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New manager suggests getting rid of entire department because "AI is going to do it all soon anyway": 'Why would this information be shared if not to make people anxious?'

FAIL Blogby Brad Dickson23 Aug 2026

This employee shared their experience with this online community that discusses workplace issues about how a new manager had reportedly suggested replacing their entire department during a...

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2nd-shift factory worker forced to come in for 1 hour on his day off to help cover gaps in shift handover after the 1st shift complains about overtime, raising the issue of the personal cost and burnout

FAIL Blogby Brad Dickson21 Aug 2026

The schedule is the manager's problem to sort out. But that has never stopped any shift work manager from asking the employees to find coverage for themselves instead of on any day that they...

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Las Vegas homeowners agree to a neighbor's request of a 50/50 split of costs for a new fence along the shared boundary, $5,000 for the 85-foot section—neighbor has it built with all the framing on homeowner's side, ignoring existing "Good Neighbor" design

FAIL Blogby Brad Dickson21 Aug 2026

The cost of replacement was to be $5,000 all up. The homeowners agreed to the cost, but they were away for the actual installation and returned home to find that the original "Good Neighbor"...

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Wealthy mother blocks sale and demands full repayment of her $450k investment into 40-year-old daughter's Florida family home after son-in-law loses his job in a return-to-office mandate and the family is forced to sell: 'She is refusing any compromise'

FAIL Blogby Brad Dickson21 Aug 2026

Still, a lot of us would be wary of the strings that come attached to even a gifted contribution of funds from our parents.

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'What workplace habit became normal after 2020 and isn't going away?': Employees discuss things that have completely changed, for good or bad, after 2020 and never went back to normal

FAIL Blogby María Cetra20 Aug 2026

'What workplace habit became normal after 2020 and isn't going away?': Employees discuss things that have completely changed, for good or bad, after 2020 and never went back to normal When a...

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‘Oh, we are completely done’: People discuss the moment they realized, with just one single sentence, that their relationship had to be over and there was no turning back from it.

FAIL Blogby María Cetra20 Aug 2026

‘Oh, we are completely done’: People discuss the moment they realized, with just one single sentence, that their relationship had to be over and there was no turning back from it.

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Statistics professor demands improbable equal effort for 4-student group project—1 doesn't help, all 4 claim an impossible 33% equal share—group invents new math making 132%=100%: 'The professor was confused. "That adds up to 132%, how is that possible?"'

FAIL Blogby Brad Dickson20 Aug 2026

"The 132% Group Project" The first day of school and the return to the college campus are just around the corner, well, for the students among us. For the rest of us.

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21 Cooking Fails for Optimistic Home Chefs Learning to Trust the Process (August 19th, 2026)

FAIL Blogby Cata Holmes20 Aug 2026

- Cooking can become one of those things that you really master and can prepare really delicious food, or the other way around, where you don't even know the difference between a cup and a...

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Employer demands all employees return to the office 4 days a week despite there not being enough desks or even seats for everyone—this marks a brutal end to the previous 2-day flexible working policy: 'People often have to work at the cafeteria'

FAIL Blogby Brad Dickson20 Aug 2026

Well, you'd think that someone would stop and count how many desks and chairs are in the office that they're demanding everyone return to, and then count how many staff they're asking to be there...

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Storage facility drops Texas man's storage fee autopay during software update, auctions off $14,000 of his belongings for $420 without sending him a single notification—offers him a $200 gift card in compensation, citing a clause in the original lease

FAIL Blogby Brad Dickson19 Aug 2026

I've always loved those storage unit reality TV shows but have often wondered how the storage facility reached the point where they were just willing to auction off the goods inside blindly without...

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Couple refuses business partner’s demand to give his wife equal shares and ownership after she originally mocked the business, offering a buyout instead: ‘We could have forced him out’

FAIL Blogby Etai Eshet19 Aug 2026

- AITAH for offering a buyout to my business partner when he wanted to readjust the shares to bring in his wife?Three business partners reviewing paperwork Image is representative only and does not...

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Brother and sister argue at a family reunion due to their opposite opinions on whether to homeschool or not their children and which one is better: 'I just simply told her that home educating doesn't mean her kids are happier than everybody else's'.

FAIL Blogby María Cetra18 Aug 2026

Brother and sister argue at a family reunion due to their opposite opinions on whether to homeschool or not their children and which one is better: 'I just simply told her that home educating...

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Neighbor sells Texas man’s $7000 motorcycle for $2800, claims it was “abandoned” because the owner spent 6 weeks of summer out of state caring for his father in hospital: ‘He had it towed to a friend's garage first, then sold it’

FAIL Blogby Brad Dickson18 Aug 2026

My neighbor sold my motorcycle while I was out of state and is claiming I abandoned it I left Texas for about 6 weeks to help my dad after [an operation].

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Company demands employee fix coworker’s mistakes after he does a bad job, but refuses to pay for the extra work, employee responds: ‘I don't have to take on his workload for free’

FAIL Blogby Giuliana Tiscioni18 Aug 2026

Company demands employee fix coworker’s mistakes after he does a bad job, but refuses to pay for the extra work, employee responds: ‘I don't have to take on his workload for free’ Cheap managers...

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Entitled girlfriend demands sister-in-law let her use her house to have a girls’ night, doesn’t even ask for her permission, and gets offended when the house isn’t available.

FAIL Blogby Giuliana Tiscioni17 Aug 2026

Entitled girlfriend demands sister-in-law let her use her house to have a girls’ night, doesn’t even ask for her permission, and gets offended when the house isn’t available.

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Woman starts dating one of her high school classmates’ ex-boyfriends, people give her the side-eye for dating a friend's ex and and is accused of not being a ‘girl’s girl’

FAIL Blogby Giuliana Tiscioni17 Aug 2026

Woman starts dating one of her high school classmates’ ex-boyfriends, people give her the side-eye for dating a friend's ex and and is accused of not being a ‘girl’s girl’ Many people have...

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Disrespectful uncle ruins his niece’s engagement party, she leaves, and her family blames her for making a scene: ‘He embarrassed himself and humiliated my fiancé's family’

FAIL Blogby Giuliana Tiscioni17 Aug 2026

Disrespectful uncle ruins his niece’s engagement party, she leaves, and her family blames her for making a scene: ‘He embarrassed himself and humiliated my fiancé's family’ Some people think we...

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