Ho ho, ho! Merry Christmas, dear Pandas!
If you celebrate this all-consuming (but cheerful) holiday, you are familiar with how much planning and preparation it entails. Coming up with a fresh new menu, decorating every corner of your house, and buying gifts a month in advance are just a few things we do to make this day extra special for our loved ones.
But as the proverb says, “Man plans and God laughs.” Despite our careful preparations, there’s plenty of room for error. Our Bored Panda team has gathered some of the most unfortunate failures and accidents that happened to people during this holiday season.
From misprinted greeting cards to cracked teeth, it reminds us that our celebrations could get much worse. So gather around and scroll through the list to find some humor and beauty in the disasters people have experienced on this sparkling day.
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White’s Family Christmas Card
You Aren't Welcome Here For Christmas
As we can see from the pictures, during this busy time, the long to-do list lingering in our heads can lead to various mistakes and accidents. One of the most common injuries during the holiday season comes from decorations.
It’s estimated that 18,400 people in the US are hurt by them each year. Surprisingly, 10% of this group are children under four years old. Additionally, middle-aged adults are the most prone to decor-related ER visits, whereas young adults and teenagers are the least likely.
Guess Who Had To Get Special Deodorizing Baths After Getting Skunked On Our Morning Walk Just Before I’m Having 25 People Over For Christmas Eve. The Answer Is Both Of Them
Oh but who are the beautiful bois? Who has the sweetest faces? Who has the wisdom of the ages in their eyes?
Someone Has Been Cutting Our Christmas Lights. Today, We Caught The Culprit
The first day, we suspected it was Jehovah's Witnesses (the only people approaching the house that day). The second day, we thought it might be kids just outside the camera's view. On the third day, we found out who it was. I had no idea rabbits could produce such clean cuts.
Mom's Neighbors Put Up A Million-Watt Crucifix For Christmas
This is not across the street. This is the block over. Best of our picture-taking contest, the power of Christ was too great for our phones to depict this behemoth in all its 20 ft glory.
Dear God! This is so mean to the neighbors Baby Jesus is crying right now.
Just Locked Down At The Mall Of America During A Shooting. Merry Christmas Everyone
Amidst the sparkling decor, Christmas trees are the main cause of holiday fires that injure more than 1,600 people and rack up $990 million in damages in the US every year. Almost a third of them are the result of various electrical issues.
Not to mention the fact that about 1,000 people are hurt by their Christmas tree when fixing decorations on the higher branches.
After Working 3 Positions And Managing 20 Employees, Here’s My Work Christmas Gift
I Got Up Christmas Morning To Get Some H2O, Fainted In The Kitchen, And Crashed Down To The Floor. Came To With A Split Lip And Spat Chunks Of Teeth In A Pile
Thank you, dear Santa, for my new Christmas smile!
Merry Christmas, Here’s Your Gift
I sent my sister a stockpot and claimed other home goods for Christmas (she just got an apartment and has nothing for her kitchen).
She came home to find her package looked like it had been run over. The guy at the front desk who took the package in said the delivery driver seemed supremely uninterested in the problematic package. Getting it refunded and a new one sent over, hopefully in better condition and in time for Christmas.
Bonus cat in the pic too. Say hello to Star.
Negative Temperatures In Texas But At Least Our House Stayed Toasty. Merry Christmas
The firefighters told us it was faulty wiring. My husband overheard them talking to each other and they were discussing the duplex. They think it used to be one home they split in two, that they updated the other side but didn’t bring our side up to code. The fire started up in the attic apparently and went down through the furnace. It collapsed the ceiling and put a handful of holes in the roof. Both of the closets got eaten into by flames. Still trying to process it all for sure.
It appears that not everyone is completely safe when visiting Santa at the mall, either. A study revealed that 277 children were injured while whispering their wishes into his ear. This usually happens when kids fall off his lap or run away from him, and cut themselves on other objects around them.
