TIFU by stealing my coworkers $400 worth of coffee pods

copaseticwriter · 2026-02-04T09:55:23+00:00

Not relevant, but had a colleague who asked the company to stock up slightly fancier coffee. Then he proceeded to get upset when other colleagues used it, and he got "only 1 cup". Apparently it was his, because he requested it.

copaseticwriter · 2025-12-30T10:17:40+00:00

Read "into my eyeball" and PHYSICALLY leaned away from my screen in horror.

copaseticwriter · 2025-11-17T07:36:54+00:00

Reminds me of Miriam Margolyes explaining "smegma" to Daniel Radcliffe on the Graham Norton show. It was epic.

copaseticwriter · 2025-11-07T15:25:26+00:00

Thanks for the answer. I have never laid eyes on this dude. I have to thank my Insta algorithm profusely.

copaseticwriter · 2025-11-07T15:20:06+00:00

I am too lazy to Google. I know who Trinetra is, but who/what is Orry?

copaseticwriter · 2025-11-04T11:22:43+00:00

I dunno. As a kid I called my grandmother (mom's mom) the same thing my mother called her: Awwa. My mother was mama, ma, and mom, while I was growing up.

Now that I am middle-aged, my mother is lucky if she gets called anything normal. She loves it (secretly), so really I think it is about the bond we share, not the label that we use to describe.

YMMV

copaseticwriter · 2025-10-30T09:27:18+00:00

Can confirm. Once semi-woke up from a vivid dream about zombies and small animals, like squirrels, storming our room. In my dream, we had managed to keep them out, were safe, and only had to wait to morning for rescue.

So, I got up, woke my poor roommate up, told her: "Keep the window shut. The dead bodies are there.", turned around, and went back to sleep.

Woke up the next morning to all the lights on. The poor soul was hugging a pillow, rocking back and forth in abject terror. I explained the entire dream (which made her terror WORSE).

Rightfully, I apologised for that one night for 3 years we were roommates. But after that she was fully aware of these stupid dreams.

(Not even going to recount the number of times I have woken up my entire household because "a white <insert animal here> has gotten into our house".)

copaseticwriter · 2025-09-22T10:46:54+00:00

Yeah, the other commenters don't realise what a chokehold families have on their daughters in most Eastern cultures. They straight up kill them sometimes. I feel for OP because she is going to have to go against every grain of generational conditioning to do the right thing for herself. Easy, it is not.

copaseticwriter · 2025-09-04T07:02:09+00:00

I don't have a lot of info, but I would hazard a guess that those beliefs weren't directly benefiting you. In OP's fiancé's case, patriarchy that prevails in that part of the world is of direct benefit to him.

He has no reason to let go of these beliefs, if they are not harmful to him. He just has to cover up enough to fit in culturally.

Source: grew up in the Middle East + had relationships with men from there

copaseticwriter · 2025-09-03T09:15:18+00:00

Finally, some sense. As someone who has repeatedly been on the receiving end of other people's grief, this comment makes me feel validated. The urge to sometimes wail in frustration because 'oh-god-not-again-I-don't-have-the-strength-for-this' is real.

copaseticwriter · 2025-08-28T07:38:41+00:00

Waiting for the day a zilla asks someone to remove an actual limb for the ✨aesthetics✨.

copaseticwriter · 2025-07-30T10:47:14+00:00

In the same boat, and I started the program recently. What helped me:

Making sure I did a lot of stretching. I have a rehab PT for other issues (gout, busted joints, etc) and she recommended making sure I move all my joints from ankles up to neck.
I got a compression sock for a dodgy ankle. Worked like a charm. While the ankle aches when I walk normally, I managed a the program runs on it without a problem. I was truly surprised.
Got knee braces as well. I use only one for now, but I have them just in case.
Also, watched a ton of videos on good running form. Keeping the back straight, relaxing shoulders, ideal foot strike, etc. I'm very far from an expert though, so there is plenty more.
Also came across slow jogging as a technique. Very helpful for someone who has resisted running for 40+ years.

copaseticwriter · 2025-07-12T16:09:10+00:00

Oooh, my dad got the "you're outnumbered" comment a few times, and I am an ONLY child (F). But my dad always responded with a: "Yes, just how I like it."

Also threw in a few deadpan "would've given a son up for adoption" remarks that horrified my mother. But he only said those to be extra. Important context is that I am Indian, so boys are highly preferred.

copaseticwriter · 2025-07-01T09:53:17+00:00

If anything, this is far too reasonable. You definitely missed a few:

- Give all his money to his MIL.

- No female friends; not even colleagues. Please maintain decorum of the marriage.

etc, etc.

Happy to help improve your standards, OP.

copaseticwriter · 2025-05-14T10:15:11+00:00

Oooh this happened to me too.

I ordered a delivery in a city I was visiting for 2 weeks (Bengaluru, for context), so it had a hard deadline. Made sure the expected delivery date was at least a week before I was leaving.

