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It's easy to think — or be pressured into thinking — that we live in a dog-eat-dog world where people will do whatever it takes to be successful. That our individualist society has become a harsh, cold, and brutal reality where everyone is out for themselves and only "the strong ones" survive. But when that seems to be the case, we’re all in great need of uplifting stories to remind us that it’s not all bad.
So today’s post is all about balancing out the scales and celebrating the heroes who leaned into their humanity and showed the kindness of their spirit. "What’s your 'gotta take one for the team' story?" asked user Betanci0 and invited hundreds of selfless Redditors who understand the value of being a part of a group to share their tales on the platform.
Below, we at Bored Panda have gathered some of the most inspiring examples of brave souls who undertook unpleasant missions and made sacrifices for the collective benefit of the team. So continue scrolling to check them all out! Be sure to upvote your favorite ones, and then share this post with friends and family who always have your back, no matter what.
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#1
My grandmother was getting older & struggling to get to the bathroom everytime. Well one time she didn't make it & someone had to help her take a bath. I jumped at the opportunity. Got her all cleaned & pretty & smelling great, brushed her hair just before bed too.
Why ?
Because she raised me from 2-5. The learning years, the potty training, the reading/ writing, teaching me to tie my shoes, add & subtract, letters & numbers .... all her. She was patient & kind & understanding & loving & immensely wise. So me giving her a bath ..... s**t, I'd do it again tomorrow. I miss her ....
Zaphod_000 3 years ago
why do people keep saying it should be higher, it's number 2?????
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rspanther 3 years ago
Brother and I did that for our mom in her last year, she has been gone for two years now still miss her everyday.
Raine Soo 3 years ago
For the last five years of my father's life, he needed an ostomy bag because part of his colon had to be removed. I have siblings, but the nurse chose me to step up to the plate. And, I did. He was able to empty it himself, but I changed the appliance every few days. People asked me how I was able to do it because of the bad smell, and let's face it, it was stool. I would always reply: You do what you need to do. Being his caregiver brought us closer together in a way that I never imagined. He passed away five years ago, and I still miss him very much.
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Debbie 3 years ago
Why is this ' take one for the team' ? Is it that horrible to care for older people? (rethoric question. No, it shouldn't be, just as it isn't horrible to care for a baby).
XenoMurph 3 years ago
With a baby it's small, usually neat and in a nappy. Older people are less.... contained, heavier, aware of the awkwardness, embarrassed, humiliated. Easier for a stranger to do it, usually. Or someone of the same gender.
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Brandi VanSteenwyk 3 years ago
My grandmother had a messy accident while my mother was at work. So with no qualms, my late-teens self headed over to take care of business. Not for a single moment did I look at the situation as anything more than real-life "S**t Happens". Only when I found my grandmother repeatedly APOLOGIZING for an act beyond her control did I realize that helping and serving others, not just family, for no reason beyond it being the right thing to do had become an abnormal thing. Sad. But I learned to really value the part of me that thrives on those internal warm fuzzies only earned through selfless acts. And 35 years later, watching my children and grandchildren demonstrate what they learned from watching Grandma... priceless.
Ramirez rachael 3 years ago
You are a beautiful person. I took care of my grandma too. Because she took care of my mom when she was sick with cancer and I was too young to help her so when she got sick and I was older, I took care of her
🧶𝔹𝕚𝕥𝕔𝕙 𝕂𝕟𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣🪡 3 years ago
I spent my teen years living with my grandparents because my grandma was living with Hep C, lymphoedema, and heart issues at the time - she had gained a lot of weight, was depressed, and my grandfather was a d******d to her (and me...and any other woman in our family 🙄) so I took it upon myself to move in and take care of them both as best I could. I'd already dropped out and gotten my GED so I wasn't missing out on anything, but it gave me a lot of pleasure to know I could be there for her in her final years. I'd do all the cooking, we'd play cards and video games together, and scheme against my grandfather 😂 She was getting ammonia build ups in her blood and sometimes had trouble reaching the toilet in time. I didn't mind cleaning her up. Or rubbing her feet. Or giving her back massages. I loved my grandma with all my heart and I miss her every single day ❤️
Charles Maze 3 years ago
Their needs to be more people like this grandparents really are great to have. I miss mine she passed 4 years ago and their isnt a day that I don't miss her.
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#2
Kind of a "gotta take one for the team" but it's a pretty s****y one. I was a freshman in high school and it was homecoming. Our class pulled a s****y prank on this girl who had a learning disability and voted for her to be the freshman rep. as a joke and she won. Well the guy that got voted to walk with her backed out the day before and I was 2nd in line. Being a freshman, knowing it was a joke and knowing I'd have to walk her down with everyone watching I was mortified but I did it. I remember my step brother giving me s**t and laughing at me and then my step father found out what I was going to do... He chewed my step brother out and was immensely proud of me. I don't think she ever figured out it was a joke and she was so happy that night. It was probably the highlight of her high school years honestly. Some 25 years later my dad ran into her parents and they still thanked me to him. You just never know whose life you might touch, be kind.
JustJackie 3 years ago
People can be so mean, and for what? I'd be super proud if I had a son who did this. Glad the step dad stuck up for OP.
Lady of the Mountains 3 years ago
The joke failed successfully, and I hope everyone saw how happy she was and learned something
Mel in Real Life 3 years ago
I am wondering if SHE would say it was the highlight of her high school years. I mean yeah, you did a good thing but to assume to think that what you did was the best thing that happened to her the whole time she was in school seems a bit cocky. lol
Kitten Fenerty 3 years ago
As the mother to a disabled daughter I would agree that something like this was truly the highlight for her. Sounds like she wasnt treated very nice beyond this situation. I wish the OP didnt think of it as taking one for the team.
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Laura Mandado Cacho 3 years ago
Great thing you did, why are people that bad to rhose that are different? I'll never understand
#3
My ex girlfriend and I worked at a bar in Montreal. she was a waitress and I was Bartender. One in a while a bunch of rich dudes from the states would come up and flaunt their money to the girls we worked with. Buying champagne and such.
One night she was serving them and I got cut early and was waiting until she was done and those dude insisted on giving her drinks. She was coming down with a cold and didn’t want to drink so she kept feeding me drinks intended for her.
Long story short there ended being roofies in the drink and I blacked out and I woke up on my apartment floor and my gf on the couch.
I’m glad I took that one for her..
TheReader19 3 years ago
Those d***s should be in jail; because this certainly wasn't the first time or last time they've done this 😤
MarcyParlomerNerdGirlsRock 3 years ago
I’ve heard my cousin say that her friend experienced something like that but the when the stupid man went to the bathroom she dumped the drink into a bin and filled it with ice water since she knew how to distinguish if it was drugged. When he came back she doused the ice on him with a lot of swear words (I would get my mouth washed out if I ever tried to say those) and when he tried to hit her she literally pinned him on the floor and nearly got arrested.
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Josh Gilland 3 years ago
These guys probably think have game too. Drugging and raping someone isn't game it's a criminal and shows how pathetic you are.
Sardonyx_3 3 years ago
they probably slipped something in before offering her a drink?
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Laura Mandado Cacho 3 years ago (edited)
You should have taken it ro the police, what they did shouldn't be tolerated, she was luxky you were there
#4
Took a class in college that I didn’t want to take but if I didn’t, the class couldn’t be run and two other people would not be able to graduate.
Claire Wiedman 3 years ago
Thanks, Joe, for taking Latin with me! If this isn't Joe, there's at least 2 of you in the world this thoughtful.
Busy Panda 3 years ago
Oh, I would love to know whether the OP is Joe or not.
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David H 3 years ago
I know of a case where a college needed 5 students min to have a class, 3 students in one of the smllar financial majors needed the course, and rather than have them stay a whole extra year for the class, the department chair got permission to have a college about a 45 min drive away allow his 3 students to take that course there. Both universities agreed, and it worked out great. Turns out universities do this all the time if they are near each other, sharing classes for smaller specialty courses that are not commonly taken.
Adam Chang 3 years ago (edited)
I did almost the same thing..My brother forced me to take French, I didn't want to. I failed EVERY test. When I told my teacher I wanna quit after the first she said "I'll give a C, all you have to do is come to class because we must have atleast 1 male student". (32 girls and me) . Second year she gave me B. 3rd and final year I got an A.
Josh Gilland 3 years ago
It's messed up they wouldn't have graduated because not enough students. It's a shitty world, profit shouldn't be everything
Lady of the Mountains 3 years ago
You are a lot stronger than i am, I would not have been able to do this. What an amazing thing to do
Frank Minneci 3 years ago
was it Russian? did you end up going on a trip to Russia and get in with the Russian Mafia?
🧶𝔹𝕚𝕥𝕔𝕙 𝕂𝕟𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣🪡 3 years ago (edited)
Not exactly the same but similar: My husband had to serve 11 months in jail for a fight that occurred in college. While there, he was looking to enter some programs that would help cut the amount of time he'd have to serve. He was immediately interested in and applied for the service dog program, where he be given a dog to train. His family had trained service dogs as volunteers years prior so he even had experience! The DAY OF his admittance to the program, the warden PERSONALLY asked him if he would, as a favor to him, take some courses from the local community college instead so they'd have enough people in the program to justify running it. As much as he hated not getting to spend the rest of his sentence with a dog, he took the college classes instead and managed to cut at least a few months off his sentence.
#5
I work for a small mental health charity when lockdown hit in 2020 I stopped being paid and took on all the administration as we had to make the admin furloughed. Hard times but we managed to continue supporting people for free during the hardest of times
Lady of the Mountains 3 years ago
Mental health is so important, and the lickdown started something of a crisis. Thank you for staying on, and i hope karma comes back and rewards you in kind!
