Everyday life is full of stress that drains your batteries. So if you need a break to recharge them, the Facebook page 'Blackpool Lad' can be a good place to do so—as its admin(s) say, even for lasses!
The origins of its content are a bit murky. The page shares posts that appear to be from X (formerly known as Twitter), but once you start searching for the sources, you realize that a lot of those accounts do not exist.
However, the jokes and observations themselves still stand. They touch on toxic relationships, bad bosses, anxiety, and other common struggles we have.
Continue scrolling to check them out and don't miss the chat we had with psychotherapist Kaytee Gillis—you'll find it in between the pictures.
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And sometimes bite! One of my cats will occasionally bite my arm if I stop petting him. And then he’ll bite other people if they don’t pet him “right”. I think age made him ornery even though he’s *only* 13.
Load More Replies...Our dog would nudge your hand to keep petting he raised our cat that we rescued at 6 weeks old only weighing 1lb. And she does the same thing they will tell us when they are done
Mine likes to lay/lie on my chest and I get a paw to the face if I am not petting to his standards or I cease petting him; it's endearing.
My dog snuffles his nose under my hand to get me to return to petting. He has a 100% success rate.
I taught mine to “boop” her snoot on my finger if I hold it outstretched. Now she will self boop to tell me she wants a biscuit. Or a hug. Or anything really.
Load More Replies...Late at night when everyone else is in bed, I may head into the kitchen to contemplate a snack or just to stretch. If my cat stretches up on me to snag my pants and then goes back down, that's his signal that I need to head to bed also. He doesn't do it every night, or even at the same time, its just random enough to make me think he's doing it on purpose.
Apparently I roll my eyes so hard that the people around me can hear it.
I have a water bottle that says 'I'm sorry, did I roll my eyes out loud?' (or it used to, before it came off from years of being washed)
Load More Replies...My mom gave me a shirt that says "I'm not responsible for what my face does when you're talking" and frankly, that is the most fitting shirt for me ever lol
I saw someone with a shirt like that. I may or may not have taken a picture.
Load More Replies...A co-worker talked so much we'd all just stop and give him a slack jawed stare, he'd stop and say, "I'm doing it again aren't I?"...........shortly followed by, "Help me I'm talking and I can't shut up."
There are quite a few indicators signaling that we increasingly need to rethink our (lack of) time-outs, but arguably the most alarming ones are found in the workplace. According to SHRM’s Employee Mental Health in 2024 research series, 44% of the 1,405 surveyed U.S. employees feel burned out at work, 45% feel "emotionally drained" from their work, and 51% feel "used up" at the end of the workday.
And these things can seriously impact our well-being.
"Some of the signs that we are burned out include physical pain, increased mental health symptoms such as depression or anxiety, feeling a lot more lethargic or tired, or decreased motivation for things that we used to look forward to, as well as feeling irritable and resentful about things we need to do such as our job/work, housework, parenting, etc.," psychotherapist, author, and educator Kaytee Gillis, who specializes in helping people recover from trauma in families and relationships, told Bored Panda.
I put a whoosh order in (tesco but within the hour) because i had a migraine. I should not be able to shop with a migraine. It's pretty much all sugar.
Spaghetti, butter, add parmesan or grana and the starchy pasta water. Voilà.
As a Brit, if there isn't bread in the house, there's nothing to eat!
Í´m eating frozen cheese cake for lunch right now. Heating up a bowl of soup seems like so much work.
I'm eating frozen cheesecake right now! My partner has the flu that I've been trying to avoid, and day one has been a real peach 😬 Cheesecake seemed to solve all the problems on the Golden Girls, & if that doesn't work, I got whisky.
Load More Replies...Yessss....I always make my bed up with fresh sheets before I leave, so I can collapse when I return.
Load More Replies...I love coming home to my own pillows and i dont want to bring them to a hotel incase i forgot them going home
It doesn't describe the pleasure of sleeping on a hotel bed the first time during your vacation
This! The bed is whatever. But pooping in your own toilet with your preferred tp brand or bidet is heaven!
I got a package the other day my one cat would have loved and it made me sad.
Load More Replies...We make the soft can-opener give us all the boxes and bags. She's only allowed to play with the stuff they put inside the boxes to keep them from breaking during shipping.
We have two large boxes we don't need right now because the cat loves them.
The SHRM data echoes previous research, including the American Psychological Association’s 2023 Work in America Survey, in which 92% of workers stated that it is very or somewhat important for them to work for an organization that values their emotional and psychological well-being. However, at the same time, 57% reported experiencing many of the negative effects of burnout that Gillis just mentioned.
Clearly they don't speak Meow either. Or Mew, if you're French.
Load More Replies...I showed my kitty n told him ppl think he doesnt respond. He yelled angerly then headbutt me
Load More Replies...It’s the nice thing about animals. You can talk to them like you’re talking to a person, only they don’t talk back and criticize everything you say
Does anyone else talk to their children like they are going to respond?
Proud childless cat lady here. I am also nearly 50, never married & work in a library. I’m a living stereotype & loving every minute of it 😉
I LOVE LOVE LOVE how something that was weaponized against women for DECADES has now turned into the best FCCK YOU ever. LOVE IT! I am a childless horse lady.
Load More Replies...Some of us are just childless ladies. I'm not really interested in having a pet, although I do like dogs. My downstairs neighbours have one that loves me and that's enough!
