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A mom got her child’s Angel Tree order in the mail, but it wasn’t what she expected. Instead of receiving nice-looking items from her Angel Tree haul, she ended up with a limited selection—a single off-brand “posable” doll, a PEZ dispenser, and a cheap magnetic doodle board. 

Someone's gonna get offended.

Wedding planning is notoriously stressful. A destination wedding outside of the country? It’s probably the cherry on top of the wedding cake. Beyond the financial strain, sending invitations months in advance and searching for the ideal venue, nothing compares to mapping out how the perfect wedding dress arrives at the…

A woman noticed some issues with her Lululemon jacket the moment after she washed it for the first time. Confused, she took it to the Lululemon store, where they gave her advice that she never would have realized unless she had asked. 

First dates in 2025 are already a gamble, but no one expects their breadstick companion to pull a full Irish goodbye smack in the middle of eating. At an Olive Garden, of all places, one man “went to the bathroom” and instead exited the building. What stayed behind was his…

A full-size Dutch oven from Le Creuset usually runs a few hundred dollars, even on a good day. So when one shopper spotted one at T.J. Maxx for $29, it felt like winning the lottery.

Taking a flight can be a frustrating, stressful experience.

A Chicago TikTok content creator experienced racial profiling in Lowe’s, despite being a regular customer for 5+ years.