Isaac Harvey 3 years ago
Mental health deserves to rely on more than just charities for funding treatment and support. As a survivor of brain cancer and epilepsy, thank you.
Ramirez rachael 3 years ago
As a parent of a child with mental health issues thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you from the depths of my soul thank you. We all need good people in the world and you are an exceptional human being.
#6
I had a junior developer on my team that made a mistake. He had only been there a few months and although the mistake was easy to make, it would end up costing the company $40k. I was a senior dev and relatively untouchable due to a lot of fixed mistakes that others had made. For two days management was talking about who made the mistake and what they would need to do. As soon as I realized who it was (he was unaware at that point that he had done it wrong) I said I did it. Nobody said another word about it except me who quietly explained the correct way to push code changes to the junior dev.
Kel_how 3 years ago
While I understand that losing money is bad, it seems like firing is the wrong way to handle it. Good on OP for using it as a teaching moment.
Jrdiver 3 years ago
First times an accident an an expensive lesson, second time is a warning. Third time is a pattern and when you start being concerned. Mistakes happen, they're fine as long as you learn from them.
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Robert T 3 years ago
I've been there, done that and been the one who mucked up. There is something wrong with your development processes if a junior dev can commit a change that costs money. There should be testing in between them committing code and it ever going near a live server. Peer reviewing commits would also help.
Sonja 3 years ago
With one of my first jobs in a warehouse, I was tasked with unloading a truck. I didn't see a loose package someone had put on top of a high packed pallet, I was rather small and stood right in front of it with my pallet truck, but my boss saw it and called to stop, but the pallet was too heavy and the top of the truck swished the package down. It was a 50k custom build sink made from nature jade. I apologised profoundly and was sure I'd be fired that day. But my boss just shrugged. S**t happens, he said, now you know better and look at them before you pull. Btw, it's not really your fault, it should have never sat loosely on top. Well, he could have definitely blamed me and avoid the hassle, but he was a good boss and helped me to realise there were different bosses in the world and how to spot the good ones
Pheebs 3 years ago
Jeez. I’ve had devs make much costlier mistakes with an oopsed code push and not have management acting like it was something to be fired over. Hell, we brought down the entire payment system once for over a day. Some management need to learn that those moments shouldn’t be instant firing - they’re almost always process or training gaps.
Flabuless-Jaye 3 years ago
As a junior dev, I made a mistake that was potentially very costly in terms of system downtime. I realised that I couldn't sort it out myself so put my hands up and told the dev directors in charge. They were great, said "s**t happens" and helped me to sort things out. Definitely a learning experience and I never made the same mistake again. I learned so much from those guys. Perhaps one of the best things was that sometimes somethings do go wrong, but in our industry there may be lots of wailing and gnashing of teeth, but no one dies. In the general scheme of things, our system is not important.
Sonya 3 years ago
I was fresh out of grad school, wrote a Speech-language evaluation for a toddler, and submitted it to a Speech Language Pathologist, 13 yrs my senior. At the meeting he realized that I had messed up the scoring. Later, instead of reporting me to my boss (contract) or his boss he took me aside, told me that he fixed it, and for me to write the report with his corrections. 30 yrs later I remembered this, did he? NOPE. We have been married 27 years
#7
I was out with a bunch of my friends and the designated driver f****d off and left us about 10 minutes into the party. I did not have my license but I knew the people I was with and I knew they would drive drunk, so I didn't drink and I drove them home.
Got pulled over by the RCMP, he asked for license and registration, I gave him the registration but said I didn't have a license (I had let my beginners lapse and didn't get it because I didn't have regular access to a car). He started in on me asking me why I was driving without a license and I said pointed to each person in the car and said, drunk, drunk, drunk, drunk and I didn't drink. He gave me back the registration and said carry on.
This was 35 years ago. Life was different then.
This was rural Canada, no transit, cabs would not take you from where we were to where we were going, too long a drive to make the trip back empty maybe?
The RCMP officer may have known me or recognized me. I didn't recognize him, but I was being respectful. He pulled me over for a burned out taillight originally, not for my driving skills, I had already gone 20+ miles safely.
F. Jeske 3 years ago
RCMP Royal Canadian mounted Police?? Sorry people here use letters and expect the whole world knows what that means, but I have never heard that, and I just assume this is the long version of RCMP. Many times I am just lost.
Lady of the Mountains 3 years ago
Where I live its still illegal to drive with a permit without a licenced sober driver over 21, but I think it is better to have a permit drive over a drunk licence
P R 3 years ago
The writer certainly had good intentions spontaneously taking on the designated -driver role for friends. I was an officer 35 years ago...life was not that different with regards to driving under the influence and all the circumstances surrounding it. Although it seems like a noble, humanitarian thing which the officer did by letting the writer drive on, it was not only risky for the driver and occupants, it was risky for the officer, on the slim but real chance that the writer and friends could be involved in a collision farther down the road. The officer and her/his agency could have been sued, lost their job, etc. About 35 years ago an officer of an agency near to mine let a driver continue 2 blocks to their home under similar circumstances; of course they crashed. The officer and agency were sued. I did many similar do-gooder type things in my career, but it is risky, very risky.
Pamela Blue 3 years ago
Nope I doubt it. Once police used the "spirit of the law" to judge whether they should ticket or not. Now every cop I know says "the law is the law" and if you break it, you're done. I've tried to argue with them about stuff like this, but nope, now it's "the law is the LAW!!!!"
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FR13K SHOW 3 years ago
I did that with a car off duty full cops, lawyers and a chaplains assistant. We were at a rave in DC. And i had to get everyone back to Maryland. I didn't have a license but i was the only that wasnt drunk or high. Didn't really drive but knew the basics. It took forever, but i got everyone home safe. I was just praying I didn't pulled over and have to explain the oassengers
Not A Panda 3 years ago
I did the same thing in The Netherlands, about 40 years ago. Was also let go to get everyone home safe and told to not do it again.
#8
The first year of the pandemic, I stayed on as one of the junior doctors on the COVID ward because I'm lucky enough not to have any medical conditions (and I live alone). Some of my colleagues would have had to make drastic life changes. I remember walking into the tea room and a nurse was crying because her son had severe asthma so her family were temporarily living with the neighbours. She hadn't hugged her kids in a month.
Debby Keir 3 years ago
My daughter was also a junior doc during the pandemic, and the care she took to isloate from her husband (also an essential worker) was a huge commitment. Thank you, all of you - you know who you are.
Lady Lestrange 3 years ago
It makes my blood boil with anger that these people went through such tough times yet some s****y people refused to wear their masks for some b******t reason/s.
WindySwede 3 years ago
Management: You sacrificed som much. You deserve an applaud.. and we will take the bonus... 👏🤑
Elizabeth Krigsvold 3 years ago
As a paramedic I worked thru the pandemic as well as ran my ambulance still doing BP checks and blood sugar checks on anyone who wanted them. As medical professionals it's what we choose to do the moment we choose our profession
#9
Calling this a “take one for the team” moment feels insensitive because I gained a wonderful friendship but… here goes.
I work at a big company and in a local team of about 90. One of my direct reports lost a long battle with cancer. I was close with him and gave a eulogy at his funeral. Horribly sad. He had a wife and two daughters.
He had a friend who I didn’t know beyond her name, but I knew they were tight because they always took breaks together. She happened to be off continent when he died (it was somewhat sudden) and missed his funeral. She wasn’t a particularly warm person and was a bit stand off-ish when I’d see her in communal office spaces. I have a busy life and had trouble with the idea of supporting what might become an obligatory friendship… but she seemed different after his death and so after about a month I sent her an email and said something to the effect of “I know we don’t know each other well but we both knew
Mari Scott 3 years ago
She was in love with a married man? I'd be afraid to be her friend. Y'all can make excuses, but you wouldn't want it happening to your marriage.
#10
I taught at an elementary school in my early 20's. At the end of the year, we would always put on a dance for 5th graders as like a last hurrah before moving on to middle school. One year, we hired a DJ and it was really great. The kids and families were having a great time. Out of nowhere the DJ announces a "Father/Daughter" dance. Most of the girls pulled their Dad's out to the floor and started dancing, but not all of them. A couple of co-workers and I noticed the girls who didn't have Dads kind of cowering in a corner of the dance floor. We walked over and started dancing with them. This wasn't a big deal at all, and honestly was pretty forgettable, but cut to a few years later... I was attending a college graduation for a family friend. One of those girls was graduating that day as well. She comes up to me and tells me how that meant a lot to her and that it's one of her favorite memories from school.
Shaun Hunter 3 years ago
It’s the little things in life that sometime make the biggest impact🫡
Chel Bolin 3 years ago
My father, being military, missed a lot of father/daughter dances when I was younger. One of my sister's guy friend would always take me. But Dad always made a point to take me on father/daughter camping trips.
Michelle C 3 years ago
For those of us who don’t have our dads around anymore or do not have good relationships with our dads, thank you. ❤️
simply.Taz 3 years ago
That is too precious! I would've been one of those girls cowering in the corner. You were an angel.
Jeanie 3 years ago
I remember the one and only father daughter dance my dad took me to when I was in 4th grade. That is one of my favorite memories from my child hood and we only danced to one song (the chicken dance, lol). It was a huge deal to those girls because you teachers helped make them part of a moment that they were originally discluded from due to no fault of their own. It wasn't that it was a huge deal, it was that it was true kindness in a moment where those girls needed it. Not many people would have felt comfortable getting involved. Bless you for not being one of them.