Yep, all of our children have fur or feathers.
Load More Replies...I was a childless cats lady, then a childless cats and dog lady, then my husband and I became childless cat parents. Now we’re sad catless people but we have a lot of birds coming around now! We just enjoy everyone else’s cats and dogs without children🤪
Aww my brother and SIL had a cat named Jinx who died from old age about a year ago.
Load More Replies...Or the person with the cart situated blocking the aisle, no room on either side. "Time for bumper cars".
I just stand there and sigh aggressively. And by aggressively, I mean at a level that I could be on trial at The Hague for war crimes.
Load More Replies...I once got a very rude comment from another shopper in the grocery store because I was "walking too fast". Please keep in mind that there were only 2 of us in the entire aisle, she was stationary at the time, and the aisle was very wide. But walking too fast a few feet from her was apparently super bad of me to do.
Whatever happened to simply saying "Pardon, can I get by?" It seems to work wonders, and people are often very apologetic. I've been lost in thought in the grocery store a time or two myself. If I try shopping without a list, I get overwhelmed. I'm so glad the people I've encountered when this happened were kind instead of aggressively sighing or hitting me with their cart
Or the 57 year old meat inspector who has to look at every single tray of meat. It's ground round Margaret, not Chateau Briand.
Years ago I had something along these lines happen. There were two people beside each other in the aisle (facing opposite directions) and I was behind the woman facing the same direction as me. My partner and baby were at the other end of the aisle and when he turned around to look for me I just shrugged at him, knowing I was stuck. I didn't even roll my eyes because we weren't in a hurry. Out of nowhere the woman facing opposite us snaps "It's not that big a deal, b***h." I was so surprised all I could come up with was my Miss Manners "I beg your pardon?" She in turn sneered "You heard me B***H." I swear it was Eileen Wuornos. The woman in front of me heard this, turned around and looked as shocked as I was, then moved her cart. When I caught up to my partner I was shaking. He told me Eileen had been really sweet to him, telling him how cute our baby was. That was 20 years ago and thinking about it still scares me a little. An interaction with a serial killer mimic will do that to you
I am a fast walker, but for some reason people think my main walk speed is the speed I walk at behind a slow walker.
My mom whenever she's outside. She marches like a soldier and woe to anyone who's in her way
That reminds me that I want to get some dinosaur shaped chicken nuggets when I next go to the grocery store.
always a good idea. NEVER let anyone judge you for your food choices. i will get chicken tenders if i am six, sixteen, or sixty. let me eat my damn food in peace.
Load More Replies...I sometimes go on a health kick and buy things like cucumber and peppers and then remember that I really don’t like them
I have a lovely cucumber in the house. It has just begun the exciting journey from "edible food" to "brown liquid."
Load More Replies...We don't eat out very often as my husband likes to cook, so I'd forgotten how picky I was until we recently got invited out with friends and I immediately rejected about 3/4 of the menu.
Ha, if only! No, adults have to buy cheap healthy food. Which is definitely not the food we like!
There was a small child pitching a fit because he wanted chocolate chip waffles. His mom refused--several times--but didn't move away from the case with the forbidden waffles. So my inner demon prodded me and I walked right up, grabbed a box, and added them to my cart. Shrieks of outrage from the kid. Yes, that was probably not a nice thing to do. No, I didn't really care.
The b@st@rd breeder "father" was the pickiest eater I've ever seen, freaking out if someone gave him what HE didn't like. But *I* was "picky" for not eating cow brain?
Good joke, the food i want to eat is too expensive, but I find ACCEPTABLE food...
Love my chicken dippers and my hand passes the frozen veg every time i grab my dippers, i shall have spagettos with my dippers
This one is definitely in the "so accurate it hurts" category! Kids are picky cuz Mom/Dad are the one(s) paying for, and therefore choosing, the food (sometimes by their own preferences, but often because it's "healthier" for the kids). Adults, especially childless adults without dietary restrictions (whether voluntary or medical), only buy what they like and/or within their budget.
While we all go through hardship, not everyone handles it the same. Our coping mechanisms can be classified as active or avoidant.
Active coping means that a person recognizes the source of their stress and takes steps to change the situation or the way they respond to it.
Avoidant coping, on the other hand, occurs when a person ignores the root problem that causes them stress.
Mr Auntriarch is in charge of admin. I am in charge of dashing into Claire's Accessories and buying a load of trinkets that I will think "what on earth possessed me to buy that" as soon as I get home.
A good partnership means you lean on other in different ways so neither of you has to completely grow up
My son was annoyed at me for asking him about his passport many times, but told him, I look for mine every 10 minutes, so he said , oh
I have never let my husband do that. The last time I let him do something like that, he went to pick up three of his prescription glasses and when he got back to his car (which was across the road from the spec shop), he had lost two of the three........He said he searched everywhere but ofcourse they where no where to be found, that week he also lost his credit card (for the umpteenth time), a set of keys that he had just got cut and his work diary......
I don't let my wife hold ours because she immediately drops them into the yawning maw of her purse from hell where it takes a 6 person search and recovery team to find them just as we approach the customs counter.
Javelins, I just passed coffee through my nose as I was reading that…thanks for that hilarious take! 🤣🤣🤣 ❤️
Load More Replies...I'm basically a teen with healthy allowance and ditching school...at the age of 70.
