whole situation hopefully wrapped up just a few days ago and I am officially left with no cares left to give, so I bring it to all of you to judge.

What an exciting time in life.

I, 18 F, just graduated high school and am getting ready to go to college. This whole incident involves my immediate friend group of about six people.

We all have mutual friends and our circles often overlap, but it’s us as a unit. Most of us were together in middle school or elementary and have remained friends since. The main aggressor in this is Emma (18 F).

She was a very good friend…For now.

Emma and I became friends in freshman year and quickly became close. Emma ended up befriending my other close friends and we did a lot of the same clubs together. She was one of the people I considered my closest friend.

We have very opposite personalities. I am non confrontational and try to avoid drama like the plague. Emma is either a drama magnet or -more likely- a pot stirrer. So I’d often end up being a person to vent to or a negotiator between her and other friends.

How disappointing.

Red flag #1: I couldn’t celebrate my 15th and almost 16th birthday because of the drama she caused. The larger circle of friends was divided because of her and it got to the point that if I invited one group the other wouldn’t come and if I invited both neither would. Solution? Don’t have one.

Red flag #2: Emma had beef with seemingly everyone. One day she’s best friends with one person the next they’ve committed some awful thing against her. I was never fully caught up on anything so I always stayed neutral.

She is a snake, that’s for sure.

Senior year came around and suddenly I am a target. I had never known Emma to be a bully as she always acts so sweet and is very popular because of that. Everyone talks about how nice she is.

However, at the very start of the year she started getting aggressive towards me.

Friends should be happy to help.

The first slight was when I had a whole period on my schedule missing and asked her for help during lunch since she’s involved in school and her mom is a teacher (keep in mind for later).

I have ADHD. Sometimes I need a moment to figure things out and I ask a lot of questions because I just don’t understand.

This is just cruel.

I told her that her advice didn’t make sense and she snapped at me, asking why I couldn’t get it through my thick head. I decided to take the advice she had given me to the principal, who asked who on Earth gave me that.

Every conversation afterwards I felt like I was walking on eggshells around her.

She didn’t want this girl to ever have any attention or require any effort.

I could never have it bad because she had it worse. I could never do good because she did better.

I was incredibly proud of the amount of notes I was taking for the ACT. I’m never a good note taker, but I ended up filling a notebook with 34 back to back pages of notes.

And a show off. Insufferable.

I showed them to my friends and she told me that that was nothing compared to all the notes she took for her AP classes.

When I confided about an overwhelming workload I had she scoffed and said that I didn’t get to complain because she had so much more work than me.

Not a very good friend at all, it turns out.

She did all of these things in front of our friends. We all brushed it off as her being brash and overly honest, but have recently all reflected and said she was just being mean.

Specifically towards me. She never did it to any of our other friends and I kept wondering what I did wrong.

What is happening?

It all hit the fan during homecoming. It started with Emma complaining about me not making plans with them and that she added me to the group chat. I then proceeded to ask about the group chat as I received no such thing.

She called me stupid and walked away. When it was time for pictures I tried to grab all my friends and herd them together. Emma really hates this girl Lily. Lily and I don’t get along well either, but we’re civil.

There is way too much drama throughout this friend group.

I tried to grab a friend who was with her and nicely told Lily that we just needed this friend for the picture, but Lily could hop in after. Lily ignored me and got into the final picture.

Emma was nowhere to be seen, even after I called and texted her it was time. She showed up just after the picture was taken and she went nuts.

I guess she should have been there on time.

Emma then proceeded to yell at me in front of all our friends for taking the picture without her and allowing Lily in. I followed her to apologize and found her with her mom (who is a teacher) venting. Her mom then told her ‘**** all of them’ and they left.

I tried to apologize again, but her mom got between us and said ‘you need to back off. Emma’s had a long night.’ I was so shocked that I stood there before breaking down in sobs and calling my mom to get me.

Well, we can easily see where Emma gets her bad attitude.

I never got an apology from Emma. In fact, I was the one who sent her countless apologies. This was also my first bit of ‘girl drama’ and it wrecked me.

A few days later I sent a picture to our group chat with baby bunnies we rescued and were taking to the shelter. I did everything right.

Wow, just heartless.

I bought kitten formula and a syringe and watched videos. Kept them in a dry, dark, quiet place.