Nikki Sholar 3 years ago (edited)
I "have" a dad, but he's never really been a father. Especially in recent years. Wish I could have had that happen for me
#11
My friend picked out terrible bridesmaid dresses. If you can picture it: Structured goldenrod cheap transparent chiffon with a body clinging tank top slip the size of a napkin underneath. Sort of that twee shabby chic prairie style that was en vogue a decade ago. My husband called me an, and I quote, "Amish s**t".
All the bridesmaids hated them but bride friend was type A and no one wanted to complain. I fell on my sword and begged her to let me pick something different because of my weight, as I was the chonkiest one in the party. I absolutely refused to stand in front of people in that handkerchief.
She wanted everyone to match so she switched to a much more flattering one. I got a group hug from all the bridesmaids in secret. It's been a decade and she still brings it up occasionally that the first dress was fine and everyone else liked it
GoGoPDX 3 years ago (edited)
I don't understand brides like that. I let my bridesmaid pick out their own dress. I had 6 bridesmaids, all different body types and had different styles. I only chose the color and fabric, they chose the style, and there were about 75 different styles to chose from. All of them got a dress they liked, was comfortable in, and everyone looked amazing! Nobody cares if your bridesmaids match and if you are baving them pay for the dress, i figure they should pay for one they actually like and could and would wear again and Most of them have actually worn it again at least once.
The Starsong Princess 3 years ago
I wore a purple taffeta dress with a giant bow in my butt and did I complain? No I did not.
bottomless.abyss.of.bordem 3 years ago
I can't picture an Amish sl#t handkerchief dress. Can anyone help with the visual?
Snorkeldorf 3 years ago (edited)
I was a in five weddings. For two of them the dresses were flattering. For three of them the dresses were just plain ugly. In each wedding, we were all different heights, shapes and sizes. The two pretty ones looked good on all of us. The three ugly ones looked bad on all of us. So, it was at least consistent and fair.
Ramirez rachael 3 years ago
If, and when I ever get married, I will let my bridesmaids choose a dress that they can absolutely use again
Dawnieangel76 3 years ago
I've always said, if I get married, it's around Halloween. Casual, fun costumes for everyone!
Looks like an Angel 3 years ago
I was in a wedding a couple of years ago and the bride just told us what color she wanted us to wear and we got to choose our own style, fit and length. We were all very happy.
Sophie Dorothea Hill 3 years ago
Ah yes, "Celebrate me by looking and feeling awful!" Nothing says friendship like 'sacrifice your self esteem for me, IT'S MY SPECIAL DAY!' Ugh.
Aleksandra 3 years ago
I'm glad in my country there's no bridesmaids tradition (or not anymore? im not sure if there was ever)
#12
We were 15 hours in our 2-event shift. Lots of clients, set up, moving around, etc, my watch recorded 14 miles of walking. It was also snowing.
My 7 team members were barely walking straight and had knee pain, had to lie on the floor, by the end.
Anyway, both events were over and it's time for cleanup. The leader says "only one person needs to stay to sweep, so the rest can go home".
I'm in the military so I volunteered. My joints hurt but not as bad. They all hugged me on their way out and I stayed an extra 90 minutes to clean up.
Hotdogking 3 years ago (edited)
Not all heroes wear capes. You sir/ma’am are an absolute legend
Kay Kelly 3 years ago
No, this is a person who, if taken control should have delegated as needed.
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Good for him. But this is really bad management, it is unreasonable to have to work so long that you can't walk straight or have to lie on the floor. Management should have made sure there's more people so they can work in reasonable shifts, or they shoulnd't have taken on both events. This sounds exploitative.
Debby Keir 3 years ago
OK, so you took one for the team of 7, and it took you 90 minutes to clean up - that means that if everyone had stayed, it would have taken less than 13 minutes each, so why.....
April Stephens 3 years ago
My thoughts exactly. One possible explanation: they for some reason stupidly only had one broom to sweep a huge area? The story isn't very clear.
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Silre 3 years ago
Wow, the military and call centers have the same rule number 1
Load More Replies... Pamela Blue 3 years ago
If the leader was any kind of a leader, HE would have volunteered to sweep and let everyone go home. Doesn't sound like much of a leader to me. Leaders lead from the front.
Tigara Akimoto 3 years ago
True heroes wear firefighter/police uniforms, scrubs/stethoscopes, and/or dog tags! Thank you for your service, Sir/Ma'am! o7 (sorry, I'm a veteran's daughter)
#13
Was in a car ride with my GF and some family, my GF lets out a nasty fart, and my uncle starts complaining about the smell.
It was the first time my GF met these people, and I figured it would be super awkward if they figured it was her, so I took responsibility for the fart. Besides some more complaints directed at me, nothing else happened.
The fart was hella stinky so I don’t blame them for complaining at all
Your Neighborhood Alien 3 years ago (edited)
I don't get it, but I upvoted for Robin Williams! ❤️
Load More Replies... Bear Family 3 years ago
And who cares about a fart, other than the uncle? I mean GF might have had a nervous digestive tract that day. Part of life, move on.
Kay Kelly 3 years ago
Besides, you know women don't fart. Must be that cat we accidentally sat on. Don't argue with me, you'll never win.
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#14
I was an early employee at a game studio and we had fallen on hard times. Myself and the other founders all went to 25% salary for a few months to keep from letting people go. It was VERY hard as I didn't have much slack in my budget. We made it through. Some of the best times of my life.
censorshipsucks 3 years ago
this is the hero of our times. So many POS managers and board members think they are entitled to fat salaries while the workers suffer or "get let go".
Owen Jarvis 3 years ago
A true Code Warrior! Thank you for making the game, I know the industry is rough.
Ruth Hempsey 3 years ago
A certain filthy rich man is in court trying to justify taking a multi million dollar salary from his company, as he's fired thousands from his new venture, which he is destroying as we read this. I know who I respect the most and it isnt the rich guy.
Dawnieangel76 3 years ago
The president of the company I work for gave up his salary in 2021 so nobody has to be let go due to Covid. Not our location, nor any of the others...I think it was 4 at the time. I'd never known a CEO to do something like that. Made me know for certain I was in a great company.
Sonya 3 years ago
My husband drove a truck in the oilfield. When the industry collapsed, drivers were scrambling for assignments. Early bird gets the worm (assignments) so drivers were showing up at 5 am, instead of 6:30 hoping for an assignment. Many were STRUGGLING. Even though husband had seniority etc, He quit and went back into health care (he was happier driving) and literally gave other drivers his assignments. The company ended up relocating
#15
I was 16 and working my first job at Wendy's. One of the older guys there was Native American, had been in the Vietnam War and knew a lot of martial arts. We were friends, but horsed around a lot at work. One day, knowing full well this dude could fight, I lurked around a corner, and when he walked by, I faked a jab at his head with a mop handle. He had me on the ground bleeding in under a second, I didn't even see what he did! He immediately started apologizing, the manager ran back to the dish room to see what happened. I flat out lied to the manager. Told him I slipped on the wet floor. My friend was trying to explain, and I just kept telling him to shut up every time he opened his mouth. Totally wasn't his fault, I caused it, and he had a family to support. The manager kept trying to get him to admit what happened, but I would not let him speak. I didn't give a c**p about that job, they could fire me and it was no big deal. We ended up going out for beers after work and laughing about it, but he had busted my nose and given me 2 black eyes so fast I never saw it coming.
Precious Cooper 3 years ago
This comment is cracking me up so much!! Thank you!!
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KING ILLEGAL FOREST 3 years ago
You really shouldn't sneak up on some people. My first day at a job years ago, one of the guys decided to sneak up on me "as a joke" when I was alone in the office. He ended up with my scissors through his hand. I quit.
Justin Jones 3 years ago
My ex-wife came home early from work (like four hours early) and walked in on me taking a shower. She thought it would be funny to stand at the shower curtain and yell at the top of her lungs. I am also ex-military. I instinctively punched the shape standing outside of the shower curtain. She went down hard and had a black eye and bruise on the left side of her face. She didn't talk to me for a week and her co-workers assumed I was abusing her and tried to get her to file a police report/divorce. Not the reason she is my ex however.
Jp@nda 3 years ago
This sounds like a really long time ago, like when 18 was legal drinking age so I'm sure 16 got served some places
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#16
When my loving and dear mother went to the hospital last month due to terminal brain cancer. Only two people could visit for her entire stay due to covid security. My father was one of the two and the last spot was between my sister and me. I let my sister have the last spot without debating or arguing. After two days of not being able to visit, they were able to convince the hospital management to make an amendment and let me in. Unfortunately I missed out on two of the last five days she had left..
Martin Annau 3 years ago
When my Sister was in Hospital, rapidly dying from Cancer, my mother caught a cold and could not visit her. So I took the watch. Miss you Sis
AK to LV 3 years ago
I'm so sorry for your loss. Your Mother must have been devastated to not be there but I'm sure it helped so much to know that you were with your sister.
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Pamela Blue 3 years ago
I know that was horrible, but when I think of the number of people who died in hospital without being able to see ANY family members. If they were lucky and on the ground floor, their family could see them through the window, but otherwise . . . so damned sad.
Michelle D 3 years ago
So glad they allowed you in. When the hospital called to say my father-in-law was in his final hours they said only one person was allowed in to see him. I knew many hospitals were making exceptions in the case of end of life. There were calls to the head nurse, treating & admitting physicians and finally the hospital administrator. Both my husband and his mom were able to say their goodbyes after the call to the admin. It's such a shame that there was so much to get it approved & that there are others who didn't have the opportunity to say goodbye due to the rules around COVID. I understand why the rules were in place but, if possible, loved ones should be able to say their goodbyes in person.