That's fair enough. It's the 'Adult, Parent, Child' Model. Different parts surface at different times, depending on what's happening to you/ what you're doing.
Try the following: be the five-year-old who wakes up at six int the morning, fully energised to take on the day, be the teenage rebel who has the bravery and heart to question an change things an be the 80-year-old women, everyone goes to for wisdom and advises and who ist the heart and soul of every family gathering.
To circumvent this, my wife will fall asleep on the couch knowing that I cannot, and will not, let her sleep on the couch over night. It forces me to stop and say "Let's go to bed."
I honestly thought this was just me I hate going to bed at the same time because when I go to bed I want to sleep ( or do grown up activities) but he wants to talk - this is not a bedroom activity this is a downstairs activity he does not understand this so I stay up late doing chores then. Realise it's so late I might as well do more chores
I’m single now but for a decade I wasn’t. I liked being able to unwind by myself before I went to bed…
Load More Replies...If she goes to sleep early, the PlayStation goes on, I blink maybe twice, then all of a sudden she's telling me it's 3am and I should be in bed because I've got work in the morning. Thankfully, she very very rarely goes to bed early.
My husband and I cuddle up every night, neither of us can sleep without the other. If one of us falls asleep first then the other will just watch TV, scroll bp, read etc.
Had a control freak husband - when HE went to bed, I had to; when HE turned out his reading light I had to do the same. Took a few years, like 14, before I finally LEFT THAT POS!!!
if i'm mad at one of my coworkers, I won't tell them directly, but there are signs...
mainly meaning i'll slam things around aggressively w/o saying a word
Load More Replies...She wasn't mad at him, but then you had to go there...
My mum use to clean, it was scary quiet cleaning. The quieter it got the angrier she was. When if you couldn't hear any noise best to make sure you were else where
And that's when the husband learns to remove plate from a certain orifice on himself
"Some common unhealthy coping skills include substance misuse and isolation," Gillis, author of Breaking the Cycle: the 6 Stages of Healing from Childhood Family Trauma, said.
"However, many things can be an unhealthy coping skill if used in an unhealthy way or a way that contributes to avoidance. For example, exercise or video games can both be a fun way to de-stress, but both can also be unhealthy when used in excess."
I think it's for the damaged luggage on the carousel in arrivals, but that's just me.
Or if your luggage gets damaged on the way to the airport. Happened to a friend. Her old suitcase finally gave up on her way to the airport.
Load More Replies...Because suitcases never broke in the closet. They broke on the road.
So that when you get to your destination and learn that your luggage took an overseas trip and you didn't, you'll have a new suitcase to pack all the stuff you no longer have.
Oh! I have seeing a number of people trying to pass cardboard boxes, plastic bags, and other not-travel-worthy packages as luggage. Some items are OK for cardboard boxes. But from time to time, the airline will tell the Customer to just go and buy a proper luggage.
My little in flight backpack broke at the airport, I would have appreciated the chance to replace it
At least I can mostly speak my mind with my patients. Sorry, if you don't quit the cigarettes and live more healthy you will significantly decrease your healthy life span. Some people need a kick in the a*s
Uh, what professions don't require you to refrain from saying what you think? I'm curious.
Probably any non-customer facing role. If you can work from home, then you can say anything you want.
Load More Replies...I live my whole life like this. I'd be homeless or involuntarily hospitalized otherwise
No thank you. I've heard stories, and I'll pass lol.
Load More Replies...We called that "getting gas for the car" in our house to keep my diabetic grandmother from knowing we were going for ice cream
Gillis said, "The best way to recover [from burnout] is to get a break!"
"I understand that isn't always feasible or realistic, but a break can also look like decreasing the workload by delegating some tasks to other people, asking for help with housework or parenting, or taking a couple of days (or more!) off when you can get an actual break."
"Also, increase self-care, such as eating meals, drinking water, moving your body in ways that feel good, and taking care of other needs that are often neglected when we are stressed," the psychotherapist added.
And then you see the dog problem solve, turning it's head to get them AND the stick through.
Load More Replies...but also cats planning to jump onto the kitchen counter but landing just 4 inches away
But when there are 2 dogs of different sizes carrying the same stick, then this is just also magical.
My german shepard found a tree trunk on the beach once and got annoyed that he couldn't take it with him (small trunk, still very heavy though)
mine is mistakes when recovering cars on slopes. Like, when they lift a car out from the ditch on one side just have it rolling off into the ditch on the other side.
My pup used to do this, it was hilarious, some were literally tree branches but there was no reasoning with her
This only works if your relationship is so bad that your partner wouldn't ask. I guess that's the prize you win for being passive aggressive?
Oh, lighten up. It's funny. In a good relationship, this would work and both partners would laugh about it.
Load More Replies...I confess to occasionally saying to my brother "have you got anything for mum" and watching him briefly panic "what, why, is it soon" no it's not till April I just wondered if you'd got anything...
Load More Replies...That means you have either a s****y or a very dumb husband. Good luck with that.
Okay I actually have a bad memory and this would be taking unfair advantage of me.
Have a full-time job, then life-hack your way through the rest: keeping the flat clean IS your hobby; doing a weekly shop IS an active social life; doing the clothes washing IS exercise; cook exotic cuisine each night pretending you've travelled, and never actually traveling means you're saving money every month. Foolproof life plan.
