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When I read this story, the first thing that came to mind was the image of Janis Ian's brother asking if he could bring Regina George as his plus-one to her wedding…seems fitting, right? Agh. I can see the next scene unravelling in front of my eyes, and it goes something like, "Regina George is not sweet! She's Evil!" Oh, Janice, maybe we should put you in contact with this bride, because she can like, totally, relate.

This soon-to-be bride is left speechless after her brother tells her that he will be bringing her high-school nemesis to her wedding! She refuses, reasonably so, claiming that she will not have the girl who ruined her teenage years at her wedding. His face went pink with rage (and it wasn't even Wednesday) as he declared that he would not be showing up to the wedding if he couldn't bring her. Now the family is in shambles, the wedding is only weeks away, and we're starting to feel like we've switched channels and are suddenly watching a scene out of You Again…and we all know how that one went down!

Some coworkers cannot be trusted, but it seems that in this situation, both parties are to blame. This relatively new hire went out to dinner with her coworker, who insisted that the unmarked parking spot they chose was not going to result in the former employee receiving a ticket. Unfortunately, the coworker was mistaken.

Now, the employee with the ticket is insisting that her coworker pay it off, which ignited a fiery debate online as to who is in the right here. After all, just because the coworker had been living in this city longer than the person who was driving had does not mean that she should be aware of every single parking rule. Of course, this debate inevitably is going to create a tense atmosphere in the office moving forward. Whose fault is that really? Is it the coworker who assumed their parking spot wouldn't be an issue, or is it the author who had a bad feeling about the spot but ultimately agreed with her coworker? We're of the opinion that while the whole parking debacle is a bummer, there is no point in creating more office drama over it. Since the author is so insistent that her coworker is in the wrong, it would behoove the coworker to propose a compromise where both parties split the ticket evenly. 

However, given that the coworker also seems to be a stubborn individual, we highly doubt that this will happen. One can surmise that this story serves as the perfect example of why going out with your coworkers after work too often is a bad idea. We don't fully agree with that mentality, but the intense fallout over this parking ticket certainly helps prove that theory.  

Most landowners would be furious if they woke up to a destroyed crop and a herd of escaped pigs enjoying a buffet of stolen veggies, and this 27-year-old finally ran out of patience with his negligent neighbor after the second incident. With hungry hogs feasting their way through his autumnal harvest, this landowner was on a mission to put an end to his neighbor's entitlement; however, that farmer wasn't willing to work or contribute towards any kind of compromise. 

Perhaps all there was left to do was offer a country compromise—a "quid pro quo" if you will—where both parties are satisfied with their payment. In this case, breakfast was starting to smell a little more like bacon and less like lost pumpkins. 

The life of stray cat is a mystery. I'm a huge fan of that genre of video where someone straps a GoPro onto their outdoor cat's collar so we can get a POV of the day in the life of an outdoor kitty. It's a lot of what you'd expect: catch and eat bugs, fall asleep in a patch of sunlight, scrap with other cats over territory disputes. 

There's often a debate about outdoor cats, too. They are terrible for the local bird population, and they can often get into mortal danger just by roaming around. But many owners think that being allowed outdoor enriches their cat's life. 

This person found a stray cat who wasn't feral — he's actually quite lovable, and has cozied up to this one family in particular. He started by befriending this family's housecat, but was too shy to greet the owners at first. But the cat, named Blue, soon started coming around every day.

Leave it up to the local HOA to take a sweet story about a cat finding a forever home and turn it into a headache! Check out Blue's story below, as well as photos, thanks to his owner paying the cat tax. 

Next, read about the retail workers whose customers are just so weird, like one person whose customer "released a box of spiders into the store... He's not allowed in any Starbucks in this town anymore." 

What's the point of having a manager if you're expected to do all of their tasks for them? The employee in this next story refuses to call their slacker coworker when they fail to show up for shifts, and in turn, their manager threatens to write them up for their refusal. What would you do in this situation?

Every workplace has a hierarchy, and within each level of the hierarchy, there are certain tasks that each group has to complete. As you get closer to the top of the corporate pyramid, you find that they do a lot less work for triple the amount of pay. It's the same spiel that folks spew about MLMs and trickle-down economics—"It'll come back to you!"—but it never really does. The employee in this next story is expected to do the work of their manager, but they refuse to do so because chasing down coworkers was not expected of them in their job description.

This is a classic case of poor management, lazy supervisors, and employees who aren't paid nearly enough to complete extra tasks on the clock. I don't blame the employee; In fact, I applaud them. Too often do managers throw their workload on underpaid underlings—this employee is breaking the cycle. Scroll to read the full story below.