Jeanie 3 years ago (edited)
When my dad passed away, he had gone septic and it made it to his brain. He was not himself. He couldn't speak properly, kept screaming, was terrified .. it was horrible... absolutely nightmare inducing.. I made my sister and subsequently brother miss it all.. my father died of a heart failure before we got back to the hospital.. I made my sister take me home so I could change...forced myself to shower... dragged my feet... she blames me for her missing seeing him... but... I don't regret it. I still have nightmares from it. I will never get over it. And I'm glad that it was me and not any of my siblings.. (Edit: I had to go open at work because this happened at 3 AM and I couldn't reach anyone...my sister worked overnights and had to come pick me up before heading to the hospital. I made her take me home before heading to the hospital from my job)
Precious Cooper 3 years ago
I'm so sorry for your loss.... You showed incredible character even in the most heartbreaking situation... Bless you, and sending you lots of light and positivity.
#17
my best friend conviced me have a "couple of drinks" together, next thing you know im carrying him on my back at 1 am to his house,( we were 16 at the time), police came and arested us,( it was when quarantine first started in greece, nothing really happened with the cops, they just phoned our parents and waited, both our parents came to the police station, they asked whose idea was it, i knew that if i told it was my friends idea he would be f****d, so i just told them that it was mine, i got grounded for 2 weeks and he got for 1, i actualy told my father a while ago that it was his idea and i took the blame for him, he laughed and said "my son is a loyal friend".
Kristi Northcutt 3 years ago
When I was growing up and I and my friends got caught doing something we weren't allowed to do, my brothers and I, would ALWAYS tell our parents it had been our idea. We never discussed this among ourselves, but we all knew beyond the shadow of a doubt that if we had blamed our friend(s), we would have been forced to end the friendship. Our parents are both dead now, and to my knowledge, none of us ever confessed to taking the blame every time, whether we deserved to or not. Our parents went to the grave thinking their children had been the mastermind in every instance of being caught doing wrong.
#18
I was at Universal in FL with my best friend and our two boyfriends, waiting in the line for the hulk roller coaster. It was 97 degrees Fahrenheit and the air was like soup, and we had already waited in line for an hour.
I was feeling a little overheated but was ready to wait it out when I took a look at my best friend who looked white as a sheet, like she was about to faint. I finally called it and said “hey guys I’m not feeling it, Steph do you want to go grab food and shop in that store with the good HP stuff?” I could sense the immediate relief from her as we walked out of the line. Her bf is a Florida native and she was trying to put on a brave face, but I knew two more minutes and that chick would have passed the heck out.
We ate ice cream and shopped while we waited ANOTHER HOUR for the guys to get through the line to ride the 2 minute roller coaster. Totally worth it to take the “weak” title for myself to bail.
Debby Keir 3 years ago
This is why I can't see the purpose of these theme parks. You pay hundreds for entry but only get to go on a few rides before your 'day' is up. 2-3 rides = a huge investment.
Do-nut touch da donut 3 years ago
Only the very big theme parks are bad... the average ones such as splash adventure ( prolly never heard of it ) have hardly 20 peeps in their linez
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Dawnieangel76 3 years ago
I go to the Six Flags in my state once a year, for Fright Fest. It's cooler out, lots of shows & haunted houses, and worth the price of admission.
#19
In 2018nafter Chiefs lost in the AFC championship game, I said I'd give my R nut for them to win the Superbowl. In 2020 they won. In 2020 I got testicular cancer. Lambardi's: 1 Balls: 1
Babs McGurk 3 years ago
But was it your RIGHT one? Great sense of humor. As a two time cancer survivor, I hope you are well.
Sarah Parker 3 years ago
Oh my goodness, I hope you're okay and have the all clear. Bless your heart x
#20
I was on a cruise, and they were doing auditions for the “end of trip” show where you’re impersonating a well known performer/song. We were over an hour into the karaoke time and no one had auditioned yet. I’d had a few drinks and figured “what’s the worst that could happen?”
That’s how I found myself performing on stage as Ricky Martin with backup dancers
Jennifer Bradbury 3 years ago
My son did the same performance and his brother was one of the backup dancers!
Shelley DuVal 3 years ago
I can't decide if the ship looks like a plane fell into it, or if a red and white whale did a high dive.
#21
A freshman with a cast and crutches was getting yelled at by the school bus driver for "being too slow" while getting to her assigned seat at the back of the bus back in highschool. She was in band so in addition to having to go down the narrow aisle with crutches she also had to carry a big instrument case. This was the 4th day in a row this had happened and I finally had enough so I helped her to her seat and called the bus driver a stuck up b***h and a few other choice words which ended in her saying if I want to stick up for said girl I can get her punishment too. I flipped her(the bus driver) off and walked home the next 2 years. Still dont regret it.
Kiss Army 3 years ago
Unfortunately, common sense is a flower that does not grow in everyone's garden...
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Lisa H 3 years ago
That b***h definitely should have been fired, but I have a nagging feeling she wasn't. I'm assuming this was an American bus driver considering the American school system never, EVER punishes the bullies, whether they're students or staff.
Fishbear 3 years ago
I'd mostly agree, but "never, EVER" is definitely a bit of stretch
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Aya Pandy 3 years ago
Usually there's not outside elementary school unless the driver is on a power trip
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j miller 3 years ago
The damn bus driver in a hurry to get to a hot date or something? Her job is to drive the bus, not harass the students. I would have reported HER!
Tim Douglass 3 years ago
Bus driver should have been reported - *but* - school bus drivers are often on a very tight schedule with almost no slack in it. If they are a bit late on one run it messes up a whole bunch down the line, so there may be a bit of reason beyond just being a b. On the other hand, just temporarily assign a seat at the front. How hard is that?
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Fortunately I had a kick a*s bus driver that was really nice and joked a lot with us
Fishbear 3 years ago
Me too. We called her tots. And once i "accidentally" had my backpack out too far and some guys who had been bullying me for years but recently started off on some others just "happened" to trip over it and fall in a pile. The one that was first in line broke his nose. They tried to get me in trouble but she saw it and told them to get off her bus. She laughed to herself after we pulled away from their stop.
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#22
Friend of mine got on a late night fight at a bar and was sent to the closest police station, everyone left and I was left with him, rode the police car with him and called our lawyer and helped through all the legal procedures to pay bail and get him out. Still had to get to work by 8:00 a.m.
Snorkeldorf 3 years ago (edited)
My hubby knew a couple of guys through his job, although they worked for different companies. Over the years they hung out together and became close friends. One morning, around 2:30 a.m., our phone was ringing (pre cell phone days). Hubby answered and one of the guys had gotten picked up by the police for public drunkenness (no he was not driving) and needed a ride home from the police station. I was ticked off, but hubby said this guy would do it for him and off he went. Weeks later when we all got together the guy who was taken in was retelling the whole story and how much he appreciated my hubby showing up. He said to me "You know, when it's 2:30 a.m., you're drunk and you need a friend's help, the list is pretty short." Years later when my husband got cancer, this guy was always there whenever we needed him.
#23
A friend of a friend that I didn't particularly know got stuck without a ride home (3 hours away) while she was visiting my city. I had to drive her all the way home and then drive back to my house(6 hours total) after working 14 hours that day. got to wake up and go to work the next morning still pretty tired, but my buddy was happy and I would hope if I got stuck in an unfamiliar city like that somebody would help me out too.
#24
Not sure if this counts but pulling my family out of a crashed car when half unconscious myself. Don’t remember much after it, just smoke, my sister on the grass obviously screaming in pain but I could only hear a loud pitched noise in my ears then boom hospital ceiling. We all survived. :)
Xenia Harley 3 years ago
Um, "a loud pitched noise in my ears then boom hospital ceiling" did the OP have an out of body experience too? In addition to saving their family?
Allan Breum 3 years ago
Probably a severe concussion, maybe some mild intracranial bleeding. OP should have been out cold. The fact that they were able to stay awake long enough to pull their family out... OP is a f*****g hero, and a damn badass.
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#25
I took one for the team when I kept my alcoholic ex out of the dating pool for a few years. You're welcome, ladies.
#26
In high school Spanish class we all had to write a story in Spanish outlining our summer vacation. When it was time to present to the class, no one wanted to go first. That awkward silence when the teacher asked ‘who wanted to go first’ was deafening. I decided to raise my hand and start everyone off. I was terrified (hate public speaking) and was horrible at Spanish, so going first was a huge stressor. Anyway, after that class was over my teacher pulled me aside and thanked me for going first and gave me extra credit.
Misty Z 3 years ago
Once in 7th grade my dad got my report card and dead a*s looked at me and asks "how TF do you pass Spanish but fail English?" I told him "I already know English. IDK why I need to take it in the first place?" He told me I did have a point but I need to actually start participating. Never got in trouble.
Cat Chat 3 years ago
I kind of did the same thing for my niece's preschool class. It was the first parent meeting, explaining how the preschool worked. When it came time to ask for volunteers for the parent class president, VP, etc, it was nothing but silence. We had just gotten temp custody of my sister's kids, and while we were pretty sure it would last the school year, and likely to become permanent custody after that, I was giving the actual parents a chance to step up first. After an awkward 5 whole minutes, and the teachers finally saying the meeting wouldn't end until the positions were filled, I raised my had to volunteer for president. I made a point of letting them know WHY I didn't volunteer at first. All the other positions were then filled within seconds. 🤔
OneHappyPuppy 3 years ago
I did this too in my English class. I'm fluent in English so anytime the teacher asked who would take the oral test first (it's reading then answering the questions about the text - comprehension) I'd volunteer. She caught on soon enough, so whenever I'd say I'll go first she was like "ok, whatever here's your A, who wants to go next?"
