They say beggars can't be choosers, but there are plenty of shamelessly entitled people out there who have just enough audacity to prove the proverb wrong. The sort of people who get mad when free stuff doesn't meet their unreasonable expectations. Or job listings that seek PhD grads to babysit toddlers for fifty cents an hour. The only response these choosy beggars deserve is shame and ridicule, and we've selected a handful of especially egregious examples of entitlement from r/choosybeggars f…

America is a big, beautiful mess. Each state has its own unique identity, some so distinct that many Americans can easily recognize a state based on a few key characteristics. Redditor u/Thomas_The_Llama recently prompted the people of r/AskReddit to describe their states without revealing any names, and the resulting thread is very entertaining (unless, of course, you're not American , in which case you might be a little confused).

People really think like this?

The fact that Reddit makes it impossible for its users to change their usernames is both cruel and hilarious. It's fun to think about how all the teenaged trolls in 2005 who chose crass usernames for a laugh are now thirty-somethings making heartfelt points about serious issues from accounts called “I_Like_Boobies_69” and “StinkyButthole420." There are so many examples of funny times the username didn't check out that there's a whole subreddit called r/rimjob_steve dedicated to documenting thes…

As a kid I'd often visit the beach with my grandparents, just to peacefully watch the waves crash for an hour or so, and maybe look for sea glass or rocks that I'd later find were only pretty when wet from the sea water. On these trips we'd often see a man or woman slowly walking down the beach with a metal detector, smoothly hovering the thing over the sand. It was fascinating. I'd imagine what they would find - old coins, perhaps - maybe in a treasure chest, abandoned by the nonexistent pirat…

A good manager makes employees feel supported, heard, and valued. A good manager knows that an empowered employee will do better work than a disgruntled one. A bad manager doesn't care about any of this. A bad manager will unnecessarily flex their power just because they can, even if it means hurting the business. When u/kathjoy called in terribly sick with the flu, her boss gave her an ultimatum: either come into work, get a doctor's note, or get fired. Nearly passing out from her fever, she s…

As a kid with super-strict parents, sleepovers were absolutely necessary for me to catch a glimpse at how normal households worked - a chance to enjoy the privileges that other kids had. Eating junk food was a luxury for me, and all my friends parents seemed to fill their cabinets with food my mother would call garbage. Pop tarts. “Sugar cereal.” I was besotted with frozen pizzas and french fries. Of course, sleepovers were also an opportunity to get into trouble. My friends either didn't have…

For most of us, the job application process is an extremely soul-sucking experience. There can come a point when the rejection emails start to get annoying, especially when you know that you’re capable of the job. It’s understandable that you might want to enact some kind of revenge , just like u/SeanGrande who took a dislike to a would-be employer after they refused to interview him. While he was qualified for the job and the company were struggling to fill the position, none of the hiring man…

Some parents got a lotta nerve

Greetings. It is TWOsday the 22nd of February, 2022, and depending on where you are in the world, it very well may be 22:22 as you read this. Wouldn't that be something? Today's date is both an ambigram and a palindrome (unless you're in America), which means the date is perfectly symmetrical and can be read from left to right and upside-down. But the fun doesn't end today. February 2022 is an entire month of palindromic dates for anyone who uses the dd/mm/yy format. The last palindrome date us…

Props to these amateur con artists

Like with any public place, most of us are accustomed to practicing some basic etiquette when we go shopping . We queue to pay, ask an employee if we need help and mostly keep our interactions with other customers to a minimum. That said, there are always a select few who insist on defying the rules. More often than not, they also make a huge scene while doing so. Posting on r/IDontWorkHereLady, u/GallifreyGirlDusk reminisced about the time she was browsing a store as a teen when a fellow custo…

Embarrassing.

What should you do if you get stuck at your job site after closing and your manager refuses to help you out because he values the front door more than your wellbeing? Ask Reddit, apparently. When u/Zealousideal-Ebb-481 asked r/legaladvice for guidance while they were literally trapped inside Walmart, the comment section echoed the same answer: call the fire department. While OP was worried about getting fired, many stressed that OP's life would be in danger should an emergency arise. Unsurprisi…

Stop that

The more you know.