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Graduating from high school and stepping out into the real world is a heck of an experience.

One minute you're sitting in the flight simulator that is childhood and schooling, and the next minute you find yourself strapped into the pilot's seat of a fighter jet in combat, screaming around at Mach 2 in a real-life or death situation.

Going through your senior year of high school, there's this real sense of purpose, that you're on a path and life will continue to guide you upon it. But that path quickly disappears into the underbrush, and for the senior summer after graduation, that clock is ticking, seeing just what direction you will find yourself pointing in. 

Of course, if your situation permits and you go off to university, the simulator continues—well, simulating. Sure, you have increased self-determination and individuality, for better or for worse, but there's not this readily apparent breaking point that comes when you find yourself totally out of school.

It's a sight everyone dreads: you're walking back to your car, and you see a meter maid in a neon vest placing a ticket on your windshield. You sprint over, hoping to stop them, but sadly, it's too late. As soon as they input your info into their little device, it's all over for you, pal. Instead of a quick trip to the mall or the library that would've cost you $5 in parking fees, you've now got to cough up like $65 for the dastardly crime of parking your car in the same place for too long. 

Obviously, this is the kind of thing that a lot of residents truly despise. It's not exactly a crime that needs to be punished, it's more of a way to make money for the city. People gripe about getting tickets for speeding, but that's a safety issue, right? Parking rarely is — unless you're blocking a hydrant or not allowing the bus to get by you or something. So yeah, there's not a lot of love lost for these neon-vested street patrollers. 

This person had an amazing idea: they basically Uno-reversed the coppers, allowing anyone to see their locations. I checked the site when it was operational, and it was a marvel! Unfortunately, it was very short-lived, as the city probably considered it a safety concern. Ugh. Wouldn't it be nice if this site could actually work for real, forever? 

Up next, read about this kind employee who decided to guide a 16-year-old new hire through her first day on the job despite all of the "stressed out" coworkers who didn't want to deal with her: "Over the next 5 hours I worked side by side with this child." 

How many coffees do you need to ingest to get through your day? One? Two? Three? Six?? Whatever your number is, you're not alone. Truly, there are many like you out there and we can't help it. We need to be caffeinated and that doesn't come naturally to us. We need coffee after coffee. None of that tea or soda stuff, oh no. We need dark roast, espresso, cold brew, nitro coffees! WE NEED THEM, OKAY?! Sorry… Sorry, the caffeine is wearing off. I need another cuppa. Until then, I need a distraction. Perhaps some hilarious posts about my need for coffee and my struggle for waking up in the morning? Yes, please! As long as none of it is decaf. From LOLs to "that's so me," we're here to fit your internet laughing needs. Wake up to a warm brew and laugh to jokes about that exact brew. It will help you get through your day! Again, we're not judging you for drinking five cups of coffee today. We're here to tell you that we too have had too much coffee today and need something to laugh at to get rid of the anxiety it has induced… 

Some offices churn out future Nobel winners. Others just invent new ways to haze temps for sport, and a twenty-two-year-old lab tech gets to live the dream as a not-quite-pledge to a bossy twenty-four-year-old teammate who treats department chores like personalized initiation rituals. The workspace promises low formality, equal parts teasing and test tubes, and the kind of humor that hints at solidarity until it becomes a game of who-makes-whom-fetch-the-cake.

The lab etiquette this young temp was expecting is one that's supposed to keep things light, especially when there's no customer in sight, but the line between inside joke and unpaid assistant is always sharper for the person fetching crumbs. When job security hinges on likability, the rookie is supposed to laugh off "why are you always sitting" and pitch in with extra scrubbing, even if all the actual learning gets swapped for cleaning experiments and off-brand errands. The campaign escalates when a chair gets physically relocated, not maliciously, just a quirky bit, at least until everyone else starts whispering about boss complaints and a team lead quietly takes notice.

Messing with your neighbor's renovations is a recipe for disaster. 

Sure, it can be wildly frustrating to go about your day and have to hear a ton of construction for weeks, if not months, on end. That being said, you never know when you might find yourself needing to do some renovations of your own. With that in mind, you might as well extend some grace to your neighbor, provided that they respect property lines and neighborhood quiet hours. This resident was more than respectful, and yet, he still had to deal with the wrath of an ungrateful neighbor.

The funny thing about this disgruntled dude is that he underestimated his opponent. Some neighbors assume that they can get away with demanding, entitled behavior simply because they have been living in the neighborhood for longer than everyone else. Sure, we should all treat the elderly members of our communities with a greater degree of respect, but that does not mean that they should be able to get away with just about anything.

This neighbor went out of his way to try to sabotage construction, but what he didn't think about was the fact that the entrance to his home was narrow and reliant on how this author ultimately chose to construct his residence. So, the author decided to obstruct the open view of the entrance to the neighbor's home by building a fence… and not just any fence! This 80-foot fence not only helped the resident grow a nice private garden in the back of his home, but it also completely went against what his neighbor wanted for the front view of his home. 

This is what happens when you test untested individuals. Just because you're an aggressive person does not mean that the individual with whom you are beefing is unable to fight back. This neighbor had to learn that the hard way, and he would come to regret ever attempting to upend the resident's renovation process. However, what's done was done, and now, the neighbor had to endure a narrow entrance to his home on top of a large fenced wall that was as unpleasing to the eye as any of the construction noise was to the ear. Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions from several members of the online community, who weighed in with suggestions on what color the resident should use for his new wall.