Alana Voeks 3 years ago
Was always best to go first. Teachers usually do this to reward brave behavior
Flabuless-Jaye 3 years ago
I'm always the one to go first. Get's it over with so I can relax and enjoy everything that follows. I'm such a nerd!
#27
Wife was suffering badly with post natal depression, my employer let me take a couple of weeks off to try and help her through the worst of it. During this time she would often go to rest in bed or go to support groups while I had the kids. One time while the kids were asleep, I had a quick scroll through TikTok and a video came up with a tough guy talking about how sometimes men struggle in silence and that sometimes when you ask if they are ok perhaps they really are not, that one broke me. I had to go and hide in the bathroom and cried for a solid 10 mins. It wasn’t that helpful but doing that in private without asking for help allowed me to keep it contained enough that I maintained the facade of being the pillar of strength holding my family up. Fast forward a few months and with the help of amazing charities and her own strength she is back in a very good place and I was able to emotionally have a sigh of relief and work through my own traumas of the subject. I did this so that she or my girls didn’t think that what was going on was negatively affecting me.
tl gmc 3 years ago
It sounds like he did, he helped his wife with posy natal depression first
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THANK YOU as a man for looking within, doing work on yourself, working on your own traumas, and not projecting it out onto those you love, or making your wife into a therapist. More men need to do the work they need to do to level up!
OnAFreakingRollercoaster 3 years ago
You sound like my wonderful husband. D*mn where would I be without him?
Robert Craig 3 years ago
Yes, let's all hide our emotions and pretend it's not "manly ' to have them or to need help, you could have gotten help too through crisis nursery
Precious Cooper 3 years ago
They're very lucky to have you... Trust your marriage enough to share the hurts and struggles so neither of you feel alone and overwhelmed.... Thank you for being such a wonderful person
#28
Was at a house party, being the DD. Sloshed best friend told me he thought my mom was hot and then puked all over the table with all the ladie's purses sitting on it. I saved them all from doom and then cleaned up the barf while everyone got mad at me for allowing it to happen. I remember apologizing profusely, but looking back, f**k all them, I saved the handbags.
Lisa H 3 years ago
"Everyone got mad at me for allowing it to happen" wtf?! DD doesn't make you babysitter to anyone, you just gotta get people home safe. You're right, OP, f**k all them.
John G 3 years ago
Years ago went out with some coworkers to a concert. One of them had brought another coworker as a date. The date proceeded to get faced and made out with some random dude. Monday morning she blamed us for letting her get that drunk. B***h 35yo shouldn't need a babysitter.
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Artpanda_5sos 3 years ago
A DD is a designated driver, right? Sorry if that's a stupid question
Brina 3 years ago
Yup. I loved being DD sometimes, just so I could drive my friends cars 😂
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#29
December 2019. My boyfriend and I accompanied my cousins, I’ll call them Ryan and Jake (who are brothers) (and Jake’s fiancée who was 8 months pregnant, Maddie) to a party that Ryan’s company was hosting at a country club and told him he could bring a few guests. It wasn’t black tie but it was pretty formal. We all went outside to get some fresh air, but Maddie starts having back pain, so Jake puts his jacket on the ground for her to sit before we headed back, keep in mind it was nighttime but there was enough lights on the property that everything was illuminated. Maddie gets increasingly uncomfortable, she tries to stand up and her water breaks. My boyfriend, nor Jake had their car keys on them either, they were left in their wallets along with their phones. I was the only one who had my phone on me, I call 911 and the call doesn’t go through, so we wait it out and I call again, I get through to someone, and I was taught to give them your address first. I tell them a woman’s water broke and before I get confirmation that they sent someone, the call got disconnected and I had no service. At this point it’s been about 20 mins and Jake was timing her contractions, they were getting increasingly painful. We all soon come to realize that help is not coming and someone has to deliver their baby. Everyone immediately looks at me because I had dropped out of school where I could get certified to be a CNA, stupid decision, I know. Now I had learned about it and done it on a mannequin but never in a real person, especially in these circumstances. So there I am, 22 years old, on my knees on the lawn of a country club, wearing a satin cocktail dress, delivering my cousin’s baby, while his brother and my boyfriend are still trying to get through to 911. 10 mins later, an ambulance arrives and takes Maddie and Jake to the hospital, my boyfriend and I had reservations on a hotel room that night but we decided to go to the hospital instead. Fast forward about 30 mins, me, my boyfriend and Ryan are sitting in the waiting room, them wearing a tux and me wearing a $600 dress that is now needs to be dry cleaned because childbirth is messy and my hands and arms covered in dried blood. Everyone ended up being ok, Ryan took an uber home, and my boyfriend and I still made good use of our hotel room. Took one for the team? Absolutely. Was I absolutely terrified? Totally. But all jokes aside, it was an eventful night that I’ll never forget. And I’m now in med school, they all convinced me it was my calling. Funny how life happens
GoGoPDX 3 years ago
I am sorry, but I feel that there were so many other options here than just hanging around trying to get an ambulance. I mean, they could have had a colleague drive them, a staff member? Could have gone inside and gotten in a more comfortable place. Gotten help from anyone else at the party. Also, someone who didn't finish a 6 week CNA course (or even if she did finish it) would not have any of the medical knowledge needed to deliver a baby, I'm an RN and have worked L and D and there is just some stuff that doesn't sit right about this story. I am not trying to be a hater i just see too many holes in this story and am just having a hard time buying it..
Natalie 3 years ago
Right? Like you stayed on the LAWN? It's a country club! And then straight to the hospital waiting room without bothering to wash your hands and arms?
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Mary Elliott 3 years ago
Of all the stories here that didn't happen, this one definitely didn't happen the most. Less than an hour from the time her water broke until the baby was delivered? No one thought to go back into a country club full of people to get help? Please. This is one big fabrication of ridiculousness.
Monosyllabic girl 3 years ago
I don't think this one happened but i had 40 minutes in between water break and birth of my second daughter. Was at home for water break, 5 minute drive to hospital, was put in room straight away and there wasn't time for doctor to get there. They told me not to push and held her head kind of in until doctor got there. There is no "not pushing" lol, every cell in your body is yelling to expel the demon
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#30
Buddy was married with two young children, who was unable to get away from his job, wife and kids. His wife is also a bit of a helicopter wife if that makes sense. My buddy and I have a bond over baseball, hadn't seen him in a long time so we went to a Blue Jays game. During the game his wife constantly texted him reminding he had to come straight home, when was the game going to be over. My buddy stated "it's a Saturday afternoon, i haven't seen you in ages or been out in a while, I want to go to a pub after for drinks but need an excuse that will give me an extra hour or two.
On Saturdays , the Jays would have Jr. Jays Saturdays, where 45 minutes after the game , if you were 12 and under, you could wait in a long line and run the bases. I told my buddy to tell his wife that I was trying to hit on a hot single mom who had a baby but also a 4 year old who wanted to the run bases and offered to take the 4 year old around the bases with the intent to get her number. Mision accomplished as we headed after the game for a couple beers. A month later I was at his house and the first thing his wife says to me, "you are such a pathetic f#%k'n sleezeball!"
Lakota Wolf 3 years ago
Poor friend. Poor kids. That marriage is going to be miserable for all involved, for however long it lasts, unless the wife changes/they undergo counseling.
Luna Crow 3 years ago
Yeah no kidding. If you have to lie to your spouse just to get some away time with a friend, you're not in a healthy relationship.
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TheElderNom 3 years ago
My uncle's marriage used to be like this, thankfully his wife is a different person after starting therapy.
juice 3 years ago
the friend wanted to go out and drink with OP because he hadn't done either of those in a while, but needed an excuse to tell his wife why he was back late. on Saturdays, the baseball team had an event for little kids that always took forever, so it would be a good excuse. OP said to tell the friend's wife that OP wanted a hot woman's number and offered to take her kid to the event. this was a lie, and actually he and his friend went out for drinks. later when OP saw the wife again, she called him a sleazeball because she thought he'd actually done it.
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#31
Having a sleep over at a friends house. Like 5-6 of us. We started what was a babysitting group in school and all became close friends. Regular sleep overs at one friend’s house.
We would all sleep in her parents bed since it was a king and would fit us all. Parents slept in the guest room.
We wake up and someone had wet the bed. We didn’t know who. It wasn’t me. My friend’s Mom is livid. She has all of us stand and tries to figure out who wet the bed. First she asked. No one said anything. Checked our pajamas and it was inconclusive.
So she gave us an ultimatum. If no one admits to it, no more sleep overs. After a couple seconds I say it was me.
I was punished pretty bad. Mostly for not owning up to it originally. Even though it wasn’t even me. And everytime I slept over after that I had to wear a diaper.
But we still got to have regular sleep overs which was worth it.
François Bouzigues 3 years ago
That is quite lame. As someone who has frequently sleepover parties for my kids, i would never shame my kids or their friends over something so easy to fix. I mean, you wash the sheets anyway after a sleepover...
Lord Mysticlaw 3 years ago
Wow, what a horrible mom. I wouldn't have wanted to sleep over at their house again anyway.
Lisa H 3 years ago
Was just thinking that. Horrible, horrible mother. Humiliation is NOT the same as discipline.
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VodkaInMySweetTea 3 years ago
That mom sucks. As a teacher and parent, I've covered for multiple kids who've had accidents and would never make them fess up in front of everyone. How humiliating. You're a good friend, but that mom shouldn't have been allowed to continue hosting sleepovers.