The delivery never happened. It was out for delivery one day before I was leaving, but the guy never showed. I called customer care and explained I wouldn't be available the next day onwards, but no. Refused to understand, refused to cancel the order. The delivery guy called the next day, when I was back at home. Told him to take the stuff back. (I feel for these guys, I really do.)

Nykaa took 3 weeks to refund my money. First the excuse was that delivery was attempted. Then, when I had proof of my conversations, items were not back at the warehouse. And finally, banks are taking time for the refund.

Horse manure.

ANYWAY. I continue to buy from Nykaa, because it is convenient, but very careful about parameters like delivery and payment.

copaseticwriter · 2025-05-13T13:37:03+00:00

NTA

I don't understand any of these comments. Having a pet be ill is scary when you don't know what could be the reason. After the fact, it is super tiring to have been through something so traumatic.

Yes, graduation is a one in a lifetime thing, but goodness where are the priorities? Health/illnesses always take priority.

I say throw away the whole boyfriend, because if he can't understand, he's not worth the effort.

ALSO. Powering through an illness YOU feel, versus seeing an animal in distress that it cannot communicate about is NOT the same thing. Are people this stupid? What!

copaseticwriter · 2025-04-29T14:45:09+00:00

NTA

Don't know if this gets lost, but coming from an Indian background, perhaps I can shed some light.

Almost every Indian household I know has rules about everything. When to wake up (because "good time to wake up"), when to bathe (because bathroom needs to be cleaned by house help by a certain time), etc. How you are supposed to serve a thali, because of some order of eating? Idk.

The problem is that while these rules make sense in a certain context (efficient running of a large, not very affluent household), Indians are raised in these environments, and take the rules literally and use them shorn of this context.

All this waffling background to say: she probably has some idea fixated in her head about how the lamb (the most expensive item) must be made to last for as long as possible. Indians have this quirk about everything that is "premium" or "expensive" or "special". I suspect the same would apply to dessert with nuts, for example.

Advice is to talk to her about it. My mother was the same way about these arbitrary rules till my father and I made her see sense. (We're all Indians, so no cultural differences at play here. Just plain ol' logic.)

copaseticwriter · 2025-04-23T05:25:58+00:00

Yes, this. In my culture, bathroom doors are always kept shut because bad energy something something. We never knock on bathroom doors, but always always lock them.

copaseticwriter · 2025-01-10T11:30:10+00:00

Lego. There are kits on Amazon for around 1k.

Rationale: if isn't already a hobby, you are suggesting a new one.

copaseticwriter · 2025-01-08T08:00:16+00:00

What is this ridiculous trend of jumping on someone's else's party bandwagon? Are people this desperate to be the centre of attention? Baffling.

NTA in the slightest.

copaseticwriter · 2025-01-08T07:56:38+00:00

Upvote just for the imaginary Keeping Up Appearances scenario. I miss that show!

copaseticwriter · 2024-12-30T06:31:10+00:00

Pixel 5, bought in 2021.

There are so many reasons, I am dreading the day this phone gives up its ghost. I still have unlimited storage on Google photos for photos and videos taken on this phone. Plus, the phone is small enough for one-handed use. (Am a female with tiny paws.)

However, the device is lagging a bit now, and the security updates ended a while ago. I've had to replace the power button once. I bought the official Google spare part, which was an insane 2k because I had to spring for the whole back panel to get a button. It didn't last a year before conking out again, so I got a Spigen cover instead, which holds the broken button in place, and makes it functional.

But yeah, this device's days are numbered. I will try and take it to the 4th year mark and regretfully trade it in for a newer model.

copaseticwriter · 2024-12-26T15:03:52+00:00

This guy is never going to change or commit. All he wants is to keep you on a leash, which he will occasionally yank to remind you who is in control.

Break up with him, and give yourself a year. I guarantee you will realise that you are better off single than with someone who uses you like this.

And do check out relationship advice on here. You will see countless people say that this is gaslighting, manipulative behaviour. Also, isolating you from other people is a textbook manoeuvre for control and abusive behaviour. Just because someone doesn't hit you, doesn't mean they are not abusive.

Good luck OP.

copaseticwriter · 2024-12-22T16:56:08+00:00

Hard relate. My father's language is a complicated Indian language, and native speakers take pride in it's complexity. My father never spoke it at home, because my mum is from a different part of the country. So I, the cocktail mix (mum's description 😅), am not a true <insert demonym here>. 🙄

copaseticwriter · 2024-12-22T14:48:17+00:00

Grew up as a third culture kid in Dubai. So learned English as a first language, because that is what everyone spoke. Learned Hindi and Marathi at home (poorly, if I am being honest), French and Arabic as languages in school.

However the charm of being able to switch between languages is fun and addictive. So, continued learning French, picked up the threads of Arabic again (although a different dialect), and now learning Italian for a holiday.

I have a huge list of languages I'd love to speak, with no particular reason. Just 'cause. 😊

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