Anyone who has worked as a waiter knows that people who don't tip are the worst. In the United States, many waiters only get paid $2 hourly and, therefore, only survive on tips. Some restaurants don't even pay their servers an hourly wage. This is basically common knowledge at this point, so for most people, not tipping is simply out of the question. But there are always those people who get angry for the insistence that they tip. I find that these come from two camps. The first camp is Boomers…

Bad Friend 101

We love the r/AmITheAsshole subreddit. It's a brilliant place where people can cast judgment on others based on their actions, and while we enjoy every possible outcome, there's something extra satisfying about seeing clueless, entitled jerks taken down a notch by the people of Reddit. You know the type. They share their story expecting to be cleared of any possible wrongdoing, only to find out their shitty behavior has made them a lot of new Internet enemies. We don't see these posts as much a…

In what world is it okay to come into someone's home (who you barely know) and start following their kids around and telling them what they can and cannot do? u/YouDontKnowMyKid explains in a recent r/amitheasshole post that this is exactly a guest did in her home. A friend of OP's sister, who she'd only met a few times, decided it was totally normal to follow OP's son around and scold him for trying to use his own kitchen. When confronted, the woman defended herself by explaining that she's a…

He's got a flair for the dramatic

Most veterans do not want to discuss the details of their military service with random strangers, even if the person asking them questions about it also happened to serve. You'd think that a fellow veteran of all people would understand and respect this unspoken rule, but apparently redditor u/ WhatKindOf__ never got the memo. He recently asked r/amitheasshole if he was in the wrong for accusing a classmate of “stealing valor” simply because she seemed too “demure” to be a veteran and didn't fe…

My house, my rules

Small businesses are not an unequivocal good in society. Many small business owners underpay their employees, nickel and dime their customers, and, worst of all, provide a subpar product. We tend to look at small businesses as virtuous fighters in a world where every industry is getting more and more monopolized by the second. While I think that it's good that there are silly little stores that only sell sauces or socks, their niche uniqueness does not make them inherently good for a community…

The waiting game gone wrong

Never mess with a gamer's saved progress

Many people in the comments pointed out that OP could simply let his daughter's little game backfire, using the situation as a teachable moment. A “f*ck around and find out” kind of moment, if you will. A “stupid games win stupid prizes” sort of thing. But the tough love approach is always easier said than done when you care about your kid and their future.

We all need a holiday

Meeting a partner's family for the first time tends to be an anxiety-inducing situation. There's a lot of pressure to impress the people who raised or grew up with your “person.” But sometimes it's the family that should be concerned with the kind of impression that they're making. Recently, a Korean-American woman took to Reddit for some advice regarding sticky situation she had with her boyfriend's 13-year-old sister. In her posts, she describes visiting her boyfriend's family and meeting his…

There's taking advantage of a “teachable moment” and then there's taking advantage of a child's naivete and binding them to a financial agreement that will make their teen years absolutely miserable. That's exactly what one delusional parent did when their twelve-year-old kid begged them for a swimming pool. “We made an agreement that we would install a pool but that once she was old enough to start working, she would pay us back for half of it, she quickly agreed” u/swimmingpoolaita wrote in t…

Regular dogs do not belong everywhere. I was riding an incredibly crowded subway this weekend, and a pug was sitting in one of the seats. While the dog's presence amused some subway riders, I was slightly annoyed. Why the owner couldn't put the pug on her lap so somebody else could sit down, I don't know. There is a clear exception to this rule, and that is service animals . Service animals are essential to the people they serve and are allowed in any business or public place by law. The import…

Babies are cute and all, but sometimes it feels like new parents literally believe the world revolves around them. A message to all parents out there: you're not that special, and sorry to break it to you, but your kid isn't the divine spawn of God. Just chill. In a recent r/amitheasshole post, u/miraclebabyniece explains that when her brother and sister-in-law finally had a baby after years of struggling to conceive, it was big news in the family. But you can only milk the “miracle baby” thing…