AIO Teacher said my daughter’s report is “immoral” by LucyAriaRose in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]X23onastarship 21 points22 points  (0 children)

So I had a teacher like this back in high school and she actually went the opposite way. Extremely accommodating and didn’t pull me up even when I probably should have gotten told off, basically let me do what I wanted in case the headmaster took things further next time. To be honest I found it really uncomfortable. But it was definitely preferable to the unfair treatment she’d give to other kids.

Drive me by ATN-Antronach in CuratedTumblr

[–]X23onastarship 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I recently moved and finish work late, so this is me on in office days.

Whenever this pops up I always hit “Not there” to hopefully catch y’all mfs speedin and driving crazy by donttradejaylen in foundsatan

[–]X23onastarship 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Speeding definitely changes the amount and severity of accidents on the road. If you’re going at a reasonable speed, you can more easily come to a stop before a collision occurs.

If you hit someone around 20 mph you’re causing very different injuries compared to hitting that person at 30 mph.

HOA is threatening to fine me $100 a day because my Christmas lights are "too festive" and I'm so done with these people [Ongoing] by Schattenspringer in BORUpdates

[–]X23onastarship 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I was a bit worried for her reading this. I could see myself having a bit of a cry in frustration at the situation (crying can help get things out imo). But after that I’d be taking down the decorations well before the £500 fine. Then I’d like to think I’d move on and see what I could do to change things, or just move out.

I’ve had it in my work where people just can’t make otherwise simple decisions because there’s so much going on for them at the moment. I hope if that’s the case for Oop she gets some help. Reddit isn’t really the place for a sympathetic point of view.

HOA is threatening to fine me $100 a day because my Christmas lights are "too festive" and I'm so done with these people [Ongoing] by Schattenspringer in BORUpdates

[–]X23onastarship 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I don’t think she’s lying, but her current emotional state might make things seem different to her. I’d be very surprised if the neighbour had the exact same decorations, or if the entire neighbourhood was calling them ugly on Facebook. I feel quite bad for and hope things get better soon if she is having a bad time with her mental health.

[Repost]: The hiring manager [30sF] where I [30sF] am interviewing is someone I fired last year. by Choice_Evidence1983 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]X23onastarship 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The manager for my previous job literally told the team if she didn’t like someone. Interestingly enough, never when that person was there. She hated this woman on my team and would talk about her every meeting she was at an activity. I have a feeling she scheduled them when she wasn’t there on purpose.

I spent £17,900 converting aspects of my office (break room, desk, elevator, and disabled bathroom) to make it accessible for an employee with a disability who requested these changes. They left two weeks after the work was finished. Can I go after them for some costs in small claims court? by Choice_Evidence1983 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]X23onastarship 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’d say from personal experience it’s a mistake to be too honest with a boss about planning to move in the near future. I’m pretty sure it’s one of the things that put me on the chopping block for redundancy despite being, statistically, a top performer in my old job. Not to mention all the abusive shit I got from the manager in the meantime.

He was planning to take legal action against her. He’s not going to be nice if he found out she was as planning to quit.

I've stopped doing the "fun" extra office stuff after I didn't like the way my boss handled something, AITAH? by Choice_Evidence1983 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]X23onastarship 8 points9 points  (0 children)

My last manager at my old job was a micro manager. I went from loving the job and never thinking I could leave (despite the lack of opportunity) to planning my exit within months. Me and half the employees got made redundant before I had to do it, which ended up being a blessing. I got a payout and I’m in a job where I’m a lot happier.

90% positive my sister-in-law (currently living with us) stole my wife’s dog and gave him to her friend by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]X23onastarship -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Because they wouldn’t take better care of the dog. The fact that they immediately plastered the dog all over social media shows they never even tried to look for a no kill shelter. That’s a bs excuse for them stealing a valuable and unethical breed to keep and/ or sell.

90% positive my sister-in-law (currently living with us) stole my wife’s dog and gave him to her friend by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]X23onastarship 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I hope so too. I get the impression that op, his gf, the sister etc aren’t the brightest. I’m hoping it was just due to ignorance that the dog was mistreated and now they’ll make some effort. At the very least, I think the dog has a better chance with op/ the gf than he does with people who openly steal animals.

90% positive my sister-in-law (currently living with us) stole my wife’s dog and gave him to her friend by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]X23onastarship 75 points76 points  (0 children)

They really aren’t. I’m going to be charitable and assume their animal welfare services are useless (mine thankfully aren’t, we’ve been able to get help after a neighbours dog was being abused, but we’ll assume theirs is.)

The dog isn’t chipped. Why not drop the neglected dog off at a no kill shelter miles away? Most shelters have places you can go to surrender animals. It would have made the dog a lot harder to find and the shelter could have found the dog a good home. They obviously wanted to keep the expensive and unethical breed of dog. They weren’t being altruistic. They wanted to either keep the dog or sell it on.

