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25 Baffling Design Choices Found in the Wild (October 19, 2025)

JR Atkinson

'I was just on my way into my apartment when a stranger stopped me': Man off the street offers stranger $5 to use his bathroom, man refuses

JR Atkinson

23-year-old employee ditches 22-year-old carpooling friend, Teana, after her repeated lateness causes employee to be late for work and reprimanded by boss, when Teana discovers her ride has left, she ends their friendship: 'Says I abandoned her'

Emma Saven

16-year-old abruptly kicked out by father with just $20 and no support for "talking back", spends days homeless before friend shelters him, he is eventually fetched by his father, but struggles with forgiveness years later: 'I've never healed from this'

Emma Saven

26 Baffling Design Choices Found in the Wild (October 12, 2025)

JR Atkinson

Reliable employee refuses to cover coworker, Jenna's, future shifts, after discovering she lied about having a "family emergency" and instead attended a 3-day music festival, leading to workplace tension: 'I open Instagram and guess who’s posting stories'

Emma Saven

'I never started the treatment': Pressured patient quoted $7,500 for wisdom tooth removal and braces during rushed consultation, after only X-rays and digital impressions, he canceled the treatment, but the clinic now claims he owes the full surgery cost

Emma Saven

Frustrated man parks in his entitled neighbor, after neighbor refuses to stop blocking off half of his driveway with large truck, forcing man to do multi-point turns every time he leaves the house: ‘So I parked my car directly behind it’

Emma Saven

'These kids are being used as a cute front to fund luxuries that parents should be paying for': 5 and 6 year-old kids run lemonade stand every day into the school year, sparking neighbor's concern and suspicion

JR Atkinson

Upstairs landlord repeatedly helps his tenant’s 16-year-old daughter when she locks herself out of house, but eventually refuses to help, after realizing she only acknowledges him when she needs something: 'I refused to answer the door'

Emma Saven

25 Baffling Design Choices Found in the Wild (October 5, 2025)

JR Atkinson

Entitled woman guilt-trips coworkers into giving her free food and perks, claiming she is a struggling single mom, coworker left furious when discovering she's actually living a luxurious lifestyle: 'Everyone else is buying her 'poor me' act'

Emma Saven

Boomer customers leave $65 to cover $68 bill, scurry out before management can catch them: 'Never seen boomers move so fast'

JR Atkinson

‘It wasn’t a toy’: Introverted man refuses to lend his late uncle’s vintage guitar to the energetic 11-year-old neighbor, Max, leading to tense confrontation with boy’s mother, who claims he is preventing the opportunity to ‘foster his creativity’

Emma Saven

25 Baffling Design Choices Found in the Wild (September 28, 2025)

JR Atkinson

Company refuses to grant overworked employee a raise, so employee resigns during high-stakes meeting with major client, client pulls contract a year later as company slowly crashes: 'Unbeknownst to them, I was offered a position at a competitor'

Emma Saven