Who’s more excited for “going back to school” season?
In a new poll, more than 1,000 adults were asked how they usually felt about going back to school when they were kids. 35% said they were generally happy about it, including 14% who were “very happy.”
38% said they were generally sad about it, including 16% who were “very sad.” Another 25% said they were “neither happy nor sad.”
Then, parents with school-age kids were asked how THEY feel about their children going back to school.
51% said they are happy about it . . . including 22% who are “very happy.” 22% said they are sad about it . . . including 7% who are “very sad.” Another 23% said they’re “neither happy nor sad.”
Unfortunately, the parents who are sad about it might be stressed about school-related concerns. In the poll, the most common concerns parents have are: Bullying, students not meeting learning objectives, violence, students’ depression and anxiety, teacher shortages, funding shortages, and “the banning of books.”
For what it’s worth, when people were asked how they’d prefer we handle the shortages of teachers and funding, 74% said they’d like to pay teachers more . . . 29% said they’d like to see the school day reduced from five days to four.
What is extremely unhygienic
. . . but everyone seems to do it anyway?” The responses include:
1. “Touching sticky condiment bottles at a restaurant table.”
2. “Licking your fingers when counting money or turning pages.”
3. “Pulling a tortilla out of the bag, and then putting it on top of the package, thinking you’re keeping it off your countertop. But the outside of the packaging is almost surely worse than your counter.”
4. “Eating . . . while bowling. People think the grossest thing about a bowling alley is the rental shoes. But it’s the finger holes of the bowling balls.”
5. “Scrolling on your phone . . . while on the toilet.”
6. “Not washing your bedding enough. Or at all.”
7. “Putting your filthy suitcase on your bed.”
8. “Wearing your outside shoes INSIDE your home.”
9. “Ice machines.”
10. “Gym mats.”
11. “People letting their cats walk on their dining room tables and kitchen counters.” (They don’t exactly “let” them up there. If you have a cat, they have been everywhere, whether you realize it or not.)
12. “Sticking grubby, unwashed hands in a bigger bag of snacks that’s being shared with multiple people.”
13. This person targeted the source: “Going anywhere where there are other people when YOU have a cold / the flu / COVID . . . especially without a mask.”
14. Someone said, “People not washing their hands after they sexxxxx.
15. “Buffets.”
A New Calculator Will Tell You How “Ugly” Your Job is Making You?
A skincare clinic has an online test, which will calculate how UGLY your job is making you, based on how it’s AGING YOUR SKIN. It involves aspects like “hours, working location, and physical activity.” try it here!
He Got Caught Because Of Her New Jeans
A woman accidentally discovered her husband was cheating, when she went on a cleaning forum to ask why everything was turning green, including her cat, and someone suggested it could be new Old Navy jeans. Last month, a woman went online to ask people for CLEANING TIPS. She noticed that everything in her house was TURNING GREEN, and she couldn’t figure out what was causing it. The green coloring was showing up on couch cushions . . . bed sheets . . . carpeting . . . her own socks . . . her phone charger . . . and even her CAT.
In her posts about it on Reddit here, you can see the whole thing unfold, she showed pictures where you could clearly see a green hue showing up on everything. She tested for mold . . . that wasn’t it. She tested to see if it was her detergent . . . that wasn’t it either.
There were a lot of theories, but one person suggested that it could be brand new jeans from Old Navy . . . because “they stain everything.”
The woman said that her and her husband aren’t jeans people . . . but then someone else said, quote, “Imagine this is how you discover he’s having an affair with some Old Navy-wearing woman, from the cat turning green.” Right here!
Will Ferrell Hits Peoria
Y’all remember when Will Ferrell was in Peoria singing karaoke at @Basket Case? finally, here’s the documentary coming to Netflix!
Bad Day Ahead?
According to a new survey, the average person knows if their day has been RUINED by 8:36 A.M. And on average, we have four “bad days” per month, which is 48 per year. Heres how do you know if a bad day is coming….
1. Waking up and feeling sick . . . 35%
2. Sleeping poorly throughout the night . . . 31%
3. Waking up with a headache . . . 29%
4. Losing your keys . . . 26%
5. Forgetting your phone at home . . . 25%
6. Running out of toilet paper . . . 22%
7. Forgetting your wallet at home . . . 22%
8. Sleeping though your alarm . . . 19%
9. Realizing you forgot to plug in your phone the night before . . . 18%
10. Stubbing your toe . . . 17%.
The Fall Of Pumpkin Spice
Is America’s love affair with pumpkin spice drawing to a close? No, it’s still beloved. But not by as many as it used to be. The first day of fall is still over a month out. (September 22nd) But an early poll for it found 58% of Americans think pumpkin spice is NOT the best fall flavor.
Congrats, Your Not Really Fired, But You Gotta Go
Companies are so passive aggressive now. A poll by the site Resume Builder found 38% of companies lay people off instead of firing them . . . just to avoid hurting people’s FEELINGS. 80% of bosses said their company has laid someone off in the past year when they could have fired them for cause. Sometimes it’s out of kindness, like to avoid hurt feelings or help out with severance. But the #1 reason they do it is more self-serving .
1. To maintain company morale. 62% of bosses cited it as a reason. So, we react better if we think our friend got laid off because the money just wasn’t there.
2. To avoid wrongful termination lawsuits. A close second at 59%.
3. To help the person out with a severance package, 54%. So, that one’s nice.
4. To avoid hurting their feelings, 38%. The old line, “You know I think you’re great. Corporate just gave me no choice.”
According to the poll, layoffs that aren’t REALLY layoffs are more common than you’d think. Half of the bosses polled said at least 75% of layoffs their company made in the past year weren’t really about cutting costs.
Rhino Piercings- Would You??
Painful “rhino piercings” are trending on social media. That’s a vertical piercing placed through the center tip of the nose. TikToker @DJRawBase is no stranger to piercings and he talks about why the rhino piercing is so infamous.