Kids aren’t the exception, as adults also get hurt when they trip over something while taking their little ones to see the big man in red.
Some Jerk Steals Disabled Elderly Woman’s Christmas Decorations
I Bought My Kid A Drone For Christmas, The Wife Doesn't Love It
After Seeing The Picture Of My Nephew In His New Christmas Gift My SO Thinks He “Might Have Ordered The Wrong Size”
Opening presents can also pose risks, especially if we’re dealing with kids and toys with small parts. In 2021, more than 200,000 toy-related injuries were treated in emergency rooms. Unfortunately, a scooter is one of the most unsafe presents you can give to a child, as 400,000 accidents related to it have been reported since 2011. The second and third most dangerous are balls and toy vehicles.
What I Was Greeted By This Morning At Work, The First Day After Christmas Break
I Battled Alcoholism For Years. I Quit Drinking 19 Months Ago. Today I Received This At My In-Laws' Christmas Party
Let me guess, they enjoy their beer? Your sobriety is annoying to them and they are selfish @ssh0les. Recovery is hard. Congratulations on 19 months.
I Guess I’m On The Naughty List
Cooking is a big part of the holiday season, but hot food and sharp knives can make the kitchen a hazardous zone. According to one survey, 49% of people had an accident while preparing a Christmas feast. 1 in 10 spilled hot fat on themselves, and 1 in 5 cut themselves while preparing vegetables. Cooking fires are also three times more likely to happen on Christmas due to food or equipment left unattended.
My One-Hour-Late, Stone-Cold Meal. I'm Working Overtime As A Nurse On Christmas Day
Went To My Neighborhood Mailbox To See All Of Them Busted Wide Open. Was Expecting Some Christmas Stuff
Shop Safely This Christmas, Folks
Public service announcement to be extra careful when purchasing gifts this Christmas time, especially expensive ones. Thought I could trust buying a phone through Amazon directly (not some third party), but I was wrong.
Meticulously swapped and stolen somewhere along the way, then spent a week fighting with customer service in which I was blamed, told I was lying, and threatened to have my account closed before they gave in.
Do not be like me, buy from trusted sources.
To have a safer Christmas, it’s advised that people take extra precautions. Before decorating, make sure to check the fairy lights and other electronics for any signs of damage. If the cables are frayed or look unsafe in any way, it’s best to get rid of them. Also, don’t overload the electrical sockets, and keep flammable things away from lights, candles, or fireplaces.
We Came Home To A Flooded Basement And 3 Deceased Pets. Merry Christmas To Us
Ball python, leopard gecko, and some baby mice.
oh no! your basement can be repaired, but pets are family. I'm so sorry for your loss
Merry Christmas Everyone
Our Work Christmas Bonus. Can't Wait To Pay My Bills With This
*eye roll*. the whole "holiday magic" some people are so enthusiastic about is such bull. give me my damn money!
More importantly, don’t rely on unstable chairs or stools when decorating something high; instead, use a sturdy ladder. Furthermore, the longer natural trees are in a house after a holiday, the more likely they are to dry out and cause a fire. So, water it regularly to ensure it doesn’t become parched, or dispose of it within one month of purchase.
Finally, dull knives can be more dangerous than sharp ones because the blunt edge is more likely to slip off food. To be extra safe, keep them sharpened and use a cutting board with a grippy surface.
A Pipe Burst And Flooded My Entire Downstairs, Including All The Christmas Presents We Had
This was after I used my shop-vac to suck up some of the water, it was 3 inches deep. The water literally shot a hole through my wall, the outdoor hose spigot is what burst. It went from -36° to 34° in a single night.
Bought Some Nice Big Christmas Balls
There Was An Attempt To Install A Christmas Tree In My Hometown (Throwback To 2013)
that has got to be one of the saddest Christmas trees I have ever seen.