Her only response was ‘You know you probably just killed them, right?”

Thankfully she was called out, but it made me cry.

Why put this much effort into a horrible friend.

I would try to mend the bridge between us, but every time there would be a split thing where she ruined it. She called me stupid over something I was excited for. She dismissed me when I tried to talk. It made me angry and hurt.

Well, she stayed in our friend group. I just distanced myself from her when we were together. I said I’d just wait it out till the end.

She seems very stuck up.

Here is where I feel really petty: One of Emma’s biggest brags was that she was smarter than me and better than me and did more work than me.

Well, I walked the stage with High Honors for an ACT of a 30 and got accepted to the University Of Tennessee. Second best in our state below Vanderbilt University.

She was not expecting that.

Ironically, she acted surprised when I said I got to walk for high honors. She did not. She is also attending community college. UTK is also the better branch of the Tennessee University she applied to. I don’t know if she did get accepted or not.

I feel bad about celebrating her downfall. Had things been different I would have celebrated our victory together or felt bad for her.

And now the true revenge.

Now the real petty: Emma was still involved in our friend group after the incident. They weren’t totally caught up on what happened.

I and two friends from the original 6 drove home together after having a run in with her. We drove in loops for 45 minutes while I took the microphone to spill everything she had done and they were shocked.

She was trying to keep the friend group together, but no more.

So far I had kept everything on the down low for the sake of being civil, but now we have graduated and I am done keeping her secrets for the sake of the peace. They were aware of some things, but they just scratched the surface of everything she had done.

My friends admitted that they were confused when they noticed her being aggressive towards me since I have never been mean towards any of them.

Good, she can go off on her own and maybe learn how to be a real friend.

Apparently all of us are cutting her off because of the way she treated me. They assured me that if they had to pick me or Emma: they’d pick me 100% and that I did nothing wrong.

Emma doesn’t know she’s been cut off yet. We all plan to do it quietly.

Just cutting her out of her life will be enough.

Although I HAVE been contemplating sending these incidents to some of the people I know she’ll talk about me to and warning our mutual friends. She did it to me and she’ll do it to them too.

This is also my first bit of drama ever. Posting this feels very satisfying and suddenly it’s like I don’t care anymore.

Non-confrontational is sometimes good, but definitely not always.

I’ve always been non confrontational. Always try to be kind.

This seems to have been my villain origin story, lol.

It seems like Emma earned every bit of this revenge, and more. She wasn’t a good friend to any of them, hopefully she will learn her lesson.

Read on to see what the top commenters on this story had to say about it.

Always stand up for yourself.

This is really good advice.

Yeah, move on and enjoy your life.

She definitely learned this from her mom.

I think this commenter is right.

In reality, she excluded herself from this friend group based on how she was acting.

If you liked this post, you might want to read this story about a teacher who taught the school’s administration a lesson after they made a sick kid take a final exam.

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First days on a new job are usually nerve wracking, and having coworkers who are troublemakers certainly makes it harder.

How would you handle a poor attempt of a prank on you at your job? One guy shared a pretty epic clapback he had for this exact situation. Here’s what happened.

Sent on a quest for the impossible plint ladder

From working as a temp in several warehouses, I know some of the ways the old guard would mess around with the beginners by asking them to locate something that doesn’t exist.

In kitchens, someone would ask for a ‘holeless colander’ and in warehouses they would send you on a quest for the ‘plint ladder’, which is a ladder to climb a baseboard / skirting board.

They sound like a bunch of wise guys.

So I came prepared.

The warehouse manager send me on the plint ladder quest and I asked him if it could be outside too.

He humoured me and told me he didn’t know where it was stored, so I just had to look for it everywhere.

A harmless, but wild prank.

“Ask around!” he added, because that would make it even more hilarious.

So I pretended to look around until I was out of view, then walked out the warehouse and went to a coffee shop to smoke and read a book.

I didn’t return for a couple of hours, but they didn’t know where I had gone.

He was searching far and wide!

So after several hours had gone by, I returned to the warehouse and reported to the manager that the quest hadn’t been easy, but I found him a plint ladder.

And then I handed him a small Play Mobil toy ladder.

He surely didn’t see that one coming.

