Recent Posts from Ben Weiss

Ben Weiss is a New York-based writer/editor for the FAIL Blog team at Cheezburger. He holds an MFA from NYU Tisch and a BA from Northwestern University. His favorite topics to write about at Cheezburger are workplace drama, neighborhood feuds, celebrity news, and his greatest love of all, movies & television. Ben has also contributed to "Puppet Regime," a weekly political sketch comedy segment that airs on GZERO World with Ian Bremmer on PBS, for which he won a Telly Award for Best Online Comedy Series as part of the writing team. In his free time, Ben moonlights as a screenwriter and filmmaker. He was a semifinalist for the Academy Nicholl Fellowship and a finalist for the Humanitas Comedy Fellowship. He worships at the altar of Nicole Kidman.

Ben Weiss

Don’t Forget That Mariah Carey is More Than the Queen of Christmas

Entitled mom at the dog shelter refuses to comply with adoption policy, volunteer schools her: '[She] tried to reserve a dog like it was a handbag!'

Job candidate notices entitled CEO reposting the same position on a job board during his interview: 'We were literally still on the call together!'

Difficult neighbor moves in at 2:00 AM, resident next door gets even by testing their loud speaker: 'I turned it up to 90%, let the music blast and enjoyed it'

Boss begs for former employee to come back after entire department falls apart, employee considers his options: 'My salary increased by 120%!'

Entitled neighbor falsely accuses resident of throwing loud parties, even though he works night shifts: '[The lady from 3B still] gives me dirty looks in the hallway like I'm the problem!'

15-year-old student fails geometry test on purpose, then panics when he realizes he night not pass the course: '[His] mom demanded I give her son a retake with multiple choice options'

New management refuses to pay consultant for his time, consultant conspires to get an important license revoked: 'If you want someone’s work, pay them!'

30-year-old dumps 34-year-old man-child after he accuses her of only wanting him for his non-existent money: 'Now he wants my help to pay the rent'

Employee confronts CEO after getting denied her raise and discovering her coworker with less experience got one: 'The CEO literally says he wishes every employee was like me. And yet… nothing'