My Bed For Christmas (And The Last 3.5 Days Stranded At The Airport)
Pipe Burst On Christmas And Destroyed Our Entire House… Won’t Be Able To Move In For 6-12 Months
The holidays are a time for celebration and quality time with your loved ones. Accidents like those mentioned above and included in this list can spoil the fun when you least expect it. So stay safe, and if you enjoyed this article, make sure to check out our other publications about last year's unfortunate ones here and here.
My Boy Thor Passed On Christmas Day. My Girl Has Been Struggling To Cope Since. She Loves Stuffed Animals So For This Christmas I Ordered Her A Cuddle Clone. I Paid $300 For This
Felt A Shooting Pain Down My Leg After Bending Down To Dry Myself After A Shower
A herniated disc, yeah. Saw a pain specialist recently, and they said it was "impressive".
I threw my back out over Christmas carrying in a bunch of presents while visiting my parents. Felt better after a few days of rest, but it came back in the worst way.
I'm 77 & have 3 of those, one of which is pressing on my spinal cord. After 3 years of little or no pain, I needed to take 30 opioid tablets over 6 months for severe pain earlier this year. I was told I'd need to take opioids for the rest of my life as pain patches do not work for me. Fortunately, I've needed to take only 2 tablets in the past 3 months & am hoping to maintain or improve my present level of health in 2024.
Wow, congratulations. I'm 44, ruptured 3 discs, all removed and I'm destined for a sad few years on daily opiods. I hate myself, despite taking lowest dose possible 😔
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34 when I had a herniated disc. Unfortunately this was right around the time people started actually paying attention to the opioid crisis so no one would provide me with the pain killers I actually needed. Got an infection after surgery, and am still in some pain years later. That being said my disc wasn't as bad as that one, so silver linings and all that.
Please don't live in pain. Opioid addiction is far less a threat than the daily misery of intractable pain. Take what you have to to get some quality of life back. "To have pain treated to a level of toleration" is a common element in the Patient's "Bill of Rights" of many (probably most) organizations. Ask you caregiver about this, and do what you have to to be as comfortable as possible.
Just had back surgery for this 2 days after Thanksgiving..love my two 6in incisions I have healing this Christmas so comfortable only being able to wear sweet pants....
I had my left hip replaced in 2008. Meeting with the surgeon and he's looking at my X-rays. He asked me when I'd had back surgery. I told him I never have. Huh, he says, the disk between L4 & L5 is completely gone. Apparently it rupured one of those time when I "threw my back out". Sure enough, I'm about 1/4 inch shorter than I used to be.
I did that pulling something out of the oven. It dropped me to the floor. I feel your pain.
If it's the neck get the surgery if it your lower back it is extremely painful since everyone is afraid to give pain medication the worst lasted for about 10 days of hell
I'm A 24-Year-Old Waitress And Got This Christmas Gift From A Regular 50/60-Year-Old Customer, Who Requests My Section 2x/A Week
He leaves if I’m not working, has asked me out on a date twice, and said the offer is open if my boyfriend and I split. Creepy yet sad.
The card says:
"Nina, there is no better gift than you being you! Beautiful in more ways than I can describe. Merry Christmas. Chris"
I Got An Appendectomy For Christmas
Had A Nice Morning. I Then Broke My Favorite Christmas Bauble. I Made A Brownie Cake To Feel Better. Forgot The Sugar
Trying To Watch My Son’s Christmas Concert
He played on it the whole damn time. Didn’t even get a high score.
Hospital “Leadership” Gave This To Their Nurses For Their Christmas Bonus
Spent Christmas Day Alone In The ER (I’m Fine)
Just In Time For Christmas
Someone Unwrapped My Christmas Present
I Wanted To Stop By Parent's House On Christmas Eve To Check On The Dogs While They Were Out Of Town, And This Happened
Whoops. That is "k**b" a good way to start the holidays. I'll see myself out.
My Cousin's House Burned Down Two Days Before Christmas
Why you have your furnace inspected, your vents cleaned, and hire licensed electricians. Here in Montana, once it starts getting cold, there's a rise in house fires.