I could see the fury in his eyes for me taking the whole afternoon off to come back with an actual ‘plint ladder’ instead of making a fool of myself, but since I had merely followed his orders, he couldn’t dock my pay.

He never sent me out to get anything after that.

Some people don’t prefer the taste of their own medicine. Let’s see what Reddit had to say.

Many jumped at the chance to tell their own version of this story.

Including ones that went wrong.

Some even from different languages.

And others that were just straight up hilarious.

It takes a village to haze the new guy.

If you liked that post, check out this post about a woman who tracked down a contractor who tried to vanish without a trace.

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Some kids can really be a handful both at home and at school.

What would you do if your child had been suspended from school and was always causing problems at home, so the father wanted to send him to military school, but you don’t want to send him away?

That is the situation that the mother in this story is in, and while she doesn’t want to send her child away, she also doesn’t want to keep dealing with all these problems.

WIBTA if I sent my 8 year old to military school/boot camp for being out of control?

My son was diagnosed with ADHD/ODD and will soon be evaluated by his school for autism.

Some kids can be a handful.

He doesn’t do what he is told. He doesn’t like to be told no. He is manipulative, and defiant.

We have had numerous issues with him since he was two and instead of getting better, he’s getting worse.

I hope they can get to the bottom of this issue.

He’s 8 years old and still throwing temper tantrums at Walmart because I told him we are not buying the toys he wanted, and this was after the behavior expectations I have set with him and my youngest who is 3 years old and actually better behaved.

At one point he stole the same toy I have said numerous times no, and another time, he has opened the item knowing full well I would have to pay for it.

There is something wrong here.

He is extremely calculated at getting what he wants.

At home, we had several complaints from the neighbors and the landlord that he was smacking cars to set off alarms. Climbing on car roofs and trying to jump from car to car. He has knocked on doors and ran.

He has thrown rocks and dog poop (we don’t have a dog) over the fence into the freeway behind the apartment complex. We have blocked access to our 4th floor balcony.

There are a lot of very serious behavioral issues here.

He is extremely noisy in the apartment to where he is causing noise complaints.

Neighbors would bang on the ceiling when he’s running around screaming in the apartment.

Wow, the police have even gotten involved.

We cannot spend a week without the police at our door because of him. Landlord sent us a final warning.

He has misbehaved in school so much that he was suspended every 2 weeks and I get phone calls from the school almost every day.

Hopefully, this family is in counseling of some sort.

His teachers complained that he is disrupting the class, making inappropriate comments, and is defiant.

We have tried every parenting trick in the book. I watched Supernanny religiously and joined parenting groups. Every medication we have tried has not worked.

Ok, so she is going through all the necessary steps to get this under control.

His doctors, counselors and therapists are telling me the same things I already know and tried.

We have taken away video games, toys. We gave time outs. We have grounded him so much I can’t remember the last time he wasn’t grounded.

You can’t just send kids to boot camp.

His father is a marine and at one point suggest that we send him to boot camp because everything we have tried has not worked.

He thinks that his behavior is nothing to do with his condition and he’s just a little brat that needs to be set straight before he becomes an adult and gets into even bigger trouble and that military school will teach him.

Military school can be very helpful for some kids, but getting a firm diagnosis can also be good.

I told him we need to see what other options we can try and we should wait for his autism diagnosis.

He said that we have tried everything and I’m being too soft on him and I’m the reason he’s acting like this.

Most likely, it is a combination of issues.

I honestly can’t tell if it’s his adhd, or if he really is being a brat. His behavior seems way too calculated.

My son overheard our conversation and was in his room crying. I don’t know what else to say.

This would be a very difficult situation to be in.

I don’t want to send him away but if he continues what he’s doing, he leaves us with no choice.

I know the idea of sending him away is scary for him & I want this option to be a last resort.

WIBTA?

This is a very difficult situation for everyone involved. The parents, school, and doctors should be able to work together to come up with the best course of action.

Let’s see what the people in the comments have to say.

This commenter doesn’t think military school is the answer.

This is a good question.

You can punish away bad behaviors though.

Military school doesn’t have to be a punishment.

This commenter says they need a specialist.

Mom and Dad need to get on the same page with this right away.

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Saying thank you is important, and waiting two weeks to do it after someone personally called in favors to get you hired is cutting it pretty close.

