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First dates are hard. Like when you go to a movie and it turns out to be A History of Violence and people actually walk out of the theater at one point. Some first dates can be pretty forgettable. But no one is apt to forget these any time soon. Here are 12 first dates...

It’s supposed to be good business to operate under the assumption that “the customer is always right.” Although in practice that never seems to work out in my favor. But sometimes the customer makes a downright bold move, as though trying to test this statement to the limits. Here are 12 times when a customer’s...

I have long said that everyone should be forced to work in customer service at some point in their lives. If nothing else, I think it would help people to be better, more empathetic customers. Sadly, people behave in some pretty astounding ways when they are out in public, like these 10 customers who had...

I think that, when it comes to zodiac signs, the majority of people fall into the “eh, whatever” category. We enjoy reading our horoscope now and again, and we totally know our signs and all of that, but we’re not organizing our life around what the stars say is going to happen. There are some...

Most of us have a gut feeling, I think, when something we’re looking at online or in a store is totally overpriced. Even if you’re not super familiar with whatever the item is, we sort of have an idea in our minds about what it’s worth. In these 17 cases, people’s radars went off right...

I know, I know, we just survived one holiday season. The last thing you want to do is be reminded that another one is already on the way, right? Well, in the spirit of getting a jump on things and having fun, wintertime game nights to look forward to, Hallmark is offering a holiday-themed version of Monopoly for...

No one likes getting stuck in traffic, or finding themselves stuck behind some sort of emergency or service vehicle that’s backing up traffic making unexpected stops. One of the upsides, though, is that it gives you time to ponder the mysteries of life, big and small. Also, it might make you wonder what those chains...

There are some things, like seeds and weapons and gold and certain medicines, that we expect governments around the world to keep strategic stockpiles of, in case of a global natural disaster. There are many things that don’t fit in those survival sort of categories that it turns out the people in charge don’t want...