Salary negotiations when getting hired can feel awkward. What do you ask for? What is fair? How do you present your needs without seeming greedy but also not undervalue yourself? This sort of feeling is quite common. A lot of us have been conditioned to believe that talking about money is kind of impolite and … Read more

Weddings tend to bring out a lot of big emotions, screaming, crying, laughter, joy, and tears. But if there are, perhaps a few too many tears at a wedding, perhaps something is up. So someone asked “What at a wedding screams “This couple will get a divorce within a year”?” and folks from across the … Read more

Legends, rebels, absolute maniacs, or whatever you want to call them, some people were born to live on the edge. To embrace a world without order, to flirt with danger, and to go completely off the rails, blaring, “Chaos is my middle name!” These are the madmen who are brave enough to eat cereal with … Read more

People go to school to learn things, so it’s not that crazy to expect them to be correct, right? Well, unfortunately, sometimes they might not be. Some ideas, whether coming from peers, other acquaintances there, or even teachers, tend to be far from reality, and quite a few redditors seemingly learned it firsthand. Members of … Read more

Trying to juggle being a great parent, working enough to provide for your family and maintaining a loving relationship with your partner can be overwhelming at times. Parents rarely get to take any breaks at all, even if they’re not actually getting paid for their labor. Below, you’ll find a story that a father recently … Read more

Everyone is entitled to their dietary preferences. But it becomes a problem when other people must go too much out of their way to accommodate these preferences and feel that their effort is taken for granted. Just like this woman, whose vegan niece constantly demands that her aunt cook her vegan food, even though the … Read more

Everyone is entitled to a bit of vacation time every year. Whether you plan to spend those days sipping margaritas and relaxing on the beach or backpacking through European cities, that’s up to you. But the actual days you’re allowed to be gone might be up to your employer. Below, you’ll find a story that … Read more

Sometimes, when it comes to talking to children about sensitive issues, people who aren’t their parents or guardians step out of line by bringing it up. And it’s even worse when they do it poorly, for example, by yelling. Today’s story is exactly about that. A woman’s guest yelled at her pre-teen nieces to cover … Read more

In every city you go to, you see them. Massive murals that stretch over whole buildings and brighten up the concrete jungles. As impressive as these big artworks are, sometimes it’s worth taking a closer look, inspecting corners and keeping your eyes peeled – especially in cities JPS has visited. Not only is the street … Read more

Recently, Redditor Holiday_Control7243, who worked for a big accounting firm right after college, turned to the Malicious Compliance subreddit to share an incident that his boss probably still remembers to this day. In a lengthy post, the author shared how he handled many important duties, gained the company’s trust, learned to optimize his work during … Read more