Walked Out To My Car This Morning And It Looked Like This
I Avoided Covid For 3 Years And Then Got This Extra Special Present After Lunch On Christmas Day
Mom Got An Interesting Christmas Decoration This Year
I (A 30-Year-Old Male) Participated In Secret Santa At Work, Asked For Sports Equipment, And Got This Instead
A coworker came up to me after and said, "I thought it was funny".
Just in case people miss, it appears to be a wine bottle holder with a stopper.
I Invited Around 20 People Over For Christmas. Someone Went Into The Garage And Did A Number On My Car With A Pot Or Other Round Object
More like 2 people. Looks like someone was making out on the hood and had either a sharp object in their pocket or were wearing jeans with rivets.
TV Is Completely Broken, And We Won't Get A New One Till After Christmas. Plus, The Boiler Is Broken, And We Don't Have Hot Water
Christmas Socks As A Present. Crock Socks vs. Hand Puppets
I Guess My Drains Froze Up? My House Is Now Full Of Freezing Water. Happy Christmas Eve, Everyone
That's terrible. And plumbers no doubt charge a triple-time fee for Christmas.
Someone Parked Across Our Driveway And We Can't Get The Car Out On Christmas Eve
I Opened My Unit To Get My Christmas Decorations, Only To Find It Covered In Mold
Guess I'm Looking For A New Job
This Year For Christmas: Brother Survived A Fatal Pileup On His Drive-In This Morning. The Pipes At Our Cabin Very Suddenly Froze A Few Hours Later
We checked into the hotel he was staying at to use the shower only for a ceiling pipe to burst SECONDS after we opened the door.
Was Told I Did An Excellent Job And Earned An "Early Christmas Gift" Came Back To A Fake $15 Tip
Wrecked On Christmas Eve. Other Driver Was Intoxicated
Bought My Wife A New iWatch For Christmas From Our Local Verizon Store. Looks Like Someone Else Bought It, Registered It To Their Account And Then Returned It
It's not working unless any of you know r*****@icloud.com's password
Thieves Made A Hole And Stole My Whole Business (It's A New Business). The Worst Way To Have A Christmas
From the Reddit post: happened in Tanzania, shop keeper sold second hand dresses. Pics are not well taken to show the actual scale, the hole was big enough for a small thief to get through and take all the dresses.
USPS Bent My Niece's Christmas Gift, Which Caused It To Break
She's six and I wanted her to learn how to write her name along with her sisters.
I learnt my lessons. For parcels like this, I tape two pieces of long wooden bars at the back to strengthen them.
I Broke My Tibia And Fibula And Dislocated My Foot All At Once On The 21st, And Had Surgery On The 23rd. Couldn't Fly Home For Christmas. Spent A Week In A Terrible Drug Limbo Consciousness
Instead Of A Christmas Bonus This Year My Work Gave Out Gift Cards To The Company "Swag Store", Where You Can Buy Luxury Items Such As
A throw pillow with the CEO's face on it or a blanket with the CEO's face on it.
Lolololol!! This has to be the worst! Now, if you could buy a DARTBOARD with the CEO's face on it......or select management?
I Don’t Know How I’m Gonna Get Out Of It, But I’m Definitely Not Delivering Pizzas On Christmas Eve
It's easy to say "If I owned a restaurant, I'd simply close on Christmas Eve." Yeah, that'd be the decent thing to do ... unless keeping my restaurant open on holidays meant my restaurant had enough money to stay in business. Restaurants can do a lot of business on holidays, and they need employees. A lot of service industries give holiday overtime to compensate, ask for volunteers, but not every business has that luxury. And there are businesses that must stay open: gas stations, stores, etc. There are people who need stuff on Christmas Day, and it can be hard if everything's closed. I know people want Christmas off, but it just may not always be possible.