When a woman finally texted her ex coworker to thank him for landing her a job interview, he made it clear he’d been stewing over the silence since day one.

The worst part is — he kind of had a point.

Keep reading for the full story.

AITA for not thanking a friend for getting me a job interview?

I (22F) went to see my ex coworker David (28M) at the coffee shop we used to work at together, and he called some people to get me a job interview.

We were talking about how I’m looking for a job in another cafe and didn’t know where to start.

David turned out to be the perfect person to turn to.

So he helped.

He scheduled me a job interview. I thanked him then for even calling those people for me, even if nothing came of it.

She planned to show him her gratitude, but life got in the way.

I ended up getting the job and wanted to go to the cafe David works at to thank him in person and buy him a drink.

However my schedule was a bit crazy for the first 2 weeks and I couldn’t make it, so I ended up texting him near the end of week 2 to thank him.

David definitely took notice.

He sent a voice message replying “I know, I’ve known since the day you started. I remember thinking wow you couldn’t even say thank you after I got you the job, but yeah. I’ve known the whole time.”

It rubbed her the wrong way, but still she tried to save face.

It was kind of dramatic, but I understood so I texted back and explained I wanted to come in person to say thank you and discuss earlier but just couldn’t make it.

I said thank you again and asked when he was working so I can come and buy him the drink anyway, and if not this week then the following one.

But to that he just replied “Yeah yeah come next week. Just make sure it’s all good for you.” Which also came off kinda ironic on his part, but I just said I will try to make it this week.

But when she tried to stop by and see him, things didn’t go as planned.

Since he never told me when he actually works I came by that week anyway but he wasn’t there, so I told his coworkers to tell him I was looking for him.

A few days later (today) I texted again asking when he is working, but he is ignoring me for about 6 hours now.

So my question is, AITA for not texting immediately the day I started or is he blowing this out of proportion?

Definitely seems like David’s response is on the dramatic side.

What did Reddit have to say?

This commenter thinks there’s more than enough blame to go around.

Saying “thank you” really is an important skill.

This commenter doesn’t find this the appropriate way to show gratitude.

Referrals are kind of a big deal.

A quick text on day one would have solved all of this.

Consider this a lesson learned the awkward way.

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When you work as a cashier, you get to interact with all sorts of different people, many of whom don’t seem to know a lot about certain aspects of life.

The cashier in this story has had several experiences where customers bring her $2 bills to pay with, and they question whether they are real money or not.

She is always shocked to see that many people don’t know that $2 bills are a real thing.

“I don’t know if this is real money”

This happens at least twice a year.

Let’s see what it is this person experiences.

I’m running register and taking care of people’s orders when I get to the total.

Conversation is slightly paraphrased, but always goes down essentially like this.

Me: That’s going to be $2.89.

Ahh, these are somewhat rare.

Customer: (pulling out a two dollar bill) I don’t know if this is real money. (proceeds to hand it to me anyway)

Me: (confused) Do you mean it might be a counterfeit two? I can check that if you want. I mean it’d make sense to counterfeit two dollar bills since you don’t see them that often.

Yes, they do make these. They are just far less commonly used.

Customer: No, I mean they don’t make two dollar bills. Do they? Is this real money?

Me: One, they do. I promise. Two, if you don’t think this is real money, why would you pay with it?

I’m sure they are just commenting on the fact that they haven’t seen them before.

Just… What? Why would you admit you don’t think it’s real money then try to pay with it?

How is it you’re twice my age, and have never seen a two dollar bill before? To the point where you don’t think they really exist even.

Some people lived sheltered lives, I guess.

I’ve even once had a lady get upset about the idea to the point where I swapped her $2 for two ones I had in my wallet to make the payment.

It’s a two dollar bill. It exists, it’s real money.

You run into all sorts of people while working as a cashier, and it is best to just help them out and get them on their way.

Let’s see what the people in the comments think about this story.

It seems like everyone should be aware of this.

Yikes, this got awkward.

It can be a fun way to pay.

Yeah, this happened to me too.

Wow, a store owner should know better.

I guess if you’ve never seen one, you might think they are fake.

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Living rent-free at your parents’ house as an adult comes with exactly one job: follow the rules.

