sick

‘I just burst out in tears at the thought of having took him from his family’:A person’s compassionate rescue of a sick and abandoned kitten leads to an emotional crisis of empathy after the rest of the feline family returns

Laurent Shinar

Stressed brother lashes out at sister, after discovering that she started an outdoor workout on her smart watch, while walking to meet at the hospital to see their suddenly-sick dad: 'It's just what I do when I go walk anywhere'

Emma Saven

'Basically half the calendar is 'you can't be sick'': Boss at preschool tries to punish employee for using state-protected sick leave

JR Atkinson

24-year-old boyfriend of 2 years leaves his girlfriend with their sick cats and flies off to hang out with his friends without saying a word, now she's considering breaking up and taking the cats with her

Mariel Ruvinsky

'She said "I forgot that I worked here"': Employees reveal the most unusual excuses they've ever heard from someone calling off work

Lana DeGaetano

32-year-old mom refuses to care for her sick 68-year-old mother-in-law after she tried to get her son to divorce her: 'She told my husband multiple times that he deserves better and that I was too fragile to be a good wife and mother'

Emmy Pratt

"I don't understand how taking a single cat and mother who are obviously sick and/or injured equals me being a thief": A temp worker's attempt to rescue a neglected cat and kitten from a nursing home bush leads to an accusation of theft from her boss

Laurent Shinar

“She was filthy, sick, and starving—and still kinder than anyone around me”: Foster cat’s severe neglect sparks a fallout that exposes owner and ends a toxic relationship

Laurent Shinar

38-year-old man has a meltdown when 29-year-old dog mom girlfriend spends her remaining money on medicine for her sick dog instead of spending it on him: ‘You’re acting like I shouldn’t be prioritizing his comfort or wellbeing’

Blake Seidel

10+ ridiculous reasons why employees took their sick days: 'I got shampoo in my eyes!'

Ben Weiss

Sick stray kitten sits alone on a concrete step until someone notices her, until a wholesome couple comes along and gives her a second chance

Blake Seidel

High school choir director makes 16-year-old star singer to perform with laryngitis, faces payback in her junior year: 'I was humiliated. I wanted revenge'

Ally Perry

Worker with 4 jobs and 5 roommates gets sick but managers force him to come in anyway: 'Now everyone has it including [my] managers'

Ben Weiss

‘I thought I’d take one — but I couldn’t leave the others behind’: Family fosters four sick rescue kittens, including one who’s blind, then decides to keep the entire litter together in their furever home

Laurent Shinar

Entitled sister expects 33-year-old sibling, who is already taking care of their father multiple days a week, to fund their father's professional in-home care entirely: ‘I’m already taking on a big part-time caregiving role. I can’t cover everything’

Lana DeGaetano

50-year-old caregiver refuses to let her 52-year-old diabetic bedbound husband, who sleeps 20 hours a day, come on the family cruise vacation with her and her 2 daughters: 'He’s mad and sulking.'

Emmy Pratt