$572.754 Billion In Profit As Of October And This Is What We Get For Christmas
Bought A Polaroid Camera For A Friend For Christmas And Inside Was An Instax Camera Instead
A 100-Piece Puzzle My Son Received For Christmas Has 66 Pieces
Growing Up, My Parents Refused To Ever Get Me Dolls Or Accessories. Now I’m In My 20s, And They Have Decided To Buy Obnoxious Doll Stuff Each Year And Laugh In My Face
Won What I Thought Was A VR Headset At My Company Christmas Party The Other Night
I should have looked closer before getting excited. I don't own an oculus.
The french translation for strap is '' cingle '' . It is pronounced sangle. Cheap product
My Christmas Bonus
The paper had a “Thank you for being part of the team” yada yada yada note.
Daughter Got Her Permit. 2nd Time Driving
Took her to a school parking lot at 10 pm so I could ensure no other vehicles would be in our way. Apparently, my ball joint gave out. I’m so grateful she was only going 20 mph. But I’m so screwed. The tow alone caused me to use all the savings I had set aside for Christmas. Looks like we are getting a ball joint and possibly an axle for Christmas this year boys.
Omg, please consider AAA!!! The yearly membership fee is less than ONE tow. Bypass the DMV for registration etc.
A Christmas Gift For My Daughter Was Delivered Like This. As You Can Imagine, She Was The One Who Found It On The Front Steps
So My Dad Dropped Half The Slow Cooked Venison Christmas Dinner On The Floor And The Other Half On The Oven Top
Managed to scoop up the oven-top bits but all the red wine sauce was unsalvageable. Still had a good dinner though.
They Fired Everyone, Without Notice, By Text Messages, Weeks Before Christmas
Someone Went Out And Opened Every Single Mystery Pack In Search Of The One They Wanted, Ruining It For Anyone Else Who Wanted A Surprise
I hate when this happens with any blind bag/box. People are inconsiderate jerks.
Merry Christmas
you gotta spread out the branches! (also, yes, it does look like the branches *are* a bit sparse. however, fluffing the branches *is* necessary for fake trees and it will look better when you do)
Coles Christmas Gift To Staff
Despite a year of record profits, the executives at Coles decided that the frontline staff who work their hardest and face mistreatment daily, are only worthy of a Coles-branded water bottle and 5 "points" (equivalent to $5) for Christmas this year.
This kick in the face comes after months of enforcing staff bag checks and locker inspections despite the sheer number of customers who walk out with trolleys full of stock every day, with barely any action taken about it.
What an absolute joke. Do better, Coles.
This is the same company that has been jacking up the prices on everything to the point where a goddamn loaf of cheap white bread costs five bucks. It's disgusting.
Had A Flood On Christmas Eve. Scrounging Around For Cheap Furniture. This "Was" Free
This actually happened as I lifted the end up while trying to get the truck bed up. Was gonna use the gate to keep it forward. Straps were going on top. Gave the gate a push to get it to close and heard a pop. Knew immediately what I had done.
Amazon Accidentally Spoiled My Husband's Christmas Gift - I Thought It Would Come In A Generic Box
Christmas Bonus This Year
The "Medium"-Sized T-Shirt I Got My Husband For Christmas With An Actual Medium Shirt On Top
There are slight size differences, and then there is this.
9°F Outside, Christmas Eve And My Power Is Out. Temperature Is Dropping Super Fast In Here
-12,°c outside and 12°c inside for the rest of the world that uses Celsius
Someone Ordered These For My Mom For Christmas. Shari's Berries Charges $60 For Them
Custom Photo Gift Company Rearranged The Photos Into This Ridiculous Configuration. “No Refunds”
Went To An Outlet Mall Over An Hour Away To Buy Christmas Gifts. Got Back Home And Realized The Cashier Forgot To Remove The Security Tags
We’ve tried the fork method, but it’s just not coming off.