Dying at 30 saves a ton of money, though of course your earning potential drops too
Load More Replies...Don't live in the US. When I worked 37.5 hours a week, had 5 weeks of holiday, and lots of random holidays this worked, then I retired early, and now I need a holiday.
Low standards across the board. House clean (enough), small number of meals on repeat for all eternity, social life involves people coming to the clean (enough) house and drinking a bottle of 'not the cheapest' wine
And that’s without having kids in the mix with afternoon activities and school pick ups and drop offs. I’m exhausted
I was thinking choose 2, but if you're really energetic then 3 is possible.
Load More Replies...My whole mother's side of the family are last minute planners, and my father's side plan everything a month in advance. The difference drives me nuts.
Mom and Dad are both list makers, planners, etc. The joke is for every task there must be a list, if there is no list, one must be made. However mom's family is sheesh.
Load More Replies...I like to have a plan in place, but I can be flexible within it.
It can take time to become aware of and unlearn negative coping mechanisms. Initially, you'll need to be intentional about incorporating positive coping strategies into your daily life, and this may require considerable effort. However, over time, these responses will become more automatic. For now, let's finish the list!
An online friend and I discussed this exact hangup. Volume is much different on my new tv, also between different channels, and I can't play this game anymore.
Oooo, or streaming service. If I watch Alice on Disney+ it's a 4, on Vudu it's a 12.
Load More Replies...I hate when you get the volume perfect for the movie but as soon as commercial comes on the volume is ear drum bursting loud.
I thought I was weird for always setting the volume in multiples of 5. So happy and relieved to discover in the comments section that I'm not the only one! 😂
Me and my wife endlessly going "Why did YOU leave the silverware drawer open?" when it's both of us because it used to slide closed easily, but now sticks slightly.
Load More Replies...Ah, one of those "I have a big kitchen" problems. If I leave one open, I AM gonna slam my head into it, and almost immediately.
Wait, I’m not alone? Did someone get in because I didn’t check the door a fourth time?
And just to be clear, it's not inherently a sign of OCD. It more likely means you were thinking about something else, so not really paying attention to the door. Like checking the time on your phone, then immediately checking it again because it didn't sink in the first time.
I remember checking the door, but I don't remember if that was just now, or last week.
Load More Replies...For me I’m always checking to be sure the stove is off. Leaving is hard so I take pictures and then I can look and reassure myself that yes the stove is off. 🙄
I tend to forget to lock at least one door, which is a good thing, because I also tend to forget my keys, and where I hid the spare key. The local locksmith drives a brand new DS car, and I think I might have financed it.
4 miles down the road, and I turned the car around, just to set her mind at ease!
I locked it. It's locked. If it isn't and the manage to break in through the lobby door. They can have my piled laundry, dishes and my out of order blurays. If you find money you win because I have none.
Not those exact words, but my wife saw me refold my shirts once when I was still in the military... 14 years together and folding laundry is still my job XD
My ex said his Sgt didn't like the way I ironed my husbands uniform pans. I never ironed a piece of uniform again. I told him either he or his sgt could do it.
Load More Replies...Last night, I tried to put 2 desert bowls, 2 kids plates & 2 small kids cups in my parents' dishwasher. Was appalled how it had been loaded. Yes, I totally unloaded and reloaded it - in less than 5 minutes and was able to add few extra items. Apparently, playing dishwasher tetris is my superpower!
People still don't believe that I didn't leave Mr Auntriarch's cozzie in the hotel bathroom on purpose, and he has done the packing ever since. But he believes me, because frankly I'm a bit of a pillock
Boyfriend (inside, watching football) told me I was shoveling snow wrong. Guess who got a snowball down his pants and guess who went inside and watched a movie.
When I still lived with my parents, I would sneak downstairs at night to rearrange the dishwasher because nobody else loaded it properly. I still rearrange it whenever I visit their house.
You get to load the dishwasher without being told you're doing it wrong??
I polished my ex's dress shoes and he asked if I had removed the old polish from around the seams - I said NO and never touched them again. hehe
Wife gets up every morning around 3:30 (don't ask). I get up around 5:30 or 6. If I get up before that it"s " why are you up? This is my time."
Both of these just make me wonder why these people are still together.
Load More Replies...This is why I got up early when on vacation with friends, a traditional yearly trip. Then they got kids. Two lovely girls, who discovered that I was up early. So we had big fun with playing and crafting while their parents could sleep in. Loved that time, but was missing a little bit my queit me-time.
I got out of service in 1976 and I still fold my clothes boot camp style.
i much prefer mornings where my housemate is already gone before I get up, but when they sleep in is good too
Just tell him to shut his lip or you will shut it for him, problem solved!!
"Let him sleep" as in "not wake him up". I sometimes let my cat sleep instead of waking her up with hugs and kisses because I know how crabby she can be when I do that.
Load More Replies...My sister's dog smelled her breast cancer, now I don't like it when he follows me
My friend's dog started acting afraid of her out of nowhere. She ended up having stage 4 breast cancer. Once treatment started, the dog was all over her again. Sadly she passed but she was pure joy and fun while she was here!
