I work a mini-mart and a customer came in to buy a bottle of drinks. Her total came out to be $1.50 and she proceed to drop a whole bunch of change on the table. She then separated the 5 cents from the rest of the small change and gave me $1.45. After realizing she was short a 5 cents, she then tells me she’ll bring me the 5 cents the next day (while holding a bunch of coins and notes in her other hand).

I asked her why not just give me money and switch out some of the smaller coins and we’ll be even. She said no. Then I asked her why not just give me one of the $2 notes that she’s holding right in front of me. She says no. Usually, I let this go but she literally has extra money that she’s flashing in front of me. I asked her again and she yells at me “I’LL BRING IT TOMORROW”

Five days have passed and she shows up. She aggressively drops her bottle at the filling station and walks away to the market. When she comes back to pay, she gives me 5 cents and then gives me 2 dollars to pay for her bottle. I told her I wasn’t upset about the 5 cents but was upset about the fact that you had the money but refused to pay.

She said she needed the coins but then I asked her about the notes she was holding that day. She then got upset and yelled out “I’M NOT COMING BACK HERE ANYMORE”

So am I wrong for arguing with a customer about 5 cents?

Here are what netizens think:

She is a cheapo and just wanna get rid of the 5 cent coins.

You should call the Police, not paying and not enough paying is the same as stealing. later your boss scold u then u know.

Trust your gut, always, even if it feels rude.

I was at a wedding being held at a hotel. I wanted to go back to my room, so I got on the elevator. A man jumped in with me at the last moment and got my attention.

I pretended not to notice. When I got to my floor, I got off, and he got off with me and walked behind me in the same direction.

I thought “Oh, don’t be silly, he is just a guest like you are”. When I got to my room, he paused, walked past me and stopped at the door next to mine, watching me.

I finally realized he probably was planning to push me into my room when I opened the door. Instead of fishing out my key, I knocked on the door and waited.

He also waited, pretending to fumble for a key. I knocked again, said “GEORGE? Are you still in there?”. I sighed and went back toward the elevator, and the man followed me back.

The doors opened, he got in, and I quickly backed out before the doors closed on him.

I reported him to the front desk. I think my quick thinking saved my life or at least saved me from being assaulted.

Trust your instincts. Always, always trust them.

I’m serious. Nothing he does is even close to age-appropriate. He has never lived alone in his life.

His girlfriend is 18, he thinks shouting degrading insults on Halo Infinite is just the most hilarious thing in the world, and he thinks making lame Lets Plays on Youtube is gonna blow up and make him rich.

I guess I’m confessing that I’m a bad father. As a professor, I have criticized this kind of thing in society all the time.

The infantilization of young adults. I get that there isn’t a set way a 27-year-old needs to act but geez, at least do something practical to be self-sufficient.

And I argue with my wife about this all the time. I feel like a hypocrite sometimes.

Netizens’ comments

• I am convinced that some parents will quite literally “love their child to death”. The desire they have for their child to not have to face real life will enable them to watch their progeny waste away. Make a decision. How much do you love him?

• I remember reading or hearing the saying that as a parent, our job is to raise our children in such a way that they don’t need us.

Or another way of saying it is parenting is the only job where, if done properly, you aren’t needed.

• The sad part is that some parents have no life outside their families and then they cannot imagine not being needed by their kids.

My husband lied to me.

I (29F) caught my husband (29) in a lie today. He is a store manager and has been commuting 40 mins for work for the last year.

Some days he opens and others closes store. He doesn’t usually run behind but lately has been coming home 30 mins later when closing saying there are issues at work he needs to stay and resolve.

I never question it but today I had a weird feeling and decided to check his location. He wasn’t at work he was at a park close to his work for those 20-30 mins he was “resolving closing issues”.

I called him repeatedly and no answer. After the 30 mins he returns my call and makes it seem like he just got off work and getting into his car to leave.

I took screenshots of his location but I’m unsure if to confront him about it.

I’m deciding if to continue monitoring location but keeping tabs on his every move seems exhausting…

I don’t check his phone either but I’m considering it given that I’ve caught him in this lie.. What should I do next?

Netizens’ comments

• I’d do some more snooping and watching where he goes. If you confront him immediately, he’ll just turn off the tracking or turn off the phone. You may want to see if he keeps going back to the same place(s)and just show up to see for yourself what he’s doing.