TheReader19 3 years ago
Mattress protector on all mattresses would fix this problem. We've all spilt a drink in bed
Lisa H 3 years ago
They would have had to out themselves as a bed wetter, which would be embarrassing as hell. Can't blame them if they never came forward.
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#32
A bit late to this one, but at work: I was wrapping up on a 3pm-12am shift. Boss calls the store and practically *begs* me to do overtime and show up at 6am tomorrow because the 6-3 person called out and I'm the only one who didn't say no. Well, I needed the money and figured it'd look good vying for a promotion, but also said I'd be tired and not to expect greatness but I can hold down the fort until 10am, then I had to be out. He agreed and thanked me. Next morning rolls around, and I thought we had an agreement that I wasn't exactly in the best condition but he totally forgot I guess. Because he was halfway up my a*s about lagging behind in everything and wasn't moving as fast as I usually do because I was running on 3 hours of sleep at most. Told him that I thought we had an agreement that I was not going to be up to my usual standards because of how little downtime I had. He was like "I still expect you do be able to maintain the bare minimum workload". This guy has unrealistically high standards, but I'd have expected maybe he'd not be a piece of s**t for once since I did this as a favor. After that shift was over I made it very well known that I was not to be called for that kinda s**t ever again and from that day forward just did the bare minimum to not get fired. That event taught me that in most jobs management does not give a singular f**k about you.
Ruth Hempsey 3 years ago
What a piece of work. Hypocrites suck. Too many bosses are like that.
Joshua David 3 years ago
I blame the corporation chain of command. Top execs see they can increase sales year over year and if that fails they look at the regional managers. Threaten them. Well they don't like that so they threaten the district managers. Well the DM doesn't want that so the workers suffer. All because the men on top are losing money. Wage laws exist because corporations would exploit us for free. It's hard to find recognition in a corporation without being ruthless. Kindness doesn't drive sales. I hate it. Former HR Manager for a big box fortune 500 company here.
#33
I was in Vegas with some friends, and we were at a rooftop club getting bottle service. One of my friends, Ed, hooks up with a girl—let’s call her Nancy. Ed and Nancy really hit it off, and they go back to his room together at the end of the night.
The next night, we’re hanging out again and having dinner, and Ed has invited Nancy to join us. She does. So does her angry lesbian friend/roommate Carol. (There’s a long backstory that I never really learned; something about how Carol was divorcing her husband, hated men, was living with Nancy for the time being, and probably had an unrequited crush on Nancy, but I never got the details.)
Nancy was obviously looking to continue the previous night’s activities with Ed, as was Ed. Carol, however, was bound and determined to prevent that from happening, so she’d invited herself along and wouldn’t leave Nancy’s side.
In order to give Ed an opening, I started talking with Carol. We got into an involved discussion about the on-going Winter Olympics and the suicidal nature of luge and skeleton. It was actually a fun conversation. But while we were talking, Ed and Nancy slipped away. When Carol noticed that they were gone, her demeanor immediately changed, she clammed up, and she left soon after.
Ed thanked me profusely the next morning.
#34
Earlier this year, me and my band mates were at Seaworld and in the line for Mako and while we were getting in, we tried to put our stuff away in the containers that were to the left of the ride after waiting about half an hour in the line. We then discovered that only loose articles were allowed in the basket and that we would all have to get off the ride and go downstairs to get a locker then do the line again. I realized it’d be a waste of time since it was a school trip and time was limited, so I grabbed everyone’s items, stepped off of the ride and took one for the team so they could all go on the ride
Edit: First off, thanks for the upvotes, secondly, I might need more explanation. To put the stuff away I would’ve had to run down stairs, get a locker, and hope to god that all of the bags would fit but that would’ve taken forever and I didn’t want people to wait for so long just to do that, so instead I just sat down near the exit and held all the bags. Also to clarify, this wasn’t 100% an act of fear, only like 20-30% but it was mainly that it sucked to have waited so long and see some of my closest friends get so upset over a stupid policy. Also also, they are good friends, they offered to wait for me to go on again and to go in the line again later on but I said no since, we had like 2 more rides to do and around 2 hours left.
Monday 3 years ago
Isn't that the entire premise of seaworld these days? They shut down their orca breeding program and focused in on becoming an edutainment park instead. As long as their orcas are alive they'll continue the shows, but as soon as they all die the orca program is done.
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#35
It's not so much a "Gotta take one for the team" story, but a classmate was really behind on the school work we had, and I mean it, REALLY behind, they had to stay late to finish the work, I didn't want the classmate to be alone, so I decided to stay and told the teacher I could teach them a thing or two while they're finishing their work
We graduated together, weren't really friends, but I would like to think he'll remember me in the future
John Ambrose 3 years ago
I did this for a classmate when in first responder training. She was struggling and I had aced every assignment. Even though I didn't need any extra study sessions, I met with her weekly to study. I left the company a couple years later. She is now one step away from being a supervisor. Still tells me sometimes how she couldn't have done it without me.
Debby Keir 3 years ago
In the UK, a 'first responder' is someone who volunteers with the ambulance service - is this a 'first aid at work' course?
AK to LV 3 years ago
I'm assuming this is in the US or Canada. A first responder, or emergency medical technician (EMT), is someone who has some medical training and shows up with the ambulance to stabilize a patient enough to make it to the hospital.
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Before I became more confident in public speaking I would always volunteer for reading aloud in classes because I was, legitimately, the only student that could read words with more than two syllables without stumbling over myself. This is for the team because throughout middle and early high school I had virtually zero self-confidence and was kind of a slacker on top of that but my sheer hatred from hearing everyone else stumble through a sentence like a drunken monkey and subsequently eating through class time trying to get through whatever it is they had us reading at the time encouraged this habit. It was good practice in hindsight and by the time we got to senior year and the likes of Macbeth I was consistently given the most frequent reading segments for a reason. It should be noted I'm from Kentucky but have actively worked against the negative aspects of the southern speech pattern, imagine southern drawl and sluring for ye olden English and you can get a feel for why this bullet was taken for the team.
Stephanie A Mutti 3 years ago
There was nothing more agonizing in grade school than listening to a slow reader reading out loud. Painful for them, painful for us.
Annie 1973 2 years ago
I could read and write fluently at 3 and I remember getting so frustrated when I finally started school and no one else in my class could read and had only just started to write their names. As they started to learn how to read I'd sit there fuming because I had to share the book I was reading with them and they were so slow. She had barely said 2 words in the time it took for me to read the whole page because it was mostly a picture book. I complained to the teacher who talked to the headmistress and they started giving me books to read at my level, not the class level. Think they said my reading age was about 10 when I was 5. One day we had a substitute teacher who told me to share my book with my desk mate and I refused and told him that it was too advanced for her. He took it that I was making fun of her so sent me to the headmistress for punishment. I explained to her what happened and she was very apologetic that she hadn't explained to the sub about me.
Load More Replies... kybourbonpearls 3 years ago
I used to do the same. LOL I would cringe when someone else would try to read three sentences that took them five minutes to stumble over. Eastern Kentucky born and raised too!
AK to LV 3 years ago
I remember once in 4 th grade, the substitute teacher asked the one kid who stuttered to read out loud. When he started stuttering at the first couple of words, the sub yelled at him. Then she called him a liar when he tried to defend himself. Even after the whole class backed him, the sub still gave him a bad grade for the day.
#37
Walking home from work one night, had just gotten off of a shift at like 2 AM. Was walking back through my college campus, and I hear a slight moan from the bushes in front of the library. Dude that lived on my dorm floor was passed out, vomit on him, completely wasted. Wasn't really responsive, couldn't get any words out of him. I knew he needed help, like bad. I'm not a huge guy (6', 170 ish) but he was small (5'5, 130 ish). I then made the executive decision to text his girlfriend that I found him, and fireman carried him 3 blocks to the emergency room on campus. F****r never even thanked me for it.
Yu Hong Tam 3 years ago
You just did what was right, you didn't do it to be thanked. (The thank you is just a recognition of your right action)
Jaya 3 years ago
I don't get this one, maybe I'm reading it wrong? He saw a guy who needed help, so all he did was text the girlfriend and either he or the girlfriend called for a fireman to come help? Or he lied to the girlfriend about the fireman?
Kristie French 3 years ago
OP carried the dude to the hospital like firemen carry people out of a fire, Over their shoulder.
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#38
A bunch of friends and myself were going on an 8 mile hike during a group camping trip. Before we left, one of our friends kept voicing his skepticism about being able to complete an 8 mile hike. His girlfriend kept urging him to go because she didn’t want to hang back with him, she wanted to hike. So, he ends up going.
About an hour and a half into the hike, we are going up a series of switchbacks and the dude just can’t do it anymore. He tells us that he is going back. We all kind of look to his girlfriend to see if she is going to accompany him back and she just turns around to keep moving forward.
A couple of us were in the back kind of looking back towards him and then up towards the others who are continuing on and then of of my other friends says, “should someone go with him?”, and we all kind of look at each other hesitantly.
I finally jump in and say I will go back with him so that everyone else can keep going. I catch up to him and he says I didn’t have to do that but I tell him that I don’t want him being alone all day. We make it back to camp and he immediately goes to take a nap and I end up sitting at camp by myself for the next few hours until the rest of the people get back… I guess I should have listened to him when he said I didn’t have to come back with him…
Susie Elle 3 years ago
Nah, you did the right thing after his gf bailed on him (f**k her though). It's unwise to let someone who's tired hike back down a mountrain trail by themselves. If they have an accident, fall or if they encounter a wild animal, no-one's there to help.
