And this is just the tip of the iceberg. As if US gratuity culture hadn’t already reached a tipping point, a woman was horrified after a nail salon asked her for a minimum 75% extra for a beatification procedure. She detailed the gratuitous gratuity in a TikTok video with over 230,000 views. “Tipping culture in … Read more
An airplane passenger redefined “leaving one’s baggage at the door” after spying his luggage on the runway right before takeoff, as detailed in a series of X posts with millions of views. “I can’t handle this,” the mortified flyer, named Alberto, wrote while describing the baggage blunder, which occurred earlier this month at Barajas airport … Read more
Awe, poop! A Delta passenger shared his crappy experience on a recent flight after a fellow traveler “had a poop accident” mid-flight. On a Delta Reddit thread, the man said he was on a flight on Thursday when “a passenger in [first class] had a poop accident that caused an incredibly foul odor throughout the … Read more
She’s not playing reindeer games. Richard Gadd, 34, the Scottish creator and star of the latest hit Netflix series “Baby Reindeer” has said that he doesn’t want viewers trying to figure out which real-world people the characters in his psychological thriller are based on. “That’s not the point of our show,” he told the Hollywood … Read more
The “Five Little Ducks” were met with a grizzly end. A zoo bear named Juniper shocked guests at a girl’s birthday party after devouring ducklings that had landed in its enclosure, as seen in a video with over 2 million views on TikTok. “A #natgeo trainwreck for my daughters’ birthday, thanks JUNIPER,” mother Rachelle captioned the clip … Read more
Australian singer and actor Troye Sivan has come under fire online for flogging locally made products after he promoted a $700 brass bowl without a bottom. The Grammy and Academy Award nominated performer took to his Instagram on Saturday to promote the “bottomless (baseless) and beautiful” so-called bowl. The 28-year-old told fans he had “been … Read more
She inadvertently went the extra “Miley.” A California college student was reduced to tears after realizing that the four applications she sent to jobs had an unlikely attachment — a photo of pop icon Miley Cyrus on her resume. “I was just in shock that I’d let that slip by,” Orange County native Claire Schmitt, … Read more
Beach-goers were aghast after a bloodsucking sea beast the size of a child washed ashore in the UK, sparking comparisons to the supersized sandworms from “Dune.” A photo of the parasitic critter made waves on Facebook as viewers attempted to guess its identity. “It was like a hugely oversized leech with a sucker full of … Read more
A mom has been left disgusted after what she witnessed at her four-year-old’s school dance recently. “So, picture this: I’m at the school dance, surrounded by a bunch of adorable four, five, six and seven-year-olds who are having the time of their lives, dancing away to some catchy tunes,” the mom begins her post in … Read more
DEAR ABBY: My daughter and her husband have been together for 10 years, married for three of them. They have a 1-year-old daughter. I have just learned they may be getting a divorce. My son-in-law is very controlling as well as verbally and emotionally abusive. He yells, swears and slams doors over the littlest things. … Read more
It kicked off World War ZZZ. Flight experts are raising alarm bells over a controversial seatbelt sleep hack, which they deemed both dumb and dangerous, circulating TikTok. In the inflammatory tutorial, which currently boasts over 20 million views, TikTok user @Lexi demonstrates how travelers can catch ZZZs in the infamously cramped economy section by curling … Read more
This Swan has secrets. Diane Lane plays the pivotal role of socialite Slim Keith in FX’s “Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans,” based on Laurence Leamer’s book, “Capote’s Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal and a Swan Song for an Era.” The second installment of Ryan Murphy’s “Feud” anthology series revolves around writer Truman Capote (Tom … Read more
Their relationship is all about the bare necessities. A British man said he persuaded his body-conscious wife to join his nudist lifestyle, and now neither of them wears clothes unless they have to, South West News Service reported. Simon and Helen Berriman, both 48, from London, England, are naturists, meaning they love being in the … Read more
A shopper has been left horrified after her daughter discovered a dead mouse at the bottom of a bag of rice. The packet of Woolworths Australian supermarket-brand microwave rice was one of five bought on January 22 and was within its use-by date. Sarah-Jayne Hayward, 46, was preparing dinner with her 25-year-old daughter Claudia, who … Read more
Meghan McCain isn’t happy with Jon Stewart returning to his old stomping grounds, “The Daily Show,” next month. The right-wing political commentator, 39, took to her podcast, Meghan McCain Has Entered the Chat, to express her thoughts over Stewart, 61, coming back to the series after a nine-year hiatus. The comedian exited “The Daily Show” … Read more
A woman in the UK has had her life turned upside down by an irrational fear of stickers — so severe that she’s banned them from her house. “It’s the nasty, sticky stuff that you get on the back that makes me feel ill,” Anna Smith Higgs, 44, told Caters News Agency while describing her … Read more
Nothing could be more unsettling than having your food smile back at you. A woman in the Philippines nearly lost her lunch after she bought a fish to eat, only to discover that it had teeth so “humanlike” it looked like it had dentures. “I went to the market, one of the best markets here … Read more
School has changed a lot since the old days, thankfully. For one thing, kids are encouraged to move as much as possible – especially to give them all a well-earned break during lessons. Schools now have programs like “crunch and sip” and “brain break” to let primary school students get up, “shake it off” and refuel with a … Read more
A single mother has revealed her horror after discovering her new rental home was fitted with internal security cameras. The mother-of-five had struggled to find a suitable home in Brisbane and had agreed to lease a property sight unseen. She said it wasn’t until days before moving in that she discovered the cameras, which she … Read more
There’s a metaphor for the tax collector in here somewhere. A granny in Malaysia hit rock bottom in an unusual way after she had her entire life savings completely devoured by termites. A Facebook post detailing her unfortunate route to rock bottom is currently blowing up online. According to her grandson, Khairul Azhar, who uploaded … Read more