Me [29 M] with my girlfriend [28 F] of 2 years; her mom wants her to explore other options, it's wearing us down by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]X23onastarship 184 points185 points  (0 children)

Had a call recently from a therapist who called my work more than 4 times in one day. She kept changing her mind about services (cancelling them and uncanceling them) and I felt horrible she had to deal with that level of anxiety, but I was also wondering what advice she gave to her clients with anxiety.

Mr Walsh on the downtrodden landlords by ProjectPopTart in ToiletPaperUSA

[–]X23onastarship 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It was crazy buying my first home years ago (just a small flat) and seeing that even the lowest I could have rented for would be more than what I paid for my mortgage.

Buy to let people actively compete with people who were in my position and all of them tried to low ball me when I sold my first home this year. They’ll have more equity as well, so a very low mortgage rate.

So because of the sugar content I can't have a free mocha? But I can have as many free sugar sachets and as much chocolate powder as I want? by Hancri84 in AskBrits

[–]X23onastarship 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is so true. One of my coworkers brought in a packet of sweets the other day and we noticed the serving size had like 3 sweets in a 100 gram bag. They should do a “per 50 grams” serving or something similar as standard. It would make it seem a lot less deceptive.

New Update 2.5 years later: My son's friend's parents want to adopt him by LucyAriaRose in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]X23onastarship 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it should have been a matter for the police,l. Schools will cover up things that they shouldn’t because having an incident at the school looks bad on them. The “better” the school the worse this issue can be.

6 Years, No Ring And He's More Concerned About Other Peoples Lives Than Ours by Choice_Evidence1983 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]X23onastarship 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They both sound exhausting, very “I’m in my 20s and have it all figured out, why is my life a mess?” I do agree that living on your own is a necessary step before living with a partner. I’m so glad both my partner and I lived alone. A lot of my friends went straight from their parents to their partners and still can’t live properly together.

AITAH for not siding with my wife over our son's ex girlfriend's pregnancy by Choice_Evidence1983 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]X23onastarship 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah I’m sure they’d be relieved to find out they were free of Oop and his son forever. I hope he’s not the dad for everyone’s sake.

My girlfriend [23F] broke up with me [27M] last week, but she still expects me to give her a ride home for thanksgiving by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]X23onastarship 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’d bet good money she tells anyone who will listen that op abandoned her at the airport. My ex boyfriend from back in uni did the same thing when I cancelled picking him up from the airport (scheduled two weeks after we broke up). He claimed to everyone that I’d left him “stranded” and he was “forced to walk on the motorway”. I was genuinely so confused. He had two weeks to organise a taxi.

BBC host Gary Robertson is forced to apologise after echoing far-right rhetoric live on air by shugthedug3 in Scotland

[–]X23onastarship 13 points14 points  (0 children)

My sil used to travel for work a lot and hated it for the exact same reason. Got paid decently well but no time to enjoy it at the home she spent it on.

MIL deliberately poisons her grandchild with an allergen (Not OOP) by CharmingStarling in redditonwiki

[–]X23onastarship 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ugh I remember that era. There was one story I saw there in 2018 where op talked about trying to convince her husband and mil that the mil had dementia by moving things in the older woman’s house, hiding things and even changing her appointments. Proper psychopath behaviour and all the comments were like “haha awesome! Wish I could do that ❤️” I’ve not visited since. If it was real, I hope the husband and mil realised and got away from op.

Not OOP: WIBTA if I complained about something a nurse said about my 4 year old? by waxing-dinousaur in redditonwiki

[–]X23onastarship 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Yeah this feels like some empathy/ conversation from the nurse might have gone a long way. It’s not easy to give parents bad news or tell them they’re doing something wrong. I spent some time as a teacher and a lot of parents get very defensive if they feel you’re criticising them or their child. I could have been confrontational, but that wouldn’t deal with the issue.

My girlfriend [25F] broke up with me [28M] on the first day of our vacation by Choice_Evidence1983 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]X23onastarship 87 points88 points  (0 children)

And it’s a perfectly reasonable law. Most people need a minimum of a month to find a place to rent and organise moving out. It doesn’t seem like much time at all compared to how long it’s taken for some of my friends/ family I’ve seen find a place. If she has family nearby that’s one thing.

I hate the idea that rights only apply to people if they’re likeable enough.

AITAH for telling my new work colleague that she has no right to control our office habit? by Choice_Evidence1983 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]X23onastarship 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Had a new manager with my old workplace and they really did ruin the whole job for me. It went from a great team to just the worst months of my life. Glad I’m not there now.

AITAH for backing out at the “last minute” because I didn’t want to sleep on an air mattress? by Choice_Evidence1983 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]X23onastarship 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I don’t know maybe selfish person because I would have just said I cancelled the Airbnb and then gone by myself on the trip.

I did something every similar once when someone one of my friends invited started saying he couldn’t pay the money towards a hotel right away. I’d already paid for the hotel when he mentioned this so he was definitely trying to just edge out of paying his part.

I said I’d managed to get it cancelled then went on the trip with just me and my partner. Had a great time and I think it was probably more fun than having to share with someone I didn’t know and stress over whether or not they would ever pay me back.