When one man’s sibling snuck an overnight guest into the family home despite a very clear, very justified no-guest policy, the doorbell camera caught the whole thing.

So when his parents gave her a month to pack up and she came looking for backup, he said no — and that’s when things got really loud.

You’ll want to keep reading for this one.

AITA for not fighting my parents on stopping my sister from being kicked out and telling my sister this is her own fault

I am 25, and my sister is 24. We both graduated from college and live at home.

All things considered, these siblings are getting a pretty good deal.

We both have jobs in the city, and it is easier to live at home and save money instead of spending $2,000 a month on rent.

It’s that or live outside the city and deal with a 45-minute drive of traffic. My parents’ house is right outside the city, and it’s a 10-minute drive.

Their parents have set some important rules in place.

My parents literally have one main rule: no one is allowed to stay over without their permission.

This is due to my oldest brother’s ex hookup. She robbed the house blind and caused a small fire.

Everyone was fine, and after that, it was no longer allowed to bring anyone to sleep over without our parents’ approval.

He was personally fine with the rule, but his sister was totally against it.

I don’t really care because I find it weird to have relations in my childhood bed, so I am not bringing people home.

My sister, on the other hand, hates this rule, and my parents and her argue about it quite often.

Her parents have a simple solution, but still the sister seems intent on rebelling.

They tell her to get a hotel or go to the guy’s place if she wants to get friendly with strangers.

Anyways, my sister brought home a girl last night, and my parents found out.

They found out because they saw her leave on the doorbell camera.

So the parents decided his sister could no longer stay, so she soon tried to recruit him to change their parents’ minds.

My parents were ticked and gave her a month to move out. It was a loud argument.

My sister wanted me to talk with them, and I told her no.

He doesn’t feel too sympathetic.

I told her that she knew the rules and why they are in place.

She was ticked, and we got into an argument. She accused me of being jealous of her and her looks.

I told her that I don’t care.

It went on for a while and she is ticked I won’t defend her against our parents.

AITA?

Sounds like his sister made her own bed with this one.

What did Reddit think?

It’s time to be an adult and face the music on her own.

If there’s anyone to blame, it’s herself.

Surely she has enough money for one night away from her parents’ house.

Her sister risked everyone’s safety for her own selfishness.

If his sibling really wanted to stay, she should have thought of that before breaking the rules.

If you liked that story, read this one about grandparents who set up a college fund for their grandkid because his parents won’t, but then his parents want to use the money to cover sibling’s medical expenses.

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Fewer things will drain a person of all the joy they have left than a toxic work environment.

How would you go about standing up to your toxic coworkers? One woman recently shared with Reddit the events that sent her to her wit’s end. Here’s what happened.

On my notice period, and I reported my colleagues to the HR.

It has been a long two years.

I’ve constantly been bullied by two coworkers because I was chosen for a relocation which they ultimately sabotaged.

Jealousy can be so ugly.

Since then they have had it out for me and even during my handover they try to accuse me of things I didn’t do, and shift blame on me.

Plus they yell and raise their voices at me constantly.

They are ridiculously aggressive but this has been normalized.

That shouldn’t be the standard for any work environment.

But I am the person with problems because I expect to just be treated with decency.

I am also autistic and while I have NEVER felt like I am odd while I was working in startups, in corporate retail I am picked on for no reason.

Today I reported both to my HR and conveyed to them that my manager needs to keep these colleagues on check until my last day.

More employees in this scenario should be made to feel safe to stand up for themselves.

However I feel guilty because of the old burning bridges thing.

But if my colleagues are bullying me to the point this happens I must report and carry on.

Just had to vent, and please wish me luck the next role is full of peace!

It’s disappointing but not surprising how many people are stuck in situations like these nowadays.

Thankfully, there was overwhelming support in the comments.

As well as some petty revenge tips.

Some were just straight up encouraging.

One person pointed out the important lesson.

As well as a grave reminder.

No paycheck is worth all that.

If you liked that post, check out this story about a customer who insists that their credit card works, and finds out that isn’t the case.

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Sure you keep it close to your chest, but we all have a bad habit or two.

Whether it’s something minor or something downright gross, there are things that others might not find particularly endearing about us – and for that reason, we tend to keep them under wraps.

However, for the woman in this story, the constant close proximity of her roommate makes indulging in her bad habit a little more problematic.