Instacart Ornaments
I was busy decorating and decided to order more from Michaels via Instacart. The shopper didn’t even ask about changes and I got this, both were more expensive too. I also tipped over 20%.
So Today I Got Just One Single Gummy In A Haribo Christmas Packet
What I Ordered vs. What I Got
I Got Pancreatitis For Christmas, This Was My Christmas Dinner
We Got Our Christmas Bonus Today. Not Even Handed Out. Just A Pile In The Break Room
Pipe Burst Under The House. Merry Christmas
I Was Excited About My New Reindeer Cookie Cutter Until I Realized It Was Meant To Be An Octopus
They Literally Admitted To Paying Us Peanuts
Lovely Elf on the Shelf activities at a large thrift store non-profit. Accurate reflection of pay, benefits, and work environment.
A Cheesecake I Tried Making For Christmas
ATM Chomped Up My Christmas Shopping Budget As A Treat
Merry Christmas! We’re Increasing Your Rent! The Date Says The 13th But All Tenants Just Received These Today
Wife Went To Her Christmas Party Tonight At A Former Premier League Stadium. This Is The Meal They Paid £35 For
Finished Work To Find Someone Had Reversed Into My Car. No CCTV Cameras Anywhere And No Note. Merry Christmas
Happy Holidays
There Was An Attempt To Travel With Checked Luggage On Christmas Eve
if that's the carousel for luggage, did some1 have to organize the suitcases like this?
The Way My Husband Wraps Gifts, But I Love Him Though
By Christmas Eve, my mom would use whatever she could lay her hands on to wrap presents. One year she ran out of tape, so our presents were covered with bandaids.
I Am Having Family Over For Christmas And There's Going To Be A Stranger In My Home Photographing Everyone And Everything
My property manager comes into my house every 3 months to take pictures of EVERYTHING. If I reschedule they charge $50!
Mum Kicked Me Out Of The House This Week And Canceled Christmas. Here’s My Own Christmas Pavlova After Lamb Shanks At The Hotel I’m Staying
i have a feeling there's a story here on mom's end. unless your mom is just mean. both are possible
My Girlfriend And I Broke Up Last Week
She said she wanted all of the Christmas presents gone tomorrow morning, so I unwrapped them all and packed them up. The ones wrapped in flowers were mine to her. The ones in trucks were hers to me.
Ordered Christmas Presents On Etsy, Have A Complaint After Just Receiving Them & See This When Trying To Contact Someone
There Was An Attempt To Make A Christmas Decoration
I Ordered This Long Cat Plushie For A Christmas Present Thinking It Was A Body Pillow Left, Only To Be Gifted With A Claw Machine Prize Right (Mario Party For Scale)
This Clip Was Broken Off In My Assigned Seat On A Christmas Eve Flight. We Couldn't Take Off Until It Was Repaired By A Licensed Mechanic
If that table fell down during a bout of turbulence or a crash landing it could kill the passenger in the seat; that delay and repair cost the airline a lot of money and if there is one thing airlines do not do nowadays it is spend money unnecessarily
eBay Promises That The Item Can Be Delivered Before Christmas, But When I Finish Checkout, It Says Different
This shįt happens far too often on eBay.
My Christmas Gift From My Sister-In-Law. Like, What?
Her gifts to me are regifted items every year. But this one takes the cake and left me scratching my head.
keep it, and regift it back to her on her birthday or next christmas. See how long the regifting lasts. xP (that said, onion salt makes your food yummy so..)
Guess We Can't Put On Christmas Movies At Work Anymore
Getting Jury Duty For The Day After Christmas
I don't understand why people think that the day(s) after a holiday, things aren't supposed to go back to normal and continue to function. BuT cHrIsTmAs WaS jUsT yEsTeRdAy, WhY dO i HaVe To FuNcTiOn AnD hElP mY sOcIeTy To FuNcTiOn?!? 🤦🏾♀️
Advent Calendar From Hell
There Was An Attempt To Buy A Christmas Banner
I Tried Making Christmas Cookies (White Stuff Is Icing)
did you try to ice them before they were cool? you tried to ice them before they were cool, didn't you?