Load More Replies...During chemo, I read about a nursing home cat who could "sense" when a patient was going to die and would hang out with them until the end. My new kitten--who hated me--suddenly because extremely clingy and my BF had to deal with me crying and screaming that I was going to die. Chemo is weird.
I do that with my cat, who keeps smelling my arm for no reason I can think of
I'm definitely a worst case scenario person, always.. I hate it, but I've been like that since I was a kid. I had an ulcer by the time I was 9, imagining my mom dead every time she was late coming home, and sometimes she didn't even have to be late.
Anxiety, fear, stress maybe. Could lead to other things undiagnosed or make your body sick/ill. Have you talked to different doctors, specialists, therapists about? Could be Simply having an active imagination cause your brain to overthink, analyze. If leading to death, depression, worst case scenarios def talk to a few doctors see what they suggest.
Load More Replies...Oh my gosh, I think the same way, I always thought I was some sort of nut case but it looks like there is two of us now:)
Same with deer and rabbits. Can't they see I'm a Disney Princess in disguise??
I don't know what to tell you. You either are, or are not a Disney princess. My Disney Princess levels at work... DSC_0300-6...7c8df7.jpg
Audi and I have this problem. They don't seem to like us. Silly buggers.
I have the same effect on cats, can't imagine why.
Load More Replies...Hurts even more if it is your own animals. The horses love to graze near the entrance to my part of "their" garden. They know that I might come along doing stable stuff or with a carrot for them (reason to stay close to the entrance) or whatever, they hear me leaving the house, but every time they notice me in that entrance it is "help, a sabre tooth tiger att.... Oh. It's you. Okay. Red alarm off. Where's the carrot?"
my mom {rip} could call out to crows and birds in the parking lot as we waited at stores and they would land on the car and all around it, my sister and mom loved it, I hated it and sat in the back telling mom to stop calling them to us {birds hate me if i get out and a bird is near they attack no reason}
Trying to befriend my backyard birbs but they fly away second i walk up
No, that would be like sitting in a field of muesli with no fruit. Fries would be a carrot patch.
They don't actually like carrots as much as greens. That misconception was started by Looney Tunes when they drew Bugs Bunny holding a carrot to reference Clark Gable holding a cigar.
Load More Replies...I always see them at night and I says 'hi Mr bunny, enjoy your breakfast! Watch out for the skunks.
This sort of thing never phased my parents. Mind you, my first words were “oh s**t” (because precocious older sib). They decided it was easier to teach us the proper usage of said swears, and when it’s most appropriate to use them.
Yeah… we watched She’s Out of Control… first of all, I hate that f*****g movie, and second, probably not appropriate for an eight year old. My mom totally didn’t remember 😂
I don't watch a lot of TV. Mine was, when did the jokes get so raunchy and sexual?
Half watching golf with my husband on tv and i asked 1 QUESTION about the golf and the answer took him about an hour to explain, i shall be walking the dog next time he watches tennis or golf 🤯
Me, English tried to explain cricket to my Spanish GF. I bored myself.
For me it's golf, it's so boring. I'd spend time at my Grandpops house and he always had a golf game on.
Discuss it with your shower as well. That's where all of the comebacks are realized
I made the mistake of sending a work email while I was angry. Really really should have gone to lunch and then come back and re-read it. Very grateful I have an understanding boss.
I advise to write it, not send it, read it a few hours or a day later, then decide. 9/10 I do not send it. But I do feel better.
We are always good. In fact, there is no minute of any day that we are not perfect.
I try to give my boy the benefit of the doubt but I know I’m just in denial.
Told my cockatoo he is a good boy because he worked really hard, broke out of his steel cage by removing the hinges of the door; went walkies, terrified the small birds a bit before he freed them and stole their toys; and on his way back he casually ate my painter's easel. Comes running when I open the bird room and hands me a piece of easel for a gift. He is a good boy.
Cats don't care if you think they're good, and if you care if they're good, your cat person-ness needs work
Book online, my doc only started doing this and you get a text saying you got the app you asked for or another app if the 1 you wanted is taken and you can reply yes or no
My dr just did online booking. Absolutely the best innovation in healthcare;)
Load More Replies...Some places now have online appointment pages, showing you available dates and times. 🙂
Most of my doctors allow online scheduling (truly, a gift for introverts) but there's one last hold out I have to call to make one. Ugh.
“We are experiencing a higher than normal call volume” … no, this is your normal call volume, so staff accordingly.
It'd be great if the heads of healthcare organizations would allow offices to staff appropriately instead of having minimal staff do 3 people's jobs. :)
Load More Replies...had a telemed call {video call with the doctor} at 8:45 am this morning.... they didn't send the link for it till 2:50 pm...... how was I supposed to click the link for the call at 8:30 am if I got it later at almost 3 PM???
My wife, GF at the time, wanted to buy some jeans (80's). Went to the Levi outlet store. Jeans, top to bottom front to back in this place. Walked out empty handed, married her anyway.
Way back when, 1980's, my bestie and I (64) would go to one of the big malls, walk every bit of it, stopping here and there to look, finishing up 3 hours later without buying anything more than a corn dog and a lemonade. We were kind of strapped for money in those days and the mall was air conditioned.
My friends and I do this, except with soft pretzels instead of a corn dog. Occasionally one of us will buy earrings, but it’s just a good way to kill time.
Load More Replies...My friend does this, except she as to try them all on first, then puts them back.