And it only gets weirder when, instead of being grossed out, her roommate takes an uncomfortable amount of interest.

Read on to find out why.

AIO? I felt weirded out when my roommate kept staring at me for popping pimples

I live in a dormitory with my roommate – it’s been an year since we first moved in together.

Things have been pretty solid, as we don’t usually fight over things like others do.

Now, I have this habit of popping my pimples when ever I have one.

Yes, I know it’s not right but I just can’t help it. Old habits die hard.

Let’s see how this habit caused tension between the roommates.

I usually do it on my side of the room with my small mirror kept on the table, and usually she just sits on her side of room and watches me sometimes.

I used to let it slide, since who wants to make a big deal out of it.

I try to be as discreet as possible about it, since it can gross out some people. Like facing towards the other direction.

But since the dormitory I live in has only three wash basins and not very fancy or clean bathrooms, I prefer doing small things in the room itself but being really quiet about it.

And this weird situation was about to get worse.

Today as I was popping a pimple she came right into my face and just stood there watching me do it.

It felt uncomfortable since she kept staring at that pimple from a really close proximity, so much so that I just shut the mirror and got back to work.

She just said she was having fun and wanted to do it again in the future, but to be honest it’s kind of weird and felt uncomfortable.

Now I don’t want to start a fight over this as well, but I keep on thinking about how weird it felt. Am I overreacting?

When you live in such close proximity with someone, it’s important to express your own boundaries, and respect others’.

For this young woman, it’s clear that she doesn’t want others watching when she pops her pimples. Sure, she could find somewhere more private to do it, but it wouldn’t be the worst thing to just ask her roommate to look away for a moment.

After all, it’s not worth making anyone uncomfortable over.

Let’s see what folks on Reddit made of this.

This person thought that the roommate might be sending a message through her actions.

Though others thought there was a clear way to get her to stop.

While this Redditor warned the woman against popping pimples.

It’s obvious that these two young women need to have a proper conversation about their feelings.

Otherwise, they’re both just going to keep acting in the same way, with one-sided resentment building up between them.

And that’s not a recipe for a happy house-share.

If you thought that was an interesting story, check out what happened when a family gave their in-laws a free place to stay in exchange for babysitting, but things changed when they don’t hold up their end of the bargain.

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Not all jokes are funny to everyone.

In this story, a teenage boy was having a conversation with his younger brother.

When his brother jokingly threw trash onto his desk, he got upset.

His brother insisted it was “just a joke” and was harmless, leaving him unsure if he overreacted.

Let’s take a closer look!

AITA for getting mad at my brother over a “joke”

I (16M) was sitting down at my desk. My brother (14M) started a conversation with me.

He was talking to me, and I was looking at him as he spoke.

While I was looking away from my desk, he threw a piece of trash onto it.

It rolled behind the desk. I asked him why he did that. He said it was just a joke.

This teenage boy found it rude.

I became a bit upset by that. I did not find it funny. I found it rude.

I got mad at him. I scolded him a bit for it.

I asked him how he would feel if I threw trash at his desk.

He responded, “I wouldn’t care if it was in a joking manner.”

I told him that jokes are supposed to be funny and not outright rude.

Now, he’s wondering if he was in the wrong to react that way.

He does not seem to understand that it upset me.

Now, I do not know who is in the wrong.

To be fair, I do not even know if it was a joke.

I do not tend to get most jokes in the first place.

So, with all that being said, AITA?

Let’s see how others reacted to this story.

Younger siblings exist to annoy older siblings, says this one.

This user shares their personal thoughts.

This person makes a valid point.

Here’s a similar remark.

Finally, short and simple.

Jokes are meant to be funny, not rude.

If you thought that was an interesting story, check out what happened when a family gave their in-laws a free place to stay in exchange for babysitting, but things changed when they don’t hold up their end of the bargain.

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Some neighbors bring over cookies when you move in, but others spend three years stealing your water and hope you never notice.

When a new homeowner connected the dots between his low water pressure and his hostile neighbor’s pump, he decided the most elegant response was also the simplest one.

So he turned off one valve and let the rest take care of itself.

Keep reading for the full story.

Neighbor was stealing water from my supply, so I ruined him.

I live in Asia, and just purchased a new house.

