Ha, love it! Hasn’t happened in a while, but I will keep that in mind. I usually would say, “well, if I am my mom’s going to have a lot to answer for, taking me to Catholic Church all those years.”

Those must be the same people who ask me “are you sure” after I tell them I’m not Jewish. Like, we’re not living in Berlin in 1939 - I really have no reason to lie about this.

People used to steal tissues from me all the time. Even though the supply room was just down the hall and you could take all the tissues you wanted. Regular office Kleenex, not even fancy Puffs with lotion. So, I started reusing my tissues (unless I had a cold). If I just needed a quick wipe, I would use one, and then…

My boss tried to do that to me! God bless my officemate through - when my boss asked if she thought I’d notice if she switched chairs when I was on vacation, my officemate said yes, I would notice - so she ordered a new one.

One of my bosses at a previous job had to go landfill diving with police after a colleague either threw out or stole a diamond ring. They didn’t find it, but I don’t think she stole it (although there were some circumstances that made us go “hmmm”. I honestly think she threw it out because she was just that stupid.

I once went to a horse jumping/showing competition with a friend (who is an adult), but there was a kid’s portion too. I was only there to see and tape her performance, and it was the weekend a Harry Potter book was released. So of course I brought it! You would have thought I was barbecuing someone’s child, the…

I speak only truth!

My dad had an uncle Vito. No one in the family knew what he did for a living - or would talk about it. We all assume he was in the mob.

I’ve only bought from car crazy friends and it worked out great! Of course, I realize not everyone has that option. First car - 1990 Toyota bought in 2001 from a friend with a mechanic husband. Second car - 2001 Honda bought in 2012 from a friend who has a business buying at auctions, fixing, and reselling. And I run…

I had a very sweet old Jewish exterminator once when I had carpet beetles (that I initially thought were bedbugs - symptoms and treatment are the same). He said he would check my pantry for food beetles too, and saw a few jars of red cabbage in there. His face lit up, and he asks if I’m Jewish and single, because he…

I used to audit corporate credit card usage at a previous job. I came in one Monday to a flustered colleague hanging around outside my office with a check for $700. She had accidentally used her corporate card to buy Laura Ashley bedding. I swallowed my incredulity at the fact that bedding could cost so much, and…

I have a friend in her 30s, who was long distance dating a man who was 47, and did not have his shit together financially or emotionally. So it ended for a host of reasons (he panicked over commitment and ghosted her, but she was about to end it - then he tried to unghost her!) Thankfully she told him to fuck off. And…

After I graduated high school, the Friendly’s in my hometown got raided. Turned out the manager and assistant manager were selling drugs on the side. My friends and I were never offered any, so we legit had no idea. And we spent a lot of time there.

Ha! It’s closed now -they were all arrested. It’s right next to my eye doctor, which is the only reason I know for sure it was a nail salon. I had to look for a new hairdresser last year, and I checked out every salon downtown to see which ones did hair and which ones were just nails. Or “happy endings”.

Oh, the ladies got arrested. I hope the husband was out on his ass, but the paper didn’t provide identities for the wife or husband.

There’s a Korean nail salon in my town that doubled as a bordello! And they got caught because a lady going to a hot yoga class across the street looked out the window just at the right time to see her husband going in there! She was suspicious, and hoofed it over there to confront him. She then contacted the police…

One of my former bosses did this, but he just did it to help a friend out - he didn’t make any money from it. But he did have to lie and convince his mom it was a real marriage, which was stressful for him. And she was not happy when they got divorced - very religious lady. However, he’s still friends with this woman,…

My mom can’t remember the name of the company I work at. It is an ENORMOUS national company. So anytime I try and call her, she won’t pick up, because “she doesn’t do business with that company, so why are they calling her?” Yeah.

Oh, I agree!

My mom’s the same way, but at the same time, she once told me one of her great-uncles used to take her to the bar with him when she was little, under the guise of “spending time with her.” She’d get a lemonade, he’d get whatever his poison was, and then on the way home collapse, and she’d continue on home to tell her…