Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

I read this headline and think, I don’t know. Some days, driving can seem super relaxing and carefree, but other days, it’s definitely not – and it mostly depends on other drivers, not myself. For rats, though, I suppose they’re always driving their tiny cars in nice, controlled environments. No rat road rage, no people...

Any job that involves working directly with customers is bound to come part and parcel with awkward moments. People are weird, people are coming from all sorts of walks of life, and if people need something from you, there’s no telling what kind of attitude you’re going to encounter. People who work at stores like...

Every industry has it’s oddities, I suppose, and sometimes, those could maybe be viewed as perks. If you’re someone who works for a cell phone company, in a store all day where a lot of your time is spent repairing or troubleshooting customer’s phones, it’s a blessing and a curse to be able to see...

Unless you work for yourself, chances are that at some point, you’re going to run up against a boss who is less than amazing. The ones who are sticklers for the rules, who apply them without stopping to think about why, or who they’re helping, and honestly? They make going to work every day a...

There are many great bosses in the world, but there are also a whole lot of lemons out there, too. Most of the time we can’t just pick up and change jobs any time a jerk – loud or quiet – finds their way to the rung above ours, though, so we have to deal...

There are all sorts of stereotypes about students – there are jokes, popular kids, nerds, band nerds (special breed), the wild kids, and yeah, the “quiet ones.” We all joke that the quiet ones are the ones you have to watch out for, but man – never has it seemed more true than hearing about...

I absolutely hate hearing someone say “things will be ok in the end, so if it’s not ok, it’s not the end!” I know that people who say it are trying to offer comfort, or maybe they just don’t know what to say, but this quote is annoying and dumb at best, and harmful at worst...

No one knows how certain quotes become part of mainstream, everyday vernacular. It probably has something to do with how widely applicable they are, how easy it is for a huge number of people to really take the advice and overlay it on their own lives and problems. Some, though, really get under people’s skin...

As a teenager, I loved the haunted houses that popped up in the weeks before Halloween. It was the perfect way to spend a weekend evening, because who doesn’t love getting your pants scared off while having the perfect excuse to grab on to the hand of your crush? I’ve never thought too much about...

People who aren’t readers sometimes profess to not be able to understand our fascination with the written word, but for those of us who drank the Kool-Aid early (and continue to drink it often), there’s no question that a book has the power to change lives. These 20 people recall fondly the books that separated...

If you’re a reader, there’s no doubt you have a short list of books that have completely changed your life. A book that, after you read the final page, you knew you were never going to be quite the same person you had been before you read it. Here’s a list of 21 reads that...

One of the most awkward moments for foreign language speakers – and often one of the most triumphant moments for people who understand that foreign language – is the moment when the two meet, but the former doesn’t realize it. These 16 people have all manner of stories about moments just like that. 16. The...

I’m not multilingual, though thanks to years spent taking Latin, I can usually parse at least some of all of the romance languages, when they’re written. That, though, doesn’t mean I understand people when they’re quickly speaking a language that isn’t English, so others are safe to say what they want about me, even within...

We all have our quirks. Some of them are fun, others less so, but unless the right conversation strikes, with the right people at the right time, we don’t often get to share. Which is what makes Reddit so great, don’t you think? Without it, these 14 people’s fun personal facts would still be malingering...

There are some fun facts about ourselves that we get to share often, because they’re work or personal skills, or we’re meeting new people, or what have you. There are other fun things about ourselves, though, that don’t make the headlines – we don’t usually share them unless people ask, and it just never comes...