Now, the previous owners were family friends who needed cash urgently and haven’t been living in my country for nearly 3 years. So I got it for a great price in the middle of the capital city.

The sale was finalized at the start of this month and I moved in right after.

The house wasn’t perfect, and security was a bit lacking.

The house was definitely a fixer upper, as the previous owners had left mid renovation and the main door was locked with just a padlock, not even a door lock.

The house had no gate, meaning anyone could just walk right on in.

The homeowner also got a pretty bad first impression of the neighborhood.

The first day I moved in, someone’s bike was parked in the garage. I just parked it on the road on the same day I had a gate installed.

An angry man was knocking on my gate later and I didn’t bother answering, but through my window I could see him giving up and taking the bike after 15 minutes.

So already, I wasn’t digging the neighborhood.

But I didn’t have any incidents after that, aside from people not knowing that this was no longer an abandoned house, so my gate was blocked more often than never but a “No Parking” sign on my gate fixed that issue.

But then came a pretty big issue with the water.

Last week, I was having a shower in my bathroom and I noticed my water pressure was lower than usual. I also heard my next door neighbor’s water pump going.

Now this neighbor, an old guy, lived in a 3 storied house, the first being the lowest and the one he lived in. The other two floors were rented out to tenants.

It soon became clear that this neighbor was going to be a pretty big thorn in his side.

This guy wasn’t happy about the house being sold, and voiced many concerns to my friends the previous owners.

He was super angry about it, and my friends did warn me but I’m a 6ft guy with 3 dogs. No way he was doing anything and yep, he didn’t.

So with this living situation, a water pump is needed to pump water to the tanks on the roof, since the public supply’s pressure is not enough to get it up 3 stories.

The homeowner tries to wait it out, but still has his suspicions.

Now, I heard the water pump going and immediately was suspicious. Sure, coincidences exist, but it wouldn’t hurt to check it out.

I waited till his pump turned off, and then turned on different taps in the house. Sure enough, the pressure was back to normal.

But he soon begins suspecting foul play, and many factors seem to point to this.

This made me even more suspicious, but if he was stealing water, it also made sense.

The water bills had been going up over the years this house wasn’t lived in, but the house also had some water leaks.

So it was chalked up to that, even if the bills were too high to be caused just by leaks. Now it’s starting to make sense.

Turns out, the guy behind it was his problematic neighbor.

At some point in the last 3 years, this old miser thought he’d save the cost of paying for water, and waltzed into the property and is siphoning water from my lines.

I couldn’t find where exactly he was siphoning water from, but after checking my pressure multiple times, I was pretty sure.

So I sat on it for a few days, thinking if I should confront him, go the legal path or just let it be.

It wasn’t really about the money for him — it was about the principal of the thing.

Now, water in my country is very cheap. My total bill, even with washing 3 animals, a car every week and watering my garden only cost like $5 per month, even with the neighbor also stealing some of it.

But it wasn’t about how much I was paying or who was paying for it.

It’s about entitled old people who think that they’re deserving of using other people’s resources without paying for it, and then getting away with it.

So the homeowner decided he wasn’t going to let this neighbor get away with it.

It didn’t sit right with me, and I really wanted to teach him a lesson.

What I did was really simple. I just turned off my water from the mains.

I wouldn’t have to break into his property, nor would I be breaking any laws. It was the best way of getting back at him without needing to even lift a muscle.

So he decided to be strategic about his revenge.

So on Monday, just 4 days ago, I waited till the pump flicked on, and turned off the supply.

Now, the way household tanks work in my country, is that there’s a ball valve in the tank which detects the level of water and turns on the pump.

The homeowner goes into a few more considerations.

If the level doesn’t increase, the valve stays open which electronically sends a signal to the pump to stay on until the level gets to a point at which the valve closes and also shuts off the pump.

However, the level wasn’t increasing and anyone knows that starving a pump of water isn’t a good idea. This way, my expectation was that I’d burn out his pump and cause issues with his tenants.

But then came an unexpected curveball.

What I didn’t account for is that his pump running constantly would mess up the fuses by constantly drawing power overnight and absolutely destroy his wiring.

If he decided to upgrade his household wiring to a more modern standard, this would’ve been prevented. This house clearly still had 90s era wiring.

