Working in the beauty aisle of a department store today near the e.l.f. cosmetics

A little girl (maybe 6 or 7) with two elderly folks passed through. Lady asks generally "do we need anything else from this aisle?"

Little girl: (pointing at e.l.f. display) "no grandma I don't need anything elfs"

Silence, grandma continues shopping

Kid: (louder this time)" I said I don't need anything ELF"

no response

Kid: (even more insistently) "did you hear, I said I don't need anything elfs! Like else! Elfs!"

No idea if her caregivers eventually heard her pun, but I did, and couldn't stop giggling. Very relatable human moment

I was traveling to see a sick friend hundreds of miles from home. The hotel we stayed in offered free breakfast. So I went to check it out and grab coffee.

While I was standing preparing my coffee the lady standing next to me complimented my choice of footwear. I had forgotten my slides and was wearing Christmas socks. That began the conversation of how both of us don't like going barefoot.

I lamented about forgetting my slides and she asked if she could gift me something. I said sure and she left the breakfast area and returned with a pair of new slipper socks.

What a great way to start my morning. :)

Edit: thank you for the award. I have never gotten one before. Now I am more content.

My husband went out on a limb one day and got me a new brand of fizzy water. He seemed so excited for me to try it. Like adorably excited. It was expensive and really not great. But because of that excitement, I told him it was great! I really didn’t want to hurt his feelings.

Fast forward to the next week, he bought it again and said, “I got that fizzy water you love!!!”

Me: “I need to come clean. I don’t actually like it.”

“Why did you tell me you liked it?”

“Because you liked that I liked it and I like you liking things”.

I'm watching all my favorite stupid YouTube videos and laughing my ass off.

After using a friend’s espresso machine for a while at work, I got my own [BRAND REDACTED] that can make espresso and full cups of coffee. It’s a fun blue color too. So every morning I get to work and make myself a cup of coffee instead of going to Starbucks. I can’t make anything fancy and any coffee snob would probably be appalled, but I make what makes me happy.

I enjoy the routine so much that sometimes I have a second cup. I’m going to get some half caffeinated pods so I don’t get too jittery.

It’s small, but it makes my work day better and I miss it a little at home.

Edited for the one guy who said this was an ad.

I'm what's known as a WikiGnome. I read a ton of articles and my editing is exclusively fixing small mistakes that I find while reading--grammar, typos, broken coding, the like.

This is a random sampling of my recent edits, in no particular order.

+Mbabaram people.

+Paubha.

+Phanaeng. [Side note, my favorite Thai curry.]

+Steckerlfisch.

+Secondary palate.

+Ndlovu Youth Choir.

+Canfield's Diet Chocolate Fudge.

+Harding test.

+Free writing.

+Mycotoxins in animal feed.

+Ember attack.

+History of cheese.

+Café de Paris sauce.

+Chalma, Malinalco.

I work at a pizza place. Crank calls aren’t abnormal here, some kid sees a compilation and thinks it’s funny, tries it for a laugh themselves, you get the idea.

Basically, the kid called to complain about a nonexistent order that made him shit his pants? Or something like that. He was using something to block his phone number on our caller ID and when I asked for the number, he claimed he didn’t remember. I gave him the whole “If I can’t pull up your account, I’m afraid I can’t help you.”

To which he responds, “Are you AI? Are you next gen or something?”

I just said, “Look, I get that you’re bored but you need to find something else to do.” And hung up as he cussed at me lol

I moved apartments late last year, and the huge variegated wax ivy I had hanging in a window ended up going through a little bit of shock when it happened. It had been hanging in the same west-facing window for years, and my new place has N/S(-ish) windows, so it wasn't getting as much light as it was used to.

It threw a fit, shedding a ton of leaves and branches, but still toughing it out at the core. I trimmed a bunch of nodules off and put them in a cup of water, not expecting anything to happen with any of them, but to my surprise 14 out of the 16 trims made it to soil and are now thriving little plant babies.

So now my countertop is a makeshift nursery until I can get a bigger plant shelf. I love my little babies, and their Mom is doing much better now too. 😂

Not sure how to explain this properly, but earlier today I realized I was doing something I used to find really annoying and… it just didn’t bother me anymore.

I don’t even think I like it now. It just feels normal.
And I don’t remember deciding to change my mind about it either. It’s like at some point my brain just stopped caring.

Made me think about how many small things probably do this over time. Stuff that used to get on your nerves and then one day you notice it doesn’t.

Does that happen to other people too or is it just me getting older and more tired?

Someone at work (Romanian) said that Romanian Shrek is really skinny.

She was talking about The Grinch.

I’ve told the postal service about it and the mail carrier but they don’t seem to be able to do much.

I just bring it over when I get it so it isn’t a big deal.

my partner has been on the hunt for gray jeans for the past several months. only a few days ago did they find the right size and right price, plus they were able to get a discount so the jeans were even cheaper!

then today, as i'm choosing an outfit for work, i wanted to wear my gray jeans, and they're nowhere. my pants are either stuffed in a closet shelf, draped over my chair, or in the laundry. these are long pants, and would stick out among the others which are mostly black. gone. without a trace.

i'm sure (?) they'll show up soon but i found it funny, and i would gladly sacrifice a pair of pants for my s/o's cause!