Merry Christmas Wine Advent Calendar
So I Went To Put On The Sneakers I Got For Christmas And Saw This
This is what you get when you order from Shady Bob's Bargain Burgularanium
Christmas Dinner At My Hospital
what the hell is that brown thing up top? is that, like, really burnt meat or something
My Christmas Bonus
Christmas Morning And My Table’s Leg Is Bent And Falling Apart
I Got A King-Size Payday For Christmas Bonus
For the past 4 years, I’ve gotten $1000 in Amazon gift cards. This year was candy and $100 to Walmart.
I Ordered This Plushie A Month Ago As Christmas Gift. It Arrived 3 Weeks Later Than What It Said, And Looks Like This
With regard to things made in China…they can never get the eyes right on cat items. I don’t know what yours is supposed to be,
Christmas Ruined
I have questions did they buy it for less than significantly less than retail or is this from a site like wish? Either way it is on them most video game console makers have a set price that retailers cannot sell them for less. They are the same price from every retailer.
There Are Only 11 Deals
11+ days of Domino's is a really sad way to end a year. And a really painful way to start a new one.
I Told My Fiancée That I Wanted To Invest In A GameCube. Today, She "Surprised" Me With This Early Christmas Gift
Bless her heart. I’m not even mad at her, it’s the thought that counts.
What I Ordered For My Wife For Christmas vs. What Showed Up In The Mail... They Got Me Good
Well, It’s Finally Happened - It Broke. Restarted, Unplugged And Replugged. Nope, Finally Gone
Loved that thing too. On top of that, my Christmas order was returned because I mixed up my old zip code with the new one. I blame it on today being Monday.
With 9-Month-Old Twins
Tried less paint with the reindeer hand prints, did not come out any better.
Got This 3 Days Before Christmas In The US, Thanks Amazon (It’s The Italian Version Of The Game, Not The English Version)
I’m returning it in case it is region-locked. It’s for a 10-year-old kid so it’s not worth risking the disappointment of it not working, and the replacement won’t get here until after Christmas.
Christmas Tree Lights On Pinterest vs. Our Attempt
Looks like user error here. It's not pinterests fault yall are uncoordinated.
Where is the sense of entitlement for getting a Christmas bonus from? Bonus is supposed to be that about us. And in the United States something people may not know is if it has a value of greater than whatever it is this year, used to actually be $25 I think, taxable. I've worked places where you got nothing. And I've worked places where you got an extra hour of salary so it varied from person to person. I've worked places that provided a simple breakfast or simple lunch. And I've always thought anything they provide it's just that a bonus. Not something I am entitled to
That's what I was wondering...why does everyone think they're employer owes them anything more than their contractually obligated paycheck?! Your employer isn't your spouse, they aren't your mommy...and, if you think you deserve more, put on those big girl pants and ask your employer wtf or quit rather than being a pubescent twat and crying over not getting special treatment FROM YOUR EMPLOYER.
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Hope the unappreciated workers realize they can do less for these companies.
I used to wonder about the frozen pipe thing being from Michigan. We would have -40 degree days (several in a row) and never had a pipe burst. Moved 5 hrs south and opened a wall up to do repairs and found a water pipe on an outside wall with no insulation! We fixed it but the handy man we were working with thought we were crazy to spend the money because “pipes don’t burst from the cold here@. Don’t care!! So much cheaper to fix it before it floods the house!!
Maybe it is a sense of entitlement but when the company you work for makes millions in profit, it is insulting to see that management has such a poor opinion of those whose work earned that company those millions reflected by their very cheap and not well-thought out gifts.