Take pictures of all the things i want or need bc i wont rmbr once have a bit extra money then forget bc by payday too many more things added to necessity lists.
Then you side eye the dog, they look away, side eye, look away "nope, not begging, just chillin'"
you're lucky - my dog tries to stand on me while I am eating
Load More Replies...I'm not so sure that someone taking 'a patient's history' wouldn't know how to spell "new" correctly.
Oh no! Someone on twitter made a minor spelling mistake! Quick! Call the Vatican! Call the FBI! Call Team AMERICA, World Police! CALL THE GHOSTBUSTERS!
Load More Replies...You'd be surprised how many good medical assistants and nurses can't spell to save their lives, but they can sure save someone else's life with their other skills
I once derailed a dental appointment because the entire office had to come see pictures of my cat.
When I was hospitalized, I distracted the nurses with pictures of my dogs because I was scared of the IV lmao
Load More Replies...I live in Belgium where everyone I know speaks impeccable English. They do sometimes get new/knew and other words like that. A local friend whose native languages are Flemish (Belgian Dutch), French, German, Italian and Spanish was shocked that it was hard to distinguish between boom (tree) and bomen (trees). Then she said that color and collar were the same sounds.
I once house-sat for a couple with a cat. The cat loved sci-fy shows, so one of the conditions of house-sitting was that I watched sci-fy shows with the cat. 10/10 experience.
one of my cats loves watching horror game playthroughs on youtube. she gets mad when I watch other games. i am continually concerned for my safety.
Load More Replies...i was just telling my newly-acquired outdoor cat, who i am trying to make into an indoor cat, that we all live here but we don't always interact. that just because he's inside, he doesn't need to follow me everywhere and i don't need to pet him constantly. that it's ok to be inside and be by yourself. i don't think he understood and i pet him off and on all day, cuz i'm a sucker.
I once read an argument that dogs were the smartest animals because they basically decided they would befriend us and have us take care of them.
This is Dobby the House Goat. He enjoys reading Bored Panda over my shoulder on the IPad. Also loves police chases. He’s been with me 7 years. 10/10 would recommend! IMG_1848-6...e-jpeg.jpg
Lol my son and I have many critters and he has a dog, I call them all wild animals, like if it's the dog starts barking before dinner time and my son knows, I'll say -con- your wild animals is getting hungry. Hell just say I know but his dinner time is in 5mins. Or I'll say I have to take care of the wild animals -feed, cage play ect- we have scooter dog, Shelly turtle, Jackie gerbil, StellaLuna sugar glider, cryptid tarantula and 3 beta fish. All happy and well loved all wild animals
Maybe it looks like these: https://www.sunnyskyz.com/blog/1905/Do-You-Have-A-Cat-Or-A-Dog-I-Don-t-Know-
Load More Replies...Hahaha yup. Aw you’re down? Maybe we should go for a walk and then you give me a treat. Try it, you’ll feel better
I have been CRYING and she looks at me saying, "Hey, let's go to the dog park!"
Same! My dog is very sweet but empathetic he is not! When we had my sweet girl dog Morgan now she was my empathetic baby who would sit with you when you were sad or rub her face all over your leg if you were angry. She was a sweetheart and I miss her all the time.
I had a cat that did the same thing when I got migraines, cuddles and quiet purring.
It doesn't even have to be YOUR dog. I met my nieces dog for the first time the night my husband passed away, that dog snuggled right up to me on the couch until I fell asleep. In the morning he was sleeping on the chair and as soon as I moved he was back on the couch with me. The night I heard my father had passed away it was my hamster who snuggled with me. Animals they are the best.
Argh... But it would have been better if you didn't have to wait for the results of a calculator.... He should have invented a CALCUNOW.
It’s the kettle in our house. I’m hypersensitive so have to make the tea, to stop my wife making a bloody racket flicking the same switch in the same way as me. It doesn’t bother me when I do it
Similar to when my wife is eating chips - usually drives me crazy. But if I eat a few my brain stops hearing her crunching.
Load More Replies...It's the door to our bathroom in our bedroom. It makes the most horrendous noise opening and shutting it. And yes, I've tried quite a few times to fix it.
Chewing. My hubs is such a quiet person, but he eats loud. He’s not even a slurper or open mouthed chewer. He just somehow makes excessive noise…? It’s worse if he has an ear bud in, listening to something.
omg, same here - the food in his mouth makes so much noise!
Load More Replies...For me it is how loudly my partner drinks liquid. It is monstrously loud. I don't even understand the logistics. I am silent wen swallowing.
My 9 year old son tried playing monopoly on Nintendo with his older sister once and within 10 minutes he was beating her do badly she threw the controller across the room... He then figured out how to beat 3 computer generated players... he got bored and then found out he could enter all 4 players as computer and it would play itself....
The real horror of being an adult - having to decide what to eat every day for the rest of your life.
Load More Replies...Or, "What do you wanna do?".."nuthin"..(go out for a bike ride, get back) "Where'd you go?" .."Bike ride"..."I would have gone" (go out, throw myself into traffic)
Neither of us has any idea, so I throw ideas out to be rejected ad infinitum.
We’ve started approaching the issue like 20 questions, only “people, place, or animal” is replaced by things like “home food, or not home food”. We’ve managed to cut the conversation down to 30 minutes. Eventually we basically narrow it down to something we can both tolerate.
