Emoticon Reading 101

Employee gives two weeks' notice while traveling for work, employer cancels their flight home: 'I have worked for this company for 3 years...' 1

Adult son refuses to attend parent's 1 PM Christmas "dinner" because he'd have to get up at 7AM to prepare the turkey: 'For context, I buy the Turkey at £130' 2

6-year-old's absent father comes back into the picture and invites her and mother to Christmas dinner, chaos ensues: 'I am making sure he never has contact with my child' 3

Update: 'They didn't notice my phone was recording': Parents discover their 18-year-old posted social media videos about them, family stages an intervention 4

Mother cuts off contact with her children after moving in with new husband, 23-year-old daughter is left alone with young siblings: 'She picked a man over her children' 5

‘Everyone except the blue collars’: Print shop employee hears that the suits upstairs all get $3500 bonuses for Christmas while warehouse workers get nothing, so he calls them out for their inequality 6

Mom demands neighbor pay the local 12-year-olds who shoveled 14 inches of snow from her driveway: 'It's only $60' 1

6-year-old's absent father comes back into the picture and invites her and mother to Christmas dinner, chaos ensues: 'I am making sure he never has contact with my child' 2

'Just so we're clear, you fired me...': IT guy replaced by new CFO's 21-year-old nephew, they ask him back after nephew proves to be incompetent 3

26-year-old dumps girlfriend of 2 years after she stages a cheating prank: 'I ended things right there' 4

Update: 'They didn't notice my phone was recording': Parents discover their 18-year-old posted social media videos about them, family stages an intervention 5

Adult son refuses to attend parent's 1 PM Christmas "dinner" because he'd have to get up at 7AM to prepare the turkey: 'For context, I buy the Turkey at £130' 6