We were living in Hawaii in base housing. Christmas Eve out phone line dies. I called the phone company from a neighbor's & they tell me that with holiday, it may take a few days. Nope. Before 7AM on Christmas day, the phone tech shows up. He gets to checking the phone line. I almost died over what he told me. I asked him if he minded working on Christmas day. "What the f&ck do I care, I'm f&ckin' Buddhist". That was awesome.
So today is Christmas 2023. I got away with not getting a Covid infection through the entire pandemic, so I have caught it now. Raging headache, joint ache and just feeling bleurgh.
You might have had it previously and not known, lots of people were asymptomatic. Get some chicken and rice soup!
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My uncle was in a car crash this Christmas at 3 am. Fell asleep on his way to work. He is still hospitalized and paralyzed chest down. My cousin is 3 years old, loved 2 things. Fishing and going on drives with daddy.. worst Christmas. Prayer needed.
All these folks hating the country, hating their jobs, but still here and still working - prima donnas - think they're hollywood or R&R celebs - who are also still here and still working.
What a bunch of whiners. Most of these posts were just people frustrated and too lame to take care of what needed to be done. As for the Christmas bonus c**p, bonuses are for meeting goals and working above and beyond during a period of time, not just because it's a holiday, grow up.
... that's not what double standard means. All of these things are ways to have a bad christmas, some are just less extreme.
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Where is the sense of entitlement for getting a Christmas bonus from? Bonus is supposed to be that about us. And in the United States something people may not know is if it has a value of greater than whatever it is this year, used to actually be $25 I think, taxable. I've worked places where you got nothing. And I've worked places where you got an extra hour of salary so it varied from person to person. I've worked places that provided a simple breakfast or simple lunch. And I've always thought anything they provide it's just that a bonus. Not something I am entitled to
That's what I was wondering...why does everyone think they're employer owes them anything more than their contractually obligated paycheck?! Your employer isn't your spouse, they aren't your mommy...and, if you think you deserve more, put on those big girl pants and ask your employer wtf or quit rather than being a pubescent twat and crying over not getting special treatment FROM YOUR EMPLOYER.
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I used to wonder about the frozen pipe thing being from Michigan. We would have -40 degree days (several in a row) and never had a pipe burst. Moved 5 hrs south and opened a wall up to do repairs and found a water pipe on an outside wall with no insulation! We fixed it but the handy man we were working with thought we were crazy to spend the money because “pipes don’t burst from the cold here@. Don’t care!! So much cheaper to fix it before it floods the house!!
Maybe it is a sense of entitlement but when the company you work for makes millions in profit, it is insulting to see that management has such a poor opinion of those whose work earned that company those millions reflected by their very cheap and not well-thought out gifts.
We were living in Hawaii in base housing. Christmas Eve out phone line dies. I called the phone company from a neighbor's & they tell me that with holiday, it may take a few days. Nope. Before 7AM on Christmas day, the phone tech shows up. He gets to checking the phone line. I almost died over what he told me. I asked him if he minded working on Christmas day. "What the f&ck do I care, I'm f&ckin' Buddhist". That was awesome.
So today is Christmas 2023. I got away with not getting a Covid infection through the entire pandemic, so I have caught it now. Raging headache, joint ache and just feeling bleurgh.
You might have had it previously and not known, lots of people were asymptomatic. Get some chicken and rice soup!
Load More Replies... My uncle was in a car crash this Christmas at 3 am. Fell asleep on his way to work. He is still hospitalized and paralyzed chest down. My cousin is 3 years old, loved 2 things. Fishing and going on drives with daddy.. worst Christmas. Prayer needed.
All these folks hating the country, hating their jobs, but still here and still working - prima donnas - think they're hollywood or R&R celebs - who are also still here and still working.
What a bunch of whiners. Most of these posts were just people frustrated and too lame to take care of what needed to be done. As for the Christmas bonus c**p, bonuses are for meeting goals and working above and beyond during a period of time, not just because it's a holiday, grow up.
... that's not what double standard means. All of these things are ways to have a bad christmas, some are just less extreme.
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