Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

All professions have their secrets, and that goes double for people who work with the public – there is just no shortage of weirdness when part of your job includes working with other human beings. That goes double, I would think, for people whose job it is to clean up after people. These 17 stories...

Whether it’s a horrible boss, a sketchy date, or a moment in time where something – or everything – just feels totally off, we’ve all been there. Those are the moments when listening to our guts, or those little voices in the back of our heads, is more important than ever – and these 15...

We all get those feelings – you shouldn’t be there, this isn’t a good person, you should leave right then, or not go somewhere in the first place – but we don’t always listen to them. Too many people have paid a steep price for dismissing their gut, but after these 16 experiences, these people...

Whether we mean to be or not, one of the curses of being human is sometimes acting like a creeper. It’s happened to me when my mind is elsewhere but my eyes are staring, but sometimes, people just stumble upon us at the wrong time, or there are other factors (like alcohol) involved. Whatever the...

If it seems like 2012 was a really long time ago, that’s probably because it’s the last time McDonald’s offered their legendary McRib. It doesn’t seem like it’s been that long, but hey. Time makes no sense anymore and I’m pretty sure it doesn’t mean anything, either, so here we are. If you’re a huge...

If there’s one thing the United States has made famous – other than an individualism so fierce we will cling to it even when it’s literally killing us – it’s cobbling things together and somehow making them work. Our system of weights and measures is a perfect example. It’s sort of metric but mostly not,...

If you grew up in the States, there’s a good chance you didn’t realize until college – or beyond – that we are one of the only developed nations in the world that uses a system of weights and measures that’s not the metric system. If you didn’t study science, math, or another field that utilizes the...

Sure, rules comes with your UNO game, but one pamphlet of instructions can’t possible answer every question and every scenario that might come up when you’re playing around your kitchen table. For years, people have been arguing whether or not you’re allowed to stack the +2 cards – basically, if someone gets you with a...

Is there anything more frustrating than boiling some eggs, then realizing that you’re going to have to pick the shell off one tiny fragment at a time? That goes double when you’re making something like egg salad, potato salad, or deviled eggs, and are staring down a dozen or more eggs to peel all at...

Those of us who love and cohabitate with dogs are often amused – and confused – about certain behaviors that seem to make little sense. They sniff the entire yard, then walk in a circle before finding the perfect place to poop. And then there’s the pouncing, the intimate greeting of other dogs… and yes,...

There hasn’t been a whole lot of stuff that we could call “cool” in a non-horrifying sense this year, so I think we all really need these super cool images of the giant ball of gas in the sky that makes our whole world go ’round, don’t you? The pictures come courtesy of the newly...

In the world of jobs with behind-the-scenes secrets, I would guess that most healthcare jobs have more than their fair share. There are just too many things about our own bodies – and the care it receives – that we’re better off not knowing. These 10 nurses are ready to reveal some of their best-kept...

Human beings have a wide range of what we consider tolerable when it comes to food safety, and how we want our food to be handled before it gets to our mouths. Most of us, though, seem to innately agree that flies are super unsanitary, though, even if we’re not quite sure why. It turns...

There are plenty of industries that keep, well…not exactly secrets, but just truths about what goes on behind the scenes. They’re things would only know – and would only need to know – if you were a plumber. That said, it can be interesting to learn new things; that’s why we’re all here, right? So, without further...

“Peter, Peter strong and able, get your elbows off the table.” If your parents or grandparents repeated this rhyme at your dinner table ad nauseum, or at least until you finally remembered that you weren’t supposed to eat your food while propping yourself up with your elbows, you’re definitely not alone. It’s considered poor manners to eat...