Load More Replies...We created characters named after the food choices in Super Smash Bros and have them auto fight.
Worst thing about being an adult is deciding what to eat everyday
The answer to his question is Ok, nothing then, because I don't wanna cook.
Me: I'm going to have a grilled cheese sandwich and a salad. Him: I thought you bought sausages for supper. Me: I did but if you don't want them I'm not going to cook them. Him: well I was looking forward to having them. Me: You should have said so when I asked what you wanted. Now I'm having a grilled cheese sandwich and a salad.
that's why I make my food and, if he's hungry, he'll do the same. If I ask and he says yes, he gets some. If he's doing something and not paying attention to me cooking, nope not so much.
I wouldn't mind this, maths questions are probably the only ones coming from children I have honest answers for
You may have honest answers but the way you got to that answer is likely wrong, due to the completely assss backwards way they teach math these days.
Load More Replies...And they have to solve it using some specific overcomplicated method or they dont get credit
"But the teacher explained it different". Well if you remember that why are you even asking me????
There can be a huge difference between knowing how something was explained and understanding the explanation.
Load More Replies...Or looking for something they misplaced; or begging for more time on the ipad; or lost in the sea of dirty laundry that never seems to make it into the hamper: or buried in an avalanche of way too many toys but still begging for more. There could be a lot of variety in this haunted house!
My poor neighbour downstairs is currently trying to learn calculus so she can help her kid with his homework. It's not going well.
What's wrong with camping? I think it's very nice to be close to nature. I love it
I prefer soft beds and hard walls, not the other way round
Load More Replies...because some nut with an axe will run out of the woods at you. But seriously - Bears.
I’m more afraid of men. Where are you camping, rural Canada?? The North Pole?
Load More Replies...I like camping but hardly find it very relaxing unless you have a lot of time to do it. It's a lot of work to get set up for it and then to pack it all back up again.
Unless it's in an Air tent with AC, gas burners, inflatable bed and electricity. Y'all can go out with the mosquitos.
I love camping. So do my kids. I give them walkie-talkies and let them run feral in the woods for a couple of days while I sit and talk to my friends for a whole weekend.
I work weekends, so this would technically be a compliment coming from me
I heard that to the tune of You Are the Sunshine of My Life by Stevie Wonder.
'tell someone politely that you hate them', not 'tell someone you hate them politely'.
If I hate someone, it's quite likely to be in an impolite manner.
Load More Replies...We aren't mean. We just expect soft can-openers to behave properly.
Depends. Nutrition requirements and number of legs, to start with.
Load More Replies...When my mom was a newborn, her dad brought home a puppy for my grandmother. So, to recap, my stay-at-home gran had three children under the age of ten and then a six week old puppy. I'm surprised they stayed together for so many years.
Thats me, as of this moment, two cats, 3 dogs, 25 sheep and two ponies oh and 1 goat, almost forget about ol' billy the kid. My husband gave up a long time ago
my husband calling from work that some a*hole dumped 3 kittens in a bucket at the park when I rescued 4 last year... dang.
My mom has a habit of leaving her phone in the kitchen on the island. A few weeks ago, my son and I were in the backyard with his 3yo & 2yo. He was playing on his phone while I blew bubbles. Asked him to please get me a DP. He said sure. Then I see him talking and hear him say " Grammy, since you're in the kitchen now, would you mind bringing mom a DP? Thx" she was laughing as she said "Well played, kiddo!"
Train drivers in the UK can earn more than £80k. I read an article in the Sunday Times that said the average veterinarian (with seven years of training) earns £41k. That’s a large part of why trains are so expensive.
Thousands of people rely on that train driver for their safety and their lives. The terrible low pay of veterinarians has nothing to do with trains or train drivers. And, comparing a top tier pay level in one field with an average in a different field is dishonest.
Load More Replies...There is a reason for this. Firstly there is the train driver. Now he needs to be watched by the person who trained him to ensure that they are OK at the job. And that person needs to be checked by the train the trainer person to make sure the trainer is also OK at their job. Extrapolate. Now we come to the train guard. Now he needs all the checks the driver needs but he also needs a guard to keep an eye on the guard. Extrapolate. Oh, I forgot - the driver needs a driver to drive him to the train. He needs to be trained and guarded. Extrapolate. This means that there is only 1 seat on the train for a fare paying passenger and that's why it costs so much.
Hey, you guys train system is a LOT better than ours, especially your passes service. Ours sucks even in mid-city, and our inter-city web is no great shakes. I was really astonished at how easily, for instance, I got from Heathrow to Arundel -three changes and I was there. Took me six changes and a half-hour to get to Dulles. Kwitcherbithin'.
Load More Replies...A bus from central London to Yorkshire costs ~20GBP. Catch one of those instead.
*claps* YES. My mum told me about my aunt whose fan fell on top of her while she was asleep, killing her. Did I mention I was 4 at the time?
But...if they take out the centre, they have avocado rings, and that is amazing.
it IS! besides, an idiotic part of me wants to poke out the pit, roll the donut shaped avocado sliced around in egg and bread crumbs, deep fry them, and see what happens.
Load More Replies...Better than the "What are you doing? That was our turn!" on a road they travel daily, but you only once in awhile.
