That Explains That

Mom defends 8-year-old daughter's right to read during family vacation, family members ask her to "reconsider": 'My MIL and FIL have spent the entire breakfast scowling at me' 1

House-flipper tries to shake down the neighbor to split costs on a brand new fence they never agreed on, gets totally shut down: 'Pound sand' 2

'The exec told me... to run it': Supervisor makes critical mistake with 3-story-tall concrete mixer, makes a giant mess 3

Guy gets even with neighbor by planting 50 plastic pink flamingos all over his assigned parking space: 'Best $200 I've ever spent' 4

'Don't give your two weeks, just leave': Traveling supervisor forced to pay for his own flight home after putting in his two weeks' notice 5

Micromanager demands employee rush through a major inventory check, employee outs her when $1K+ of inventory is missing from the books and scores a bonus as a result 6

'A guy bought a car on the company card and... got fired': 20+ HR professionals share the wildest moments they had to fire an employee 1

Groom gets cold feet on wedding day, family accuses his sister of ruining an 18-year relationship: 'He was literally acting like a 5-year-old' 2

House-flipper tries to shake down the neighbor to split costs on a brand new fence they never agreed on, gets totally shut down: 'Pound sand' 3

Mom defends 8-year-old daughter's right to read during family vacation, family members ask her to "reconsider": 'My MIL and FIL have spent the entire breakfast scowling at me' 4

'Ants in the salt shaker': 20+ Diners who realized they had to leave a restaurant as quickly as possible 5

'The exec told me... to run it': Supervisor makes critical mistake with 3-story-tall concrete mixer, makes a giant mess 6