Debby Keir 3 years ago
My daughter was doing Gold D of E (Duke of Edinburgh's award) which involves a long, usually hill or mountain walk over several days.. One of her classmates hurt herself and had to be lifted off the hills by helicopter. She wasn't very popular so no one would carry her kit or divide it up, so my daughter carried the girl's backpack and her own. (there's a long story as to why they wouldn't, but here's not the place.)
Autistic apricot 3 years ago
Always go with buddies when f doing things like this, well done for going with him
#39
One time my best friend had a psychotic break down and her mom called a wellness check on her, So she got in her car and left her apartment and I was able to get into her Apple ID and follow her location, and I followed her for about an hour before I found her parked at a gas station. When I pulled up to the scene, she was bloody holding a knife (because she had literally stabbed herself in the leg) and there were four cop cars surrounding her. I got out of my car, took the knife out of her hand, threw it In the passenger seat and somehow convinced the cops to let her come with me. I legit almost died for this b***h
#40
Went to a huge house party when I wasn't drinking just to hang out with friends and get anyone a ride if they needed. Cops busted it, and while they were there, my buddy began showing signs of severe alcohol poisoning- lips turning blue, convulsions, etc.. As literally the only sober person there, I had to convince the cops to call an ambulance for him, then got them to trust me to leave with the ambulance to be there while he was in the er. Spent the night and the next morning sitting in a waiting room as he got iv drips all night. They only brought me in when he was finally sober enough to start freaking out about not knowing where he was. He settled in at that point, and, once he was good and ready for discharge, I took his goofy a*s to breakfast. We were solid friends up till then, but we've basically been brothers since then.
F. Jeske 3 years ago
On what reasons did the police make the raid? I assume if you can give a ride, you are old enough to drink?
TheReader19 3 years ago
Not sure because I'm not American, but you can drive way younger than you can drink 🤷🏾
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This past summer, on a trail crew in Alaska. Our crew was flown out to remote airstrips for maintenance. We were sent to one particularly remote area the week that a serious storm system was to roll in. Six of us out there, two full time USFS staff and us four on the trail crew spending all of our time in separate tents. It rained over a foot while we were there and on the day we were to be extracted we were told that the conditions were too bad for the small plane to retrieve us so we spent an extra day in the field. The next day comes and we are told the weather has calmed enough for the pilot to arrive that morning with only enough room for four passengers and our gear. I volunteered to stay behind and wait for what we were informed would be another eight hours before the plane could return for us, if the weather stayed stable enough, if not the next day. I stayed behind with one of the FS workers freezing in the rain while the rest of my team returned to the warm dry compound. Luckily we were evacuated later that same day but it was a few hours delayed from the initial estimate. I found the trip to be pretty fun still.
#42
I went to a wedding this past October. I'm friends with both the bride and groom, as they've been together for the better part of a decade and have done most things together. As such, I knew a good portion of the people at their moderately sized wedding (about 40 guests). There were only a handful of single men, including myself and my friend Jon, and even fewer single women, honestly really only one. Let's call her Emily. I didn't know Emily, she was somehow related to the bride. She was in her mid-thirties, about 5'10, had done some modeling, and was recently divorced. Suffice it to say, Emily is drop dead gorgeous and extremely available. Jon is also an extremely good looking guy and recently single, and he swoops in on her during the cocktail hour before the ceremony even begins. They really hit it off, which is nice. I didn't have any intention of pursuing her and I was glad to see him have an opening. The reception venue kicked us all out at 10 and the after-party was at the air bnb that myself and another friend had rented for the weekend (we both came in from out of town). Virtually all the guests under 50 end up back at the house, including the wedding band, whom we are also friends with. It was a great time, tons of music and dancing. Emily and Jon were both there and were clearly infatuated with one another. Jon would like to move things to a bedroom, but both their hotels are far away. The house only had 2 bedrooms, and I'd taken the master since I booked the place. Jon didn't want to ask me, but my other friend (who was also staying there) asked on his behalf if they could "use" the bedroom for the night. Knowing that they both probably needed it I obliged and took a comforter to sleep on the love seat in the living room when the party finally broke up around 5 am. The next morning Jon and the happy couple came back over to say hello/goodbye as people were leaving that day. Jon thanked me profusely for giving up my bed for him. I was very bleary and hung over, but the best thing I could think to say was the line from the end of Saving Private Ryan: "earn this." Apparently he had.
F. Jeske 3 years ago
Am I the only one finding it wrong to rent an Airbnb and use it for a party? Some kids rented my house in January and left some 8000€ of damage after their party. Airbnb covered not even half of it...
John Ambrose 3 years ago
That's the risk you take when buying property and renting it out at an exponential markup for fast cash.
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#43
I'm a lead tech at work. I always take one for the team. You f****d something up? Let's fix it. Anyone asks? Blame me. I have the kind of personality that I never get in trouble. Management really likes me. I get away with stuff all the time. So, yeah, let me take the hit and you learn from your mistake.
John Ambrose 3 years ago
Same. I've found the more honest I am about not knowing something or admitting the mistake, the more leeway and trust I'm given.
#44
Oh boy, my time to shine. I was a tour guide at a privately owned cave system in Missouri right after high school. The job was alright, though the crowds could get hectic at times. I was working the closing shift on a slow fall day. Not a lot of tours that time of year, so it had been a quiet day of playing solitaire on the ticket booth computer and doing what little cleaning was required. In walks a small family, and since the place is empty I can hear them talking, saying things about how they came as kids and were running late on a vacation, but wanted to stop. They come up to the booth, I sell their tickets, and they mill about waiting for the tour to start. The other tour guide comes out of the cave with a small group, and after a brief exchange of words he sits to man the ticket booth while I went to lead the tour for the family. (We let people who just missed a tour catch up to the current running tour so they don't have to wait an hour or more.) The cave we toured had two major branches, which we had to walk down and up each time. The first, longer branch followed an underground river, and had lots of active formations and water features. The family is loving the tour, and since it's small I can show off little details most don't get to see. We reach the turn around point, and we usually let them see complete darkness at that point. It was in this darkness when the die was cast and my fate was sealed. You see, I had had Taco Bell for lunch before that shift. In the dark, while the family oohed and aahed at the darkness, my stomach began training for the Olympics in gymnastics. With no one to relieve me of the tour, I soldiered on, with hope as my guide. Unfortunately, the shorter arm of the cave is quite filled with stairs. That day, I learned the total length of time I could retain my bowels (roughly an hour). I finished the tour (including a light show I ran manually by flipping switches), and led the family from the cave, drawers full of shame. I went to the bathroom to clean myself and dispose of my clothing... ... And the gift shop girl kills the lights in the building and leaves for home.
#45
These last holidays, I've stayed on-call at my work so the rest of my team could take it off to spend time with their families. My facility remained open throughout that time, so we were all required to work unless we had put in PTO. The bonus was nice, but based on the year prior, I did not expect any tasks that needed to be done as the only other people working at my facility were other on-call staff. So, I sent home my team after our meeting in the morning, and told them to clock in/out like normal (remotely via phone, per COVID guideline) so that no one had to use PTO and no one would lose their bonus for calling in that week (it had snowed some, so a few people weren't going to make it in). My supervisor had no idea, and truthfully it probably wasn't allowed, but as long as we had coverage, it was very doable. However, about halfway into the Netflix marath-- I mean, shift on Christmas, I got slammed with a bunch of adhoc tasks that needed to be done by the end of the day. Most of them I could complete by myself albeit taking some more time than usual, but other tasks I would have needed another person or two to actually do. I did as much as I could, and "eloquently" diverted some of the bigger work with some email lingo. This pretty much happened again for New Years. I didn't really get in trouble, but my team did receive a report from some higher-ups that we had fallen behind on some tasks which caused significant delay for the rest of the facility, but I took it upon myself to do the damage control. But hey, everyone had a great holiday, and I pretty much secured some secret days off to use later in the year when someone else can cover for me.
#46
Science project kind of exploded in the lab so I took the blame since the rest of the group was failing due to them being absent and I was doing fine in that class so I took the blame and got suspended so they could finish (they said one of us had to talk or they took it away) no one was really at fault it was all of us but we all ended up getting A’s
Debby Keir 3 years ago
Remins me of a chemistry lesson once. The teacher was cutting up some phosphorous, and a bit flew off and landed in an alcove in the lab, behind him. None of us said a word, and watched it self ignite .... ahh, fun school days.
#47
When there’s a huge bug in the room and you and your friends are just too scared to go anywhere near it, let alone kill it. I always think, “well someone’s gotta do it...” That someone’s usually me
Luna Moonclan 3 years ago
Ok story time! Basically I am a spider magnet. I kid you not. Open the fridge? BAMM. Spider dangling in front of me. Open my art sketchbook? Spider falls out. Pick up my backpack, spider dangles out of it. Use the bathroom? Spider dangles from ceiling. And my mother (who absolutely is terrified of spiders) always kills them for me. Love you mom <3
tara 3 years ago
*Gives you my card* if you see a bug, call me. I will see it leaves quickly, and safely.
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Thomas Bentley 3 years ago
as long as I can hit a bug with a punch to the head part, I am usually the one to kill them. the exception to the rule is mosquitoes. they are satan incarnate and I will panik if a cannot see them. for this reason, I am almost always in long sleeves or trousers.