It's my wife's job to hang on for dear life every time I take a turn, stamp on a nonexistent brake pedal every time we're in traffic, and scream in terror every time a car overtakes us.
I used to assume my partner would notice big signs like that and I wouldn’t need to say anything. I have learned otherwise.
Hey now, I give GREAT advice! Just because my own life is a dumpster fire doesn't mean I can't see how you can fix yours!
Just because my own life is a dumpster fire, I know what not to do to and I'd do my best to let you know
Load More Replies...yeah i don't understand that either. i be like, have you seen my life? why would you believe anything i say.
That's quite upmarket. We got squash and those old style Smith's crisps. Not even ready salted. The salt was in a twist of blue paper.
Yup, Smith's Salt and Shake crisps and pop (lemonade) 🤗
Load More Replies...Kids today with their “fancy schmancy” J2Os and such like. Ready salted crisps and flat lemonade I got.
Panda Pops (appropriately enough) and Golden Wonder: late 70s/early 80s
Load More Replies...Coke and Cheese and onion crisps for me, Oh, and having to sit outside in the rain 'cos it's the 70s. It's a generational thing.
Okay, so, I'm from the U.S. and have never heard of Scampi Fries. I want to know this secret foreign food! Here, in the U.S., our version is a rootbeer/coke and either Doritos or Fritos, or if your really good, Funions.
But you’d still be paying for Spotify? Other apps?
Load More Replies...Or listen to the radio (fm), do not make pictures of everything you will never look at again, problem solved.
Dr. Pepper is my downfall soda. I'm trying to give up soda but sometimes I just want an ice cold Dr. Pepper! So this candle would kill me! But it sounds amazing.
We are twins. Btw, there are Dr Pepper jelly beans.
Load More Replies...And you wake up with a crick in your neck, a cat on your feet, and another tucked behind your knees.
Load More Replies...No, nap is with the chair reclined, blankie which lives nearby, and dog on lap!
I have nap blankets on the couch. Enough that you can scrunch up one to make a pillow
Doesn't ANYONE on Bored Panda have a sense of humor today?
Load More Replies...My second daughter washed her and her sisters' uniforms for school last night for the first time. Now I get that extra time to... do the rest of the things.
When number one nephew passed his driving test and was able to drive himself and number two nephew to school, and my sister in law got he first lie-in in 17 years
For anyone who doesn't know an Irish goodbye, also known as a French exit, just means leaving without saying goodbye. Edit because I had to look it up so figured I'd save other people the time.
Load More Replies...What are these "friends" you keep referring to, and what is a party???
Unreadable. Would be better if they just refrained from ever using punctuation ever again
Boxed up donation items 3 months ago. Transferred them to the garage yesterday where they will probably sit through winter until I come across them during spring cleaning.
I throw my "to donate" bags in the trunk of my car. Then when I drive past a donation box I can just pull over real quick. Assuming, of course, I spot the box and remember I have clothes in my trunk.
I knew I when I asked, "who tha F**K is Britney Spears", I had crossed the Rubicon.....
Not my dumb a*s wondering what Jeeps have to do with anything 😅
Load More Replies...One day you know the difference between "your" and "you're" and the next thing you know you're correcting someone else's grammar.
They know the difference between your and you're. They just choose to apply that wisdom w***y-nilly.
know i know why my husband is walking around in hideous clothes after an arguement that ended on my favor
Sorry but don't you think every argument should end in your favour?
Load More Replies...I worked with a guy who was colorblind. You knew when his wife was mad by the outfit he wore.
Couldn't do it... If the dishes aren't washed before bed, they have to be washed before I leave for work or I go nuts.
Getting the answer isn't the problem. It's the dreaded "Show your work" that's the problem.
Just having a mild disagreement with Mr Auntriarch about can you call it slaughter if it's only one person. If not, can I slaughter him several times
Yes, you can slaughter one person, but to qualify as slaughter it has to be done in a cruel or particularly violent way. Now, have fun!
Load More Replies...Very sad so many of these "relatable" memes are about bullying and gaslighting your partner. Glad I can't relate. Sad so many do.
When the joke only makes sense if you start from the premise of the couple being awful to each other, it's not funny, just sad.
Load More Replies...Nav.. think is mostly to have fun - guys do it too you know 😉
Load More Replies...Never seen so many 'standing outdoors alone with my hands up in the air' profile pics in one story.
Years ago, I accidentally washed my (ex)wife's white silk blouse in hot water with bleach. I was forbidden from doing laundry ever again. I'd call that a win.
Just having a mild disagreement with Mr Auntriarch about can you call it slaughter if it's only one person. If not, can I slaughter him several times
Yes, you can slaughter one person, but to qualify as slaughter it has to be done in a cruel or particularly violent way. Now, have fun!
Load More Replies...Very sad so many of these "relatable" memes are about bullying and gaslighting your partner. Glad I can't relate. Sad so many do.
When the joke only makes sense if you start from the premise of the couple being awful to each other, it's not funny, just sad.
Load More Replies...Nav.. think is mostly to have fun - guys do it too you know 😉
Load More Replies...Never seen so many 'standing outdoors alone with my hands up in the air' profile pics in one story.
Years ago, I accidentally washed my (ex)wife's white silk blouse in hot water with bleach. I was forbidden from doing laundry ever again. I'd call that a win.