So the whole neighborhood soon got involved.

At around 3AM, I heard all residents in the house waking up and talking in hushed voices about why just their house in the neighborhood doesn’t have power or water.

I found out about the power part, because the tenants devolved into shouting at their landlord.

This was a very, very good deal.

Our tenant protection laws are very important, and power and water are classed as essential even on a state level.

Cutting those services are grounds for lawsuits, unless due to weather or some other unavoidable reason.

In this case, the landlord is responsible for keeping the house wiring up to date and in good condition, alongside the supply of water.

So the tenants made their distaste quite clear.

So the tenants were not happy and one of them immediately moved out two days later when it was informed that water and power will not be returning the very same day this happened.

Both tenants in the two floors lodged a complaint with the police, and if a person is in clear breach of laws, the police have the authority to fine or penalize the person without a court judgment.

It can be challenged in court if the person thinks that they were unfairly penalized, but they still have to pay the fines and will only be refunded if and when the court finds the fines unlawful.

The landlord is now in a world of trouble.

So now, the landlord lost both tenants and has to pay a fine of $500, which is a lot of money in our country.

He also has to refund the security deposits of both tenants, and cannot rent out until both issues are fixed, which will cost him more money.

As of right now, he’s moving out on Sunday to his daughter’s place since he cannot afford to live alone.

The tenants were his only source of income, and he’s a retired mechanic, so he has no other income.

So soon the landlord comes to investigate.

He did find out why the motor kept drawing power, overloaded the wiring and burned out.

He came by to my gate and asked me if I turned off my water, and I said “oh yeah, my tank had a new leak on a pipe and I turned it off till the next day until the plumber came by to fix the issue.”

Y’all, the look on his face. He kept a straight one, but I just knew he was holding back.

He just said “oh okay” and went back inside.

Not sure if he knows I know, but I don’t care because he can’t do anything.

Overall, the neighbor feels quite accomplished.

I’m getting a plumber down next week to correct my plumbing and remove any pipes that leave my property.

So I got rid of my water issue and a neighbor who could potentially be a pain in the ***, by simply flicking a tap off. Two birds one stone I’d say.

Bet this neighbor wishes he would have done things a little differently.

What did Reddit think?

Turns out, being a cheapskate costs you big in the end.

Talk about a domino effect.

Why not pile on even more?

Not many “abandoned houses” have running water.

In the end, all it took was one valve and a little patience to dismantle a corrupt neighbor’s whole scheme.

If you liked that post, check out this post about a rude customer who got exactly what they wanted in their pizza.

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Some customers will go out of their way to make things harder for everyone, even when the solution is right in front of them.

What would you do if you were helping a line of customers at the returns desk when someone walked up with a purchase and refused to move? Would you just check them out quickly? Or would you explain why you can’t do that and tell him to choose a register?

In the following story, one merchandiser recalls a story about this very situation. Here’s how it all played out.

There are four cashiers to check you out…

I am a merchandiser for a store, and I do get to know the employees well, as I used to be an associate here. One of the cash supervisors hit me with this one today, about her Saturday customer.

So V is the cash supervisor, and she was working the returns desk. With three customers in line, a man walks up beside them with a big item in his cart.

She asks him if he has a return, to which he retorts that he was making a purchase.

So V informs him that on the other side of the counter, four cashiers were set up to cash him out, and that she had a line-up and would be quite some time (some of these customers were arranging for a delivery/exchange).

When he finally moved, he was still staring at her.

He flat-out refused to move.

He demanded that she cash him out, while she pleaded and reasoned with him to go to one of the four empty cashiers on the other side.

Then, after much arguing, he says that if she wants him to cash out over there, she can push his cart over herself. Then he demands the supervisor.

That request got him nowhere.

She says, “I am the supervisor.”

To which he squabbles, calling it unacceptable, and finally relents, going over to cash 1 for his checkout.

The entire time, he glared at her, still busy until the moment he left.

Why do people think this is okay?!?!????!! Appalling behaviour!!!

Wow! What an entitled-sounding man.

Let’s see how the readers over at Reddit feel about customers like this.

This person saw a woman try to use a closed register.

That must’ve been lowkey embarrassing.

This could be true.

According to this comment, some people do that on purpose.

That serves him right.

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