#48
Alright, so there was this one time a few years ago where I was put in a group with two girls, and we had to make a diorama depicting the trial of Louis Riel (it's a Manitoba thing) for the history fair. I spent the two weeks leading up to the project dickin' around, even though I was supposed to do a third of the work. I arrive at school the day of the heritage fair to discover that my groupmates had also spent the past two weeks doing whatever the girl version of dickin' around is. Now, we've got about ten minutes to make a passable shoebox diorama, and we don't even have a shoebox. One of the girls says "If you can make the teacher say we don't have to present the diorama, we'll both kiss you" and instead of a normal excuse like "my dog ate it" or "my grandma died" I proceed to do the single dumbest thing I could think of. I climbed about halfway up the spiderweb rope pyramid thing that playgrounds always seem to have, and being the 10 year old r-tard that I was, I threw myself off of it. I hit the pebbles at the bottom of the playground, realized that I had f****d up, and began crying and shouting "I FELL AND I NEED TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL" until a teacher carried me to the office where they could contact my mother. I only needed a few stitches, and they still had to present our nonexistent diorama. I never did end up getting that kiss tho.
Shine Chisholm 3 years ago
This is the opposite of taking one for the team. You made your group mates deal with the consequences of the inaction you participated in equally
blackberrycobbler 3 years ago
Umm hello! This is a funny story, but please don’t use the r-slur.
#49
When my uncle got here my parents let him stay with us till he could find somewhere to live,one day he had brought some spicy chips and we were eating them in the living room,next thing I know my younger sibling is crying because he got some dust of it in his eye and my parents were trying to figure out who brought them.They blamed me cuz I usually buy spicy chips and so I took the blame because I wouldn’t want to be in the position in where some people let you live in there house and you accidentally hurt their baby,I just got scolded so no biggie there
Pumpkin Spice 3 years ago
So...your parents accused you of hurting your sibling, with another adult standing RIGHT THERE WITH HOT CHEETO DUST ON HIS FINGERS, and you still got punished? I admire your resilience. I would've been throwing hands.
#50
High school. 10th grade. Me and 3 of my classmates decided to skip P.E. It's was not my idea btw. Anyways, the teacher notices us being gone and starts searching for us. During this time, we were in the nearby café, drinking coffee and chatting. When we decided to go back, the P.E teacher was waiting for by the school gate. She was mad as hell. She ask whose idea it was to skip the class. I said "Mine". The teacher dragged me to the principal's office where I received a long scolding. The principal called my parents and my mom came after the end of the school day. To say that she was furious would be an understatement. Long story short - I was suspended for a month, was grounded for 3 months by mom and she took my computer cable during this time. Looking back, it wasn't worth it.
#51
Back in early high school days I worked a fast food job and had coworkers who were cool enough to buy me booze. I would drink or sell that booze to other kids who weren’t in as fortunate of a position. One kid I sold to ratted on me after they got caught. Being a smaller town the police officer on the case knew my mother and called us both in so I could be questioned. The officer demanded I rat on who had bought it for me, saying things like I’d be fine if I told the truth and if I didn’t I’d face charges. On the fly the best story I could come up with was that I had snatched it from a party the week prior because I knew someone would buy it and I needed money. That wasn’t good enough and my punishment was repainting a board room in the department. I couldn’t put a number on it or anything but this room was HUGE and the walls were beat to s**t. I spent 3 days a week for an entire summer finishing it all. Not heroic or anything but I still like to think I did the right thing lol
Debby Keir 3 years ago
That's not 'taking one for the team' that's supplying alcohol to minors....
Nancy Green 3 years ago
Y'all acting like you weren't young and dumb once upon a time. 🙄
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#52
Owning up to cigarettes that weren't mine for a friend, didnt matter in the end as they were caught with them again later
#53
In college my friend and I went to a party at a house. I met a girl there and her and I hit it off, hanging out together, kissing and drinking. She had a friend who was on not the most conventionally attractive girl who was obviously hitting on my friend. My friend, being the dam fine wingman that he was, played it cool, chatted with her friend, not leading her on or really flirting, but keeping her friend occupied. Well, sad night around 2am they tell us they have to go, so they leave and they drive like half way across town to go home. My buddies relieved, but I was bummed. We were up a bit longer though and I kept texting this girl, finally at like 4 am she says hey, were coming back and picking both of you up, I say that's awesome we're both super excited. I tell my buddy and he says no, I finally convince him, along with my other friends, to take one for the team, it's late as hell, I'm worried if anything goes wrong it's all gonna get called off. So they pick us up and we go to their house and we go to our separate bedrooms. In the morning we leave and he just looks at me and says you owe me you sunnova b***h.
tara 3 years ago
So....the girl wasn't pretty enough and your friend putting up with her apparent ugliness was the taking it for the team? WTF! This is awful! You sound like an awful person. Your FRIEND sounds like an awful person. You are all awful people!! And the next post is a story about what the 'unattractive' girl had to say about hanging out with you and your friend that night...cause she was taking one for the team, too.
What do you think ?
Luna Crow 3 years ago
There were a few really touching stories in here. And a whole lotta humble bragging
Ruth Hempsey 3 years ago
True, but most of these people did a kindness and a pat on the back doesn't hurt. Maybe with more encouragement more people would be more empathetic and more altruistic. We can always do a little more and make somebody's day, or life.
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NY Redneck 3 years ago (edited)
My Grandfather was a disabled veteran with a heart condition. He had a heart attack after my grandmother (who was born blind) had a stroke that left her paralyzed from the chest down. They had been together since they were 12 and it seemed to just break his heart to see her suffer. She passed away a few months after and his Dr tried to force him into a nursing home. My grandfathers "final request" you might call it, was to live his last days in the home he worked for and raised his family in(my mother and her older twin brothers). If you knew my grandfather then you'd know him asking for anything is out of character, but I don't think this was too much of any one to ask. I happily volunteered since it's my grandpa and the Drs reminded us that in the best case scenario, with round the clock medical care, they gave him 6-12 monthes at the most and this was a bad idea. He passed away 11yrs later, at home in his bed. He was able to meet 6 great grandchildren and even out lived his Dr. I spent my 20's and early 30's taking care of him full-time. Not married and no kids because I had to choose between taking care of him or the normal things in life. But I got 11 more years with him and an entire new generation got to know him. In my book that's a win no matter what and I would do it again....I did in fact, with my mother. 3yrs with brain cancer.
August 3 years ago
You're an incredibly good person. I'm sure they greatly appreciated having a child/grandchild like you!
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Ryyde Cade 3 years ago
In primary/elementary school a put about 10, I had friend who's family had money problems and he didn't always have lunch, anyway our school had a feed scheme where they offered meals for kids who didn't have food, they would come around to the classes during lessons let the teacher know they were outside if someone wanted something to eat, this particular day I winter it was soup, they come around let the teacher know and I remember the look on her s face when she asked and he raised his hand, such disgust and I see him hang his head in shame as he was the only one who raised their hand and look at his feet walking out the door, which was closed after him, I raised my hand immediately then and said I wanted too, the thing is I hated soup, still do, my family would make me a separate meal, when they made soup, but I went outside In The cold, stood there with him and had a cup of soup and he looked so happy that he wasn't alone, I still hate soup but it was worth it
Dobs Place 3 years ago
So many of these have nothing to do with taking one for the team. I think a lot of people need to learn the definition.
Luna Crow 3 years ago
There were a few really touching stories in here. And a whole lotta humble bragging
Ruth Hempsey 3 years ago
True, but most of these people did a kindness and a pat on the back doesn't hurt. Maybe with more encouragement more people would be more empathetic and more altruistic. We can always do a little more and make somebody's day, or life.
Load More Replies... NY Redneck 3 years ago (edited)
My Grandfather was a disabled veteran with a heart condition. He had a heart attack after my grandmother (who was born blind) had a stroke that left her paralyzed from the chest down. They had been together since they were 12 and it seemed to just break his heart to see her suffer. She passed away a few months after and his Dr tried to force him into a nursing home. My grandfathers "final request" you might call it, was to live his last days in the home he worked for and raised his family in(my mother and her older twin brothers). If you knew my grandfather then you'd know him asking for anything is out of character, but I don't think this was too much of any one to ask. I happily volunteered since it's my grandpa and the Drs reminded us that in the best case scenario, with round the clock medical care, they gave him 6-12 monthes at the most and this was a bad idea. He passed away 11yrs later, at home in his bed. He was able to meet 6 great grandchildren and even out lived his Dr. I spent my 20's and early 30's taking care of him full-time. Not married and no kids because I had to choose between taking care of him or the normal things in life. But I got 11 more years with him and an entire new generation got to know him. In my book that's a win no matter what and I would do it again....I did in fact, with my mother. 3yrs with brain cancer.
August 3 years ago
You're an incredibly good person. I'm sure they greatly appreciated having a child/grandchild like you!
Load More Replies... Ryyde Cade 3 years ago
In primary/elementary school a put about 10, I had friend who's family had money problems and he didn't always have lunch, anyway our school had a feed scheme where they offered meals for kids who didn't have food, they would come around to the classes during lessons let the teacher know they were outside if someone wanted something to eat, this particular day I winter it was soup, they come around let the teacher know and I remember the look on her s face when she asked and he raised his hand, such disgust and I see him hang his head in shame as he was the only one who raised their hand and look at his feet walking out the door, which was closed after him, I raised my hand immediately then and said I wanted too, the thing is I hated soup, still do, my family would make me a separate meal, when they made soup, but I went outside In The cold, stood there with him and had a cup of soup and he looked so happy that he wasn't alone, I still hate soup but it was worth it
Dobs Place 3 years ago
So many of these have nothing to do with taking one for the team. I think a lot of people need to learn the definition.
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