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.

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Homeowners lash out at neighbor's entitled grandkids for repeatedly trespassing without permission, requiring them to put up pricey fence: 'What are you doing back here? We have said to stop using our property!'

High school teacher refuses to clean up after students' senior prank, then learns the principal encouraged their behavior: 'The only acceptable scenario here is him resigning immediately'

Entitled 26-year-old lawyer insists he take over seasoned paralegal's case prep, only to jeopardize losing an important client

Moms face off at 11-year-old's birthday party after one entitled parent brings four uninvited kids to the party: 'We only have enough [room] for the kids Lillian invited!'

College student cites his own professor's lackluster argument as a source for his thesis, professor has no choice but to accept the citation: '[It's] technically valid but in poor taste'

Pop Music Horror Films are Missing Out on a Huge Audience By Not Actually Understanding Pop Music Fans

Employee calls out male coworker, Jason, for claiming her work as his own, jeopardizing his relationship with their client

Update: 'I trained the man who makes $31,000 more than me': Employee creates elaborate spreadsheet of salary breakdown after discovering coworker Greg's pay

Manager fires top performer over contract dispute to intimidate the rest of the team: 'Keep in line, produce, and don't cause trouble'

Maryland couple forced to front repayment of $5,600 for a $750 loan: 'If this had been explained clearly, there is no way [we] would’ve agreed to it'