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

Texas homeowner's above-ground pool collapses and floods neighbor's living room, runs into hurdles with insurance and repairs: 'It was basically a mess of mud, water, and broken flooring'

Texas homeowner proves neighbor's fence assumed 240 square feet of his property, weighs legal options after neighbor refuses to budge

Georgia-based storage facility mistakenly auctions off customer's entire unit due to "system error," customer pursues legal action after losing $5,000 worth of valuables

Job candidate refuses to have Zoom interview recorded after recruiter won't turn her camera on: 'If cameras are required, both should have it turned on'

‘Who should be the next 007?’: Why James Bond traditionalists need to get over themselves

Texas employee changes LinkedIn status to "Open to Work," now seeks legal protection after boss treats his social media post as a resignation letter

Employee forced to meet with HR because his "engagement score" dropped 7 points last quarter: 'This is about being graded by software that has no idea what my job is'

Manager wastes company resources building a case against an employee he personally dislikes, ends up getting put on a PIP himself

New homeowners next door scatter the entire neighborhood with "random car parts" and debris, neighbors are at a loss with no HOA to intervene

Entitled customer berates teenage barista for microwaving her muffin, he gets even by giving her a frozen one