• I just want to point out that there’s the very real chance that he might just want to sit in silence by himself at a park after working all day before coming home and interacting with you. He might fear that telling you that would make you feel bad so he just says he’s still at work.

Why do some Singaporean parents like to tell their kids to “keep quiet”?

Was at a stadium for a jog just now and a family was chilling by the waiting area. When the kid started talking, his father told him off starkly, “keep quiet!”.

It happened twice or thrice. Not sure if it’s a common phenomenon but I have observed this many times. In places like library, yes thanks for keeping your kid quiet. But at the stadium!?

If I were a parent, I wouldn’t do that to my kid(s). Or is it cos I haven’t experienced kids + work stress + small HDB + other life stressors?

Netizens’ comments

• what i notice usually is that kids either talk loudly or in a super high-pitched tone, if not both, to warrant the 2 words.

personally, i would say something similar to my kids because tbh it IS noisy (and annoying). i wont say “keep quiet” per se, but i would definitely ask them to lower down their volumes and/or say something to them to avoid whinning.

(i may have misinterpreted this but from what i understand as your last sentence) – adding on to the hdb. when people use the lifts, their voices can echo throughout nearby homes and the noise can be clearly heard from the house/room. imagine also hearing whinny kid or some high pitch screams, plus all the screams from the nearby parks AND playgrounds. there will never be peace (and quiet)

• Sometimes you’re just at your limit. Maybe they’ve been chattering non-stop and the parent needs a break. Maybe the kid is whining about ice cream or some nonsense that was already nicely dealt with 5 times already.

I try not to judge.

yesterday my dad went through my phone and now im uncomfortable around him

yesterday my dad decided to take it upon himself to go through my phone. it wasnt that big of a deal, as i have nothing to hide from him, but i did ask him to not go through my photos.

he and i both know that i have some pictures that i would much rather him not see, but he did go through them. multiple times.

he went through my snap memories at least three times, slowing down his scrolling when he knew that “naughty” photos would visible.

he swiped to “my eyes only” and tried to figure out the password, knowing exactly what was in there as well.

now, he already knows that “active” with other guys, considering i am legally an adult. we even talk about intimacy sometimes, with little to no detail.

afterwards, though, he asked me in detail about my kinks and i told him that i wasnt comfortable discussing that topic with him.

i said that 3 times, and each time, he continued to talk about it. i didnt say anything. he told me about his worst kink, which i did NOT ask for at all.

he said it was a “sleeping mommy” kink. the worst part about that is the fact that his wife, my stepmom, was sleeping on him at the time.

he told me that directly after asking me if i wanted to squeeze her chest. i said no. he insisted once before apologizing.

it was then that i realized he was trying to use me to fuel one of his kinks. i no longer feel comfortable with or around him but i dont have the means to move out yet. i feel sick to my stomach now. i hate him.

side note: i changed my password on my phone and will not be giving it to him if he asks.

My wife thinks that I am disgusting for removing my eldest son B (30) from my will.

For some background, my youngest sister was married to a man of a different race and she had his child, my niece. My sister died during childbirth and her husband died from covid shortly after. My mother adopted her and now she does her best to raise her but she’s elderly and her health is deteriorating. My wife and I do our best help out from time to time.

My youngest son A and his wife are fond of her and help out as well. B’s first interaction with her was awful he called her a derogatory word and said we shouldn’t be raising a monkey. My mother screamed at him and banned him from her home and she said she didn’t know how we raised a racist child and until we got his act together he would never be allowed in the vicinity of her home.

My wife said that we can’t force our son to like “other race” her words not mine. Once I got home I immediately asked him to move out until he can apologize to my niece. My wife threatened to divorce me and called an animal for “abandoning” our child. I screamed at her and said he is 30 years old it’s long overdue for him to be out.

I left and went to work with my youngest and told him what happened, he thinks I’m blowing the whole thing out of proportion and that only my mother was right to ban him from his house.

When B asked to stay with A he told him no and that he should apologize so he doesn’t get left out of the will. B told my wife and she locked me out of the house, I am currently staying with my mother.

Here’s where I think I might be the jerk I called the police on my son to make him leave and told my wife she was a “Beach” and not only a “Beach” but a racist “Beach”.

I have a will because I have heart disease and wanted to have everything organized incase I die.